verifying the identity of early-passage mpnst cells and allograft of early-passage tumor cells to demonstrate tumorigenicity

P 0-GGFβ3 小鼠模型中 PN-MPNST 进展的病理评估

Over the last three decades, numerous laboratories have attempted to create mouse models of human cancers by introducing human cancer-associated mutations into the mouse genome or by overexpressing a gene product that is overexpressed in human cancers. The resulting genetically engineered mouse (GEM) models can be used for a variety of purposes such as establishing that the newly introduced genomic modification initiates tumorigenesis, identifying other subsequently occurring genetic or epigenetic changes that contribute to tumor progression, and defining the key signaling pathways that drive tumor initiation and progression. Unlike orthotopic xenograft models, which rely on the use of immunodeficient mice, GEM cancer models have a fully functional immune system and so more accurately model responses to candidate therapeutic agents. However, when using GEM cancer models for purposes such as these, it is essential that investigators confirm that observations made with GEM neoplasms are relevant to their human counterparts. This validation should include a thorough assessment of the pathology of the GEM neoplasms and a determination as to whether the pathologic features of the GEM neoplasms recapitulate the pathology of the corresponding human tumor type.
The tumor susceptibility syndrome neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is the most common genetic disease affecting the human nervous system, occurring in approximately 1 in every 3,000-3,500 live births1,2,3. Individuals afflicted with NF1 develop multiple benign peripheral nerve sheath tumors known as neurofibromas in their skin (dermal neurofibromas) and in large nerves and nerve plexuses (plexiform neurofibromas). While both dermal and plexiform neurofibromas worsen the patient&#39;s quality of life by producing physical, behavioral, and/or social impairment, plexiform neurofibromas (PNs) are particularly dangerous4,5.&#160;This is because PNs frequently transform into malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs), which are aggressive spindle cell neoplasms with an exceptionally low survival rate1,2. In large part, this low survival rate is because the radio- and chemotherapeutic regimens that are currently used to treat MPNSTs are ineffective. However, developing new, more effective therapies has been challenging. This is because, despite how commonly MPNSTs occur in NF1 patients, they are still rare neoplasms. As a result, it is very difficult to obtain large numbers of human tumors for study; it is also challenging to recruit enough patients with MPNSTs for clinical trials. To overcome these limitations, several GEM models have been generated with the goal of gaining further insights into the abnormalities driving neurofibroma pathogenesis and PN-MPNST progression and to facilitate preclinical trials with candidate therapeutic agents.
NF1 patients have inactivating mutations in one copy of the NF1 gene. Neurofibroma pathogenesis is triggered when an inactivating mutation in the remaining functional NF1 gene occurs in a cell in the Schwann cell lineage. Surprisingly, however, when mice were generated with germline inactivating Nf1 mutations, they did not develop neurofibromas6,7. The subsequent demonstration that mice with Nf1-null Schwann cells and Nf1 haploinsufficiency in all other cell types (Krox20-Cre;Nf1flox/- mice) developed plexiform neurofibromas suggested that reduced Nf1 gene dosage in additional cell types was required for neurofibroma pathogenesis8. Even then, the plexiform neurofibromas in Krox20-Cre;Nf1flox/- mice did not progress to become MPNSTs and so only partially mimicked the biology of their human counterparts. MPNST pathogenesis did occur when Nf1 mutations were partnered with mutations in additional tumor suppressor genes such as Trp539 or Cdkn2a10, but MPNSTs in these GEM models developed de novo or from atypical neurofibromatous neoplasms of uncertain biologic potential (ANNUBPs)11,12, rather than from preexisting benign plexiform neurofibromas (see13,14 for excellent reviews of these models as well as other models introducing additional MPNST-associated loss of function mutations in genes such as Suz12 and Pten15).
