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Type: Journal article
Title: Dynamics of chronic myeloid leukaemia
Author: Michor, F.
Hughes, T.
Iwasa, Y.
Branford, S.
Shah, N.
Sawyers, C.
Nowak, M.
Citation: Nature, 2005; 435(7046):1267-1270
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
Issue Date: 2005
ISSN: 0028-0836
1476-4687
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Franziska Michor, Timothy P. Hughes, Yoh Iwasa, Susan Branford, Neil P. Shah, Charles L. Sawyers & Martin A. Nowak
Abstract: The clinical success of the ABL tyrosine kinase inhibitor imatinib in chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) serves as a model for molecularly targeted therapy of cancer, but at least two critical questions remain. Can imatinib eradicate leukaemic stem cells? What are the dynamics of relapse due to imatinib resistance, which is caused by mutations in the ABL kinase domain? The precise understanding of how imatinib exerts its therapeutic effect in CML and the ability to measure disease burden by quantitative polymerase chain reaction provide an opportunity to develop a mathematical approach. We find that a four-compartment model, based on the known biology of haematopoietic differentiation, can explain the kinetics of the molecular response to imatinib in a 169-patient data set. Successful therapy leads to a biphasic exponential decline of leukaemic cells. The first slope of 0.05 per day represents the turnover rate of differentiated leukaemic cells, while the second slope of 0.008 per day represents the turnover rate of leukaemic progenitors. The model suggests that imatinib is a potent inhibitor of the production of differentiated leukaemic cells, but does not deplete leukaemic stem cells. We calculate the probability of developing imatinib resistance mutations and estimate the time until detection of resistance. Our model provides the first quantitative insights into the in vivo kinetics of a human cancer.
Keywords: Cell Line, Tumor
Stem Cells
Humans
Recurrence
Benzamides
Piperazines
Pyrimidines
Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl
Treatment Outcome
Retrospective Studies
Cell Differentiation
Drug Resistance, Neoplasm
Point Mutation
Models, Biological
Time Factors
Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive
Imatinib Mesylate
Description: © 2005 Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/nature03669
Published version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature03669
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