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In western countries, 60% of all malignancies diagnosed in men between 17–45 years of age are germ cell tumors (GCT). GCT arise from the common precursor lesion carcinoma in situ, which transforms within an average of 9 years into invasive Type‐II GCTs. Seminomas are considered to be the default developmental pathway of carcinoma in situ cells and the seminoma‐like cell line TCam‐2 has been used to study seminoma biology in vitro. However, the generation of an animal model, which would allow for the in vivo analysis of seminoma formation, remained elusive. We applied transplantation approaches using TCam‐2 cell transfer into ectopic (skin, brain) and orthopic (testis) sites of immunodeficient mice. We demonstrate that a transplantation into the seminiferous tubules results in formation of a carcinoma in situ/seminoma. In contrast, TCam‐2 cells adopt an embryonal carcinoma‐like fate when grafted to the flank or corpus striatum and display downregulation of the seminoma marker SOX17 and upregulation of the embryonal carcinoma markers SOX2 and CD30. Grafted TCam‐2 cells reduce AKT‐, ERK‐, EphA3‐, and Tie2/TEK‐signaling to levels comparable to embryonal carcinoma cells. Hence, TCam‐2 cell transplantation into the testis generated a carcinoma in situ/seminoma mouse model, which enables addressing the biology of these tumors in vivo. The fact that TCam‐2 cells give rise to a carcinoma in situ/seminoma or embryonal carcinoma in a transplantation site specific manner implies that conversion of carcinoma in situ/seminoma to an embryonal carcinoma does not require additional genetic aberrations but relies on signals from the tumor‐microenvironment. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Genes, Chromosomes and Cancer – Wiley
Published: Jul 1, 2012
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