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NATURE
卷 514, 期 7520, 页码 54-+出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nature13556
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- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Physical Sciences-Oncology Center [U54CA143798]
- CDRMP Breast Cancer Research Program [W81XWH-09-1-0561]
- Cellex Foundation
- Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina [LPDS2012-12]
- Breast Cancer Research Foundation
Cancers arise through a process of somatic evolution that can result in substantial sub-clonal heterogeneity within tumours. The mechanisms responsible for the coexistence of distinct sub-clones and the biological consequences of this coexistence remain poorly understood. Here we used a mouse xenograft model to investigate the impact of sub-clonal heterogeneity on tumour phenotypes and the competitive expansion of individual clones. We found that tumour growth can be driven by a minor cell subpopulation, which enhances the proliferation of all cells within a tumour by overcoming environmental constraints and yet can be outcompeted by faster proliferating competitors, resulting in tumour collapse. We developed a mathematical modelling framework to identify the rules underlying the generation of intra-tumour clonal heterogeneity. We found that non-cell-autonomous driving of tumour growth, together with clonal interference, stabilizes sub-clonal heterogeneity, thereby enabling inter-clonal interactions that can lead to new phenotypic traits.
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