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Expression of FUS-CHOP fusion protein in immortalized/transformed human Mesenchymal Stem Cells drives mixoid liposarcoma formation

ABSTRACT: Although different sarcomas have been modeled in mice upon expression of fusion oncogenes in MSCs, sarcomagenesis has not been successfully modeled in human MSCs (hMSCs). We report that FUS-CHOP, a hallmark fusion gene in mixoid liposarcoma (MLS), has an instructive role in lineage commitment, and its expression in hMSC sequentially immortalized/transformed with up to 5 oncogenic hits (p53 and Rb deficiency, hTERT over-expression, c-myc stabilization and H-RASv12 mutation) drives the formation of serially transplantable MLS. This is the first model of sarcoma based on the expression of a sarcoma-associated fusion protein in hMSC, and allowed us to unravel the differentiation processes and signaling pathways altered in the MLS-initiating cells. This study will contribute to test novel therapeutic approaches, and constitutes a proof-of-concept to employ hMSCs as target cell for modeling other fusion gene-associated human sarcomas. Wild type (MSC-0H) or transformed (MSC-5H) BM-hMSCs were transduced with concentrated viral particles expressing either pRRL-EF1?-PGK-GFP (empty vector; GFP) or pRRL-EF1?-FUS-CHOP-PGK-GFP (FUSCHOP expressing vector; FC) in order to generate MSC-0H-GFP, MSC-0H-FC, MSC-5H-GFP and MSC-5H-FC cell lines. MSC-0H-GFP and MSC-0H-FC cells did not develop tumors, meanwhile MSC-5H-GFP cells gave rise to undifferentiated sarcomas and MSC-5H-FC originated mixoid liposarcoma tumors when inoculated into immunedeficient mice. Several cell lines were derived from tumors developed from MSC-5H-GFP (T-5H-GFP-1 to -3 cell lines) and MSC-5H-FC (T-5H-FC-1 to -3 cell lines) cells. Gene expression analysis was performed using MSC-0H, MSC-5H and T-5H cell lines and lists of differentially expressed genes were created by comparing the gene expression profiles of MSC-0H-FC, MSC-5H-FC and T-5H-FC cell types to the control MSC-0H-GFP cells.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Rene Rodriguez

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-48030 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Expression of FUS-CHOP fusion protein in immortalized/transformed human Mesenchymal Stem Cells drives mixoid liposarcoma formation

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