The transcriptional modulator HMGA2 promotes stemness and tumorigenicity in glioblastoma

Glioblastoma (GBM) contains a population of stem-like cells that promote tumor invasion and resistance to therapy. Identifying and targeting stem cell factors in GBM may lead to the development of more effective therapies. High Mobility Group AT-hook 2 (HMGA2) is a transcriptional modulator that mediates motility and self-renewal in normal and cancer stem cells. We identified increased expression of HMGA2 in the majority of primary human GBM tumors and cell lines compared to normal brain. Additionally, HMGA2 expression was increased in CD133+ GBM neurosphere cells compared to CD133- cells. Targeting HMGA2 with lentiviral short hairpin RNA (shRNA) led to decreased GBM stemness, invasion, and tumorigenicity. Ectopic expression of HMGA2 in GBM cell lines promoted stemness, invasion, and tumorigenicity. Our data suggests that targeting HMGA2 in GBM may be therapeutically beneficial..

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Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:377

Enthalten in:

Cancer letters - 377(2016), 1, Seite 55-64

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kaur, Harpreet [VerfasserIn]
Ali, Sabeen Zulfiqar [Sonstige Person]
Huey, Lauren [Sonstige Person]
Hütt-Cabezas, Marianne [Sonstige Person]
Taylor, Isabella [Sonstige Person]
Mao, Xing-gang [Sonstige Person]
Weingart, Melanie [Sonstige Person]
Chu, Qian [Sonstige Person]
Rodriguez, Fausto J [Sonstige Person]
Eberhart, Charles G [Sonstige Person]
Raabe, Eric H [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

Binding sites
Brain cancer
Brain research
Cancer
Cancer therapies
Deoxyribonucleic acid--DNA
Epidermal growth factor
Genes
Medical prognosis
Medical research
MicroRNAs
Pediatrics

doi:

10.1016/j.canlet.2016.04.020

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OLC1978806876