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ArticleAmerican journal of cancer research2023

Somatic-to-primordial germ cell-like transformation is critical in tumor initiation of mouse breast tumor 4T1 cells.

Zhan Ma, Fengyu Zhang, Aiping Liu, Huikuan Lin, Chunfang Liu

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Zhan MaDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University Shanghai 200040, China.
Fengyu ZhangDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University Shanghai 200040, China.
Aiping LiuDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University Shanghai 200040, China.
Huikuan LinDepartment of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA.
Chunfang LiuDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University Shanghai 200040, China.

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Abstract

It has been proposed that tumorigenicity was an intrinsic feature of embryonic/germ cell developmental axis as well as embryonic/germ cell-related genes play a crucial role in tumorigenicity. Our previous studies indicated that primordial germ cell (PGC)-like potential could be reactivated in tumorigenesis. In this study, 4T1, 168FARN and 67NR cells which originated from the same mouse breast cancer were studied and the results indicated that the acquisition of embryonic/germ cell-like state is essential for tumorigenicity. We further demonstrated that somatic to PGC-like transformation (SPLT) was activated in 4T1 cells and that inhibition of PGC-like cell formation by depleting pluripotency and/or PGC specification-related genes markedly repressed SPLT and the tumorigenicity. Collectively, our findings reveal that tumorigenicity is linked to the acquisition of PGC-like state through SPLT in 4T1 cells, providing new insight into deeper understanding the biological nature of tumors and novel therapeutical strategies for cancer targeting.

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breast cancerembryonic/germ cell hypothesis of tumorgerm cell traits of tumorsprimordial germ cell-like tumor cellssomatic to primordial germ cell-like transformationTumor initiation

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PMID37168326
PMCPMC10164807

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