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EBioMedicine

Volume 51, January 2020, 102598
EBioMedicine

Research paper
The CD24+ cell subset promotes invasion and metastasis in human osteosarcoma

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Abstract

Background

Osteosarcoma is the most common primary aggressive bone tumor affecting children and young adolescents.

Metastases are often resistant to conventional chemotherapy and mean short-term survival.

Development of valuable diagnostic indicators and targeting agents will have important implications for clinical diagnosis by the identification and characterization of molecules that contribute to its aggressive behavior.

Methods

We examined differential expression levels of common stem cell markers in osteosarcoma parental and sphere cells. In addition, we further analyzed the changes of candidate common stem cell markers before and after in vitro chemotherapy of osteosarcoma cells. The biological functions of CD24+ subpopulation in osteosarcoma such as proliferation, migration, invasion, tumorigenesis and metastasis were systematically investigated, and the correlations of CD24 levels with prognosis in patients with osteosarcoma were analyzed.

Findings

CD24+ Cells presented characteristics of TICs and resist drug-induced apoptosis. The prevention of tumor formation and metastasis by CD24 knockdown highlights the potential of CD24 as a therapeutic target for osteosarcoma. Moreover, the levels of CD24 in osteosarcoma samples were significantly correlated with the prognosis of patients.

Interpretation

CD24+ cell subset played an important role in osteosarcoma invasion and metastasis.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.81772857); Shanghai Science and Technology Commission (18140902000); Shanghai Municipal Health Commission (2017ZZ01017; 17411950301)

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These authors contributed equally to this work.