PMID- 20442289 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100621 LR - 20181201 IS - 1538-7445 (Electronic) IS - 0008-5472 (Linking) VI - 70 IP - 10 DP - 2010 May 15 TI - Deficiency in p53 but not retinoblastoma induces the transformation of mesenchymal stem cells in vitro and initiates leiomyosarcoma in vivo. PG - 4185-94 LID - 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-09-4640 [doi] AB - Sarcomas have been modeled in mice by the expression of specific fusion genes in mesenchymal stem cells (MSC), supporting the concept that MSCs might be the target initiating cell in sarcoma. In this study, we evaluated the potential oncogenic effects of p53 and/or retinoblastoma (Rb) deficiency in MSC transformation and sarcomagenesis. We derived wild-type, p53(-/-), Rb(-/-), and p53(-/-)Rb(-/-) MSC cultures and fully characterized their in vitro growth properties and in vivo tumorigenesis capabilities. In contrast with wild-type MSCs, Rb(-/-), p53(-/-), and p53(-/-)Rb(-/-) MSCs underwent in vitro transformation and showed severe alterations in culture homeostasis. More importantly, p53(-/-) and p53(-/-)Rb(-/-) MSCs, but not Rb(-/-) MSCs, were capable of tumor development in vivo after injection into immunodeficient mice. p53(-/-) or p53(-/-)Rb(-/-) MSCs originated leiomyosarcoma-like tumors, linking this type of smooth muscle sarcoma to p53 deficiency in fat tissue-derived MSCs. Sca1+ and Sca1 low/- cell populations isolated from ex vivo-established, transformed MSC lines from p53(-/-)Rb(-/-) tumors showed identical sarcomagenesis potential, with 100% tumor penetrance and identical latency, tumor weight, and histologic profile. Our findings define the differential roles of p53 and Rb in MSC transformation and offer proof-of-principle that MSCs could provide useful tools to dissect the sarcoma pathogenesis. CI - (c)2010 AACR. FAU - Rubio, Ruth AU - Rubio R AD - Andalusian Stem Cell Bank, Centro de Investigacion Biomedica, Consejeria de Salud-Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain. FAU - Garcia-Castro, Javier AU - Garcia-Castro J FAU - Gutierrez-Aranda, Ivan AU - Gutierrez-Aranda I FAU - Paramio, Jesus AU - Paramio J FAU - Santos, Mirentxu AU - Santos M FAU - Catalina, Purificacion AU - Catalina P FAU - Leone, Paola E AU - Leone PE FAU - Menendez, Pablo AU - Menendez P FAU - Rodriguez, Rene AU - Rodriguez R LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20100504 PL - United States TA - Cancer Res JT - Cancer research JID - 2984705R RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Retinoblastoma Protein) RN - 0 (Tumor Suppressor Protein p53) RN - EC 2.7.7.- (Cre recombinase) RN - EC 2.7.7.- (Integrases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Blotting, Western MH - Cell Adhesion MH - Cell Differentiation MH - Cell Movement MH - Cell Proliferation MH - *Cell Transformation, Neoplastic MH - Fluorescent Antibody Technique MH - In Vitro Techniques MH - Integrases/metabolism MH - Leiomyosarcoma/metabolism/*pathology MH - Mesenchymal Stem Cells/*pathology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred NOD MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Mice, SCID MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism MH - Retinoblastoma Protein/*physiology MH - Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Sarcoma, Experimental/metabolism/*pathology MH - Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/*physiology EDAT- 2010/05/06 06:00 MHDA- 2010/06/22 06:00 CRDT- 2010/05/06 06:00 PHST- 2010/05/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/05/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/06/22 06:00 [medline] AID - 0008-5472.CAN-09-4640 [pii] AID - 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-09-4640 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cancer Res. 2010 May 15;70(10):4185-94. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-09-4640. Epub 2010 May 4.