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BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 533, Issue 1, Pages 139-147Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.08.101
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Primary GBM cultures; Mitochondria; Mesenchymal stromal cells; Tunneling nanotubes
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- Ligue Grand Ouest Contre le Cance [RN19040NN]
- Plan Cancer HTE program MoGlimaging [HTE C16073NS]
- Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad/FEDER, Spain [MTM2015-71200-R]
- James S. McDonnell Foundation (USA) 21st Century Science Initiative in Mathematical and Complex Systems Approaches for Brain Cancer [220020450]
- UCLM [2015/4062]
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The tumor microenvironment (TME) controls many aspects of cancer development but little is known about its effect in Glioblastoma (GBM), the main brain tumor in adults. Tumor-activated stromal cell (TASC) population, a component of TME in GBM, was induced in vitro by incubation of MSCs with culture media conditioned by primary cultures of GBM under 3D/organoid conditions. We observed mito-chondrial transfer by Tunneling Nanotubes (TNT), extracellular vesicles (EV) and cannibalism from the TASC to GBM and analyzed its effect on both proliferation and survival. We created primary cultures of GBM or TASC in which we have eliminated mitochondrial DNA [Rho 0 (rho(0)) cells]. We found that TASC, as described in other cancers, increased GBM proliferation and resistance to standard treatments (radiotherapy and chemotherapy). We analyzed the incorporation of purified mitochondria by rho(0) and rho(+) cells and a derived mathematical model taught us that rho(+) cells incorporate more rapidly pure mitochondria than rho(0) cells. (C) 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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