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A perivascular niche in the bone marrow hosts quiescent and proliferating tumorigenic colorectal cancer cells

Disseminated tumor cells (dTCs) can frequently be detected in the bone marrow (BM) of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients, raising the possibility that the BM serves as a reservoir for metastatic tumor cells. Identification of dTCs in BM aspirates harbors the potential of assessing therapeutic outcome...

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Main Authors: Möhrmann, Lino (Author) , Zowada, Martina (Author) , Strakerjahn, Hendrik (Author) , Siegl, Christine (Author) , Kopp-Schneider, Annette (Author) , Krunic, Damir (Author) , Strunk, Dirk (Author) , Schneider, Martin (Author) , Kriegsmann, Mark (Author) , Kriegsmann, Katharina (Author) , Herbst, Friederike (Author) , Ball, Claudia R. (Author) , Glimm, Hanno (Author) , Dieter, Sebastian M. (Author)
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Language:English
Published: 19 February 2020
In: International journal of cancer
Year: 2020, Volume: 147, Issue: 2, Pages: 519-531
ISSN:1097-0215
DOI:10.1002/ijc.32933
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.32933
Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ijc.32933
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Author Notes:Lino Möhrmann, Martina K. Zowada, Hendrik Strakerjahn, Christine Siegl, Annette Kopp‐Schneider, Damir Krunic, Dirk Strunk, Martin Schneider, Mark Kriegsmann, Katharina Kriegsmann, Friederike Herbst, Claudia R. Ball, Hanno Glimm and Sebastian M. Dieter
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Summary:Disseminated tumor cells (dTCs) can frequently be detected in the bone marrow (BM) of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients, raising the possibility that the BM serves as a reservoir for metastatic tumor cells. Identification of dTCs in BM aspirates harbors the potential of assessing therapeutic outcome and directing therapy intensity with limited risk and effort. Still, the functional and prognostic relevance of dTCs is not fully established. We have previously shown that CRC cell clones can be traced to the BM of mice carrying patient-derived xenografts. However, cellular interactions, proliferative state and tumorigenicity of dTCs remain largely unknown. Here, we applied a coculture system modeling the microvascular niche and used immunofluorescence imaging of the murine BM to show that primary CRC cells migrate toward endothelial tubes. dTCs in the BM were rare, but detectable in mice with xenografts from most patient samples (8/10) predominantly at perivascular sites. Comparable to primary tumors, a substantial fraction of proliferating dTCs was detected in the BM. However, most dTCs were found as isolated cells, indicating that dividing dTCs rather separate than aggregate to metastatic clones—a phenomenon frequently observed in the microvascular niche model. Clonal tracking identified subsets of self-renewing tumor-initiating cells in the BM that formed tumors out of BM transplants, including one subset that did not drive primary tumor growth. Our results indicate an important role of the perivascular BM niche for CRC cell dissemination and show that dTCs can be a potential source for tumor relapse and tumor heterogeneity.
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ISSN:1097-0215
DOI:10.1002/ijc.32933

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