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CELLS
Volume 12, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cells12111491
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glioblastoma; temozolomide; dormancy; stemness; Chemokine (C-C motif) Receptor-Like (CCRL)1; Schlafen (SLFN)13; Sloan-Kettering Institute (SKI); Cdk5 and Abl Enzyme Substrate (Cables)1; Dachsous Cadherin-Related (DCHS)1
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Our study reveals the involvement of CCRL1, SLFN13, SKI, Cables1, and DCHS1 in TMZ-promoted dormancy in glioblastoma. These genes are associated with stemness, with SKI being particularly important. Inhibition of SKI during TMZ treatment shows increased cytotoxicity, proliferation inhibition, and decreased neurosphere formation capacity.
The aggressive features of glioblastoma (GBM) are associated with dormancy. Our previous transcriptome analysis revealed that several genes were regulated during temozolomide (TMZ)-promoted dormancy in GBM. Focusing on genes involved in cancer progression, Chemokine (C-C motif) Receptor-Like (CCRL)1, Schlafen (SLFN)13, Sloan-Kettering Institute (SKI), Cdk5 and Abl Enzyme Substrate (Cables)1, and Dachsous Cadherin-Related (DCHS)1 were selected for further validation. All showed clear expression and individual regulatory patterns under TMZ-promoted dormancy in human GBM cell lines, patient-derived primary cultures, glioma stem-like cells (GSCs), and human GBM ex vivo samples. All genes exhibited complex co-staining patterns with different stemness markers and with each other, as examined by immunofluorescence staining and underscored by correlation analyses. Neurosphere formation assays revealed higher numbers of spheres during TMZ treatment, and gene set enrichment analysis of transcriptome data revealed significant regulation of several GO terms, including stemness-associated ones, indicating an association between stemness and dormancy with the involvement of SKI. Consistently, inhibition of SKI during TMZ treatment resulted in higher cytotoxicity, proliferation inhibition, and lower neurosphere formation capacity compared to TMZ alone. Overall, our study suggests the involvement of CCRL1, SLFN13, SKI, Cables1, and DCHS1 in TMZ-promoted dormancy and demonstrates their link to stemness, with SKI being particularly important.
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