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Highly Aneuploid Zebrafish Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors have Genetic Alterations Similar to Human Cancers

ABSTRACT: Aneuploidy is a hallmark of human cancers, but most mouse cancer models lack the extensive aneuploidy seen in many human tumors. The zebrafish is becoming an increasingly popular model for studying cancer. Here we report that malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs) that arise in zebrafish as a result of mutations in either ribosomal protein (rp) genes or in p53 are highly aneuploid. Karyotyping reveals that these tumors frequently harbor near-triploid numbers of chromosomes, and they vary in chromosome number from cell-to-cell within a single tumor. Using array CGH (aCGH) we found that, as in human cancers, certain fish chromosomes are preferentially over-represented while others are under-represented in many MPNSTs. In addition, we detected evidence for recurrent sub-chromosomal amplifications and deletions that may contain genes involved in cancer initiation or progression. One striking amplification included the c-met proto-oncogene. Our results suggest that the zebrafish may be a valuable model in which to study aneuploidy in human cancer and in which to identify candidate genes that may act as drivers in fish and potentially also in human tumors. For GSM587250-GSM587255: This Illumina sequencing data is for validation of a larger array-CGH dataset (GSM580580-GSM580621). For GSM580580-GSM580621: Two-condition (x3) experiment: (1) genomic DNA: MPNST (rp gene mutation) vs normal tail : 31 replicates; (2) MPNST (p53 mutation) vs normal tail: 5 replicates; (3) normal tail vs. normal tail (6 replicates) For GSM587250-GSM587255: Six samples total, in three pairs of tumor (MPNST) and normal tail control

ORGANISM(S): Danio rerio

SUBMITTER: Sebastian Hoersch

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-23666 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Highly aneuploid zebrafish malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors have genetic alterations similar to human cancers.

Zhang Guangjun G Hoersch Sebastian S Amsterdam Adam A Whittaker Charles A CA Lees Jacqueline A JA Hopkins Nancy N

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20100913 39

Aneuploidy is a hallmark of human cancers, but most mouse cancer models lack the extensive aneuploidy seen in many human tumors. The zebrafish is becoming an increasingly popular model for studying cancer. Here we report that malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs) that arise in zebrafish as a result of mutations in either ribosomal protein (rp) genes or in p53 are highly aneuploid. Karyotyping reveals that these tumors frequently harbor near-triploid numbers of chromosomes, and they v ...[more]

PMID: 20837522

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Project description:Background: Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNST) are soft-tissue sarcomas that can arise either sporadically or in association with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). These aggressive malignancies confer poor survival, with no effective therapy available. Methods: We generated five patient-derived MPNST orthoxenograft models (three NF1-related and two sporadic) and performed an exhaustive histological and molecular characterization of primary MPNSTs and their corresponding orthoxenografts. Finally, orthoxenografts models were used as an in vivo pre-clinical platform to test several treatment strategies. Results: MPNST orthoxenografts recapitulate the histopathological properties and preserve the genomic and transcriptomic status of their parental primary tumors. Additionally, they mimic distal dissemination properties in mice. Compatible with an origin in a catastrophic event and subsequent stabilization, MPNSTs contained highly altered genomes that remained remarkably stable in orthoxenograft establishment and along passages. Although preliminary, the results presented here point to clear differences between NF1-associated and sporadic MPNSTs. In accordance, mutation frequency in sporadic MPNSTs was an order of magnitude higher than in NF1-associated MPNSTs and unsupervised cluster analysis and principal component analysis (PCA) using a MPNST signature perfectly divided the samples between NF1 and sporadic MPNST. Finally, different therapeutic approaches tested in the validated orthoxenograft MPNST models, reveal that sorafenib, or in combination with doxorubicin or rapamycin caused a great tumor reduction in all models. Conclusion: The development of a well-characterized and standardized preclinical model for MPNSTs has laid the foundations for evaluating novel therapeutic strategies in the clinical setting. Moreover, results obtained strongly support the clinical evaluation of Sorafenib in this subset of patients. Primary MPNSTs were implanted in the sciatic nerve of nude mices to create orthoxenograft MPNST models. Several orthoxenograft passages were created. The primary tumor (when available) and passages 1 and 4 were selected for gene expression profiling to demonstrate that the orthoxenografts closely resemble their primary tumors and are stable along xenograft passages.

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Highly Aneuploid Zebrafish Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors have Genetic Alterations Similar to Human Cancers

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Highly aneuploid zebrafish malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors have genetic alterations similar to human cancers.

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