ArticleOncogene2016
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor links integrin signaling to the TGF-β pathway.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 59 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Cell-Specific Modulation of the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor by Kynurenine in Pulmonary Fibrosis Requires Microenvironmental Crosstalk.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- AhR as a Common Denominator in Immunity and Inflammation in Chronic Lung Diseases: Molecular and Clinical Insights.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Potent antitumor activity through dual targeting of PD-L1 and TGF-β pathways in the glioma tumor microenvironment.Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 2026Article
- The aryl hydrocarbon receptor: a rehabilitated target for therapeutic immune modulation.Nature reviews. Drug discovery · 2025Review
- Mutated IL-32θ (A94V) inhibits COX2, GM-CSF and CYP1A1 through AhR/ARNT and MAPKs/NF-κB/AP-1 in keratinocytes exposed to PMScientific reports · 2025Article
- Elevated profiles of peripheral Th22, Th17, Th2 cells, and decreased percentage of Th1 cells in breast cancer patients.Thoracic cancer · 2023Article
- Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Promotes Cell Growth, Stemness Like Characteristics, and Metastasis in Human Ovarian Cancer via Activation of PI3K/Akt, β-Catenin, and Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition Pathways.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
- Anoikis resistance in diffuse glioma: The potential therapeutic targets in the future.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Review
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- The aryl hydrocarbon receptor suppresses immunity to oral squamous cell carcinoma through immune checkpoint regulation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021Article
- Effects of Low-Dose Gestational TCDD Exposure on Behavior and on Hippocampal Neuron Morphology and Gene Expression in Mice.Environmental health perspectives · 2021Article
- The Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Undergoes Chaperone-Mediated Autophagy in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Article
- Rutaecarpine Inhibits U87 Glioblastoma Cell Migration by Activating the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Signaling Pathway.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2021Article
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- Dissociation of the AhR/ARNT complex by TGF-β/Smad signaling repressesThe Journal of biological chemistry · 2020Article
- The Role of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor (AhR) in Brain Tumors.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Review
- The aryl hydrocarbon receptor: an environmental sensor integrating immune responses in health and disease.Nature reviews. Immunology · 2019Review
- ITGB3/CD61: a hub modulator and target in the tumor microenvironment.American journal of translational research · 2019Review
- Glioblastoma: Role of Mitochondria N-acetylserotonin/Melatonin Ratio in Mediating Effects of miR-451 and Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor and in Coordinating Wider Biochemical Changes.International journal of tryptophan research : IJTR · 2019Review
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Abstract
Glioblastoma is the most common and aggressive form of intrinsic brain tumor. Transforming growth factor (TGF)-β represents a central mediator of the malignant phenotype of these tumors by promoting invasiveness and angiogenesis, maintaining tumor cell stemness and inducing profound immunosuppression. Integrins, which are highly expressed in glioma cells, interact with the TGF-β pathway. Furthermore, a link has been described between activity of the transcription factor aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) and TGF-β expression. Here we demonstrate that integrin inhibition, using αv, β3 or β5 neutralizing antibodies, RNA interference-mediated integrin gene silencing or pharmacological inhibition by the cyclic RGD peptide EMD 121974 (cilengitide) or the non-peptidic molecule GLPG0187, inhibits AhR activity. These effects are independent of cell detachment or cell density. While AhR mRNA expression was not affected by integrin inhibition, AhR total and nuclear protein levels were reduced, suggesting that integrin inhibition-mediated regulation of AhR may occur at a post-transcriptional level. AhR-null astrocytes, AhR-null hepatocytes or glioblastoma cells with a transiently silenced AhR gene showed reduced sensitivity to integrin inhibition-mediated alterations in TGF-β signaling, indicating that AhR mediates integrin control of the TGF-β pathway. Accordingly, there was a significant correlation of αv integrin levels with nuclear AhR and pSmad2 levels as determined by immunohistochemistry in human glioblastoma in vivo. In summary, this study identifies a signaling network comprising integrins, AhR and TGF-β and validates integrin inhibition as a promising strategy not only to inhibit angiogenesis, but also to block AhR- and TGF-β-controlled features of malignancy in human glioblastoma.
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