Search results for "3AB-OS CSCS"
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Modeling human osteosarcoma in mice through 3AB‐OS cancer stem cell xenografts
2012
Osteosarcoma is the second leading cause of cancer-related death for children and young adults. In this study, we have subcutaneously injected—with and without matrigel—athymic mice (Fox1nu/nu) with human osteosarcoma 3AB-OS pluripotent cancer stem cells (CSCs), which we previously isolated from human osteosarcoma MG63 cells. Engrafted 3AB-OS cells were highly tumorigenic and matrigel greatly accelerated both tumor engraftment and growth rate. 3AB-OS CSC xenografts lacked crucial regulators of beta-catenin levels (E-cadherin, APC, and GSK-3beta), and crucial factors to restrain proliferation, resulting therefore in a strong proliferation potential. During the first weeks of engraftment 3AB-…
MiR-29b-1 expression impaired Cancer Stem-Like properties of human osteosarcoma 3AB-OS cells in vitro.
2013
Osteosarcoma (OS) is the most common type of bone cancer, with a peak incidence in the early childhood. Emerging evidence suggests that treatments targeting cancer stem cells (CSCs) within a tumor can halt cancer and improve patient survival. Although microRNAs are frequently dysregulated in human cancers, if they influence OS malignancy and whether or not targeting CSC-associated microRNAs inhibit OS progression remain unclear. Recently (1), we described a predictive network for two downregulated miRNA family (let-7/98 and miR-29a,b,c) and their upregulated anticorrelated mRNAs. Here, we investigated in vitro the role of miR-29b-1 in regulating cell proliferation, clonogenic growth and che…