ArticleNeuro-oncology2017
Glioblastoma stem cell differentiation into endothelial cells evidenced through live-cell imaging.
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- Endothelial transdifferentiation of glioma stem cells: a literature review.Acta neuropathologica communications · 2025Review
- Tumor heterogeneity and resistance in glioblastoma: the role of stem cells.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2025Review
- Energy stress and adaptation strategy of tumor cells in different microenvironments: from primary tumors to distant metastases.Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica · 2025Review
- Decoding tumor angiogenesis: pathways, mechanisms, and future directions in anti-cancer strategies.Biomarker research · 2025Review
- Multi-transcriptomics reveals niche-specific expression programs and endothelial cells in glioblastoma.Journal of translational medicine · 2025Article
- Circular RNAs in cancer stem cells: Insights into their roles and mechanisms (Review).International journal of molecular medicine · 2025Review
- Endothelial cell-derived SDF-1α elicits stemness traits of glioblastomaTheranostics · 2025Article
- Tumor microenvironment of cancer stem cells: Perspectives on cancer stem cell targeting.Genes & diseases · 2024Review
- Cancer Stem Cells from Definition to Detection and Targeted Drugs.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
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Abstract
backgroundGlioblastoma cell-initiated vascularization is an alternative angiogenesis called vasculogenic mimicry. However, current knowledge on the mechanism of de novo vessel formation from glioblastoma stem cells (GSCs) is limited.
methodsSixty-four glioblastoma samples from patients and 10 fluorescent glioma xenograft samples were examined by immunofluorescence staining for endothelial marker (CD34 and CD31) and glial cell marker (glial fibrillary acidic protein [GFAP]) expression. GSCs were then isolated from human glioblastoma tissue and CD133+/Sox2+ red fluorescent protein-containing (RFP)-GSC-1 cells were established. The ability of these cells to form vascular structures was examined by live-cell imaging of 3D cultures.
resultsCD34-GFAP or CD31-GFAP coexpressing glioblastoma-derived endothelial cells (GDEC) were found in 30 of 64 (46.9%) of clinical glioblastoma samples. In those 30 samples, GDEC were found to form vessel structures in 21 (70%) samples. Among 21 samples with GDEC vessels, the CD34+ GDEC vessels and CD31+ GDEC vessels accounted for about 14.16% and 18.08% of total vessels, respectively. In the xenograft samples, CD34+ GDEC were found in 7 out of 10 mice, and 4 out of 7 mice had CD34+ GDEC vessels. CD31+ GDEC were also found in 7 mice, and 4 mice had CD31+ GDEC vessels (10 mice in total). Through live-cell imaging, we observed gradual CD34 expression when cultured with vascular endothelial growth factor in some glioma cells, and a dynamic increase in endothelial marker expression in RFP-GSC-1 in vitro was recorded. Cells expressed CD34 (9.46%) after 6 hours in culture.
conclusionsThe results demonstrated that GSCs may differentiate into endothelial cells and promote angiogenesis in glioblastomas.
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