Table 5 Summary of myelodysplastic syndrome cell lines: origins, lineage, and key features.

From: Humanized mouse models in MDS

Cell line

Original disease

Lineage

Characteristics

References

M-TAT

RAEB-MDS

Erythroid or megakaryocytic

Isolated from peripheral blood of 3-years-old patient.

[155]

Cytokine-dependent (EPO, GM-CSF, SCF, IL3).

Differentiates in response to EPO but shows reduced hemoglobin when GM-CSF is added.

MDS92

RARS-MDS

Myeloid with megakaryocytic differentiation

Isolated from a bone marrow of 52-year-old male.

[72, 156]

Presence of typical MDS aberrations such as 5q and 17p deletion, monosomy 7 and NRAS mutation.

Sensitive to cytokines such as GM-CSF and IL-3.

TER-3

RAEB-MDS

Erythroid or megakaryocytic

Cytokine-dependent: G-CSF, GM-CSF, IL3, TPO, M-CSF, SCF.

[23, 157]

TER-3 has surface markers that are strongly positive for myeloid, lymphoid, and megakaryocytic antigens, including CD15, CD19, and CD6.

Presence of typical MDS aberrations such as monosomy 7,20 and Y.

MDS-L

MDS (often progressing to AML)

Myeloid

Blastic subline derived from MDS92.

[72, 158]

A standard preclinical model for developing MDS therapies.

Sensitive to IL-3 cytokine.

H3-K27M mutation was detected in MDS-L.

MDS-L-2007

MDS with leukemic transformation

Myeloid

MDS-L in the presence of IL-3 generated MDS-L-2007 (H3-K27M–mutant).

[158]

MDS-LGF

MDS with leukemic features

Myeloid

MDS-L in the absence of IL-3 generated MDS-LGF (H3-K27M–wild type).

[158]

  1. Key properties of available MDS-derived cell lines used in experimental modeling, including lineage origin, mutational status, and in vivo utility.