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ArticleOncogenesis2016

A porcine model of osteosarcoma.

A Saalfrank, K-P Janssen, M Ravon, K Flisikowski, S Eser, K Steiger, T Flisikowska, P Müller-Fliedner, É Schulze, C Brönner and 9 more

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Article in Oncogenesis, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

A SaalfrankChair of Livestock Biotechnology, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany.
K-P JanssenDepartment of Surgery, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.
M RavonRoche Pharma Research and Early Development, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Roche Innovation Center Basel, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Basel, Switzerland.
K FlisikowskiChair of Livestock Biotechnology, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany.
S EserDepartment of Medicine II, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.
K SteigerDepartment of Pathology, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.
T FlisikowskaChair of Livestock Biotechnology, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany.
P Müller-FliednerChair of Livestock Biotechnology, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany.
É SchulzeChair of Livestock Biotechnology, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany.
C BrönnerChair of Livestock Biotechnology, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany.
A GnannDepartment of Surgery, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.
E KappeDepartment of Pathology, Bavarian Animal Health Service, Poing, Germany.
B BöhmDepartment of Pathology, Bavarian Animal Health Service, Poing, Germany.
B SchadeDepartment of Pathology, Bavarian Animal Health Service, Poing, Germany.
U CertaRoche Pharma Research and Early Development, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Roche Innovation Center Basel, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Basel, Switzerland.
D SaurDepartment of Medicine II, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.
I EspositoInstitute of Pathology, Heinrich-Heine-University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
A KindChair of Livestock Biotechnology, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany.
A SchniekeChair of Livestock Biotechnology, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany.
Technical University of Munich · DEKlinikum rechts der Isar · DERoche (Switzerland) · CHHeinrich Heine University Düsseldorf · DE

Funding

European Research Council 648521
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We previously produced pigs with a latent oncogenic TP53 mutation. Humans with TP53 germline mutations are predisposed to a wide spectrum of early-onset cancers, predominantly breast, brain, adrenal gland cancer, soft tissue sarcomas and osteosarcomas. Loss of p53 function has been observed in >50% of human cancers. Here we demonstrate that porcine mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) convert to a transformed phenotype after activation of latent oncogenic TP53(R167H) and KRAS(G12D), and overexpression of MYC promotes tumorigenesis. The process mimics key molecular aspects of human sarcomagenesis. Transformed porcine MSCs exhibit genomic instability, with complex karyotypes, and develop into sarcomas on transplantation into immune-deficient mice. In pigs, heterozygous knockout of TP53 was sufficient for spontaneous osteosarcoma development in older animals, whereas homozygous TP53 knockout resulted in multiple large osteosarcomas in 7-8-month-old animals. This is the first report that engineered mutation of an endogenous tumour-suppressor gene leads to invasive cancer in pigs. Unlike in Trp53 mutant mice, osteosarcoma developed in the long bones and skull, closely recapitulating the human disease. These animals thus promise a model for juvenile osteosarcoma, a relatively uncommon but devastating disease.

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PMCPMC4815050
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