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ArticleJournal of neuropathology and experimental neurology2015

Targeting Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1α in a New Orthotopic Model of Glioblastoma Recapitulating the Hypoxic Tumor Microenvironment.

Fares Nigim, Jill Cavanaugh, Anoop P Patel, William T Curry, Shin-ichi Esaki, Ekkehard M Kasper, Andrew S Chi, David N Louis, Robert L Martuza, Samuel D Rabkin and 1 more

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Article in Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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31 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Fares NigimFrom the Department of Neurosurgery (FN, JC, APP, WTC, SE, RLM, SDR, HW), and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (EMK); Division of Hematology/Oncology, Stephen E. and Catherine Pappas Center for Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neurology (ASC), Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (DNL).
Jill Cavanaugh
Anoop P Patel
William T Curry
Shin-ichi Esaki
Ekkehard M Kasper
Andrew S Chi
David N Louis
Robert L Martuza
Samuel D Rabkin
Hiroaki Wakimoto
Harvard University · USBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · USCenter for Neuro-Oncology · USMassachusetts General Hospital · US

Funding

Targeting the Vasular SystemP50CA165962 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Benjamin Harris Kann · 2013 to 2026
$33.5M
GENETICALLY ENGINEERED VIRUSES FOR BRAIN TUMOR THERAPYR01NS032677 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI MARTUZA, ROBERT L · 1994 to 2022
$9.0M
Targeting Tumorigenic Pathways in Glioblastoma with Oncolytic HSVR01CA160762 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI RABKIN, SAMUEL DAVID · 2012 to 2023
$3.7M
NCI NIH HHS P50 CA165962NCI NIH HHS R01 CA160762NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS032677NINDS NIH HHS R01NS032677
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tissue hypoxia and necrosis represent pathophysiologic and histologic hallmarks of glioblastoma (GBM). Although hypoxia inducible factor 1α (HIF-1α) plays crucial roles in the malignant phenotypes of GBM, developing HIF-1α-targeted agents has been hampered by the lack of a suitable preclinical model that recapitulates the complex biology of clinical GBM. We present a new GBM model, MGG123, which was established from a recurrent human GBM. Orthotopic xenografting of stem-like MGG123 cells reproducibly generated lethal tumors that were characterized by foci of palisading necrosis, hypervascularity, and robust stem cell marker expression. Perinecrotic neoplastic cells distinctively express HIF-1α and are proliferative in both xenografts and the patient tissue. The xenografts contain scattered hypoxic foci that were consistently greater than 50 μm distant from blood vessels, indicating intratumoral heterogeneity of oxygenation. Hypoxia enhanced HIF-1α expression in cultured MGG123 cells, which was abrogated by the HIF-1α inhibitors digoxin or ouabain. In vivo, treatment of orthotopic MGG123 xenografts with digoxin decreased HIF-1α expression, vascular endothelial growth factor mRNA levels, and CD34-positive vasculature within the tumors, and extended survival of mice bearing the aggressive MGG123 GBM. This preclinical tumor model faithfully recapitulates the GBM-relevant hypoxic microenvironment and stemness and is a suitable platform for studying disease biology and developing hypoxia-targeted agents.

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Tumor MicroenvironmentAnimalsAntigens, CDBrain NeoplasmsCell HypoxiaCell Line, TumorCohort StudiesDigoxinDisease Models, AnimalEnzyme InhibitorsFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGlioblastomaHumansHypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha SubunitKi-67 AntigenAntigens, CDDigoxinEnzyme InhibitorsHypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha SubunitKi-67 AntigenSOX2 protein, humanSOXB1 Transcription FactorsVascular Endothelial Growth Factor A

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PMID26083570
PMCPMC4473779
OpenAlexW658459465

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