These mouse models have been invaluable for establishing the role that genes such as NF1, TP53, and CDKN2A play in the pathogenesis of NF1-associated peripheral nervous system neoplasms and for preclinical trials testing candidate therapeutic agents. However, we still have an incomplete understanding of the process by which plexiform neurofibromas progress to become atypical neurofibromatous neoplasms of uncertain biologic potential (ANNUBPs16) and then MPNSTs. Some progress has recently been made in understanding this process with the recent report that mice with deletions in Nf1 and Arf develop ANNUBPs that progress to become MPNSTs11. However, Nf1 mutation-based mouse models that fully recapitulate the process of plexiform neurofibroma-MPNST progression seen in humans do not yet exist. In addition, it is not clear whether there are multiple distinct pathways that lead to the development of MPNSTs. Given this, it is possible that the GEMs described above only model a subset of several different pathways that lead to neurofibroma-MPNST progression and MPNST pathogenesis. This point is emphasized by the fact that MPNSTs also occur sporadically and that some sporadic MPNSTs apparently do not have NF1 mutations17,18.
Although this latter point has been challenged by Magollon-Lorenz et al.&#39;s recent suggestion that at least some sporadic MPNSTs lacking NF1 mutations are melanomas or a different type of sarcoma19, we have recently reported a sporadic MPNST and a cell line derived from this tumor (2XSB cells) that was NF1 wild-type20. During the characterization of the parent tumor and the 2XSB cell line, we systematically ruled out alternative diagnostic possibilities, including melanoma and the multiple other sarcoma types that are routinely considered in the differential diagnosis of a sporadic malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor20. In addition, we note that Magollon-Lorenz et al. acknowledged that their findings in the three sporadic MPNST cell lines that they studied could not be generalized to indicate that all tumors identified as sporadic MPNSTs are not MPNSTs.
To construct a GEM model in which neurofibroma and MPNST pathogenesis were not necessarily dependent upon specific tumor suppressor gene mutations, we generated transgenic mice in which overexpression of the potent Schwann cell mitogen neuregulin-1 (NRG1) was driven by the Schwann cell-specific myelin protein zero (P0) promoter (P0-GGF&#946;3 mice)21. We have previously shown that human neurofibromas, MPNSTs, and MPNST cell lines express several NRG1 isoforms together with the erbB receptor tyrosine kinases (erbB2, erbB3, and erbB4) that mediate NRG1 signaling and that these erbB receptors are constitutively activated22. We have also demonstrated that pharmacologic inhibitors of the erbB kinases potently inhibit MPNST proliferation22, survival23, and migration24. In keeping with our observations in humans, P0-GGF&#946;3 mice develop plexiform neurofibromas25 that progress to become MPNSTs at a high frequency21,25. We have shown that P0-GGF&#946;3 MPNSTs, like their human counterparts, commonly develop mutations of Trp53 and Cdkn2a, as well as numerous other genomic abnormalities that potentially contribute to tumorigenesis25. MPNSTs arising in P0-GGF&#946;3 mice do not have inactivating Nf1 mutations. However, using genetic complementation, we showed that NRG1 promotes tumorigenesis in P0-GGF&#946;3 mice predominantly through the same signaling cascades that are altered by Nf1 loss26; this conclusion is based on our finding that substituting NRG1 overexpression for Nf1 loss in the presence of Trp53 haploinsufficiency (P0-GGF&#946;3;Trp53+/- mice) produces animals in which MPNSTs develop de novo, as is seen in cis-Nf1+/-;Trp53+/- mice27.
To obtain this and other information demonstrating that P0-GGF&#946;3 mice accurately model the processes of neurofibroma pathogenesis and neurofibroma-MPNST progression seen in humans with NF1, we have developed specialized methodologies for processing tissues from these animals, accurately diagnosing their tumors, grading the MPNSTs arising in these mice, establishing and characterizing early-passage P0-GGF&#946;3 and P0-GGF&#946;3;Trp53+/- MPNST cultures and critically comparing the pathology of P0-GGF&#946;3 PNs and MPNSTs and P0-GGF&#946;3;Trp53+/- MPNSTs to that of their human counterparts. Many of these methodologies are generalizable to other GEM models of nervous system neoplasia. Additionally, several of these methodologies are more broadly applicable to GEM models in which neoplasms arise in other organ sites. Consequently, here we present a detailed description of these methodologies.

