申请人:National Cancer Center
公开号:US20140137274A1
公开(公告)日:2014-05-15
PROBLEM
There are provided induced malignant stem cells capable of in vitro proliferation that are useful in cancer research and drug discovery for cancer therapy, as well as processes for production thereof, cancer cells derived from these cells, and applications of these cells.
MEANS FOR SOLVING
An induced malignant stem cell capable of in vitro proliferation are characterized by satisfying the following two requirements:
(1) having at least one aberration selected from among (a) an aberration of methylation (high or low degree of methylation) in a tumor suppressor gene or a cancer-related genetic region in endogenous genomic DNA, (b) a somatic mutation of a tumor suppressor gene or a somatic mutation of an endogenous cancer-related gene in endogenous genomic DNA, (c) abnormal expression (increased or reduced/lost expression) of an endogenous oncogene or an endogenous tumor suppressor gene, (d) abnormal expression (increased or reduced/lost expression) of a noncoding RNA such as an endogenous cancer-related microRNA, (e) abnormal expression of an endogenous cancer-related protein, (f) an aberration of endogenous cancer-related metabolism (hypermetabolism or hypometabolism), (g) an aberration of endogenous cancer-related sugar chain, (h) an aberration of copy number variations in endogenous genomic DNA, and (i) instability of microsatellites in endogenous genomic DNA in an induced malignant stem cell; and
(2) expressing genes including POU5F1 gene, NANOG gene, SOX2 gene, and ZFP42 gene.
问题:提供了一种在体外增殖的诱导恶性干细胞,可用于癌症研究和癌症治疗药物发现,以及其生产过程,从这些细胞衍生的癌细胞和这些细胞的应用。
解决方法:一种在体外增殖的诱导恶性干细胞,其特征在于满足以下两个要求:
(1)具有来自内源基因组DNA中肿瘤抑制基因或癌症相关遗传区的甲基化异常(高度或低度甲基化),内源基因组DNA中肿瘤抑制基因的体细胞突变或内源性癌症相关基因的体细胞突变,内源性癌基因或内源性肿瘤抑制基因的异常表达(增加或减少/丢失表达),内源性癌症相关microRNA等非编码RNA的异常表达,内源性癌症相关蛋白质的异常表达,内源性癌症相关代谢异常(高代谢或低代谢),内源性癌症相关糖链的异常,内源基因组DNA中拷贝数变异的异常,以及诱导恶性干细胞中微卫星的不稳定性;以及
(2)表达包括POU5F1基因、NANOG基因、SOX2基因和ZFP42基因在内的基因。