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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-1-26
pubmed:abstractText
A population of tumorigenic, chemoresistant, and radioresistant cancer stem cells is postulated to contribute to the aggressive and fatal clinical course of glioblastomas. Activation of the Hedgehog (HH) pathway and increased expression of its downstream effector GLI1 are driving factors of glioma tumorigenicity and glioma stem cell (GSC) biology. In this study, we describe a dependence of insulin-like growth factor (IGF) signaling on active HH/GLI1 in GSCs. Insulin receptor substrate 1 (IRS1) was identified as a target of the GLI1 transcription factor and inhibition of GLI1 was sufficient to obstruct IRS1 protein expression and IGF-I induced mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activation. Suppression of GLI1 activity decreased the responsiveness of GSCs to IGF-I stimulation and constrained IGF-I dependent GSC proliferation, clonogenicity, invasion, and angiogenesis. In addition, blockade of the HH/GLI1 and IGF pathways countered the intrinsic and acquired resistance of GSCs to temozolomide. These results provide further insight into the oncogenic mechanisms of the HH pathway in glioblastoma and demonstrate a cooperative signaling axis between the HH/GLI1 and IGF pathways to propagate malignant GSC phenotypes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1097-4652
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright © 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
226
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1118-27
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20857406-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:20857406-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:20857406-Dacarbazine, pubmed-meshheading:20857406-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:20857406-Gene Knockdown Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:20857406-Gene Silencing, pubmed-meshheading:20857406-Glioma, pubmed-meshheading:20857406-Hedgehog Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20857406-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:20857406-Insulin Receptor Substrate Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20857406-Insulin-Like Growth Factor I, pubmed-meshheading:20857406-MAP Kinase Signaling System, pubmed-meshheading:20857406-Neoplastic Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:20857406-RNA, Small Interfering, pubmed-meshheading:20857406-Radiation Tolerance, pubmed-meshheading:20857406-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:20857406-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:20857406-Up-Regulation
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Hedgehog/GLI1 regulates IGF dependent malignant behaviors in glioma stem cells.
pubmed:affiliation
School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article