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- Title
Characterization of Stem-Like Cells in Mucoepidermoid Tracheal Paediatric Tumor.
- Authors
Lim, Mei Ling; Ooi, Brandon Nick Sern; Jungebluth, Philipp; Sjöqvist, Sebastian; Hultman, Isabell; Lemon, Greg; Gustafsson, Ylva; Asmundsson, Jurate; Baiguera, Silvia; Douagi, Iyadh; Gilevich, Irina; Popova, Alina; Haag, Johannes Cornelius; Rodríguez, Antonio Beltrán; Lim, Jianri; Liedén, Agne; Nordenskjöld, Magnus; Alici, Evren; Baker, Duncan; Unger, Christian
- Abstract
Stem cells contribute to regeneration of tissues and organs. Cells with stem cell-like properties have been identified in tumors from a variety of origins, but to our knowledge there are yet no reports on tumor-related stem cells in the human upper respiratory tract. In the present study, we show that a tracheal mucoepidermoid tumor biopsy obtained from a 6 year-old patient contained a subpopulation of cells with morphology, clonogenicity and surface markers that overlapped with bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells (BM-MSCs). These cells, designated as MEi (mesenchymal stem cell-like mucoepidermoid tumor) cells, could be differentiated towards mesenchymal lineages both with and without induction, and formed spheroids in vitro. The MEi cells shared several multipotent characteristics with BM-MSCs. However, they displayed differences to BM-MSCs in growth kinectics and gene expression profiles relating to cancer pathways and tube development. Despite this, the MEi cells did not possess in vivo tumor-initiating capacity, as proven by the absence of growth in situ after localized injection in immunocompromised mice. Our results provide an initial characterization of benign tracheal cancer-derived niche cells. We believe that this report could be of importance to further understand tracheal cancer initiation and progression as well as therapeutic development.
- Subjects
TRACHEA tumors; CANCER stem cells; CHILDHOOD cancer; REGENERATIVE medicine; BIOPSY; TUMOR markers; CANCER invasiveness
- Publication
PLoS ONE, 2014, Vol 9, Issue 9, p1
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0107712