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Title: Modelling breast cancer requires identification and correction of a critical cell lineage-dependent transduction bias

Abstract

When trying to explore the biology and etiology of human cancers, clinically relevant human culture models are essential. Current breast tumour models, such as those from oncogenically transformed primary breast cells, produce predominantly basal-like properties, whereas the more common phenotype expressed by the vast majority of breast tumours are luminal. Reasons for this puzzling, yet important phenomenon, are not understood. We show here that luminal epithelial cells are significantly more resistant to viral transduction than their myoepithelial counterparts. Here, we suggest that this is a significant barrier to generating luminal cell lines and experimental tumours in vivo and to accurate interpretation of results. We show that the resistance is due to lower affinity of luminal cells for virus attachment, which can be overcome by pretreating cells—or virus—with neuraminidase. We present an analytical method for quantifying transductional differences between cell types and an optimized protocol for transducing unsorted primary human breast cells in context.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1]
  1. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
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Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
OSTI Identifier:
1256019
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH1123; U01CA143233; U54CA112970; R01CA140663; R37CA064786
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nature Communications
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; Cancer; breast cancer

Citation Formats

Hines, William C., Yaswen, Paul, and Bissell, Mina J. Modelling breast cancer requires identification and correction of a critical cell lineage-dependent transduction bias. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1038/ncomms7927.
Hines, William C., Yaswen, Paul, & Bissell, Mina J. Modelling breast cancer requires identification and correction of a critical cell lineage-dependent transduction bias. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7927
Hines, William C., Yaswen, Paul, and Bissell, Mina J. Tue . "Modelling breast cancer requires identification and correction of a critical cell lineage-dependent transduction bias". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7927. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1256019.
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title = {Modelling breast cancer requires identification and correction of a critical cell lineage-dependent transduction bias},
author = {Hines, William C. and Yaswen, Paul and Bissell, Mina J.},
abstractNote = {When trying to explore the biology and etiology of human cancers, clinically relevant human culture models are essential. Current breast tumour models, such as those from oncogenically transformed primary breast cells, produce predominantly basal-like properties, whereas the more common phenotype expressed by the vast majority of breast tumours are luminal. Reasons for this puzzling, yet important phenomenon, are not understood. We show here that luminal epithelial cells are significantly more resistant to viral transduction than their myoepithelial counterparts. Here, we suggest that this is a significant barrier to generating luminal cell lines and experimental tumours in vivo and to accurate interpretation of results. We show that the resistance is due to lower affinity of luminal cells for virus attachment, which can be overcome by pretreating cells—or virus—with neuraminidase. We present an analytical method for quantifying transductional differences between cell types and an optimized protocol for transducing unsorted primary human breast cells in context.},
doi = {10.1038/ncomms7927},
journal = {Nature Communications},
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volume = 6,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 21 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Tue Apr 21 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
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