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BRCA1 basal-like breast cancers originate from luminal epithelial progenitors and not from basal stem cells

Molyneux, Gemma, Geyer, Felipe, Magnay, Fiona-Ann, McCarthy, Afshan, Kendrick, Howard, Natrajan, Rachael, MacKay, Alan, Grigoriadis, Anita, Tutt, Andrew, Ashworth, Alan, Reis-Filho, Jorge and Smalley, Matthew John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9540-1146 2010. BRCA1 basal-like breast cancers originate from luminal epithelial progenitors and not from basal stem cells. Cell Stem Cell 7 (3) , pp. 403-417. 10.1016/j.stem.2010.07.010

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Abstract

Breast cancers in BRCA1 mutation carriers frequently have a distinctive basal-like phenotype. It has been suggested that this results from an origin in basal breast epithelial stem cells. Here, we demonstrate that deleting Brca1 in mouse mammary epithelial luminal progenitors produces tumors that phenocopy human BRCA1 breast cancers. They also resemble the majority of sporadic basal-like breast tumors. However, directing Brca1 deficiency to basal cells generates tumors that express molecular markers of basal breast cancers but do not histologically resemble either human BRCA1 or the majority of sporadic basal-like breast tumors. These findings support a derivation of the majority of human BRCA1-associated and sporadic basal-like tumors from luminal progenitors rather than from basal stem cells. They also demonstrate that when target cells for transformation have the potential for phenotypic plasticity, tumor phenotypes may not directly reflect histogenesis. This has important implications for cancer prevention strategies.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Biosciences
European Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute (ECSCRI)
Subjects: Q Science > Q Science (General)
R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer)
Uncontrolled Keywords: Stem Cell
Publisher: Elsevier
ISSN: 1934-5909
Last Modified: 22 Jun 2023 10:01
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/20108

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