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ArticleScientific reports2019

Ras suppressor-1 (RSU-1) promotes cell invasion in aggressive glioma cells and inhibits it in non-aggressive cells through STAT6 phospho-regulation.

Maria Louca, Andreas Stylianou, Angeliki Minia, Vaia Pliaka, Leonidas G Alexopoulos, Vasiliki Gkretsi, Triantafyllos Stylianopoulos

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Maria LoucaCancer Biophysics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Andreas StylianouCancer Biophysics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Angeliki MiniaProtATonce Ltd., Athens, Greece.
Vaia PliakaProtATonce Ltd., Athens, Greece.
Leonidas G AlexopoulosProtATonce Ltd., Athens, Greece.
Vasiliki GkretsiBiomedical Sciences Program, Department of Life Sciences, School of Sciences, European University Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus. vasso.gkretsi@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3671-4078
Triantafyllos StylianopoulosCancer Biophysics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus. tstylian@ucy.ac.cy.
University of Cyprus · CYEuropean University Cyprus · CYNational Technical University of Athens · GR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most gliomas are invasive tumors formed from glial cells and associated with high mortality rates. In this study, we characterized four glioma cell lines of varying degree of aggressiveness (H4, SW1088, A172 and U87-MG) in terms of morphology, cytoskeleton organization and stiffness, and evaluated their invasive potential by performing invasion, colony forming and spheroid invasion assays. Cells were divided into two distinct groups: aggressive cell lines (A172 and U87-MG) with more elongated, softer and highly invasive cells and less aggressive cells (H4 and SW088). Interestingly, we found that Ras Suppressor-1 (RSU-1), a cell-matrix adhesion protein involved in cancer cell invasion, was significantly upregulated in more aggressive glioma cells compared to less aggressive. Importantly, RSU-1 silencing had opposing effects on glioma cell invasion depending on their aggressiveness, inhibiting migration and invasion of aggressive cells and promoting those of less aggressive cells. Finally, we found that RSU-1 silencing in aggressive cells led to decreased Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription6 (STAT6) phosphorylation and Matrix Metalloproteinase13 (MMP13) expression in contrast to less invasive cells. Our study demonstrates that RSU-1 promotes invasion of aggressive glioma cells and inhibits it in the non-aggressive cells, indicating that it could serve as a predictor of gliomas progression.

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Brain NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorCell MovementGene SilencingGliomaHumansMatrix Metalloproteinase 13Neoplasm InvasivenessPhosphorylationSTAT6 Transcription FactorTranscription FactorsMatrix Metalloproteinase 13RSU1 protein, humanSTAT6 Transcription FactorTranscription Factors

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PMID31123330
PMCPMC6533309
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