A new concept of tissue and tumor cell proliferation.
A new concept of tissue and tumor cell proliferation.
复制标题
组织和肿瘤细胞增殖的新概念。
作者:
S. Gelfant
Summary We present a model for cell and tissue proliferation based upon the idea that cycling cells can arrest at three points in the cell cycle: in early G1 (blocked by a G0 barrier); in late G1 (by a G1 block); and in late G2 (by a G2 block). There are four major categories of cells: cycling cells; noncycling G1-blocked cells; noncycling G2-blocked cells; and noncycling G0 blocked cells. These represent the potential proliferating pool in cells of the same type in culture and in tissues and tumors in vivo. The model also includes the possibility of additional subpopulations. The ideas are supported by examples and evidence taken from a wide variety of animal, plant, and tumor tissues in vivo and in vitro. Within this context, we critically review most of the current concepts and schemes of cycling and noncycling cells. We also present a scheme describing the origin and recruitment of all four categories of cycling and noncycling cells, which, with the support of ideas from the literature, leads to new insights regarding cell transformation and tumor growth and to a new tumor kinetic response model. On a speculative note, we introduce the idea of tissues and tumors as proliferate ecosystems, where the various categories of cycling and noncycling cells (including prediversified subpopulations) increase survival value and also serve as a complex adaptive system to fulfill the particular proliferative needs of the tissue or tumor.