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ArticleCell death and differentiation2025

Endothelial cells-derived SEMA3G suppresses glioblastoma stem cells by inducing c-Myc degradation.

Peng-Xiang Min, Li-Li Feng, Yi-Xuan Zhang, Chen-Chen Jiang, Hong-Zhen Zhang, Yan Chen, Kohji Fukunaga, Fang Liu, Yu-Jie Zhang, Takuya Sasaki and 5 more

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Article in Cell death and differentiation, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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15 authors.

Peng-Xiang Min *Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology of Ministry of Education; School of Basic Medical Sciences, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2228-7252
Li-Li Feng *Medical Basic Research Innovation Center for Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases, Ministry of Education; International Joint Laboratory for Drug Target of Critical Illnesses; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Targets and Translational Medicine for Cardio-cerebrovascular Diseases, School of Pharmacy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0890-1295
Yi-Xuan ZhangMedical Basic Research Innovation Center for Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases, Ministry of Education; International Joint Laboratory for Drug Target of Critical Illnesses; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Targets and Translational Medicine for Cardio-cerebrovascular Diseases, School of Pharmacy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9781-6281
Chen-Chen JiangMedical Basic Research Innovation Center for Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases, Ministry of Education; International Joint Laboratory for Drug Target of Critical Illnesses; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Targets and Translational Medicine for Cardio-cerebrovascular Diseases, School of Pharmacy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Hong-Zhen ZhangMedical Basic Research Innovation Center for Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases, Ministry of Education; International Joint Laboratory for Drug Target of Critical Illnesses; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Targets and Translational Medicine for Cardio-cerebrovascular Diseases, School of Pharmacy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Yan ChenKey Laboratory of Modern Toxicology of Ministry of Education; School of Basic Medical Sciences, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Kohji FukunagaDepartment of CNS Drug Innovation, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan.
Fang LiuThe Second People's Hospital of Changzhou, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou Medical Center, Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou, China.
Yu-Jie ZhangKey Laboratory of Modern Toxicology of Ministry of Education; School of Basic Medical Sciences, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Takuya SasakiDepartment of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
Xu QianDepartment of Neurosurgery of First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene of School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1533-8568
Katsuhisa HorimotoSOCIUM Inc. AIST Waterfront Center Annex 5 F, Aomi 2-4-7, Kotoku, Tokyo, Japan.
Jian-Dong JiangMedical Basic Research Innovation Center for Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases, Ministry of Education; International Joint Laboratory for Drug Target of Critical Illnesses; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Targets and Translational Medicine for Cardio-cerebrovascular Diseases, School of Pharmacy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China. jiang.jdong@163.com.
Ying-Mei LuKey Laboratory of Modern Toxicology of Ministry of Education; School of Basic Medical Sciences, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China. lufx@njmu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-3187-4344
Feng HanMedical Basic Research Innovation Center for Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases, Ministry of Education; International Joint Laboratory for Drug Target of Critical Illnesses; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Targets and Translational Medicine for Cardio-cerebrovascular Diseases, School of Pharmacy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China. fenghan169@njmu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-4868-3491

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The poor prognosis of glioblastoma (GBM) patients is attributed mainly to abundant neovascularization and presence of glioblastoma stem cells (GSCs). GSCs are preferentially localized to the perivascular niche to maintain stemness. However, the effect of abnormal communication between endothelial cells (ECs) and GSCs on GBM progression remains unknown. Here, we reveal that ECs-derived SEMA3G, which is aberrantly expressed in GBM patients, impairs GSCs by inducing c-Myc degradation. SEMA3G activates NRP2/PLXNA1 in a paracrine manner, subsequently inducing the inactivation of Cdc42 and dissociation of Cdc42 and WWP2 in GSCs. Once released, WWP2 interacts with c-Myc and mediates c-Myc degradation via ubiquitination. Genetic deletion of Sema3G in ECs accelerates GBM growth, whereas SEMA3G overexpression or recombinant SEMA3G protein prolongs the survival of GBM bearing mice. These findings illustrate that ECs play an intrinsic inhibitory role in GSCs stemness via the SMEA3G-c-Myc distal regulation paradigm. Targeting SEMA3G signaling may have promising therapeutic benefits for GBM patients.

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Brain NeoplasmsEndothelial CellsGlioblastomaNeoplastic Stem CellsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mycSemaphorinsAnimalsCell Line, TumorHumansMiceProteolysisUbiquitin-Protein LigasesMYC protein, humanProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mycSemaphorinsUbiquitin-Protein Ligases

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PMID40533501
PMCPMC12669739

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