Hypoxia upregulates HIG2 expression and contributes to bevacizumab resistance in glioblastoma

Hypoxia contributes to the maintenance of stem-like cells in glioblastoma (GBM), and activates vascular mimicry and tumor resistance to anti-angiogenesis treatments. The present study examined the expression patterns and biological significance of hypoxia-inducible protein 2 (HIG2, also known as HILPDA) in GBM. HIG2 was highly expressed in gliomas and was correlated with tumor grade, and high HIG2 expression independently predicted poor GBM patient prognosis. HIG2 was upregulated during hypoxia and by hypoxia mimics, and HIG2 knockdown in GBM cells inhibited cell proliferation and invasion. HIF1α bound to the HIG2 promoter and increased its expression in GBM cells, and HIG2 upregulated HIF1α expression. Reconstruction of a HIG2-related molecular network using bioinformatics methods revealed that HIG2 is closely correlated with angiogenesis genes, such as VEGFA, in GBM. HIG2 levels positively correlated with VEGFA in GBM samples. In addition, treatment of transplanted xenograft nude mice with bevacizumab (anti-angiogenesis therapy) resulted in HIG2 upregulation at late stages. We conclude that HIG2 is overexpressed in GBM and upregulated by hypoxia, and is a potential novel therapeutic target. HIG2 overexpression is an independent prognostic indicator and may promote tumor resistance to anti-angiogenesis treatments.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:7

Enthalten in:

Oncotarget - 7(2016), 30 vom: 26. Juli, Seite 47808-47820

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mao, Xing-Gang [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Chao [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Dong-Ye [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Xiang [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Liang [VerfasserIn]
Yan, Ming [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Li, Zi-Chao [VerfasserIn]
Mi, Chen [VerfasserIn]
Tian, Jing-Yang [VerfasserIn]
Hou, Guang-Dong [VerfasserIn]
Miao, Si-Yu [VerfasserIn]
Song, Zi-Xuan [VerfasserIn]
Li, Jin-Cheng [VerfasserIn]
Xue, Xiao-Yan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

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Angiogenesis Inhibitors
Antiangiogenic therapy
Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological
Bevacizumab
Glioblastoma
HIG2
HILPDA protein, human
Hypoxia
Journal Article
Neoplasm Proteins
VEGF

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 01.03.2018

Date Revised 13.06.2019

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.18632/oncotarget.10029

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM261634607