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Intrazelluläre Kommunikation von Gliomen via Exosomen

Fachliche Zuordnung Molekulare und zelluläre Neurologie und Neuropathologie
Klinische Neurologie; Neurochirurgie und Neuroradiologie
Förderung Förderung von 2014 bis 2016
Projektkennung Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Projektnummer 267490279
 
Erstellungsjahr 2017

Zusammenfassung der Projektergebnisse

A lack of experimental models of tumor heterogeneity limits our knowledge of the complex subpopulation dynamics within the tumor ecosystem. In Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), distinct hierarchical cell populations arise from different glioma stem-like cell (GSC) subpopulations. Extracellular vesicles (EV) shed by cells may serve as conduits of genetic and signaling communications, however, little is known about how HGG heterogeneity may impact EV content and activity. In this study, we performed a proteomic analysis of EV isolated from patient- derived GSC of either proneural or mesenchymal subtypes. EV signatures were heterogeneous, but reflected the molecular make-up of the GSC and consistently clustered into the two subtypes. EV-borne protein cargoes transferred between proneural and mesenchymal GSC increased pro-tumorigenic behaviors in vitro and in vivo. Clinically, analyses of HGG patient data from the TCGA database revealed that proneural tumors with mesenchymal EV signatures or mesenchymal tumors with proneural EV signatures were both associated with worse outcomes, suggesting influences by the proportion of tumor cells of varying subtypes in tumors. Collectively, our findings illuminate the heterogeneity among tumor EV and the complexity of HGG heterogeneity which these EV help maintain.

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