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Hypoxia as well as the endoplasmic reticulum stress are important factors of malignant tumor growth and control of the expression of genes, which regulate numerous metabolic processes and cell proliferation. Furthermore, blockade of ERN1 (endoplasmic reticulum to nucleus 1) suppresses cell proliferation and tumor growth. We studied the effect of hypoxia on the expression of genes encoding the transcription factors such as E2F8 (E2F transcription factor 8), EPAS1 (endothelial PAS domain protein 1), TBX3 (T-box 3), ATF3 (activating transcription factor 3), FOXF1 (forkhead box F), and HOXC6 (homeobox C6) in U87 glioma cells with and without ERN1 signaling enzyme function. We have established that hypoxia enhances the expression of HOXC6, E2F8, ATF3, and EPAS1 genes but does not change TBX3 and FOXF1 gene expression in glioma cells with ERNI function. At the same time, the expression level of all studied genes is strongly decreased, except for TBX3 gene, in glioma cells without ERN1 function. Moreover, the inhibition of ERN1 signaling enzyme function significantly modifies the effect of hypoxia on the expression of these transcription factor genes. removes or introduces this regulation as well as changes a direction or magnitude of hypoxic regulation. Present study demonstrates that fine-tuning of the expression of proliferation related genes depends upon hypoxia and ERN1-mediated endoplasmic reticulum stress signaling and correlates with slower proliferation rate of glioma cells without ERN1 function.
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PMID:INHIBITION OF ERN1 SIGNALING ENZYME AFFECTS HYPOXIC REGULATION OF THE EXPRESSION OF E2F8, EPAS1, HOXC6, ATF3, TBX3 AND FOXF1 GENES IN U87 GLIOMA CELLS. 2625 41

Transcription factors encoded by HOX genes are vital in the determination of cell fate and identity during embryonic development. In certain malignancies, HOX genes also behave as oncogenes. The present study demonstrated suppression of the invasive tendency of glioblastoma multiforme U-118 and U-138 cells by the introduction of the antisense fragments of HOXA6 and B13 genes using electroporation. The invasion index indicated 79 and 72% reductions in the invasive ability of antisense HOXA6 and B13, respectively. No significant differences in the invasive index of the parental and mock cells of each HOX gene were observed (invasive index, 0.75-0.91; P=0.05). A reduction in invasion tendency was also observed following betulinic acid (BA) treatment: The results from the matrigel assay analysis clearly demonstrated a significant inhibition in the invasive behaviour of U-118 and U-138 cell lines from day 15 following BA treatment, with a maximum effect on day 30. The invasion index demonstrated 62 and 65% reductions in invasion ability in the U-118 and U-138 cell lines, respectively. The suppression of HOXC6 and B13 expression by the introduction of the corresponding antisense fragments in addition to BA reduced invasion tendency in U-118 and U-138 cell lines. The mechanism underlying the association between the HOX gene and invasive behavior in glioma cells is yet to be understood. However, the anti-invasive behavior of BA may aid understanding of the mechanism in future studies.
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PMID:Effect of overexpression of HOX genes on its invasive tendency in cerebral glioma. 2687 Jan 70

CD133 has been shown to be an important stem cell factor that promotes glioma progression. However, the mechanism for CD133-mediated glioma progression has yet to be fully elucidated. In this study, we found that CD133 mRNA expression was a prognostic marker in three independent glioma patient cohorts, corroborating a putative role for CD133 in glioma progression. Importantly, we found that CD133 expression in glioma was highly correlated with the expression of HOX gene stem cell factors (HOXA5, HOXA7, HOXA10, HOXC4 and HOXC6). The expression of these HOX genes individually was significantly associated with survival. Interestingly, the prognostic significance of CD133 was dependent on the expression level of HOX genes, and vice versa. CD133 (p = 0.021) and HOXA7 (p = 0.001) were independent prognostic markers when the three glioma patient cohorts were combined (n = 231). Our results suggest that HOX genes may play a more important role in progression of glioma when CD133 expression is low. Furthermore, we showed that low-level expression of LIM2 in CD133-high glioma was associated with poorer survival, suggesting that LIM2 could be a therapeutic target for glioma expressing a high level of CD133. Connectivity mapping identified vinblastine and vincristine as agents that could reverse the CD133/HOX genes/LIM2-signature, and we confirmed this by in vitro analysis in glioma cell lines, demonstrating that CD133 and HOX genes were co-expressed and could be downregulated by vincristine. In conclusion, our data show that CD133 and HOX genes are important prognostic markers in glioma and shed light on possible treatment strategies for glioma expressing a high level of CD133.
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PMID:CD133 in brain tumor: the prognostic factor. 2805 76

Glycolysis and glutaminolysis as well as endoplasmic reticulum stress are required for tumor progression suggests through regulation of the cell cycle. Inhibition of ERN1/IRE1 (endoplasmic reticulum to nucleus signaling 1/inositol requiring enzyme 1), a central mediator of endoplasmic reticulum stress, significantly suppresses glioma cell proliferation and tumor growth as well as modifies sensitivity gene expressions to glucose and glutamine deprivation. We have studied the expression of genes encoded transcription factors such as E2F8 (E2F transcription factor 8), EPAS1 (endothelial PAS domain protein 1), HOXC6 (homeobox C6), TBX3 (T-box 3), TBX2 (T-box 2), GTF2F2 (general transcription factor IIF), GTF2B (general transcription factor IIB), MAZ (MYC-associated zinc finger protein, purine-binding transcription factor), SNAI2 (snail family zinc finger 2), TCF3 (transcription factor 3), and TCF8/ZEB1 (zinc finger E-box binding homeobox 1)in U87 glioma cells upon glucose and glutamine deprivation in relation to inhibition of IRE1.We demonstrated that glutamine deprivation leads to up-regulation of the expression of EPAS1, TBX3, GTF2B, and MAZ genes and down-regulation of E2F8, GTF2F2, TCF8, and TBX2 genes in control glioma cells.At the same time, glucose deprivation enhances the expression of EPAS1 and GTF2B genes and decreases of E2F8, HOXC6, TCF3, and TBX2 genes in these glioma cells. Inhibition of IRE1 by dnIRE1 significantly modifies the expression most of studied genes with different magnitude. Present study demonstrates that fine-tuning of the expression of proliferation related transcription factor genes depends upon glucose and glutamine deprivation in IRE1-dependent manner and possibly contributes to slower tumor growth after inhibition of IRE1.
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PMID:Expression of proliferation related transcription factor genes in U87 glioma cells with IRE1 knockdown: upon glucose and glutamine deprivation. 2953 95