Hyperdiploidy impairs fetal hematopoietic progenitor fitness and differentiation enabling persistence of rare preleukemic aneuploid clones

Aneuploidy is a hallmark of cancer but often reduces cellular fitness. In childhood B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (cB-ALL), hyperdiploidy is the most common cytogenetic abnormality and arises <em>in utero</em> from early hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs), yet its impact o...

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Autores: Thampi, Namitha, Calvo, Cristina, Rodríguez Cortez, Virginia Carolina, Martínez-Moreno, Alba, Roca-Ho, Heleia, Vinyoles, Meritxell, Bueno, Clara, Espinosa-Aroca, Lady, Pablo-Fontecha, Verónica, Camps, Jordi, Fuente-González, A. de la, Puente, Xose S, Solé, Francesc, Foijer, Floris, Menéndez Buján, Pablo, Molina, Òscar
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Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2026
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
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Palabra clave:Leucèmia limfocítica crònica
Càncer en els infants
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Cancer in children
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spelling Hyperdiploidy impairs fetal hematopoietic progenitor fitness and differentiation enabling persistence of rare preleukemic aneuploid clonesThampi, NamithaCalvo, CristinaRodríguez Cortez, Virginia CarolinaMartínez-Moreno, AlbaRoca-Ho, HeleiaVinyoles, MeritxellBueno, ClaraEspinosa-Aroca, LadyPablo-Fontecha, VerónicaCamps, JordiFuente-González, A. de laPuente, Xose SSolé, FrancescFoijer, FlorisMenéndez Buján, PabloMolina, ÒscarLeucèmia limfocítica crònicaCàncer en els infantsChronic lymphocytic leukemiaCancer in childrenAneuploidy is a hallmark of cancer but often reduces cellular fitness. In childhood B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (cB-ALL), hyperdiploidy is the most common cytogenetic abnormality and arises <em>in utero</em> from early hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs), yet its impact on early hematopoiesis remains unclear. We model two proposed routes to hyperdiploidy, chromosome mis-segregation and cytokinesis failure, by transiently exposing human fetal liver-derived HSPCs to reversine or cytochalasin D. Induced hyperdiploidy impaired fitness and delayed differentiation <em>in vitro</em>, causing hyperdiploid cells to be rapidly outcompeted by euploid counterparts. Nonetheless, hyperdiploid cells engrafted immunodeficient mice, where rare clones persisted long term and acquired non-random chromosomal gains frequently observed in cB-ALL. Despite this persistence, they did not initiate leukemia. These findings support a two-step model in which hyperdiploid fetal clones require additional perinatal/postnatal events for malignant transformation. Our work establishes a valuable human model for studying early aneuploidy-driven events in childhood leukemia.Elsevier2026info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/228727Articles publicats en revistes (Biomedicina)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2026.117173Cell Reports, 2026, vol. 45, num.4https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2026.117173cc-by-nc-nd (c) Thampi, Namitha et al., 2026https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:dnet:ubarcelona__::52319a251b5d5500b385e25d7072a21f2026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Hyperdiploidy impairs fetal hematopoietic progenitor fitness and differentiation enabling persistence of rare preleukemic aneuploid clones
title Hyperdiploidy impairs fetal hematopoietic progenitor fitness and differentiation enabling persistence of rare preleukemic aneuploid clones
spellingShingle Hyperdiploidy impairs fetal hematopoietic progenitor fitness and differentiation enabling persistence of rare preleukemic aneuploid clones
Thampi, Namitha
Leucèmia limfocítica crònica
Càncer en els infants
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Cancer in children
title_short Hyperdiploidy impairs fetal hematopoietic progenitor fitness and differentiation enabling persistence of rare preleukemic aneuploid clones
title_full Hyperdiploidy impairs fetal hematopoietic progenitor fitness and differentiation enabling persistence of rare preleukemic aneuploid clones
title_fullStr Hyperdiploidy impairs fetal hematopoietic progenitor fitness and differentiation enabling persistence of rare preleukemic aneuploid clones
title_full_unstemmed Hyperdiploidy impairs fetal hematopoietic progenitor fitness and differentiation enabling persistence of rare preleukemic aneuploid clones
title_sort Hyperdiploidy impairs fetal hematopoietic progenitor fitness and differentiation enabling persistence of rare preleukemic aneuploid clones
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Thampi, Namitha
Calvo, Cristina
Rodríguez Cortez, Virginia Carolina
Martínez-Moreno, Alba
Roca-Ho, Heleia
Vinyoles, Meritxell
Bueno, Clara
Espinosa-Aroca, Lady
Pablo-Fontecha, Verónica
Camps, Jordi
Fuente-González, A. de la
Puente, Xose S
Solé, Francesc
Foijer, Floris
Menéndez Buján, Pablo
Molina, Òscar
author Thampi, Namitha
author_facet Thampi, Namitha
Calvo, Cristina
Rodríguez Cortez, Virginia Carolina
Martínez-Moreno, Alba
Roca-Ho, Heleia
Vinyoles, Meritxell
Bueno, Clara
Espinosa-Aroca, Lady
Pablo-Fontecha, Verónica
Camps, Jordi
Fuente-González, A. de la
Puente, Xose S
Solé, Francesc
Foijer, Floris
Menéndez Buján, Pablo
Molina, Òscar
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author2 Calvo, Cristina
Rodríguez Cortez, Virginia Carolina
Martínez-Moreno, Alba
Roca-Ho, Heleia
Vinyoles, Meritxell
Bueno, Clara
Espinosa-Aroca, Lady
Pablo-Fontecha, Verónica
Camps, Jordi
Fuente-González, A. de la
Puente, Xose S
Solé, Francesc
Foijer, Floris
Menéndez Buján, Pablo
Molina, Òscar
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author
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author
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author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Leucèmia limfocítica crònica
Càncer en els infants
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Cancer in children
topic Leucèmia limfocítica crònica
Càncer en els infants
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Cancer in children
description Aneuploidy is a hallmark of cancer but often reduces cellular fitness. In childhood B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (cB-ALL), hyperdiploidy is the most common cytogenetic abnormality and arises <em>in utero</em> from early hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs), yet its impact on early hematopoiesis remains unclear. We model two proposed routes to hyperdiploidy, chromosome mis-segregation and cytokinesis failure, by transiently exposing human fetal liver-derived HSPCs to reversine or cytochalasin D. Induced hyperdiploidy impaired fitness and delayed differentiation <em>in vitro</em>, causing hyperdiploid cells to be rapidly outcompeted by euploid counterparts. Nonetheless, hyperdiploid cells engrafted immunodeficient mice, where rare clones persisted long term and acquired non-random chromosomal gains frequently observed in cB-ALL. Despite this persistence, they did not initiate leukemia. These findings support a two-step model in which hyperdiploid fetal clones require additional perinatal/postnatal events for malignant transformation. Our work establishes a valuable human model for studying early aneuploidy-driven events in childhood leukemia.
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2026.117173
Cell Reports, 2026, vol. 45, num.4
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2026.117173
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