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ArticlePloS one2011

An off-target nucleostemin RNAi inhibits growth in human glioblastoma-derived cancer stem cells.

Jon Gil-Ranedo, Marina Mendiburu-Eliçabe, Mercedes García-Villanueva, Diego Medina, Marta del Álamo, Marta Izquierdo

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Article in PloS one, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Efficacy of rapamycin against glioblastoma cancer stem cells.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2014
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jon Gil-RanedoDepartamento de Biología Molecular, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto Sanitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain.
Marina Mendiburu-Eliçabe
Mercedes García-Villanueva
Diego Medina
Marta del Álamo
Marta Izquierdo
Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal · ESCentro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa · ESConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glioblastomas (GBM) may contain a variable proportion of active cancer stem cells (CSCs) capable of self-renewal, of aggregating into CD133(+) neurospheres, and to develop intracranial tumors that phenocopy the original ones. We hypothesized that nucleostemin may contribute to cancer stem cell biology as these cells share characteristics with normal stem cells. Here we report that nucleostemin is expressed in GBM-CSCs isolated from patient samples, and that its expression, conversely to what it has been described for ordinary stem cells, does not disappear when cells are differentiated. The significance of nucleostemin expression in CSCs was addressed by targeting the corresponding mRNA using lentivirally transduced short hairpin RNA (shRNA). In doing so, we found an off-target nucleostemin RNAi (shRNA22) that abolishes proliferation and induces apoptosis in GBM-CSCs. Furthermore, in the presence of shRNA22, GBM-CSCs failed to form neurospheres in vitro or grow on soft agar. When these cells are xenotransplanted into the brains of nude rats, tumor development is significantly delayed. Attempts were made to identify the primary target/s of shRNA22, suggesting a transcription factor involved in one of the MAP-kinases signaling-pathways or multiple targets. The use of this shRNA may contribute to develop new therapeutic approaches for this incurable type of brain tumor.

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RNA InterferenceAC133 AntigenAnimalsAntigens, CDApoptosisCell AggregationCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationCell SurvivalCell Transformation, NeoplasticGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGlioblastomaGlycoproteinsGTP-Binding ProteinsHumansAC133 AntigenAntigens, CDGlycoproteinsGNL3 protein, humanGTP-Binding ProteinsNuclear ProteinsPeptidesPROM1 protein, humanProm1 protein, ratRNA, Small Interfering

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PMID22174890
PMCPMC3236221
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