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ArticleMolecular oncology2022

PRRX1 induced by BMP signaling decreases tumorigenesis by epigenetically regulating glioma-initiating cell properties via DNA methyltransferase 3A.

Ryo Tanabe, Kohei Miyazono, Tomoki Todo, Nobuhito Saito, Caname Iwata, Akiyoshi Komuro, Satoshi Sakai, Erna Raja, Daizo Koinuma, Masato Morikawa and 2 more

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Article in Molecular oncology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 41% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Ryo TanabeDepartment of Molecular Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan.
Kohei MiyazonoDepartment of Molecular Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-7341-0172
Tomoki TodoDivision of Innovative Cancer Therapy, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan.
Nobuhito SaitoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan.
Caname IwataDepartment of Molecular Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-1957-711X
Akiyoshi KomuroDepartment of Molecular Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan.
Satoshi SakaiDepartment of Molecular Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan.
Erna RajaDepartment of Molecular Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan.
Daizo KoinumaDepartment of Molecular Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-5611-2122
Masato MorikawaDepartment of Molecular Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-6191-7176
Bengt WestermarkDepartment of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Science for Life Laboratory, Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala University, Sweden.
Carl-Henrik HeldinDepartment of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Sweden.
The University of Tokyo · JPUppsala University · SEInnovative Research (United States) · USJapan Graduate School of Education University · JP

Funding

European Research Council 787472
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glioma-initiating cells (GICs), a major source of glioblastoma recurrence, are characterized by the expression of neural stem cell markers and the ability to grow by forming nonadherent spheres under serum-free conditions. Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs), members of the transforming growth factor-β family, induce differentiation of GICs and suppress their tumorigenicity. However, the mechanisms underlying the BMP-induced loss of GIC stemness have not been fully elucidated. Here, we show that paired related homeobox 1 (PRRX1) induced by BMPs decreases the CD133-positive GIC population and inhibits tumorigenic activity of GICs in vivo. Of the two splice isoforms of PRRX1, the longer isoform, pmx-1b, but not the shorter isoform, pmx-1a, induces GIC differentiation. Upon BMP stimulation, pmx-1b interacts with the DNA methyltransferase DNMT3A and induces promoter methylation of the PROM1 gene encoding CD133. Silencing DNMT3A maintains PROM1 expression and increases the CD133-positive GIC population. Thus, pmx-1b promotes loss of stem cell-like properties of GICs through region-specific epigenetic regulation of CD133 expression by recruiting DNMT3A, which is associated with decreased tumorigenicity of GICs.

Indexed as

Brain NeoplasmsGlioblastomaGliomaCarcinogenesisDNA Methyltransferase 3AEpigenesis, GeneticHomeodomain ProteinsHumansNeoplastic Stem CellsDNA Methyltransferase 3AHomeodomain ProteinsPRRX1 protein, humanBMPcancer-initiating cellCD133DNA methyltransferaseglioblastomaPRRX1

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PMID34214250
PMCPMC8732353
OpenAlexW3176081986

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