Title |
Ewing Sarcoma Cells Secrete EWS/Fli-1 Fusion mRNA via Microvesicles
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Published in |
PLOS ONE, October 2013
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DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0077416 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Masanori Tsugita, Nami Yamada, Shunsuke Noguchi, Kazunari Yamada, Hiroshi Moritake, Katsuji Shimizu, Yukihiro Akao, Takatoshi Ohno |
Abstract |
Tumours defined as Ewing sarcoma (ES) constitute a group of highly malignant neoplasms that most often affect children and young adults in the first 2 decades of life. The EWS/Fli-1 fusion gene, a product of the translocation t(11;22) (q24; 12), is detected in 95% of ES patients. Recently, it was validated that cells emit a heterogeneous mixture of vesicular, organelle-like structures (microvesicles, MVs) into their surroundings including blood and body fluids, and that these MVs contain a selected set of tumor-related proteins and high levels of mRNAs and miRNAs. In this present study, we detected the Ewing sarcoma-specific EWS/Fli-1 mRNA in MVs from the culture medium of ES cell lines carrying t(11;22) (q24; 12). Also, we detected this fusion gene in approximately 40% of the blood samples from mice inoculated with xenografts of TC135 or A673 cells. These findings indicate the EWS/Fli-1 mRNA in MVs might be a new non-invasive diagnostic marker for specific cases of Ewing sarcoma. |
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