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Table 1 Some roles of MSCs in OS

From: Mesenchymal stem cells in the osteosarcoma microenvironment: their biological properties, influence on tumor growth, and therapeutic implications

Function

Source of MSCs or other related cells

Type of OS cells

Relevant molecules or genes

References

Differentiating to OS

Mouse bone marrow and adipose tissue

/

P53 knockout

[14]

  

/

P53 and Rb knockout

[14]

 

Mouse bone marrow

/

c-MYC overexpression and Ink4a/Arf knockout

[15]

 

Osteochondrocyte progenitors

/

c-MYC overexpression and Ink4a/Arf knockout

[15]

 

Human bone marrow

/

c-Myc overexpression and Rb silencing

[12]

 

Mouse

/

Loss of Cdkn2a/p16

[17]

 

Osteogenic lineage-committed progenitor cells

/

P53 and Rb knockout

[13]

Promoting proliferation

Bone marrow

Tumorigenic MSCs

Gene (Fut-7, H2-K1, and H2-D1)↑; Gene (Est1)↓

[21]

Bone marrow

HOS-CSC

TGF-β-dependent IL-6 secretion

[24]

Human

9607-F5M2

CXCR4-mediated high expression of VEGF

[26]

Human

Saos-2

CCL5 secreted by hMSCs

[30]

 

Human adipose tissue

MG63, HOS, and 143B cells

IL6 secretion induced by OS EVs

[27]

Promoting metastasis

Bone marrow

UMR-106

High expression of VEGF

[25]

Human

9607-F5M2

CXCR4-mediated high expression of VEGF

[26]

Human

Saos-2

CCL5 secreted by human MSCs

[30]

Bone marrow and adipose tissue

MG-63, Saos-2, and HOS

IL6, IL8, CCL5, GM-CSF, CXCL1, and CXCL5 secreted by activated MSCs, promoting stemness

[33]

Human adipose tissue

MG63, HOS, and 143B cells

IL-6 secretion-induced by OS EVs

[27]

Strengthening drug resistance

Bone marrow and adipose tissue

MG-63, Saos-2, and HOS

IL6, IL8, CCL5, GM-CSF, CXCL1, and CXCL5 secreted by activated MSCs, promoting stemness

[33]

Human bone marrow

Saos-2 and U2-OS

IL-6/STAT3 signaling

[40]

Inhibiting proliferation and migration

Wharton’s jelly

MG-63

Beclin-1 and LC3B

[41]