ArticleOncogene2021
Statins repress hedgehog signaling in medulloblastoma with no bone toxicities.
Article in Oncogene, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- Sonic Hedgehog-Gli1 signaling promotes microglial activation via the IKKβ/NF-κB pathway.Acta pharmacologica Sinica · 2026Article
- Unveiling the potential benefits of statins in medulloblastoma treatment: A promising therapeutic approach.IBRO neuroscience reports · 2025Review
- Intervertebral disc-intrinsic Hedgehog signaling maintains disc cell phenotypes and prevents disc degeneration through both cell autonomous and non-autonomous mechanisms.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2024Article
- Statins-Beyond Their Use in Hypercholesterolemia: Focus on the Pediatric Population.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- miRNA-211 maintains metabolic homeostasis in medulloblastoma through its target gene long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase 4.Acta neuropathologica communications · 2023Article
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- The Potential Therapeutic Application of Simvastatin for Brain Complications and Mechanisms of Action.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- CNPY4 inhibits the Hedgehog pathway by modulating membrane sterol lipids.Nature communications · 2022Article
- The PROTAC selectively degrading Bcl-xTheranostics · 2022Article
- Pathological implications of metabolic reprogramming and its therapeutic potential in medulloblastoma.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2022Review
- Statins: a repurposed drug to fight cancer.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2021Review
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9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
The Hedgehog (Hh) pathway plays an indispensable role in bone development and genetic activation of the pathway results in medulloblastoma (MB), the most common malignant brain tumor in children. Inhibitors of Hh pathway (such as vismodegib and sonedigib), which are used to treat MB, cause irreversible defects in bone growth in young children. Cholesterol is required for the activation of the Hh pathway, and statins, inhibitors of cholesterol biosynthesis, suppress MB growth by repressing Hh signaling in tumor cells. Here, we investigate the role of cholesterol biosynthesis in the proliferation and Hh signaling in chondrocytes, and examine the bone development in mice after statin treatment. Statins significantly inhibited MB growth in young mice, but caused no defects in bone development. Conditional deletion of NADP steroid dehydrogenase-like (NSDHL), an enzyme necessary for cholesterol biosynthesis, suppressed cholesterol synthesis in chondrocytes, and disrupted the growth plate in mouse femur and tibia, indicating the important function of intracellular cholesterol in bone development. Hh pathway activation and the proliferation of chondrocytes were inhibited by statin treatment in vitro; however, statins did not impair bone growth in vivo due to insufficient penetration into the bone. Our studies reveal a critical role of cholesterol in bone development, and support the utilization of statins for treatment of MB as well as other Hh pathway-associated malignancies.
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