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ArticleCell reports2025

Bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells support translation in refractory acute myeloid leukemia.

Livia E Lisi-Vega, Alice Pievani, María García-Fernández, Dorian Forte, Tim L Williams, Marta Serafini, Simón Méndez-Ferrer

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Article in Cell reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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7 authors.

Livia E Lisi-VegaCambridge Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge CB2 0AW, UK; Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0AW, UK; National Health Service Blood and Transplant, Cambridge CB2 0AW, UK.
Alice PievaniTettamanti Center, Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo Dei Tintori, 20900 Monza, Italy.
María García-FernándezCambridge Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge CB2 0AW, UK; Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0AW, UK; National Health Service Blood and Transplant, Cambridge CB2 0AW, UK.
Dorian ForteCambridge Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge CB2 0AW, UK; Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0AW, UK; National Health Service Blood and Transplant, Cambridge CB2 0AW, UK.
Tim L WilliamsDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0ES, UK.
Marta SerafiniTettamanti Center, Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo Dei Tintori, 20900 Monza, Italy; School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20900 Monza, Italy.
Simón Méndez-FerrerCambridge Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge CB2 0AW, UK; Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0AW, UK; National Health Service Blood and Transplant, Cambridge CB2 0AW, UK; Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla-IBiS (Hospitales Universitarios Virgen Del Rocío y Macarena/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla), 41013 Seville, Spain; Departamento de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica, Universidad de Sevilla, 41009 Seville, Spain. Electronic address: sm2116@cam.ac.uk.

Funding

Cancer Research UK C61367/A26670Medical Research Council MC_PC_17230Medical Research Council MR/V005421/1Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 203151/A/16/ZWellcome Trust 203151/Z/16/ZWellcome Trust 226795/Z/22/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In acute myeloid leukemia (AML), malignant cells surviving chemotherapy rely on high mRNA translation and their microenvironmental metabolic support to drive relapse. However, the role of translational reprogramming in the niche is unclear. Here, we found that relapsing AML cells increase translation in their bone marrow (BM) niches, where BM mesenchymal stromal cells (BMSCs) become a source of eIF4A-cap-dependent translation machinery that is transferred to AML cells via extracellular vesicles (EVs) to meet their translational demands. In two independent models of highly chemo-resistant AML driven by MLL-AF9 or FLT3-ITD (internal tandem duplication) and nucleophosmin (NPMc) mutations, protein synthesis levels increase in refractory AML dependent on nestin+ BMSCs. Inhibiting cap-dependent translation in BMSCs abolishes their chemoprotective ability, while EVs from BMSCs carrying eIF4A boost AML cell translation and survival. Consequently, eIF4A inhibition synergizes with conventional chemotherapy. Together, these results suggest that AML cells rely on BMSCs to maintain an oncogenic translational program required for relapse.

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Leukemia, Myeloid, AcuteMesenchymal Stem CellsProtein BiosynthesisAnimalsBone Marrow CellsCell Line, TumorDrug Resistance, NeoplasmEukaryotic Initiation Factor-4AExtracellular VesiclesHumansMiceNestinNucleophosminEukaryotic Initiation Factor-4ANestinNPM1 protein, humanNucleophosminacute myeloid leukemiabone marrow mesenchymal stromal cellschemotherapyCP: Cancerextracellular vesiclesmicroenvironmentnicheprotein synthesisrefractoryrelapsetranslation

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PMID39932190
PMCPMC7617453

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