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ArticleCell reports2025

Neuropeptide adrenomedullin remodels stemness and macrophage dynamics in glioblastoma.

Heba Ali, Fatima Khan, Wenjing Xuan, Yang Liu, Yuyun Huang, Donovan Whitfield, Lizhi Pang, Peiwen Chen

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Article in Cell reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Heba AliDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Fatima KhanDepartment of Cancer Biology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Wenjing XuanDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Yang LiuDepartment of Cancer Biology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Yuyun HuangDepartment of Cancer Biology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Donovan WhitfieldDepartment of Cancer Biology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Lizhi PangDepartment of Cancer Biology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Peiwen ChenDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA; Department of Cancer Biology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA; Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cleveland, OH, USA. Electronic address: chenp6@ccf.org.

Funding

TUMOR METABOLISM PROGRAMP30CA043703 · NCI · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI Amar Desai · 1987 to 2026
$142.3M
Mechanism and therapeutic potential of microglia regulation in glioblastomaR01NS124594 · NINDS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Peiwen Chen · 2022 to 2026
$2.0M
Targeting macrophage reprogramming in glioblastomaR01NS127824 · NINDS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Peiwen Chen · 2023 to 2026
$1.6M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA043703NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS124594NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS127824
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The presence of self-renewing glioblastoma (GBM) stem cells (GSCs) and infiltrating pro-tumor macrophages constitutes two key hallmarks of GBM. Here, we identified the neuropeptide adrenomedullin (ADM) as a key factor regulating GSC-macrophage symbiosis. Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) overexpression upregulates ADM in GSCs to enhance their self-renewal, glycolysis, and tumor growth by activating the signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) pathway. GSC-secreted ADM promotes macrophage infiltration and pro-tumor reprogramming through activation of ADM receptor (ADMR), thereby engaging both STAT3 and STAT6 pathways. In GBM mouse and patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models, inhibition of the ADM-ADMR axis, STAT3, or STAT6 suppresses tumor progression, GSC self-renewal, and pro-tumor macrophage abundance, with dual inhibition of STAT3 and STAT6 leading to durable complete tumor regression in a subset of tumor-bearing mice. In human GBM tumors and plasmas, ADM correlates positively with GSC stemness, pro-tumor macrophage abundance, and poor prognosis. These findings highlight ADM-triggered GSC-macrophage symbiosis as a promising therapeutic target for GBM.

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AdrenomedullinBrain NeoplasmsGlioblastomaImmune ToleranceNeoplastic Stem CellsTumor-Associated MacrophagesAnimalsErbB ReceptorsFemaleHeterograftsHumansMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, NudeReceptors, AdrenomedullinSTAT3 Transcription FactorAdrenomedullinErbB ReceptorsReceptors, AdrenomedullinSTAT3 protein, humanStat3 protein, mouseSTAT3 Transcription FactorSTAT6 protein, humanStat6 protein, mouseSTAT6 Transcription FactoradrenomedullinCP: CancerEGFRglioblastomaglioblastoma stem cellsglycolysismacrophagesSTAT3STAT6symbiosis

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PMID41004340
PMCPMC12479091

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