Lacunza Ezequiel, Ahuja Anuj, Coso Omar A, Abba Martin, Ramos Juan Carlos, Cesarman Ethel, Mesri Enrique A, Naipauer Julian
Centro de Investigaciones Inmunologicas Basicas y Aplicadas, Facultad de Ciencias Medicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina.
University of Miami-Centre for AIDS Research/Sylvester Cancer Comprehensive Center Argentina Consortium for Research and Training in Virally Induced AIDS-Malignancies, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA.
J Med Virol. 2024 May;96(5):e29684. doi: 10.1002/jmv.29684.
Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) may derive from Kaposi's sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV)-infected human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) that migrate to sites characterized by inflammation and angiogenesis, promoting the initiation of KS. By analyzing the RNA sequences of KSHV-infected primary hMSCs, we have identified specific cell subpopulations, mechanisms, and conditions involved in the initial stages of KSHV-induced transformation and reprogramming of hMSCs into KS progenitor cells. Under proangiogenic environmental conditions, KSHV can reprogram hMSCs to exhibit gene expression profiles more similar to KS tumors, activating cell cycle progression, cytokine signaling pathways, endothelial differentiation, and upregulating KSHV oncogenes indicating the involvement of KSHV infection in inducing the mesenchymal-to-endothelial (MEndT) transition of hMSCs. This finding underscores the significance of this condition in facilitating KSHV-induced proliferation and reprogramming of hMSCs towards MEndT and closer to KS gene expression profiles, providing further evidence of these cell subpopulations as precursors of KS cells that thrive in a proangiogenic environment.
卡波西肉瘤(KS)可能起源于感染卡波西肉瘤疱疹病毒(KSHV)的人间充质干细胞(hMSCs),这些细胞迁移到以炎症和血管生成为特征的部位,促进了KS的起始。通过分析感染KSHV的原代hMSCs的RNA序列,我们确定了KSHV诱导hMSCs转化并重编程为KS祖细胞初始阶段所涉及的特定细胞亚群、机制和条件。在促血管生成的环境条件下,KSHV可将hMSCs重编程,使其表现出更类似于KS肿瘤的基因表达谱,激活细胞周期进程、细胞因子信号通路、内皮分化,并上调KSHV癌基因,表明KSHV感染参与诱导hMSCs的间充质-内皮(MEndT)转变。这一发现强调了这种条件在促进KSHV诱导hMSCs增殖并向MEndT重编程以及更接近KS基因表达谱方面的重要性,进一步证明了这些细胞亚群作为在促血管生成环境中茁壮成长的KS细胞前体的证据。
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