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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2023

Ceramide Is Involved in Temozolomide Resistance in Human Glioblastoma U87MG Overexpressing EGFR.

Rosaria Bassi, Michele Dei Cas, Cristina Tringali, Federica Compostella, Rita Paroni, Paola Giussani

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rosaria BassiDepartment of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, Università degli Studi di Milano, LITA Segrate, Via Fratelli Cervi, 93, 20090 Segrate, Italy.
Michele Dei CasDepartment of Scienze della Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via di Rudini, 8, 20142 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7359-8558
Cristina TringaliDepartment of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, Università degli Studi di Milano, LITA Segrate, Via Fratelli Cervi, 93, 20090 Segrate, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0632-6197
Federica CompostellaDepartment of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, Università degli Studi di Milano, LITA Segrate, Via Fratelli Cervi, 93, 20090 Segrate, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4721-0358
Rita ParoniDepartment of Scienze della Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via di Rudini, 8, 20142 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3186-8860
Paola GiussaniDepartment of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, Università degli Studi di Milano, LITA Segrate, Via Fratelli Cervi, 93, 20090 Segrate, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7793-1757
University of Milan · IT

Funding

Piano di sostegno alla ricerca BIOMETRA-LineaB from Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine grant PSR2020_PG, grant PSR2021_PGPiano di sostegno alla ricerca BIOMETRA-LineaB from Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine grant PSR2020_RB
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most frequent and deadly brain tumor. Many sphingolipids are crucial players in the regulation of glioma cell growth as well as in the response to different chemotherapeutic drugs. In particular, ceramide (Cer) is a tumor suppressor lipid, able to induce antiproliferative and apoptotic responses in different types of tumors including GBM, most of which overexpress the epidermal growth factor receptor variant III (EGFRvIII). In this paper, we investigated whether Cer metabolism is altered in the U87MG human glioma cell line overexpressing EGFRvIII (EGFR+ cells) to elucidate their possible interplay in the mechanisms regulating GBM survival properties and the response to the alkylating agent temozolomide (TMZ). Notably, we demonstrated that a low dose of TMZ significantly increases Cer levels in U87MG cells but slightly in EGFR+ cells (sensitive and resistant to TMZ, respectively). Moreover, the inhibition of the synthesis of complex sphingolipids made EGFR+ cells sensitive to TMZ, thus involving Cer accumulation/removal in TMZ resistance of GBM cells. This suggests that the enhanced resistance of EGFR+ cells to TMZ is dependent on Cer metabolism. Altogether, our results indicate that EGFRvIII expression confers a TMZ-resistance phenotype to U87MG glioma cells by counteracting Cer increase.

Indexed as

Brain NeoplasmsGlioblastomaGliomaAntineoplastic Agents, AlkylatingCell Line, TumorCeramidesDrug Resistance, NeoplasmErbB ReceptorsHumansTemozolomideAntineoplastic Agents, AlkylatingCeramidesEGFR protein, humanErbB ReceptorsTemozolomidecell survivalceramideepidermal growth factor receptorsphingolipids

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PMID37895074
PMCPMC10607229
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