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CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein delta regulates the stemness of glioma stem-like cells through activating PDGFA expression upon inflammatory stimulation

Journal

JOURNAL OF NEUROINFLAMMATION
Volume 16, Issue -, Pages -

Publisher

BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12974-019-1535-z

Keywords

Glioblastoma multiforme; Glioma stem-like cell; CEBPD; PDGFA; Inflammation; Interleukin-1 beta

Funding

  1. Taipei Medical University [TMU105-AE1-B07]
  2. Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan [MOST 105-2320-B-038-068-MY2, MOST 107-2320-B-038-002]
  3. TMU Research Center of Cancer Translational Medicine from The Featured Areas Research Center Program within the framework of the Higher Education Sprout Project by the Ministry of Education (MOE) in Taiwan

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BackgroundThe small population of glioma stem-like cells (GSCs) contributes to tumor initiation, malignancy, and recurrence in glioblastoma. However, the maintenance of GSC properties in the tumor microenvironment remains unclear. In glioma, non-neoplastic cells create an inflammatory environment and subsequently mediate tumor progression and maintenance. Transcriptional factor CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein delta (CEBPD) is suggested to regulate various genes responsive to inflammatory cytokines, thus prompting us to investigate its role in regulating GSCs stemness after inflammatory stimulation.MethodsStemness properties were analyzed by using spheroid formation. Oncomine and TCGA bioinformatic databases were used to analyze gene expression. Western blotting, quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction, luciferase reporter assay, and chromatin immunoprecipitation assay were used to analyze proteins and gene transcript levels. The glioma tissue microarrays were used for CEBPD and PDGFA expression by immunohistochemistry staining.ResultsWe first found that IL-1 beta promotes glioma spheroid formation and is associated with elevated CEBPD expression. Using microarray analysis, platelet-derived growth factor subunit A (PDGFA) was confirmed as a CEBPD-regulated gene that mediates IL-1 beta-enhanced GSCs self-renewal. Further analysis of the genomic database and tissue array revealed that the expression levels between CEBPD and PDGFA were coincident in glioma patient samples.ConclusionThis is the first report showing the activation of PDGFA expression by CEBPD through IL-1 beta treatment and a novel CEBPD function in maintaining the self-renewal feature of GSCs.

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