Malignant transformation of host stromal fibroblasts derived from the bone marrow traced in a dual-color fluorescence xenograft tumor model

  • Authors:
    • Xingliang Dai
    • Hua Chen
    • Yanming Chen
    • Jinding Wu
    • Haiyang Wang
    • Jia Shi
    • Xifeng Fei
    • Zhimin Wang
    • Aidong Wang
    • Jun Dong
    • Qing Lan
    • Qiang Huang
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  • Published online on: September 17, 2015     https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2015.4281
  • Pages: 2997-3006
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Abstract

Solid tumors are abnormal tissues containing tumor and non-tumor cells, also known as tumor stromal cells. However, the malignant potential of tumor stromal cells remains largely unknown. The aim of the present study was to investigate the malignant potential of host bone marrow‑derived stroma cells in transplanted subcutaneous tumors of the glioma stem/progenitor cells (GSPCs) labeled using the dual-color fluorescent tracer technique. The previously established human glioma stem/progenitor cell line SU3 was transfected with red fluorescence protein (SU3-RFP) and transplanted subcutaneously into green fluorescent protein (GFP) transgenic nude mice and chimeric mice in which GFP was only expressed by bone marrow-derived cells (BMDCs). The xenograft tumors were subcultured in vitro and two immortalized GFP-expressing stromal cell lines were cloned from the transplanted tumors. The two cloned cell lines showed an accelerated growth rate, loss of cell contact inhibition, high cloning efficiency, and high DNA content and telocentric (murine) chromosomes with heteroploid characteristics. The tumorigenesis rate (10/10, 1x106) of these host stromal cells was further evidence of malignant transformation. Immunofluorescence assay of the two host cell lines showed that they expressed fibroblast markers such as FAP, S100A4 and α-SMA, as well as mesenchymal cell markers such as CD44 and CD105. In conclusion, bone marrow-derived stromal fibroblasts recruited to tumors have the potential for malignant transformation induced by the tumor microenvironment, which provides new evidence for the role of the stroma in malignant transformation.
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Dai X, Chen H, Chen Y, Wu J, Wang H, Shi J, Fei X, Wang Z, Wang A, Dong J, Dong J, et al: Malignant transformation of host stromal fibroblasts derived from the bone marrow traced in a dual-color fluorescence xenograft tumor model. Oncol Rep 34: 2997-3006, 2015.
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Dai, X., Chen, H., Chen, Y., Wu, J., Wang, H., Shi, J. ... Huang, Q. (2015). Malignant transformation of host stromal fibroblasts derived from the bone marrow traced in a dual-color fluorescence xenograft tumor model. Oncology Reports, 34, 2997-3006. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2015.4281
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Dai, X., Chen, H., Chen, Y., Wu, J., Wang, H., Shi, J., Fei, X., Wang, Z., Wang, A., Dong, J., Lan, Q., Huang, Q."Malignant transformation of host stromal fibroblasts derived from the bone marrow traced in a dual-color fluorescence xenograft tumor model". Oncology Reports 34.6 (2015): 2997-3006.
Chicago
Dai, X., Chen, H., Chen, Y., Wu, J., Wang, H., Shi, J., Fei, X., Wang, Z., Wang, A., Dong, J., Lan, Q., Huang, Q."Malignant transformation of host stromal fibroblasts derived from the bone marrow traced in a dual-color fluorescence xenograft tumor model". Oncology Reports 34, no. 6 (2015): 2997-3006. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2015.4281