Erythropoietin receptors in polycythemia vera.

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Means, R T

RESUMO

The role of erythropoietin (EP) in polycythemia vera (PV) is controversial, with some experiments suggesting that erythroid progenitors in PV are exquisitely sensitive to EP and EP dependent, and others suggesting that PV progenitors are EP independent. We have examined the characteristics of the EP receptor (EP-R) on erythroid colony-forming cells (ECFC) from patients with PV. In contrast to normal ECFC, which have two classes of EP-R, with 20% showing high affinity (Kd = 0.13 nM; range, 0.04-0.20 nM) and the remainder lower affinity (Kd = 0.37 nM; range, 0.28-0.57 nM), PV ECFC show a single class of 851 low affinity EP-R with Kd = 0.72 nM (range, 0.36-0.85 nM). ECFC from patients with secondary (EP driven) polycythemia or anemia show two classes of EP-R (Kd = 0.18 and 1.10 nM, respectively). Attempts to remove tightly bound EP from putative high affinity EP-R in PV did not reveal any higher affinity receptors. Determination of molecular size by crosslinking showed two proteins of 90 and 100 kD similar to those seen with normal EP-R. These studies indicate the PV ECFC have EP-R that are structurally similar to normal EP-R but lack the higher binding affinity for EP.

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