Phosphoproteomic Landscaping Identifies Non-canonical cKIT Signaling in Polycythemia Vera Erythroid Progenitors

Although stem cell factor (SCF)/cKIT interaction plays key functions in erythropoiesis, cKIT signaling in human erythroid cells is still poorly defined. To provide new insights into cKIT-mediated erythroid expansion in development and disease, we performed phosphoproteomic profiling of primary eryth...

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Main Authors: Giulia Federici, Lilian Varricchio, Fabrizio Martelli, Mario Falchi, Orietta Picconi, Federica Francescangeli, Paola Contavalli, Gabriella Girelli, Agostino Tafuri, Emanuel F. Petricoin, Maria Mazzarini, Ann Zeuner, Anna Rita Migliaccio
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Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-11-01
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fonc.2019.01245/full
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author Giulia Federici
Lilian Varricchio
Fabrizio Martelli
Mario Falchi
Orietta Picconi
Federica Francescangeli
Paola Contavalli
Gabriella Girelli
Agostino Tafuri
Emanuel F. Petricoin
Maria Mazzarini
Ann Zeuner
Anna Rita Migliaccio
author_facet Giulia Federici
Lilian Varricchio
Fabrizio Martelli
Mario Falchi
Orietta Picconi
Federica Francescangeli
Paola Contavalli
Gabriella Girelli
Agostino Tafuri
Emanuel F. Petricoin
Maria Mazzarini
Ann Zeuner
Anna Rita Migliaccio
author_sort Giulia Federici
collection DOAJ
description Although stem cell factor (SCF)/cKIT interaction plays key functions in erythropoiesis, cKIT signaling in human erythroid cells is still poorly defined. To provide new insights into cKIT-mediated erythroid expansion in development and disease, we performed phosphoproteomic profiling of primary erythroid progenitors from adult blood (AB), cord blood (CB), and Polycythemia Vera (PV) at steady-state and upon SCF stimulation. While AB and CB, respectively, activated transient or sustained canonical cKIT-signaling, PV showed a non-canonical signaling including increased mTOR and ERK1 and decreased DEPTOR. Accordingly, screening of FDA-approved compounds showed increased PV sensitivity to JAK, cKIT, and MEK inhibitors. Moreover, differently from AB and CB, in PV the mature 145kDa-cKIT constitutively associated with the tetraspanin CD63 and was not endocytosed upon SCF stimulation, contributing to unrestrained cKIT signaling. These results identify a clinically exploitable variegation of cKIT signaling/metabolism that may contribute to the great erythroid output occurring during development and in PV.
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spelling doaj.art-447fe24c9cc542229a4dd63665ac3b172022-12-22T00:00:03ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Oncology2234-943X2019-11-01910.3389/fonc.2019.01245489290Phosphoproteomic Landscaping Identifies Non-canonical cKIT Signaling in Polycythemia Vera Erythroid ProgenitorsGiulia Federici0Lilian Varricchio1Fabrizio Martelli2Mario Falchi3Orietta Picconi4Federica Francescangeli5Paola Contavalli6Gabriella Girelli7Agostino Tafuri8Emanuel F. Petricoin9Maria Mazzarini10Ann Zeuner11Anna Rita Migliaccio12IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, ItalyTisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United StatesNational Center for Preclinical and Clinical Research and Evaluation of Pharmaceutical Drugs, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, ItalyNational HIV/AIDS Center, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, ItalyNational HIV/AIDS Center, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, ItalyOncology and Molecular Medicine, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, ItalyOncology and Molecular Medicine, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, ItalyImmunohematology and Transfusion Medicine Unit, “La Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, ItalySant'Andrea Hospital—La Sapienza, Department of Clinic and Molecular Medicine “La Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, ItalyCenter for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine, George Mason University, Manassas, VA, United StatesDepartment of Biomedical and Neuromotorial Sciences, Alma Mater University, Bologna, ItalyOncology and Molecular Medicine, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy0Myeloproliferative Neoplasm Research Consortium, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United StatesAlthough stem cell factor (SCF)/cKIT interaction plays key functions in erythropoiesis, cKIT signaling in human erythroid cells is still poorly defined. To provide new insights into cKIT-mediated erythroid expansion in development and disease, we performed phosphoproteomic profiling of primary erythroid progenitors from adult blood (AB), cord blood (CB), and Polycythemia Vera (PV) at steady-state and upon SCF stimulation. While AB and CB, respectively, activated transient or sustained canonical cKIT-signaling, PV showed a non-canonical signaling including increased mTOR and ERK1 and decreased DEPTOR. Accordingly, screening of FDA-approved compounds showed increased PV sensitivity to JAK, cKIT, and MEK inhibitors. Moreover, differently from AB and CB, in PV the mature 145kDa-cKIT constitutively associated with the tetraspanin CD63 and was not endocytosed upon SCF stimulation, contributing to unrestrained cKIT signaling. These results identify a clinically exploitable variegation of cKIT signaling/metabolism that may contribute to the great erythroid output occurring during development and in PV.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fonc.2019.01245/fullstem cell factorcKITerythropoiesispolycythemia veraerythroid progenitors
spellingShingle Giulia Federici
Lilian Varricchio
Fabrizio Martelli
Mario Falchi
Orietta Picconi
Federica Francescangeli
Paola Contavalli
Gabriella Girelli
Agostino Tafuri
Emanuel F. Petricoin
Maria Mazzarini
Ann Zeuner
Anna Rita Migliaccio
Phosphoproteomic Landscaping Identifies Non-canonical cKIT Signaling in Polycythemia Vera Erythroid Progenitors
Frontiers in Oncology
stem cell factor
cKIT
erythropoiesis
polycythemia vera
erythroid progenitors
title Phosphoproteomic Landscaping Identifies Non-canonical cKIT Signaling in Polycythemia Vera Erythroid Progenitors
title_full Phosphoproteomic Landscaping Identifies Non-canonical cKIT Signaling in Polycythemia Vera Erythroid Progenitors
title_fullStr Phosphoproteomic Landscaping Identifies Non-canonical cKIT Signaling in Polycythemia Vera Erythroid Progenitors
title_full_unstemmed Phosphoproteomic Landscaping Identifies Non-canonical cKIT Signaling in Polycythemia Vera Erythroid Progenitors
title_short Phosphoproteomic Landscaping Identifies Non-canonical cKIT Signaling in Polycythemia Vera Erythroid Progenitors
title_sort phosphoproteomic landscaping identifies non canonical ckit signaling in polycythemia vera erythroid progenitors
topic stem cell factor
cKIT
erythropoiesis
polycythemia vera
erythroid progenitors
url https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fonc.2019.01245/full
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