MELK-Dependent FOXM1 Phosphorylation is Essential for Proliferation of Glioma Stem Cells

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作者
Joshi, Kaushal [1 ]
Banasavadi-Siddegowda, Yeshavanth [1 ]
Mo, Xiaokui [2 ]
Kim, Sung-Hak [1 ]
Mao, Ping [1 ]
Kig, Cenk [9 ]
Nardini, Diana [5 ,6 ]
Sobol, Robert W. [7 ,8 ]
Chow, Lionel M. L. [5 ,6 ]
Kornblum, Harley I. [3 ,4 ]
Waclaw, Ronald [5 ,6 ]
Beullens, Monique [9 ]
Nakano, Ichiro [1 ]
机构
[1] Ohio State Univ, James Comprehens Canc Ctr, Dept Neurol Surg, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
[2] Ohio State Univ, Ctr Biostat, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
[3] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Psychiat, Los Angeles, CA USA
[4] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Mol & Med Pharmacol, Los Angeles, CA USA
[5] Cincinnati Childrens Hosp Med Ctr, Canc & Blood Dis Inst, Cincinnati, OH USA
[6] Cincinnati Childrens Hosp Med Ctr, Div Expt Hematol & Canc Biol, Cincinnati, OH USA
[7] Univ Pittsburgh, Inst Canc, Dept Pharmacol & Chem Biol, Pittsburgh, PA USA
[8] Univ Pittsburgh, Inst Canc, Dept Human Genet, Pittsburgh, PA USA
[9] KULeuven, Dept Cellular & Mol Med, Lab Biosignaling & Therapeut, Louvain, Belgium
基金
美国国家卫生研究院; 美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
Neural stem cell; Cancer stem cell; Glioblastoma; Glioblastoma stem cell; PLK1; LEUCINE-ZIPPER KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GROWTH; IDENTIFICATION; PROGRESSION; PROMOTES; TARGET; SPECIFICITY; INHIBITION; EXPRESSION;
D O I
10.1002/stem.1358
中图分类号
Q813 [细胞工程];
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摘要
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a life-threatening brain tumor. Accumulating evidence suggests that eradication of glioma stem-like cells (GSCs) in GBM is essential to achieve cure. The transcription factor FOXM1 has recently gained attention as a master regulator of mitotic progression of cancer cells in various organs. Here, we demonstrate that FOXM1 forms a protein complex with the mitotic kinase MELK in GSCs, leading to phosphorylation and activation of FOXM1 in a MELK kinase-dependent manner. This MELK-dependent activation of FOXM1 results in a subsequent increase in mitotic regulatory genes in GSCs. MELK-driven FOXM1 activation is regulated by the binding and subsequent trans-phosphorylation of FOXM1 by another kinase PLK1. Using mouse neural progenitor cells (NPCs), we found that transgenic expression of FOXM1 enhances, while siRNA-mediated gene silencing diminishes neurosphere formation, suggesting that FOXM1 is required for NPC growth. During tumorigenesis, FOXM1 expression sequentially increases as cells progress from NPCs, to pretumorigenic progenitors and GSCs. The antibiotic Siomycin A disrupts MELK-mediated FOXM1 signaling with a greater sensitivity in GSC compared to neural stem cell. Treatment with the first-line chemotherapy agent for GBM, Temozolomide, paradoxically enriches for both FOXM1 (1) and MELK (1) cells in GBM cells, and addition of Siomycin A to Temozolomide treatment in mice harboring GSC-derived intracranial tumors enhances the effects of the latter. Collectively, our data indicate that FOXM1 signaling through its direct interaction with MELK regulates key mitotic genes in GSCs in a PLK1-dependent manner and thus, this protein complex is a potential therapeutic target for GBM.
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页码:1051 / 1063
页数:13
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