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A Glial Signature and Wnt7 Signaling Regulate Glioma-Vascular Interactions and Tumor Microenvironment.

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Griveau, Amelie 
Seano, Giorgio 
Shelton, Samuel J 
Kupp, Robert 
Jahangiri, Arman 

Abstract

Gliomas comprise heterogeneous malignant glial and stromal cells. While blood vessel co-option is a potential mechanism to escape anti-angiogenic therapy, the relevance of glial phenotype in this process is unclear. We show that Olig2+ oligodendrocyte precursor-like glioma cells invade by single-cell vessel co-option and preserve the blood-brain barrier (BBB). Conversely, Olig2-negative glioma cells form dense perivascular collections and promote angiogenesis and BBB breakdown, leading to innate immune cell activation. Experimentally, Olig2 promotes Wnt7b expression, a finding that correlates in human glioma profiling. Targeted Wnt7a/7b deletion or pharmacologic Wnt inhibition blocks Olig2+ glioma single-cell vessel co-option and enhances responses to temozolomide. Finally, Olig2 and Wnt7 become upregulated after anti-VEGF treatment in preclinical models and patients. Thus, glial-encoded pathways regulate distinct glioma-vascular microenvironmental interactions.

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Keywords

Olig2, Wnt, angiogenesis, astrocyte, blood-brain barrier, glioma, invasiveness, oligodendrocyte precursor, p53, vessel co-option, Animals, Bevacizumab, Blood-Brain Barrier, Brain Neoplasms, Cell Line, Tumor, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Glioma, Humans, Mice, Neoplasm Transplantation, Oligodendrocyte Transcription Factor 2, Oligodendroglia, Temozolomide, Tumor Cells, Cultured, Tumor Microenvironment, Wnt Proteins, Wnt Signaling Pathway

Journal Title

Cancer Cell

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Journal ISSN

1535-6108
1878-3686

Volume Title

33

Publisher

Elsevier BV
Sponsorship
Medical Research Council (MC_PC_12009)