The metalloproteinase ADAMDEC1 maintains a novel growth factor signalling loop in glioblastoma cancer stem cells
The metalloproteinase ADAMDEC1 maintains a novel growth factor signalling loop in glioblastoma cancer stem cells
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金属蛋白酶 ADAMDEC1 在胶质母细胞瘤干细胞中维持新的生长因子信号环路
DOI:
10.1093/neuonc/noz167.003
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发表时间:
2019
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影响因子:
15.9
通讯作者:
Jimenez-Pascual A
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作者:
Jimenez-Pascual A
IntroductionThe epigenetic regulator Bmi1 is essential for the self-renewal of neural stem cells (NSC), and highly expressed in glioblastoma (GBM) stem/initiating cells (GIC), where knockdown significantly reduces tumour growth in xenograft models. We have used a combined genome-wide and target gene-driven approach to identify EphrinA5 (EfnA5) as a mediator of Bmi1 function in mouse and human GIC.Methods and resultsWe compared mGIC, from aPTEN/p53deletion mouse model, to matched NSC. Combined ChIPSeq and RNASeq showed a differential redistribution of the repressive PRC mark H3K27me3 in mGIC, and that transcriptional regulation is Bmi1-dependent in a proportion of H3K27me3 marked genes. Subsequently, using shRNA knockdown, we show that Bmi1 regulates cell morphology, proliferation and migration/invasion via repression of EfnA5 in mGIC, and that the same mechanism is essential for GBM development in an allograft model. To confirm the translational potential of the BMI1/EFNA5 pathway we examined published RNA microarray, RNAseq and single-cell RNAseq datasets and found a significant inverse relationship between BMI1 and EFNA5. Finally, we show that BMI1 also regulates cell proliferation via repression of EFNA5 in primary human GICin vitro.ConclusionsWe present evidence from a mouse model, human expression datasets and human primary cells showing that the Bmi1-EfnA5 pathway plays a prominent regulatory role in GIC. As the anti-proliferative role of BMI1 silencing is mediated by de-repression of EFNA5 in hGIC, precision targeting of Ephrin signalling, for example with agents that mimic EFNA5 action, could be an effective therapeutic tool in human GBM overexpressing BMI1.