ArticleOncogene2018
Targeting UDP-α-D-glucose 6-dehydrogenase inhibits glioblastoma growth and migration.
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- Endoplasmic reticulum-resident protein DNAJC10 inhibits glioblastoma metastasis by suppressing XBP-1s-driven EGFR transcription.Molecular biomedicine · 2025Article
- Pan-cancer analysis of UDP-glucose 6-dehydrogenase in human tumors and its function in hepatocellular carcinoma.World journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2025Article
- Downregulation of UDP-glucose 6-dehydrogenase predicts adverse outcomes in patients with colorectal cancer and promotes tumorigenesis.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- High-Throughput Targeted Drug Screening for NF1-associated High-Grade Gliomas with ATRX Deficiency.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- E3 ligase HERC5-catalyzed UGDH isgylation promotes SNAI1-mediated tumor metastasis and cisplatin resistance in oral squamous cell carcinoma.Biology direct · 2025Article
- Deciphering Drug Resistance: Investigating the Emerging Role of Hyaluronan Metabolism and Signaling and Tumor Extracellular Matrix in Cancer Chemotherapy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- UDP-6-glucose dehydrogenase in hormonally responsive breast cancers.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- UGDH promotes tumor-initiating cells and a fibroinflammatory tumor microenvironment in ovarian cancer.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2023Article
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- Probiotics and Commensal Bacteria Metabolites Trigger Epigenetic Changes in the Gut and Influence Beneficial Mood Dispositions.Microorganisms · 2023Review
- UDP-glucuronate metabolism controls RIPK1-driven liver damage in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.Nature communications · 2023Article
- SP and KLF Transcription Factors in Cancer Metabolism.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- Targeting UDP-α-d-glucose 6-dehydrogenase alters the CNS tumor immune microenvironment and inhibits glioblastoma growth.Genes & diseases · 2022Article
- UDP-glucose dehydrogenase expression is upregulated following EMT and differentially affects intracellular glycerophosphocholine and acetylaspartate levels in breast mesenchymal cell lines.Molecular oncology · 2022Article
- Glycomaterials to Investigate the Functional Role of Aberrant Glycosylation in Glioblastoma.Advanced healthcare materials · 2022Review
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- Monoallelic IDH1 R132H Mutation Mediates Glioma Cell Response to Anticancer Therapies via Induction of Senescence.Molecular cancer research : MCR · 2021Article
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Abstract
UDP-glucose 6-dehydrogenase (UGDH) produces UDP-α-D-glucuronic acid, the precursors for glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) and proteoglycans of the extracellular matrix. Elevated GAG formation has been implicated in a variety of human diseases, including glioblastoma (GBM). In our previous study, we found that Krüppel-like factor 4 (KLF4) promotes GBM cell migration by binding to methylated DNA, mainly methylated CpGs (mCpG) and transactivating gene expression. We identified UDGH as one of the downstream targets of KLF4-mCpG binding activity. In this study, we show that KLF4 upregulates UGDH expression in a mCpG-dependent manner, and UGDH is required for KLF4-induced cell migration in vitro. UGDH knockdown decreases GAG abundance in GBM cells, as well as cell proliferation and migration in vitro. In intracranial xenografts, reduced UGDH inhibits tumor growth and migration, accompanied by a decrease in the expression of extracellular matrix proteins such as tenascin C, brevican. Our studies demonstrate a novel DNA methylation-dependent UGDH upregulation by KLF4. Developing UGDH antagonists to decrease the synthesis of extracellular matrix components will be a useful strategy for GBM therapy.
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