Abstract
Myxofibrosarcoma (MFS) is one of the most aggressive sarcomas with highly complex karyotypes and genomic profiles. Although a complete resection is required in the treatment of MFS, it is often not achieved due to its strong invasive nature. Additionally, MFS is refractory to conventional chemotherapy, leading to poor prognosis. Therefore, it is necessary to develop novel treatment modalities for MFS. Patient-derived cell lines are important tools in basic research and preclinical studies. However, only 10 MFS cell lines have been reported to date. Furthermore, among these cell lines, merely two MFS cell lines are publicly available. Hence, we established a novel MFS cell line named NCC-MFS3-C1, using a surgically resected tumor specimen from a patient with MFS. NCC-MFS3-C1 cells had copy number alterations corresponding to the original tumor. NCC-MFS3-C1 cells demonstrate constant proliferation, spheroid formation, and aggressive invasion. In drug screening tests, the proteasome inhibitor bortezomib and the histone deacetylase inhibitor romidepsin demonstrated significant antiproliferative effects on NCC-MFS3-C1 cells. Thus, the NCC-MFS3-C1 cell line is a useful tool in both basic and preclinical studies for MFS.
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We thank Drs. F. Nakatani, E. Kobayashi, S. Fukushima, M. Nakagawa, T. Komatsubara, M Saito, C. Sato (Department of Musculoskeletal Oncology), Drs. T Shibayama, and H. Tanaka (Department of Diagnostic Pathology), National Cancer Center Hospital, for sampling tumor tissue specimens from surgically resected materials. We also appreciate the technical assistance provided by Ms. Y. Kuwata (Division of Rare Cancer Research). We appreciate the technical support provided by Ms. Y. Shiotani, Mr. N. Uchiya, and Dr. T. Imai (Central Animal Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute). We would like to thank Editage (www.editage.jp) for help with English language editing and constructive comments on the manuscript. This research was technically assisted by the Fundamental Innovative Oncology Core at the National Cancer Center.
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This research was supported by the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (Grant number 20ck0106537h0001).
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Supplementary file2 Tumorigenesis in nude mice. (A) NCC-MFS3-C1 cells transplanted into BALB/c nude mice formed a small tumor mass under the described condition. One of the four masses showed areas of (B) dense proliferation of atypical oval cells and (C) myxoid components in Hematoxylin and eosin staining sections. (D) The graph showing estimated tumor volume. Bars represent the mean standard error (TIF 1984 kb)
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Tsuchiya, R., Yoshimatsu, Y., Noguchi, R. et al. Establishment and characterization of NCC-MFS3-C1: a novel patient-derived cell line of myxofibrosarcoma. Human Cell 34, 1266–1273 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13577-021-00548-6
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