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ArticleJCI insight2021

Asymmetric cell division promotes therapeutic resistance in glioblastoma stem cells.

Masahiro Hitomi, Anastasia P Chumakova, Daniel J Silver, Arnon M Knudsen, W Dean Pontius, Stephanie Murphy, Neha Anand, Bjarne W Kristensen, Justin D Lathia

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Article in JCI insight, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Masahiro HitomiCancer Impact Area, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Anastasia P ChumakovaCancer Impact Area, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Daniel J SilverCancer Impact Area, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Arnon M KnudsenDepartment of Pathology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
W Dean PontiusDepartment of Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Stephanie MurphyCancer Impact Area, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Neha AnandCancer Impact Area, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Bjarne W KristensenDepartment of Pathology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
Justin D LathiaCancer Impact Area, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Cleveland Clinic · USUniversity of Southern Denmark · DKCleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine · US

Funding

Asymmetric cell division drives therapeutic resistance and self-renewal in glioblastomaR03CA215939 · NCI · CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU · PI HITOMI, MASAHIRO · 2017 to 2018
$159k
NCI NIH HHS R03 CA215939
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Asymmetric cell division (ACD) enables the maintenance of a stem cell population while simultaneously generating differentiated progeny. Cancer stem cells (CSCs) undergo multiple modes of cell division during tumor expansion and in response to therapy, yet the functional consequences of these division modes remain to be determined. Using a fluorescent reporter for cell surface receptor distribution during mitosis, we found that ACD generated a daughter cell with enhanced therapeutic resistance and increased coenrichment of EGFR and neurotrophin receptor (p75NTR) from a glioblastoma CSC. Stimulation of both receptors antagonized differentiation induction and promoted self-renewal capacity. p75NTR knockdown enhanced the therapeutic efficacy of EGFR inhibition, indicating that coinheritance of p75NTR and EGFR promotes resistance to EGFR inhibition through a redundant mechanism. These data demonstrate that ACD produces progeny with coenriched growth factor receptors, which contributes to the generation of a more therapeutically resistant CSC population.

Indexed as

Asymmetric Cell DivisionDrug Resistance, NeoplasmAC133 AntigenBrain NeoplasmsCell DifferentiationCell Line, TumorCell Self RenewalErbB ReceptorsGene Knockdown TechniquesGlioblastomaHumansNeoplastic Stem CellsNerve Tissue ProteinsReceptors, Nerve Growth FactorAC133 AntigenEGFR protein, humanErbB ReceptorsNerve Tissue ProteinsNGFR protein, humanPROM1 protein, humanReceptors, Nerve Growth FactorBrain cancerCancerCell BiologyStem cells

Identifiers

PMID33351787
PMCPMC7934841
OpenAlexW3113882127

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