Genome-wide analysis of mRNA expression alterations of sorted LysM-KI LSK cells versus control LSK cells

Microarrays were used to examine gene expression changes between bone marrow isolated haematopoeietic cell populations (LSK cells: Lin-Sca1+cKit+) populations of control and mutant (LysM-KI) mice. The LysM-KI mouse is a murine model which expresses an Idh1 (isocitrate dehydrogenase 1) mutation (Idh1-R132H) in cells of the myeloid lineage. Mutations in IDH1 (and IDH2) in humans are commonly found in cytogenetically normal acute myeloid leukemia as well as glioblastomas. The current study was initiated to understand how these mutations may affect leukemogenesis and myeloid cell development. Total RNA obtained from bone marrow sorted LSK cells of mutant LysM-KI and control individual mice.