Otx2 promotes granule cell precursor proliferation and Shh-dependent medulloblastoma maintenance in vivo

Autor: El Nagar, Salsabiel, Chakroun, Almahdi, Le Greneur, Coralie, Figarella-Branger, Dominique, Di Meglio, Thomas, Lamonerie, Thomas, Billon, Nathalie
Přispěvatelé: Fondation ARC pour la Recherche sur le Cancer, Canceropole PACA, Institute of Developmental Biology and Cancer (IBDC), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA), Institut de neurophysiopathologie (INP), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Biologie Valrose (IBV), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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Oncogenesis
Oncogenesis, 2018, 7 (8), pp.60. ⟨10.1038/s41389-018-0070-6⟩
Oncogenesis, Vol 7, Iss 8, Pp 1-12 (2018)
Oncogenesis, Nature Publishing Group: Open Access Journals-Option C, 2018, 7 (8), pp.60. ⟨10.1038/s41389-018-0070-6⟩
ISSN: 2157-9024
Popis: The developmental gene OTX2 is expressed by cerebellar granule cell precursors (GCPs), a cell population which undergoes massive expansion during the early postnatal period in response to sonic hedgehog (Shh). GCPs are thought to be at the origin of most medulloblastomas, a devastating paediatric cancer that arises in the developing cerebellum. OTX2 is overexpressed in all types of medulloblastomas, except in Shh-dependent type 2 medulloblastomas, although it has GCPs as cell-of-origin. This has led to the current view that OTX2 is not involved in tumorigenesis of this subgroup. How OTX2 might contribute to normal or tumoral GCP development in vivo remains unresolved. Here, we have investigated, for the first time, the physiological function of this factor in regulating proliferation and tumorigenesis in the developing mouse cerebellum. We first characterized Otx2-expressing cells in the early postnatal cerebellum and showed that they represent a unique subpopulation of highly proliferative GCPs. We next performed in vivo loss-of-function analysis to dissect out the role of Otx2 in these cells and identified a novel, Shh-independent, function for this factor in controlling postnatal GCP proliferation and cerebellum morphogenesis. Finally, we addressed the function of Otx2 in the context of type 2 medulloblastomas by directing Shh-dependent tumour formation in Otx2+ cells of the developing cerebellum and assessing the effects of Otx2 ablation in this context. We unravel an unexpected, mandatory function for Otx2 in sustaining cell proliferation and long-term maintenance of these tumours in vivo, therefore bringing unpredicted insight into the mechanisms of type 2 medulloblastoma subsistence. Together, these data pinpoint, for the first time, a crucial Shh-independent role for Otx2 in the control of proliferation of normal and tumoral granule cell precursors in vivo and make it an attractive candidate for targeted therapy in Shh-dependent medulloblastomas
Cancéropôle PACA and the fondation pour la recherche sur le Cancer (ARC)
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