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First published online April 5, 2007
Stem Cells Vol. 25 No. 7 July 2007, pp. 1645 -1653
doi:10.1634/stemcells.2006-0624; www.StemCells.com
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CANCER STEM CELLS

Spheres Isolated from 9L Gliosarcoma Rat Cell Line Possess Chemoresistant and Aggressive Cancer Stem-Like Cells

Ali Jourabchi Ghodsa, Dwain Irvina, Gentao Liua, Xiangpeng Yuana, Iman R. Abdulkadira, Patrizia Tunicia, Bindu Kondaa, Sebastian Wachsmann-Hogiub, Keith L. Blacka, John S. Yua

aMaxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute, Los Angeles, California, USA;
bDepartment of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA

Key Words. Spheres • Monolayer • Mitogens • Cancer stem-like cells • Glioma

Correspondence: John S. Yu, M.D., 8631 West Third Street, Suite 800E, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA. Telephone: 310-423-0845; Fax: 310-423-0810; e-mail: Yuj{at}cshs.org

Received October 2, 2006; accepted for publication March 29, 2007.
First published online in STEM CELLS EXPRESS   April 5, 2007.



The rat 9L gliosarcoma is a widely used syngeneic rat brain tumor model that closely simulates glioblastoma multiforme when implanted in vivo. In this study, we sought to isolate and characterize a subgroup of cancer stem-like cells (CSLCs) from the 9L gliosarcoma cell line, which may represent the tumor-initiating subpopulation of cells. We demonstrate that these CSLCs form clonal-derived spheres in media devoid of serum supplemented with the mitogens epidermal growth factor and basic fibroblast growth factor, express the NSC markers Nestin and Sox2, self-renew, and differentiate into neuron-like and glial cells in vitro. More importantly, these cells can propagate and recapitulate tumors when implanted into the brain of syngeneic Fisher rats, and they display a more aggressive course compared with 9L gliosarcoma cells grown in monolayer cultures devoid of mitogens. Furthermore, we compare the chemosensitivity and proliferation rate of 9L gliosarcoma cells grown as a monolayer to those of cells grown as floating spheres and show that the sphere-generated cells have a lower proliferation rate, are more chemoresistant, and express several antiapoptosis and drug-related genes, which may prove to have important clinical implications.

Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest is found at the end of this article.




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