Clonal dynamics in osteosarcoma defined by RGB marking

Osteosarcoma is a type of bone tumour characterized by considerable levels of phenotypic heterogeneity, aneuploidy, and a high mutational rate. The life expectancy of osteosarcoma patients has not changed during the last three decades and thus much remains to be learned about the disease biology. He...

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Autores: Gambera, Stefano, Abarrategi, Ander, Garcia-Castro, Javier, Morales-Molina, Alvaro, Roma, Josep, Alfranca, Arantzazu, Gonzalez-Camacho, Fernando
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII)
Repositorio:Repisalud
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repisalud.isciii.es:20.500.12105/9262
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/9262
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Animals
Bone Neoplasms
Clone Cells
Luminescent Proteins
Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Mice, Inbred NOD
Mice, Knockout
Mice, SCID
Mice, Transgenic
Microscopy, Confocal
Osteosarcoma
Single-Cell Analysis
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Sumario:Osteosarcoma is a type of bone tumour characterized by considerable levels of phenotypic heterogeneity, aneuploidy, and a high mutational rate. The life expectancy of osteosarcoma patients has not changed during the last three decades and thus much remains to be learned about the disease biology. Here, we employ a RGB-based single-cell tracking system to study the clonal dynamics occurring in a de novo-induced murine osteosarcoma model. We show that osteosarcoma cells present initial polyclonal dynamics, followed by clonal dominance associated with adaptation to the microenvironment. Interestingly, the dominant clones are composed of subclones with a similar tumour generation potential when they are re-implanted in mice. Moreover, individual spontaneous metastases are clonal or oligoclonal, but they have a different cellular origin than the dominant clones present in primary tumours. In summary, we present evidence that osteosarcomagenesis can follow a neutral evolution model, in which different cancer clones coexist and propagate simultaneously.