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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21859-0
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- osterreichische Forschungsforderungsgesellschaft (FFG) [844198]
- Austrian Research Promotion Agency
- VISIOMICS, Coin Netzwerke [10959423]
- European Union [HEALTH-F2-2011-261474]
- Herzfeldersche Familienstiftung
- Modicell [285875]
- St. Anna Kinderkrebsforschung
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The study found that Schwann cells exhibit a similar adaptive response in peripheral nerve injury and tumor development, with stromal SCs expressing nerve repair genes in ganglioneuromas. Neuroblastoma cells respond to repair-related SCs by increasing neuronal differentiation and reducing proliferation, mainly through the action of EGFL8.
Adult Schwann cells (SCs) possess an inherent plastic potential. This plasticity allows SCs to acquire repair-specific functions essential for peripheral nerve regeneration. Here, we investigate whether stromal SCs in benign-behaving peripheral neuroblastic tumors adopt a similar cellular state. We profile ganglioneuromas and neuroblastomas, rich and poor in SC stroma, respectively, and peripheral nerves after injury, rich in repair SCs. Indeed, stromal SCs in ganglioneuromas and repair SCs share the expression of nerve repair-associated genes. Neuroblastoma cells, derived from aggressive tumors, respond to primary repair-related SCs and their secretome with increased neuronal differentiation and reduced proliferation. Within the pool of secreted stromal and repair SC factors, we identify EGFL8, a matricellular protein with so far undescribed function, to act as neuritogen and to rewire cellular signaling by activating kinases involved in neurogenesis. In summary, we report that human SCs undergo a similar adaptive response in two patho-physiologically distinct situations, peripheral nerve injury and tumor development. Schwann cells (SCs) can acquire a repair phenotype following nerve injury. Here, the authors show that stromal SCs in ganglioneuromas express nerve-repair genes. Importantly, neuroblastoma cells respond to repair-related SCs increasing neuronal differentiation and reducing proliferation via EGFL8.
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