The origin and biology of CIS cells: general discussion

APMIS : Acta Pathologica, Microbiologica, Et Immunologica Scandinavica
K M Grigor, C C Wylie

Abstract

Participants at the 4th Copenhagen Workshop on Carcinoma in situ and Cancer of the Testis, representing cell biologists and tumour biologists, met together to discuss the similarities and differences between primordial germ cells (PGCs) of the embryo, and the carcinoma in situ (CIS) stem cell of human testicular germ cell tumours (GCTs). Much has been discovered about PGCs in the last 10 years and we still do not know the exact nature of CIS cells. Knowledge of PGCs comes mainly from mouse experiments and knowledge of CIS comes from the study of human tumours. A mouse model of human GCT would help to investigate the nature of CIS cells. Grafting mouse male genital ridges into mouse fetal testes results in the development of testicular tissue and the formation of teratomatous tumour components. Amplification of PGCs in culture is possible but this results in their transformation into embryonic germ (EG) cells. CIS cells die by apoptosis if they are isolated, and short-term culture is only possible if the CIS cells are cultured in their normal environment within seminiferous tubules. It may be possible for CIS cells to differentiate in culture although they cannot be maintained in culture as isolated cells. Human CIS cells are li...Continue Reading

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