Hedgehog signaling in glioblastoma multiforme

被引:33
作者
Braun, Stefanie [1 ]
Oppermann, Henry [1 ]
Mueller, Antje [1 ,4 ]
Renner, Christof [1 ]
Hovhannisyan, Amalya [2 ]
Baran-Schmidt, Rainer [1 ]
Gebhardt, Rolf [2 ]
Hipkiss, Alan R. [3 ]
Thiery, Joachim [4 ]
Meixensberger, Juergen [1 ]
Gaunitz, Frank [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Klinikum Leipzig AoR, Klin & Poliklin Neurochirurg, Leipzig, Germany
[2] Univ Leipzig, Inst Biochem, Fak Med, Leipzig, Germany
[3] Aston Univ, Aston Res Ctr Hlth Ageing, Birmingham B4 7ET, W Midlands, England
[4] Univ Klinikum Leipzig AoR, Inst Lab Med Klin Chem & Mol Diagnost, Leipzig, Germany
关键词
glioblastoma; hedgehog; Gli; cyclopamine; gaussia; SONIC HEDGEHOG; HUMAN GLIOMAS; GENE; PATHWAY; TEMOZOLOMIDE; CANCER; CELLS; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; AMPLIFICATION; INHIBITION;
D O I
10.4161/cbt.19591
中图分类号
R73 [肿瘤学];
学科分类号
100214 ;
摘要
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most malignant brain tumor in adults with a median survival of 14.6 mo under the best available treatment. New treatment strategies are therefore urgently required, for which a profound understanding of tumor biology is necessary. Much effort has been devoted to tumor-specific aberrant signaling processes. Recently it was discovered that the transcription factor Gli1, which is activated by hedgehog signaling, is a highly predictive marker in GBM, as determined by immunohistochemistry. To determine whether GBM cells have transcriptionally active Gli1, we performed experiments with reporter genes with cells isolated from surgically removed human tumors and cell lines. We also determined whether the hedgehog signaling inhibitor cyclopamine influences reporter gene expression and cell viability, and we determined the expression of Gli1, SHH and Patched1 by quantitative real-time RT-PCR. Reporter gene analysis of nine cultures and four cell lines demonstrated a significantly enhanced transcriptional activity in six tumor cell cultures and all cell lines. Analysis of cell viability in the presence of cyclopamine revealed a response of all cell cultures with the exception of one primary culture and one cell line, but only one cell line responded to cyclopamine with reduced hedgehog signaling activity. This indicates that the toxicity of cyclopamine toward GBM cells is independent from hedgehog signaling. Since no correlation between hedgehog activity and SHH, Gli1 and Patched1 mRNA levels was observed we conclude that other mechanisms aside from transcriptional regulation of these factors are responsible for hedgehog activity in tumor cells derived from GBM.
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页码:487 / 495
页数:9
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