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ArticleNeuro-oncology2018

A molecular cascade modulates MAP1B and confers resistance to mTOR inhibition in human glioblastoma.

Dan R Laks, Juan A Oses-Prieto, Alvaro G Alvarado, Jonathan Nakashima, Shreya Chand, Daniel B Azzam, Ankur A Gholkar, Jantzen Sperry, Kirsten Ludwig, Michael C Condro and 13 more

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Article in Neuro-oncology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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24citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

23 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Dan R LaksDepartment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
Juan A Oses-PrietoDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, UCSF, San Francisco, California.
Alvaro G AlvaradoDepartment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
Jonathan NakashimaDepartment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
Shreya ChandDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, UCSF, San Francisco, California.
Daniel B AzzamDepartment of Neuroscience, UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
Ankur A GholkarChemistry, UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
Jantzen SperryDepartment of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, UCLA.
Kirsten LudwigDepartment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
Michael C CondroDepartment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
Serli NazarianDepartment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
Anjelica CardenasDepartment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
Michelle Y S ShihDepartment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
Robert DamoiseauxDepartment of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, UCLA.
Bryan FranceDepartment of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, UCLA.
Nicholas OrozcoDepartment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
Koppany VisnyeiDepartment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
Thomas J CrismanDepartment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
Fuying GaoDepartment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
Jorge Z TorresChemistry, UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
Giovanni CoppolaDepartment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
Alma L BurlingameDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, UCSF, San Francisco, California.
Harley I KornblumDepartment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
UCLA Medical Center · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · USUniversity of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

Women's CancersP30CA016042 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Samuel Wheeler French · 1985 to 2026
$134.5M
UCLA SPORE in Brain CancerP50CA211015 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Linda M Liau · 2017 to 2026
$25.2M
Integrative Center for Neurogenetics and Neurogenomics - OverallP30NS062691 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI COPPOLA, GIOVANNI · 2009 to 2018
$7.4M
Neural Progenitor Genes and Brain TumorsR01NS052563 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI KORNBLUM, HARLEY IAN · 2006 to 2015
$2.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016042NCI NIH HHS P50 CA211015NINDS NIH HHS P30 NS062691NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS052563
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Clinical trials of therapies directed against nodes of the signaling axis of phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase/Akt/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) in glioblastoma (GBM) have had disappointing results. Resistance to mTOR inhibitors limits their efficacy. Methods: To determine mechanisms of resistance to chronic mTOR inhibition, we performed tandem screens on patient-derived GBM cultures. Results: An unbiased phosphoproteomic screen quantified phosphorylation changes associated with chronic exposure to the mTOR inhibitor rapamycin, and our analysis implicated a role for glycogen synthase kinase (GSK)3B attenuation in mediating resistance that was confirmed by functional studies. A targeted short hairpin RNA screen and further functional studies both in vitro and in vivo demonstrated that microtubule-associated protein (MAP)1B, previously associated predominantly with neurons, is a downstream effector of GSK3B-mediated resistance. Furthermore, we provide evidence that chronic rapamycin induces microtubule stability in a MAP1B-dependent manner in GBM cells. Additional experiments explicate a signaling pathway wherein combinatorial extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)/mTOR targeting abrogates inhibitory phosphorylation of GSK3B, leads to phosphorylation of MAP1B, and confers sensitization. Conclusions: These data portray a compensatory molecular signaling network that imparts resistance to chronic mTOR inhibition in primary, human GBM cell cultures and points toward new therapeutic strategies.

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AnimalsAntibiotics, AntineoplasticApoptosisBiomarkers, TumorCell ProliferationExtracellular Signal-Regulated MAP KinasesGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGlioblastomaGlycogen Synthase Kinase 3 betaHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred NODMice, SCIDMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesAntibiotics, AntineoplasticBiomarkers, TumorExtracellular Signal-Regulated MAP KinasesGlycogen Synthase Kinase 3 betaMAP1B protein, humanMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsMTOR protein, humanPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesPhosphoinositide-3 Kinase InhibitorsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktRNA, Small InterferingSirolimusTOR Serine-Threonine Kinases

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PMID29136244
PMCPMC5961175
OpenAlexW2767439361

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