ArticleGenes & diseases2022
Targeting UDP-α-d-glucose 6-dehydrogenase alters the CNS tumor immune microenvironment and inhibits glioblastoma growth.
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- UDP-Glucose-6-Dehydrogenase Mediated O-GlcNAcylation of Tight Junction Protein 1 Suppresses Metastasis in Renal Cell Carcinoma.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- S100A8-associated inflammatory microenvironment is related to its cell-of-origin and potentiates BRAF inhibitor resistance in papillary craniopharyngioma.Clinical and experimental medicine · 2026Article
- O-GlcNAcylation of UGDH: emerging insights into immunometabolic regulation and therapeutic implications.Cell death discovery · 2026Article
- Imaging-mediated genetic effects link brain microstructure, metabolic profiles, and regional transcription to glioma susceptibility.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- Uridine diphosphate-glucose 6-dehydrogenase-mediated glucuronidation and its emerging role in gut-liver immune regulation.World journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2025Article
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- Pan-cancer analysis of UDP-glucose 6-dehydrogenase in human tumors and its function in hepatocellular carcinoma.World journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2025Article
- Downregulation of UDP-glucose 6-dehydrogenase predicts adverse outcomes in patients with colorectal cancer and promotes tumorigenesis.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Tumor associated microglia/macrophages utilize GPNMB to promote tumor growth and alter immune cell infiltration in glioma.Acta neuropathologica communications · 2024Article
- UDP-6-glucose dehydrogenase in hormonally responsive breast cancers.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- UGDH promotes tumor-initiating cells and a fibroinflammatory tumor microenvironment in ovarian cancer.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2023Article
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Abstract
Glioblastoma (GBM, WHO grade IV glioma) is the most common and lethal malignant brain tumor in adults with a dismal prognosis. The extracellular matrix (ECM) supports GBM progression by promoting tumor cell proliferation, migration, and immune escape. Uridine diphosphate (UDP)-glucose 6-dehydrogenase (UGDH) is the rate-limiting enzyme that catalyzes the biosynthesis of glycosaminoglycans that are the principal component of the CNS ECM. We investigated how targeting UGDH in GBM influences the GBM immune microenvironment, including tumor-associated microglia/macrophages (TAMs) and T cells. TAMs are the main immune effector cells in GBM and can directly target tumor cells if properly activated. In co-cultures of GBM cells and human primary macrophages, UGDH knockdown in GBM cells promoted macrophage phagocytosis and M1-like polarization. In orthotropic human GBM xenografts and syngeneic mouse glioma models, targeting UGDH decreased ECM deposition, increased TAM phagocytosis marker expression, reduced M2-like TAMs and inhibited tumor growth. UGDH knockdown in GBM cells also promoted cytotoxic T cell infiltration and activation in orthotopic syngeneic mouse glioma models. The potent and in-human-use small molecule GAG synthesis inhibitor 4-methylumbelliferone (4-MU) was found to inhibit GBM cell proliferation and migration
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