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Project description:How tumors develop or respond to therapies vary significantly among species. Here we report that medulloblastoma (MB) the most frequent malignant childhood brain tumor can develop from human hindbrain neuro-epithelial stem (hbNES) cells or induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived NES (NES) cells via MYCN overexpression in mice. NES tumors developed fast with leptomeningeal dissemination, while hbNES tumors formed significantly later with no dissemination. By using large cohorts of MB patients we show that tumors resemble a common subgroup of Sonic Hedgehog (SHH) MBs and that pluripotency and mTOR signaling correlate with poor prognosis. To conclude, both iPSC-derived and embryonic NES cells can be transformed into distinct humanized MB models valuable for identifying better diagnostic markers and drug targets.
2020-01-27 | GSE106727 | GEO
Project description:How tumors develop or respond to therapies vary significantly among species. Here we report that medulloblastoma (MB) the most frequent malignant childhood brain tumor can develop from human hindbrain neuro-epithelial stem (hbNES) cells or induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived NES (NES) cells via MYCN overexpression in mice. NES tumors developed fast with leptomeningeal dissemination, while hbNES tumors formed significantly later with no dissemination. By using large cohorts of MB patients we show that tumors resemble a common subgroup of Sonic Hedgehog (SHH) MBs and that pluripotency and mTOR signaling correlate with poor prognosis. To conclude, both iPSC-derived and embryonic NES cells can be transformed into distinct humanized MB models valuable for identifying better diagnostic markers and drug targets.
2020-01-27 | GSE106725 | GEO
Project description:MYCN Drives Disparate Medulloblastoma from Human Embryonic and iPSC-Derived Stem Cells
| PRJNA417799 | ENA
Project description:MYCN Drives Disparate Medulloblastoma from Human Embryonic and iPSC-Derived Stem Cells [seq]
| PRJNA417797 | ENA
Project description:MYCN Drives Disparate Medulloblastoma from Human Embryonic and iPSC-Derived Stem Cells [array]
| PRJNA417801 | ENA
Project description:The biologic studies of human neural crest stem cells (hNCSCs) are extremely challenging due to the limited source of hNCSCs as well as ethical and technical issues surrounding isolation of early human embryonic tissues. On the other hand, vast majority of studies on MycN have been conducted in human tumor cells, thus, the role of MycN in normal human neural crest development is completely unknown. In the present study, we determined the role of MycN in hNCSCs isolated from in vitro-differentiating human embryonic stem cells (hESCs). For the first time, we show that suppression of MycN in hNCSCs inhibits cell growth and cell cycle progression. Knockdown of MycN in hNCSCs increases the expression of Cdkn1a, Cdkn2a and Cdkn2b, which encodes the cyclin-dependent kinases p21CIP1, p16 INK4a and p15INK4b. In addition, MycN is involved in the regulation of human sympathetic neurogenesis, as knockdown of MycN enhances the expression of key transcription factors involved in sympathetic neuron differentiation, including Phox2a, Phox2b, Mash1, Hand2 and Gata3. We propose that unlimited source of hNCSCs provides an invaluable platform for the studies of human neural crest development and diseases.
| S-EPMC4729679 | biostudies-literature
Project description:Here we elucidate the effect of Alzheimer disease (AD)-predisposing genetic backgrounds, APOE4, PSEN1?E9, and APPswe, on functionality of human microglia-like cells (iMGLs). We present a physiologically relevant high-yield protocol for producing iMGLs from induced pluripotent stem cells. Differentiation is directed with small molecules through primitive erythromyeloid progenitors to re-create microglial ontogeny from yolk sac. The iMGLs express microglial signature genes and respond to ADP with intracellular Ca2+ release distinguishing them from macrophages. Using 16 iPSC lines from healthy donors, AD patients and isogenic controls, we reveal that the APOE4 genotype has a profound impact on several aspects of microglial functionality, whereas PSEN1?E9 and APPswe mutations trigger minor alterations. The APOE4 genotype impairs phagocytosis, migration, and metabolic activity of iMGLs but exacerbates their cytokine secretion. This indicates that APOE4 iMGLs are fundamentally unable to mount normal microglial functionality in AD.
| S-EPMC6829767 | biostudies-literature
Project description:Medulloblastoma (MB) is the most common malignant brain tumor of childhood. Sonic Hedgehog (SHH) signaling drives a minority of MB, correlating with desmoplastic pathology and favorable outcome. The majority, however, arises independently of SHH and displays classic or large cell anaplastic (LCA) pathology and poor prognosis. To identify common signaling abnormalities, we profiled mRNA, demonstrating misexpression of MYCN in the majority of human MB and negligible expression in normal cerebella. We clarified a role in pathogenesis by targeting MYCN (and luciferase) to cerebella of transgenic mice. MYCN-driven MB showed either classic or LCA pathologies, with Shh signaling activated in approximately 5% of tumors, demonstrating that MYCN can drive MB independently of Shh. MB arose at high penetrance, consistent with a role for MYCN in initiation. Tumor burden correlated with bioluminescence, with rare metastatic spread to the leptomeninges, suggesting roles for MYCN in both progression and metastasis. Transient pharmacological down-regulation of MYCN led to both clearance and senescence of tumor cells, and improved survival. Targeted expression of MYCN thus contributes to initiation, progression, and maintenance of MB, suggesting a central role for MYCN in pathogenesis.
| S-EPMC2867210 | biostudies-literature
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2022-06-18 | GSE206009 | GEO
Project description:Medulloblastoma (MB) is the most common malignant pediatric brain tumor. While the pathways that are deregulated in MB remain to be fully characterized, amplification and/or overexpression of the MYCN gene, which is has a critical role in cerebellar development as a regulator of neural progenitor cell fate, has been identified in several MB subgroups. Phenotypically, aberrant expression of MYCN is associated with the large-cell/anaplastic MB variant, which accounts for 5-15% of cases and is associated with aggressive disease and poor clinical outcome. To better understand the role of MYCN in MB in vitro and in vivo and to aid the development of MYCN-targeted therapeutics we established tumor-derived neurosphere cell lines from the GTML (Glt1-tTA/TRE-MYCN-Luc) genetically engineered mouse model. A fraction of GTML neurospheres were found to be growth factor independent, expressed CD133 (a marker of neural stem cells), failed to differentiate upon MYCN withdrawal and were highly tumorigenic when orthotopically implanted into the cerebellum. Principal component analyzes using single cell RNA assay data suggested that the clinical candidate aurora-A kinase inhibitor MLN8237 converts GTML neurospheres to resemble non-MYCN expressors. Correlating with this, MLN8237 significantly extended the survival of mice bearing GTML MB allografts. In summary, our results demonstrate that MYCN plays a critical role in expansion and survival of aggressive MB-propagating cells, and establish GTML neurospheres as an important resource for the development of novel therapeutic strategies.
| S-EPMC4365014 | biostudies-literature