Patient Derived Xenografts for Genome-Driven Therapy of Osteosarcoma

Osteosarcoma (OS) is a rare malignant primary tumor of mesenchymal origin affecting bone. It is characterized by a complex genotype, mainly due to the high frequency of chromothripsis, which leads to multiple somatic copy number alterations and structural rearrangements. Any effort to design genome-...

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Main Authors: Lorena Landuzzi, Maria Cristina Manara, Pier-Luigi Lollini, Katia Scotlandi
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Published: MDPI AG 2021-02-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/2/416
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author Lorena Landuzzi
Maria Cristina Manara
Pier-Luigi Lollini
Katia Scotlandi
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Maria Cristina Manara
Pier-Luigi Lollini
Katia Scotlandi
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description Osteosarcoma (OS) is a rare malignant primary tumor of mesenchymal origin affecting bone. It is characterized by a complex genotype, mainly due to the high frequency of chromothripsis, which leads to multiple somatic copy number alterations and structural rearrangements. Any effort to design genome-driven therapies must therefore consider such high inter- and intra-tumor heterogeneity. Therefore, many laboratories and international networks are developing and sharing OS patient-derived xenografts (OS PDX) to broaden the availability of models that reproduce OS complex clinical heterogeneity. OS PDXs, and new cell lines derived from PDXs, faithfully preserve tumor heterogeneity, genetic, and epigenetic features and are thus valuable tools for predicting drug responses. Here, we review recent achievements concerning OS PDXs, summarizing the methods used to obtain ectopic and orthotopic xenografts and to fully characterize these models. The availability of OS PDXs across the many international PDX platforms and their possible use in PDX clinical trials are also described. We recommend the coupling of next-generation sequencing (NGS) data analysis with functional studies in OS PDXs, as well as the setup of OS PDX clinical trials and co-clinical trials, to enhance the predictive power of experimental evidence and to accelerate the clinical translation of effective genome-guided therapies for this aggressive disease.
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spelling doaj.art-138948802d8745de8f714939cfc480662023-12-11T17:19:31ZengMDPI AGCells2073-44092021-02-0110241610.3390/cells10020416Patient Derived Xenografts for Genome-Driven Therapy of OsteosarcomaLorena Landuzzi0Maria Cristina Manara1Pier-Luigi Lollini2Katia Scotlandi3Laboratory of Experimental Oncology, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, 40136 Bologna, ItalyLaboratory of Experimental Oncology, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, 40136 Bologna, ItalyInterdepartmental Center for Cancer Research (CIRC), University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, ItalyLaboratory of Experimental Oncology, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, 40136 Bologna, ItalyOsteosarcoma (OS) is a rare malignant primary tumor of mesenchymal origin affecting bone. It is characterized by a complex genotype, mainly due to the high frequency of chromothripsis, which leads to multiple somatic copy number alterations and structural rearrangements. Any effort to design genome-driven therapies must therefore consider such high inter- and intra-tumor heterogeneity. Therefore, many laboratories and international networks are developing and sharing OS patient-derived xenografts (OS PDX) to broaden the availability of models that reproduce OS complex clinical heterogeneity. OS PDXs, and new cell lines derived from PDXs, faithfully preserve tumor heterogeneity, genetic, and epigenetic features and are thus valuable tools for predicting drug responses. Here, we review recent achievements concerning OS PDXs, summarizing the methods used to obtain ectopic and orthotopic xenografts and to fully characterize these models. The availability of OS PDXs across the many international PDX platforms and their possible use in PDX clinical trials are also described. We recommend the coupling of next-generation sequencing (NGS) data analysis with functional studies in OS PDXs, as well as the setup of OS PDX clinical trials and co-clinical trials, to enhance the predictive power of experimental evidence and to accelerate the clinical translation of effective genome-guided therapies for this aggressive disease.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/2/416osteosarcomapatient-derived xenograft (PDX)PDX-derived cell linesmouse PDX clinical trialgenome-driven therapypersonalized therapy.
spellingShingle Lorena Landuzzi
Maria Cristina Manara
Pier-Luigi Lollini
Katia Scotlandi
Patient Derived Xenografts for Genome-Driven Therapy of Osteosarcoma
Cells
osteosarcoma
patient-derived xenograft (PDX)
PDX-derived cell lines
mouse PDX clinical trial
genome-driven therapy
personalized therapy.
title Patient Derived Xenografts for Genome-Driven Therapy of Osteosarcoma
title_full Patient Derived Xenografts for Genome-Driven Therapy of Osteosarcoma
title_fullStr Patient Derived Xenografts for Genome-Driven Therapy of Osteosarcoma
title_full_unstemmed Patient Derived Xenografts for Genome-Driven Therapy of Osteosarcoma
title_short Patient Derived Xenografts for Genome-Driven Therapy of Osteosarcoma
title_sort patient derived xenografts for genome driven therapy of osteosarcoma
topic osteosarcoma
patient-derived xenograft (PDX)
PDX-derived cell lines
mouse PDX clinical trial
genome-driven therapy
personalized therapy.
url https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/2/416
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