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ArticleClinical and translational medicine2020

BRD4 regulates self-renewal ability and tumorigenicity of glioma-initiating cells by enrichment in the Notch1 promoter region.

Zhennan Tao, Xuetao Li, Hao Wang, Guangliang Chen, Zibin Feng, Yue Wu, Haoran Yin, Guozheng Zhao, Zhitong Deng, Chaohui Zhao and 3 more

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Article in Clinical and translational medicine, 2020. 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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Zhennan TaoNeurosurgery & Brain and Nerve Research Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P. R. China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7630-2273
Xuetao LiNeurosurgery & Brain and Nerve Research Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P. R. China.
Hao WangNeurosurgery & Brain and Nerve Research Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P. R. China.
Guangliang ChenNeurosurgery & Brain and Nerve Research Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P. R. China.
Zibin FengNeurosurgery & Brain and Nerve Research Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P. R. China.
Yue WuNeurosurgery & Brain and Nerve Research Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P. R. China.
Haoran YinNeurosurgery & Brain and Nerve Research Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P. R. China.
Guozheng ZhaoNeurosurgery & Brain and Nerve Research Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P. R. China.
Zhitong DengNeurosurgery & Brain and Nerve Research Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P. R. China.
Chaohui ZhaoNeurosurgery & Brain and Nerve Research Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P. R. China.
Yanyan LiNeurosurgery & Brain and Nerve Research Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P. R. China.
Ting SunNeurosurgery & Brain and Nerve Research Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P. R. China.
Youxin ZhouNeurosurgery & Brain and Nerve Research Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P. R. China.
Soochow University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81572475National Natural Science Foundation of China 81874080
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bromodomain and extraterminal domain (BET) family proteins are considered to be epigenetic readers that regulate gene expression by recognizing acetyl lysine residues on histones and nonhistone chromatin factors and have been classified as curative targets for a variety of cancers. Glioma-initiating cells (GICs), which commit self-renewal, perpetual proliferation, multidirectional differentiation, and vigorous tumorigenicity, sustain the peculiar genetic and epigenetic diversification in the GBM patients, thus, GICs result in tumor recurrence. Abundant evidence demonstrates that BET proteins regulate differentiation of stem cells. However, it endures ambiguous how individual BET proteins take part in GIC advancement, and how do small molecule inhibitors like I-BET151 target functional autonomous BET proteins. Here, we validated that BRD4, not BRD2 or BRD3, has value in targeted glioma therapy. We announce a signaling pathway concerning BRD4 and Notch1 that sustains the self-renewal of GICs. Moreover, in-depth mechanistic research showed that BRD4 was concentrated at the promoter region of Notch1 and may be involved in the process of tumor metabolism. Furthermore, in intracranial models, I-BET151 eliminated U87 GICs' tumorigenicity. The outcomes of this research could be conducive to design clinical trials for treatment of glioma based on BRD4.

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BET proteinBRD4glioma-initiating cellsnotch1self-renewaltumorigenicity

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