期刊
STEM CELLS
卷 28, 期 11, 页码 1918-1929出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/stem.518
关键词
Medulloblastoma; Cancer stem cells; Hypoxia; Notch1; Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha
资金
- Italian Association for the Fight against Neuroblastoma
- Italian Association AIRC
Medulloblastoma (MDB) is the most common brain malignancy of childhood. It is currently thought that MDB arises from aberrantly functioning stem cells in the cerebellum that fail to maintain proper control of self-renewal. Additionally, it has been reported that MDB cells display higher endogenous Notch signaling activation, known to promote the survival and proliferation of neoplastic neural stem cells and to inhibit their differentiation. Although interaction between hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha (HIF-1 alpha) and Notch signaling is required to maintain normal neural precursors in an undifferentiated state, an interaction has not been identified in MDB. Here, we investigate whether hypoxia, through HIF-1 alpha stabilization, modulates Notch1 signaling in primary MDB-derived cells. Our results indicate that MDB-derived precursor cells require hypoxic conditions for in vitro expansion, whereas acute exposure to 20% oxygen induces tumor cell differentiation and death through inhibition of Notch signaling. Importantly, stimulating Notch1 activation with its ligand Dll4 under hypoxic conditions leads to expansion of MDB-derived CD133(+) and nestin(+) precursors, suggesting a regulatory effect on stem cells. In contrast, MDB cells undergo neuronal differentiation when treated with gamma-secretase inhibitor, which prevents Notch activation. These results suggest that hypoxia, by maintaining Notch1 in its active form, preserves MDB stem cell viability and expansion. STEM CELLS 2010;28:1918-1929
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