Leukocyte Differentiation by Histidine-Rich Glycoprotein/Stanniocalcin-2 Complex Regulates Murine Glioma Growth through Modulation of Antitumor Immunity

Abstract Glioblastoma remains to be one of the most lethal solid cancers and novel therapies are urgently needed. There is increasing interest in the role of the HGF/MET pathway in the response of glioblastoma to radiotherapy. c-MET-mediated radioresistance may be partially induced via proinvasive and DNA damageresponse pathways and HGF may be involved in the regulation of immune responses. Here, we explored the role of the c-MET pathway in response to radiotherapy and investigated potential modes of action that mediate synergistic effects of MET pathway inhibition and irradiation in syngeneic murine glioma models in vitro and in vivo. Murine glioma cells express HGF and c-MET and respond with c-MET phosphorylation upon exposure to exogenous HGF. In vitro, glioma cell viability and proliferation are not affected by pharmacological or genetic c-MET pathway interference, and the c-MET inhibitor tepotinib fails to sensitize glioma cells to irradiation. Conversely, in vivo c-MET inhibition combined with focal radiotherapy synergistically prolongs survival in two syngeneic orthotopic glioma models compared with either treatment alone. Complementary studies demonstrated that synergy was lost when gliomas were established and treated in immunodeficient mice, and importantly, also when c-MET gene expression was disrupted in the tumor. Thus, synergistic suppression of experimental syngeneic glioma growth by irradiation and c-MET inhibition requires at least two mechanisms, expression of c-MET in the tumor and a functional immune system. In summary, our data suggest clinical evaluation of c-MET pathway inhibition in combination with radiotherapy in human glioblastoma.

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Fibroblasts Genetically Engineered to Secrete Cytokines Suppress Tumor Growth and Induce Antitumor Immunity to a Murine Glioma In Vivo

Neurosurgery ◽

10.1097/00006123-199503000-00014 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 36 (3) ◽

pp. 548-555 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Roberta P. Glick ◽

Terry Lichtor ◽

Tae Sung Kim ◽

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Keyword(s):

Tumor Growth ◽

Antitumor Immunity ◽

Genetically Engineered ◽

Murine Glioma

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Microglia-Derived Small Extracellular Vesicles Reduce Glioma Growth by Modifying Tumor Cell Metabolism and Enhancing Glutamate Clearance through miR-124

Cells ◽

10.3390/cells10082066 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (8) ◽

pp. 2066

Author(s):

Carmela Serpe ◽

Lucia Monaco ◽

Michela Relucenti ◽

Ludovica Iovino ◽

Pietro Familiari ◽

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Keyword(s):

Extracellular Vesicles ◽

Cell Metabolism ◽

The Body ◽

Glioma Growth ◽

Intercellular Communications ◽

The Brain ◽

Brain Homeostasis ◽

Murine Glioma

Brain homeostasis needs continuous exchange of intercellular information among neurons, glial cells, and immune cells, namely microglial cells. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are active players of this process. All the cells of the body, including the brain, release at least two subtypes of EVs, the medium/large EVs (m/lEVs) and small EVs (sEVs). sEVs released by microglia play an important role in brain patrolling in physio-pathological processes. One of the most common and malignant forms of brain cancer is glioblastoma. Altered intercellular communications constitute a base for the onset and the development of the disease. In this work, we used microglia-derived sEVs to assay their effects in vitro on murine glioma cells and in vivo in a glioma model on C57BL6/N mice. Our findings indicated that sEVs carry messages to cancer cells that modify glioma cell metabolism, reducing lactate, nitric oxide (NO), and glutamate (Glu) release. sEVs affect Glu homeostasis, increasing the expression of Glu transporter Glt-1 on astrocytes. We demonstrated that these effects are mediated by miR-124 contained in microglia-released sEVs. The in vivo benefit of microglia-derived sEVs results in a significantly reduced tumor mass and an increased survival of glioma-bearing mice, depending on miR-124.

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