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C-Fos induces chondrogenic tumor formation in immortalized human mesenchymal progenitor cells.

ABSTRACT: Mesenchymal progenitor cells (MPCs) have been hypothesized as cells of origin for sarcomas, and c-Fos transcription factor has been showed to act as an oncogene in bone tumors. In this study, we show c-Fos is present in most sarcomas with chondral phenotype, while multiple other genes are related to c-Fos expression pattern. To further define the role of c-Fos in sarcomagenesis, we expressed it in primary human MPCs (hMPCs), immortalized hMPCs and transformed murine MPCs (mMPCs). In immortalized hMPCs, c-Fos expression generated morphological changes, reduced mobility capacity and impaired adipogenic- and osteogenic-differentiation potentials. Remarkably, immortalized hMPCs or mMPCs expressing c-Fos generated tumors harboring a chondrogenic phenotype and morphology. Thus, here we show that c-Fos protein has a key role in sarcomas and that c-Fos expression in immortalized MPCs yields cell transformation and chondrogenic tumor formation.

SUBMITTER: Abarrategi A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6199246 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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c-Fos induces chondrogenic tumor formation in immortalized human mesenchymal progenitor cells.

Abarrategi Ander A Gambera Stefano S Alfranca Arantzazu A Rodriguez-Milla Miguel A MA Perez-Tavarez Raquel R Rouault-Pierre Kevin K Waclawiczek Alexander A Chakravarty Probir P Mulero Francisca F Trigueros César C Navarro Samuel S Bonnet Dominique D García-Castro Javier J

Scientific reports 20181023 1

Mesenchymal progenitor cells (MPCs) have been hypothesized as cells of origin for sarcomas, and c-Fos transcription factor has been showed to act as an oncogene in bone tumors. In this study, we show c-Fos is present in most sarcomas with chondral phenotype, while multiple other genes are related to c-Fos expression pattern. To further define the role of c-Fos in sarcomagenesis, we expressed it in primary human MPCs (hMPCs), immortalized hMPCs and transformed murine MPCs (mMPCs). In immortalized ...[more]

PMID: 30353072

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C-Fos induces chondrogenic tumor formation in immortalized human mesenchymal progenitor cells.

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c-Fos induces chondrogenic tumor formation in immortalized human mesenchymal progenitor cells.

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