作者聚焦：基因工程小鼠模型和 1 型神经纤维瘤病相关肿瘤的病理特征

在基因工程小鼠模型中识别、诊断和分级恶性周围神经鞘瘤

Our group is focused on neurofibromatosis type one and understanding the pathology of the cancers associated with the disease, plexiform neurofibromas and malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors. To do so, we employ several techniques, including the use of a genetically engineered mouse model, P0GGF beta three, Our lab and others studying plexiform neurofibromas and malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors face similar challenges. Limited access to patient-derived tumor samples hinders our work.As a result, creating and characterizing genetically engineered mouse models is crucial for ongoing research into disease mechanisms and the potential development of treatments. Identifying peripheral nerve tumors can be tricky and are often misdiagnosed as other cancers. To avoid this, we have developed a detailed protocol using histology, immunohistochemistry, and grading to accurately identify and grade these tumors.This improves the reliability of future research studies. Our work provides a framework to investigate and validate genetically engineered mouse model derived tumors to ensure they properly mimic the human disease. We will use current genetically engineered mouse models to understand tumor microenvironment and the factors essential to tumor transformation.What causes plexiform neurofibromas to progress to malignant peripheral tumors.

验证早期传代 MPNST 细胞和早期传代肿瘤细胞的同种异体移植物的身份以证明致瘤性

首先，将无菌盖玻片放入六孔组织培养皿的孔中，并将足够体积的聚-L-赖氨酸和层压溶液倒入孔中以覆盖盖玻片。接下来，用保鲜膜密封板以减少蒸发，并在 4 摄氏度下孵育过夜。第二天早上，用无菌PBS清洗盖玻片三次。将两毫升细胞悬浮液和生长培养基加入培养基中，将10,000个细胞培养到每个含有盖玻片的孔中。用PBS洗涤盖玻片后，用4%多聚甲醛溶液和PBS固定细胞18分钟。在免疫染色之前，用PBS冲洗盖玻片三次，持续五分钟。将免疫染色和洗涤的盖玻片在 1 至 5 μg Hoechst 染料中孵育 10 分钟。然后用PBS再清洗盖玻片五分钟。使用等比例的PBS和甘油混合物安装载玻片，并使用荧光显微镜捕获图像。用非酶细胞解离溶液处理细胞 30 秒至一分钟。然后，每 1 毫升非酶促细胞解离试剂加入 5 毫升 DMEM。使用血细胞计数器计数细胞。在5G下离心细胞五分钟。以每 100 微升 DMEM 中第六个细胞的 10 个的 10 倍的浓度重悬细胞。将动物放在肚子上，用70%乙醇对注射部位进行消毒。在右翼皮下注射一到两倍的第六个细胞的10个。将老鼠单独放在没有垫料的笼子里，让它恢复。为防止体温过低，请将笼子的一部分放在加热垫上。显示了早期传代 P0 GGF β 3 MPNST 细胞的低倍和高倍图像。这些细胞被发现是致瘤的，在软琼脂中形成菌落，在免疫缺陷小鼠中形成移植物。

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Cancer Research

Verifying the Identity of Early-Passage MPNST Cells and Allograft of Early-Passage Tumor Cells to Demonstrate Tumorigenicity

Identifying, Diagnosing, and Grading Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors in Genetically Engineered Mouse Models

Patients with the autosomal dominant tumor susceptibility syndrome neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) commonly develop plexiform neurofibromas (PNs) that ...

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癌症研究

Identifying Neurofibromas and Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors (MPNSTs) in P0-GGF&#946;3 Mice

鉴定 P 0-GGFβ3 小鼠中的神经纤维瘤和恶性周围神经鞘瘤 （MPNST）

Preparing Hematoxylin and Eosin-Stained Sections of Grossly Visible Tumors

制备苏木精和曙红染色切片的肉眼可见肿瘤

Identifying Potential Plexiform Neurofibromas (PNs) and Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors (MPNSTs) by Performing Special Stains to Confirm Diagnoses

通过进行特殊染色来确认诊断，识别潜在的丛状神经纤维瘤 （PN） 和恶性周围神经鞘瘤 （MPNST）