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ArticleCarcinogenesis2025

Testicular sex cord-stromal tumors in mice with constitutive activation of PI3K and loss of Pten.

Marija Dinevska, Lachlan McAloney, Samuel S Widodo, Gulay Filiz, Jeremy Anderson, Sebastian Dworkin, Simon P Windley, Dagmar Wilhelm, Theo Mantamadiotis

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Article in Carcinogenesis, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Marija DinevskaDepartment of Surgery (RMH), The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia.
Lachlan McAloneyDepartment of Microbiology & Immunology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia.
Samuel S WidodoDepartment of Surgery (RMH), The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia.
Gulay FilizSchool of Biosciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia.
Jeremy AndersonMurdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Flemington Road, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia.
Sebastian DworkinDepartment of Physiology, Anatomy and Microbiology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3086, Australia.
Simon P WindleyDepartment of Anatomy and Physiology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia.
Dagmar WilhelmDepartment of Anatomy and Physiology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-7757-4075
Theo MantamadiotisDepartment of Surgery (RMH), The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-3971-5380

Funding

Department of Microbiology & Immunology, and the Department of Surgery (RMH), The University of MelbourneWellcome Trust 065516Wellcome Trust 065518
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Testicular tumors are the most common malignancy of young men, and tumors affecting the testis are caused by somatic mutations in germ or germ-like cells. The PI3K pathway is constitutively activated in about one-third of testicular cancers. To investigate the role of the PI3K pathway in transforming stem-like cells in the testis, we investigated tumors derived from mice with post-natal, constitutive activation of PI3K signaling and homozygous deletion of tumor suppressor Pten, targeted to Nestin-expressing cells. Mice developed aggressive tumors, exhibiting heterogeneous histopathology and hemorrhaging. The tumors resemble the rare testis tumor type, testicular sex cord-stromal Leydig cell tumors. Single-cell resolution spatial tissue analysis demonstrated that T-cells are the dominant tumor-infiltrating immune cell type, with very few infiltrating macrophages observed in the tumor tissue, with CD8+ T-cells predominating. Further analysis showed that immune cells preferentially localize to, or accumulate within stromal regions.

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Phosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesPTEN PhosphohydrolaseSex Cord-Gonadal Stromal TumorsTesticular NeoplasmsAnimalsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingMaleMiceNestinSignal TransductionNestinPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesPTEN PhosphohydrolasePten protein, mouseLeydig cellmouse modelPI3Kspatial tissue analysistesticular tumors

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PMID39672957
PMCPMC11879163

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