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JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY
Volume 126, Issue 1, Pages 249-259Publisher
AMER ASSOC NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS
DOI: 10.3171/2015.11.JNS15432
Keywords
glioblastoma; The Cancer Genome Atlas; TCGA; subtypes; mesenchymal subtype; signal transducer and activator of transcription 3; STAT3; activation; Notch signaling; oncology
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- National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863) [2012AA02A508]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81172409]
- Science and Technology Department of Liaoning Province [2011225034]
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OBJECTIVE Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and lethal type of malignant glioma. The Cancer Genome Atlas divides the gene expression based classification of GBM into classical, mesenchymal, neural, and proneural subtypes, which is important for understanding GBM etiology and for designing effective personalized therapy. Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3), a critical transcriptional activator in tumorigenesis, is persistently phosphorylated and associated with an unfavorable prognosis in GBM. Although a set of specific targets has been identified, there have been no systematic analyses of STAT3 signaling based on GBM subtype. METHODS This study compared STAT3-associated messenger RNA, protein, and microRNA expression profiles across different subtypes of GBM. RESULTS The analyses revealed a prominent role for STAT3 in the mesenchymal but not in other GBM subtypes, which can be reliably used to classify patients with mesenchymal GBM into 2 groups according to phosphorylated STAT3 expression level. Differentially expressed genes suggest an association between Notch and STAT3 signaling in the mesenchymal subtype. Their association was validated in the U87 cell, a malignant glioma cell line annotated as mesenchymal subtype. Specific associated proteins and microRNAs further profile the STAT3 signaling among GBM subtypes. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest a prominent role for STAT3 signaling in mesenchymal GBM and highlight the importance of identifying signaling pathways that contribute to specific cancer subtypes.
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