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Distinct Neural Stem Cell Populations Give Rise to Disparate Brain Tumors in Response to N-MYC

2012; Cell Press; Volume: 21; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.ccr.2012.04.012

1878-3686

Fredrik J. Swartling, Vasil Savov, Anders I. Persson, Justin Chen, Christopher S. Hackett, Paul A. Northcott, Matthew Grimmer, Jasmine Lau, Louis Chesler, Arie Perry, Joanna J. Phillips, Michael D. Taylor, William A. Weiss,

Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms

The proto-oncogene MYCN is mis-expressed in various types of human brain tumors. To clarify how developmental and regional differences influence transformation, we transduced wild-type or mutationally stabilized murine N-mycT58A into neural stem cells (NSCs) from perinatal murine cerebellum, brain stem, and forebrain. Transplantation of N-mycWT NSCs was insufficient for tumor formation. N-mycT58A cerebellar and brain stem NSCs generated medulloblastoma/primitive neuroectodermal tumors, whereas forebrain NSCs developed diffuse glioma. Expression analyses distinguished tumors generated from these different regions, with tumors from embryonic versus postnatal cerebellar NSCs demonstrating Sonic Hedgehog (SHH) dependence and SHH independence, respectively. These differences were regulated in part by the transcription factor SOX9, activated in the SHH subclass of human medulloblastoma. Our results demonstrate context-dependent transformation of NSCs in response to a common oncogenic signal.