Journal
NEURO-ONCOLOGY ADVANCES
Volume 4, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/noajnl/vdac149
Keywords
glioblastoma; heterogeneity; microenvironment; peri-necrotic
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- National Institutes of Health [CA200624]
- O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center (Neuro-oncology Research Acceleration Fund)
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The study demonstrates that the TREM1(+)-myeloid-derived microenvironment plays an important role in glioblastoma heterogeneity and can serve as a therapeutic target. By inhibiting HuR dimerization, the TREM1(+)-myeloid-derived microenvironment in glioblastoma can be effectively suppressed.
Background Tumor cellular and molecular heterogeneity is a hallmark of glioblastoma and underlies treatment resistance and recurrence. This manuscript investigated the myeloid-derived microenvironment as a driver of glioblastoma heterogeneity and provided a pharmacological pathway for its suppression. Methods Transcriptomic signatures of glioblastoma infiltrated myeloid-derived cells were assessed using R2: genomic platform, Ivy Glioblastoma Spatial Atlas, and single-cell RNA-seq data of primary and recurrent glioblastomas. Myeloid-derived cell prints were evaluated in five PDX cell lines using RNA-seq data. Two immunocompetent mouse glioblastoma models were utilized to isolate and characterize tumor-infiltrated myeloid-derived cells and glioblastoma/host cell hybrids. The ability of an inhibitor of HuR dimerization SRI42127 to suppress TREM1(+)-microenvironment and glioblastoma/myeloid-derived cell interaction was assessed in vivo and in vitro. Results TREM1(+)-microenvironment is enriched in glioblastoma peri-necrotic zones. TREM1 appearance is enhanced with tumor grade and associated with poor patient outcomes. We confirmed an expression of a variety of myeloid-derived cell markers, including TREM1, in PDX cell lines. In mouse glioblastoma models, we demonstrated a reduction in the TREM1(+)-microenvironment and glioblastoma/host cell fusion after treatment with SRI42127. In vitro assays confirmed inhibition of cell fusion events and reduction of myeloid-derived cell migration towards glioblastoma cells by SRI42127 and TREM1 decoy peptide (LP17) versus control treatments. Conclusions TREM1(+)-myeloid-derived microenvironment promulgates glioblastoma heterogeneity and is a therapeutic target. Pharmacological inhibition of HuR dimerization leads to suppression of the TREM1(+)-myeloid-derived microenvironment and the neoplastic/non-neoplastic fusogenic cell network.
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