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ArticleOncogene2025

Targeted CRISPR approach reveals an essential role for neuropeptide Y receptor Y5 in Ewing sarcoma extrapulmonary metastasis.

Mina Adnani, Sung-Hyeok Hong, Susana Galli, Akanksha Mahajan, Congyi Lu, Nouran Abualsaud, Tyler Biermann, Yiwen Li, Andrea Rivera, Bethel S Sebsebie and 14 more

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Article in Oncogene, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

24 authors.

Mina AdnaniDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
Sung-Hyeok HongDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
Susana GalliDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
Akanksha MahajanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
Congyi LuDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
Nouran AbualsaudDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
Tyler BiermannDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
Yiwen LiDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
Andrea RiveraDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
Bethel S SebsebieDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
Lindsay CaprioDepartment of Human Science, School of Health, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
Lindsey KuwaharaDepartment of Human Science, School of Health, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-2605-587X
Ewa KrawczykDepartment of Pathology, Center for Cell Reprogramming, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1394-9720
Jason U TilanDepartment of Human Science, School of Health, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0454-5409
Yichen LeeDepartment of Oncology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
Olga RodriguezDepartment of Oncology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
Hongkun WangDepartment of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and Biomathematics, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
Lu JinDepartment of Oncology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
Maureen ReganGenome Editing Core, University of Illinois, Chicago, Il, USA.
Sonia de AssisDepartment of Oncology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
Christopher AlbaneseDepartment of Oncology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
Svetlana D PackLaboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Luciane R CavalliDepartment of Oncology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
Joanna KitlinskaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA. jbk4@georgetown.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5688-9871

Funding

Tissue Culture Shared ResourceP30CA051008 · NCI · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI MARCUS S NOEL · 1990 to 2026
$71.5M
Paternal DDT exposure and programming of metabolic dysfunction and cancer in offspring: Understanding the role of sperm mirnas and placenta developmentR01ES031611 · NIEHS · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI DE ASSIS, SONIA · 2021 to 2025
$2.6M
Preclinical Imaging - Bruker 70/30USR BioSpec MagnetS10OD025153 · OD · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI ALBANESE, CHRISTOPHER · 2019 to 2019
$1.9M
Neuropeptide Y (NPY) as a hypoxia-driven metastatic factorR01CA197964 · NCI · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI KITLINSKA, JOANNA B. · 2015 to 2019
$1.7M
Neuropeptide Y in neuroblastoma: growth, angiogenesis and future therapeutics.R01CA123211 · NCI · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI KITLINSKA, JOANNA B. · 2006 to 2010
$1.3M
Prenatal stress and neuroblastoma development - is there a link?R21CA198698 · NCI · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI KITLINSKA, JOANNA B. · 2015 to 2016
$372k
In vivo model of hypoxia in Ewing SarcomaR03CA178809 · NCI · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI KITLINSKA, JOANNA B. · 2013 to 2014
$153k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA051008NCI NIH HHS R01 CA123211NCI NIH HHS R01 CA197964NCI NIH HHS R03 CA178809NCI NIH HHS R21 CA198698NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES031611NIH HHS S10 OD025153U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) 1R01CA197964U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) 1R03CA178809U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) 1R21CA198698U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) 1RO1CA123211U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) P30-CA051008U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) S10 OD025153-01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ewing sarcoma (ES) is a pediatric malignancy that lacks adequate therapies for its metastatic form. These tumors constitutively express neuropeptide Y (NPY) and its Y5 receptor (Y5R), which leads to elevated levels of the peptide in patients' serum. In animal models, xenografts secreting NPY metastasize to extrapulmonary niches, including bone; the phenotype associated with adverse prognosis in ES patients. To determine the role of the NPY/Y5R axis in ES extrapulmonary dissemination, we used a doxycycline-inducible CRISPR/Cas9 system to knockout Y5R in SK-ES-1 xenografts that metastasize to these niches. We have shown that metastases developing from heterogenous SK-ES-1/Y5R-sgRNA primary tumors in doxycycline-treated mice were initiated exclusively by SK-ES-1 clones with a functional NPY5R gene. Similarly, metastasis from wild type SK-ES-1 xenografts was associated with a selection of clones with NPY5R gene gain. In vitro assays identified Y5R-dependent ES cell motility driven by RhoA activation as the mechanism underlying the metastatic effects of NPY. In ES cell lines that secrete NPY, the autocrine NPY/Y5R loop was responsible for maintaining basal cell motility, while ES cells that do not release the peptide responded to the exogenous NPY. These data provide evidence for the crucial role of the NPY/Y5R axis in ES metastasis.

Indexed as

Bone NeoplasmsCRISPR-Cas SystemsReceptors, Neuropeptide YSarcoma, EwingAnimalsCell Line, TumorCell MovementHumansMiceNeoplasm MetastasisNeuropeptide YNeuropeptide Yneuropeptide Y5 receptorReceptors, Neuropeptide Y

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PMID40676141
PMCPMC12738967

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