Engineering the EWSR1-FLI1 translocation with SPC mutations in patient-derived mesenchymal stem cells induced Ewing sarcoma tumors and metastases in mice.
Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells can serve as the cell of origin for Ewing sarcoma when engineered with EWSR1-FLI1 translocations and recurrent SPC mutations.
Abstract Ewing sarcoma is characterized by pathognomonic translocations, most frequently fusing EWSR1 with FLI1. An estimated 30% of Ewing sarcoma tumors also display genetic alterations in STAG2, TP53, or CDKN2A (SPC). Numerous attempts to develop relevant Ewing sarcoma models from primary human cells have been unsuccessful in faithfully recapitulating the phenotypic, transcriptomic, and epigenetic features of Ewing sarcoma. In this study, by engineering the t(11;22)(q24;q12) translocation together with a combination of SPC mutations, we generated a wide collection of immortalized cells (EWIma cells) tolerating EWSR1-FLI1 expression from primary mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) derived from a patient with Ewing sarcoma. Within this model, SPC alterations strongly favored Ewing sarcoma oncogenicity. Xenograft experiments with independent EWIma cells induced tumors and metastases in mice, which displayed bona fide features of Ewing sarcoma. EWIma cells presented balanced but also more complex translocation profiles mimicking chromoplexy, which is frequently observed in Ewing sarcoma and other cancers. Collectively, these results demonstrate that bone marrow–derived MSCs are a source of origin for Ewing sarcoma and also provide original experimental models to investigate Ewing sarcomagenesis. Significance: These findings demonstrate that Ewing sarcoma can originate from human bone-marrow–derived mesenchymal stem cells and that recurrent mutations support EWSR1-FLI1 translocation-mediated transformation.
Solé et al. (Mon,) conducted a other in Ewing sarcoma. Engineering t(11;22)(q24;q12) translocation with SPC mutations was evaluated on Tumorigenesis and metastasis in xenograft mice. Engineering the EWSR1-FLI1 translocation with SPC mutations in patient-derived mesenchymal stem cells induced Ewing sarcoma tumors and metastases in mice.
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