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Adaptive Chromatin Remodeling Drives Glioblastoma Stem Cell Plasticity and Drug Tolerance

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Liau, Brian B., Sievers, Cem, Donohue, Laura K., Gillespie, Shawn M., Flavahan, William A., Miller, Tyler E., Venteicher, Andrew S., Hebert, Christine H. +12 more·2017·Cell stem cell

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Glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive malignant brain tumor, is propagated by stem-like cancer cells refractory to existing therapies. Understanding the molecular mechanisms that control glioblastoma stem cell (GSC) proliferation and drug resistance may reveal opportunities for therapeutic interventions. Here we show that GSCs can reversibly transition to a slow-cycling, persistent state in response to targeted kinase inhibitors. In this state, GSCs upregulate primitive developmental programs and are dependent upon Notch signaling. This transition is accompanied by widespread redistribution of repressive histone methylation. Accordingly, persister GSCs upregulate, and are dependent on, the histone demethylases KDM6A/B. Slow-cycling cells with high Notch activity and histone demethylase expression are present in primary glioblastomas before treatment, potentially contributing to relapse. Our findings illustrate how cancer cells may hijack aspects of native developmental programs for deranged proliferation, adaptation, and tolerance. They also suggest strategies for eliminating refractory tumor cells by targeting epigenetic and developmental pathways.

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Liau, B. B., