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[Cancer Research 65, 3126-3135, April 15, 2005]
© 2005 American Association for Cancer Research


Cell and Tumor Biology

Tumorigenic Heterogeneity in Cancer Stem Cells Evolved from Long-term Cultures of Telomerase-Immortalized Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells

Jorge S. Burns1, Basem M. Abdallah1, Per Guldberg3, Jørgen Rygaard4, Henrik D. Schrøder2 and Moustapha Kassem1

1 Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism and 2 Institute of Pathology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark; 3 Institute of Cancer Biology, Danish Cancer Society; and 4 Bartholin Instituttet, Kommunehospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark

Requests for reprints: Jorge S. Burns, Laboratory for Molecular Endocrinology, KMEB, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Odense University Hospital, Medical Biotechnology Center, Winsløwparken 25, DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark. Phone: 45-6550-4081; Fax: 45-6550-3950; E-mail: jburns{at}health.sdu.dk.

Long-term cultures of telomerase-transduced adult human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSC) may evolve spontaneous genetic changes leading to tumorigenicity in immunodeficient mice (e.g., hMSC-TERT20). We wished to clarify whether this unusual phenotype reflected a rare but dominant subpopulation or if the stem cell origin allowed most cells to behave as cancer stem cells. Cultures of the hMSC-TERT20 strain at population doubling 440 were highly clonogenic (94%). From 110 single-cell clones expanded by 20 population doublings, 6 underwent detailed comparison. Like the parental population, each clone had {approx}1.2 days doubling time with loss of contact inhibition. All retained 1,25-(OH)2 vitamin D3–induced expression of osteoblastic markers: collagen type I, alkaline phosphatase, and osteocalcin. All shared INK4a/ARF gene locus deletion and epigenetic silencing of the DBCCR1 tumor suppressor gene. Despite in vitro commonality, only four of six clones shared the growth kinetics and 100% tumorigenicity of the parental population. In contrast, one clone consistently formed latent tumors and the other established tumors with only 30% penetrance. Changing the in vitro microenvironment to mimic in vivo growth aspects revealed concordant clonal heterogeneity. Latent tumor growth correlated with extracellular matrix entrapment of multicellular spheroids and high procollagen type III expression. Poor tumorigenicity correlated with in vitro serum dependence and high p27Kip1 expression. Aggressive tumorigenicity correlated with good viability plus capillary morphogenesis on serum starvation and high cyclin D1 expression. Thus, hMSC-TERT20 clones represent cancer stem cells with hierarchical tumorigenicity, providing new models to explore the stem cell hypothesis for cancer.




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