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BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
卷 491, 期 2, 页码 343-348出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.07.098
关键词
Interferon; Glioblastoma; Cancer stem cells; Differentiation; Proliferation
资金
- NIH [R01CA133322]
- Muirhead Chair Endowment at UTHSC
Glioblastomas (GBMs) are highly invasive brain tumors that are extremely deadly. The highly aggressive nature of GBM as well as its heterogeneity at the molecular and cellular levels has been attributed to a rare subpopulation of GBM stem-like cells (GSCs). Interferons (IFNs) are a family of endogenous antiviral proteins that have anticancer activity in vitro, and have been used clinically to treat GBM. IFN inhibits the proliferation of various established GBM cell lines, but the effects of IFNs on GSCs remain relatively unknown. The present study explored the effects of IFN on the proliferation and the differentiation capacity of GSCs isolated from GBM patient-derived xenolines (PDXs) grown as xenografts in immunocompromised mice. We show that IFN inhibits the proliferation of GSCs, inhibits the sphere forming capacity of GSCs that is a hallmark of cancer stem cells, and inhibits the ability of GSCs to differentiate into astrocytic cells. In addition, we show that IFN induces transient STAT3 activation in GSCs, while induction of astrocytic differentiation in GSCs results in sustained STAT3 activation. (C) 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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