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ArticleCell communication and signaling : CCS2017

Crosstalk between glial and glioblastoma cells triggers the "go-or-grow" phenotype of tumor cells.

Ana Isabel Oliveira, Sandra I Anjo, Joana Vieira de Castro, Sofia C Serra, António J Salgado, Bruno Manadas, Bruno M Costa

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Article in Cell communication and signaling : CCS, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ana Isabel OliveiraLife and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, Campus de Gualtar, University of Minho, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal.
Sandra I AnjoCNC - Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, 3004-504 Coimbra, Portugal.
Joana Vieira de CastroLife and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, Campus de Gualtar, University of Minho, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal.
Sofia C SerraLife and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, Campus de Gualtar, University of Minho, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal.
António J SalgadoLife and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, Campus de Gualtar, University of Minho, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal.
Bruno ManadasCNC - Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, 3004-504 Coimbra, Portugal.
Bruno M CostaLife and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, Campus de Gualtar, University of Minho, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal. bfmcosta@med.uminho.pt.
University of Minho · PTUniversity of Coimbra · PT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGlioblastoma (GBM), the most malignant primary brain tumor, leads to poor and unpredictable clinical outcomes. Recent studies showed the tumor microenvironment has a critical role in regulating tumor growth by establishing a complex network of interactions with tumor cells. In this context, we investigated how GBM cells modulate resident glial cells, particularly their paracrine activity, and how this modulation can influence back on the malignant phenotype of GBM cells.

methodsConditioned media (CM) of primary mouse glial cultures unexposed (unprimed) or exposed (primed) to the secretome of GL261 GBM cells were analyzed by proteomic analysis. Additionally, these CM were used in GBM cells to evaluate their impact in glioma cell viability, migration capacity and activation of tumor-related intracellular pathways.

resultsThe proteomic analysis revealed that the pre-exposure of glial cells to CM from GBM cells led to the upregulation of several proteins related to inflammatory response, cell adhesion and extracellular structure organization within the secretome of primed glial cells. At the functional levels, CM derived from unprimed glial cells favored an increase in GBM cell migration capacity, while CM from primed glial cells promoted cells viability. These effects on GBM cells were accompanied by activation of particular intracellular cancer-related pathways, mainly the MAPK/ERK pathway, which is a known regulator of cell proliferation.

conclusionsTogether, our results suggest that glial cells can impact on the pathophysiology of GBM tumors, and that the secretome of GBM cells is able to modulate the secretome of neighboring glial cells, in a way that regulates the "go-or-grow" phenotypic switch of GBM cells.

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Cell ProliferationPhenotypeAnimalsBrain NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorCells, CulturedCell SurvivalCulture Media, ConditionedGlioblastomaMAP Kinase Signaling SystemMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNeurogliaParacrine CommunicationProteomeCulture Media, ConditionedProteomeGlial cellsGlioblastomaParacrine effectSecretomeTumor microenvironment

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PMID28969644
PMCPMC5625790
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