Up-regulation of Imp3 confers in vivo tumorigenicity on murine osteosarcoma cells.
Osteosarcoma is a high-grade malignant bone tumor that manifests ingravescent clinical behavior. The intrinsic events that confer malignant properties on osteosarcoma cells have remained unclear, however. We previously established two lines of mouse osteosarcoma cells: AX cells, which are able to fo...
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doaj-b952486073264347888952b05644f1bc2020-11-24T21:47:57ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032012-01-01711e5062110.1371/journal.pone.0050621Up-regulation of Imp3 confers in vivo tumorigenicity on murine osteosarcoma cells.Arisa UekiTakatsune ShimizuKenta MasudaSayaka I YamaguchiTomoki IshikawaEiji SugiharaNobuyuki OnishiShinji KuninakaKeita MiyoshiAkihiro MutoYoshiaki ToyamaKouji BannoDaisuke AokiHideyuki SayaOsteosarcoma is a high-grade malignant bone tumor that manifests ingravescent clinical behavior. The intrinsic events that confer malignant properties on osteosarcoma cells have remained unclear, however. We previously established two lines of mouse osteosarcoma cells: AX cells, which are able to form tumors in syngeneic mice, and AXT cells, which were derived from such tumors and acquired an increased tumorigenic capacity during tumor development. We have now identified Igf2 mRNA-binding protein3 (Imp3) as a key molecule responsible for this increased tumorigenicity of AXT cells in vivo. Imp3 is consistently up-regulated in tumors formed by AX cells, and its expression in these cells was found to confer malignant properties such as anchorage-independent growth, loss of contact inhibition, and escape from anoikis in vitro. The expression level of Imp3 also appeared directly related to tumorigenic ability in vivo which is the critical determination for tumor-initiating cells. The effect of Imp3 on tumorigenicity of osteosarcoma cells did not appear to be mediated through Igf2-dependent mechanism. Our results implicate Imp3 as a key regulator of stem-like tumorigenic characteristics in osteosarcoma cells and as a potential therapeutic target for this malignancy.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3511546?pdf=render |
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Arisa Ueki Takatsune Shimizu Kenta Masuda Sayaka I Yamaguchi Tomoki Ishikawa Eiji Sugihara Nobuyuki Onishi Shinji Kuninaka Keita Miyoshi Akihiro Muto Yoshiaki Toyama Kouji Banno Daisuke Aoki Hideyuki Saya |
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Arisa Ueki Takatsune Shimizu Kenta Masuda Sayaka I Yamaguchi Tomoki Ishikawa Eiji Sugihara Nobuyuki Onishi Shinji Kuninaka Keita Miyoshi Akihiro Muto Yoshiaki Toyama Kouji Banno Daisuke Aoki Hideyuki Saya Up-regulation of Imp3 confers in vivo tumorigenicity on murine osteosarcoma cells. PLoS ONE |
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Arisa Ueki Takatsune Shimizu Kenta Masuda Sayaka I Yamaguchi Tomoki Ishikawa Eiji Sugihara Nobuyuki Onishi Shinji Kuninaka Keita Miyoshi Akihiro Muto Yoshiaki Toyama Kouji Banno Daisuke Aoki Hideyuki Saya |
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Up-regulation of Imp3 confers in vivo tumorigenicity on murine osteosarcoma cells. |
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Up-regulation of Imp3 confers in vivo tumorigenicity on murine osteosarcoma cells. |
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Up-regulation of Imp3 confers in vivo tumorigenicity on murine osteosarcoma cells. |
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Up-regulation of Imp3 confers in vivo tumorigenicity on murine osteosarcoma cells. |
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Up-regulation of Imp3 confers in vivo tumorigenicity on murine osteosarcoma cells. |
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up-regulation of imp3 confers in vivo tumorigenicity on murine osteosarcoma cells. |
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Osteosarcoma is a high-grade malignant bone tumor that manifests ingravescent clinical behavior. The intrinsic events that confer malignant properties on osteosarcoma cells have remained unclear, however. We previously established two lines of mouse osteosarcoma cells: AX cells, which are able to form tumors in syngeneic mice, and AXT cells, which were derived from such tumors and acquired an increased tumorigenic capacity during tumor development. We have now identified Igf2 mRNA-binding protein3 (Imp3) as a key molecule responsible for this increased tumorigenicity of AXT cells in vivo. Imp3 is consistently up-regulated in tumors formed by AX cells, and its expression in these cells was found to confer malignant properties such as anchorage-independent growth, loss of contact inhibition, and escape from anoikis in vitro. The expression level of Imp3 also appeared directly related to tumorigenic ability in vivo which is the critical determination for tumor-initiating cells. The effect of Imp3 on tumorigenicity of osteosarcoma cells did not appear to be mediated through Igf2-dependent mechanism. Our results implicate Imp3 as a key regulator of stem-like tumorigenic characteristics in osteosarcoma cells and as a potential therapeutic target for this malignancy. |
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