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BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 463, Issue 4, Pages 638-643Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.05.115
Keywords
TAZ; Temozolomide resistance; Glioma; Apoptosis
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81172118, 81301087, 81402380]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2013M540574, 2014T70689]
- Youth Innovation Fund Project of the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhengzhou University
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Temozolomide is a novel cytotoxic agent currently used as first-line chemotherapy for glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). However, intrinsic or acquired chemoresistance to temozolomide remains the greatest obstacle to the successful treatment of human GBM. The principal mechanism responsible for this resistance is largely unknown. In the present study, we showed that expression of transcriptional coactivator with PDZ-binding motif (TAZ) in glioma cells correlated with temozolomide chemoresistance in human glioma cells. Overexpression of TAZ promoted temozolomide resistance in U-87MG cells, whereas knockdown of TAZ expression sensitized temozolomide-resistant U-251 MG cells to temozolomide. Further, TAZ inhibits temozolomide induced apoptosis via upregulation of MCL-1 (myeloid cell leukemia 1) and high expression of TAZ predicts a poor prognosis for GBM patients. In conclusion, our results suggest that TAZ had a critical role in the resistance to temozolomide in glioma cells, and it may provide a promising target for improving the therapeutic outcome of temozolomide-resistant gliomas. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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