Stem cell functionality is microenvironmentally defined during tumour expansion and therapy response in colon cancer

Autor: Sophie C. Lodestijn, Xavier Romero Ros, Douglas J. Winton, Felipe De Sousa E Melo, Maarten F. Bijlsma, Kristiaan J. Lenos, Jan Paul Medema, Nicolas Léveillé, Filipe C. Lourenco, Lianne Koens, Guillaume Hypolite, Daniël M. Miedema, Maartje van der Heijden, Giorgio Stassi, Lisanne E. Nijman, Scott K. Lyons, Louis Vermeulen, Tom van den Bosch, Joy Otten, Patrick Veerman, Ronja S. Adam, Anita van Oort, Maria C. Lecca, Edward Morrissey, Sanne M. van Neerven
Přispěvatelé: Lenos, Kristiaan J, Miedema, Daniël M, Lodestijn, Sophie C, Nijman, Lisanne E, van den Bosch, Tom, Romero Ros, Xavier, Lourenço, Filipe C, Lecca, Maria C, van der Heijden, Maartje, van Neerven, Sanne M, van Oort, Anita, Leveille, Nicola, Adam, Ronja S, de Sousa E Melo, Felipe, Otten, Joy, Veerman, Patrick, Hypolite, Guillaume, Koens, Lianne, Lyons, Scott K, Stassi, Giorgio, Winton, Douglas J, Medema, Jan Paul, Morrissey, Edward, Bijlsma, Maarten F, Vermeulen, Louis, Center of Experimental and Molecular Medicine, CCA - Cancer biology and immunology, Graduate School, AGEM - Re-generation and cancer of the digestive system, AGEM - Digestive immunity, Pathology, Radiotherapy
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Nature cell biology
Nature cell biology, 20(10), 1193-1202. Nature Publishing Group
Nature Cell Biology
ISSN: 1476-4679
1465-7392
Popis: Solid malignancies have been speculated to depend on cancer stem cells (CSCs) for expansion and relapse after therapy. Here we report on quantitative analyses of lineage tracing data from primary colon cancer xenograft tissue to assess CSC functionality in a human solid malignancy. The temporally obtained clone size distribution data support a model in which stem cell function in established cancers is not intrinsically, but is entirely spatiotemporally orchestrated. Functional stem cells that drive tumour expansion predominantly reside at the tumour edge, close to cancer-associated fibroblasts. Hence, stem cell properties change in time depending on the cell location. Furthermore, although chemotherapy enriches for cells with a CSC phenotype, in this context functional stem cell properties are also fully defined by the microenvironment. To conclude, we identified osteopontin as a key cancer-associated fibroblast-produced factor that drives in situ clonogenicity in colon cancer.
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