PMID- 18494052 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20080815 LR - 20211020 IS - 1007-9327 (Print) IS - 1007-9327 (Linking) VI - 14 IP - 19 DP - 2008 May 21 TI - Transplanted bone marrow stromal cells are not cellular origin of hepatocellular carcinomas in a mouse model of carcinogenesis. PG - 3015-20 AB - AIM: To investigate the malignant potential of hepatic stem cells derived from the bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) in a mouse model of chemical hepatocarcino-genesis. METHODS: BMSCs from male BALB/c mice were harvested and cultured, then transplanted into female syngenic BALB/c mice via portal vein. Hepato-carcinogenesis was induced by 6 months of treatment with diethylnitrosamine (DEN). Six months later, the liver was removed from each treated mouse and evaluated by immunohistochemistry and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). RESULTS: Twenty-six percent of recipient mice survived and developed multiple hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs). Immunohistochemically, HCC expressed placental form of glutathione-S-transferase (GST-P) and alpha-fetoprotein, but did not express cytokeratin 19. Y chromosome positive hepatocytes were detected by fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) in the liver of mice treated with DEN after BMSCs transplantation while no such hepatocytes were identified in the liver of mice not treated with DEN. No HCC was positive for the Y chromosome by FISH. CONCLUSION: Hepatic stem cells derived from the bone marrow stromal cells have a low malignant potential in our mouse model of chemical hepatocarcingenesis. FAU - Zheng, Jin-Fang AU - Zheng JF AD - Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, the People's Hospital of Hainan Province, Hainan Province, China. zhengjf2000@hotmail.com FAU - Liang, Li-Jian AU - Liang LJ LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - World J Gastroenterol JT - World journal of gastroenterology JID - 100883448 RN - 0 (HGF protein, human) RN - 3IQ78TTX1A (Diethylnitrosamine) RN - 67256-21-7 (Hepatocyte Growth Factor) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Bone Marrow Cells/*pathology MH - *Bone Marrow Transplantation MH - Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/chemically induced/genetics/*pathology MH - Cell Differentiation MH - Cell Survival MH - Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/genetics/*pathology MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Diethylnitrosamine MH - Female MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic MH - Hepatocyte Growth Factor/metabolism MH - Hepatocytes/*pathology/transplantation MH - Immunohistochemistry MH - In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence MH - Liver Neoplasms, Experimental/chemically induced/genetics/*pathology MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred BALB C MH - Neoplastic Stem Cells/*pathology/transplantation MH - Stromal Cells/*pathology/transplantation MH - Y Chromosome PMC - PMC2712168 EDAT- 2008/05/22 09:00 MHDA- 2008/08/16 09:00 PMCR- 2008/05/21 CRDT- 2008/05/22 09:00 PHST- 2008/05/22 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2008/08/16 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2008/05/22 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2008/05/21 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3748/wjg.14.3015 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - World J Gastroenterol. 2008 May 21;14(19):3015-20. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.3015.