Spontaneous in vitro transformation of adult neural precursors into stem-like cancer cells

Siebzehnrubl, Florian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8411-8775, Jeske, Ina, Mueller, Dorit, Buslei, Rolf, Coras, Roland, Hahnen, Eric, Huttner, Hagen B., Corbeil, Denis, Kaesbauer, Johanna, Appl, Thomas, von Hoersten, Stephan and Bluemcke, Ingmar 2009. Spontaneous in vitro transformation of adult neural precursors into stem-like cancer cells. Brain Pathology 19 (3) , pp. 399-408. 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2008.00189.x

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Abstract

Recent studies have found that cellular self-renewal capacity in brain cancer is heterogeneous, with only stem-like cells having this property. A link between adult stem cells and cancer stem cells remains, however, to be shown. Here, we describe the emergence of cancer stem-like cells from in vitro cultured brain stem cells. Adult rat subventricular zone (SVZ) stem cells transformed into tumorigenic cell lines after expansion in vitro. These cell lines maintained characteristic features of stem-like cells expressing Nestin, Musashi-1 and CD133, but continued to proliferate upon differentiation induction. Karyotyping detected multiple acquired chromosomal aberrations, and syngeneic transplantation into the brain of adult rats resulted in malignant tumor formation. Tumors revealed streak necrosis and displayed a neural as well as an undifferentiated phenotype. Deficient downregulation of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) receptor alpha was identified as candidate mechanism for tumor cell proliferation, and its knockdown by siRNA resulted in a reduction of cell growth. Our data point to adult brain precursor cells to be transformed in malignancies. Furthermore, in vitro expansion of adult neural stem cells, which will be mandatory for therapeutic strategies in neurological disorders, also harbors the risk for amplifying precursor cells with acquired genetic abnormalities and induction of malignant tumors after transplantation.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Biosciences European Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute (ECSCRI)
Publisher:	Wiley
ISSN:	1015-6305
Last Modified:	25 Oct 2022 10:12
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/61397

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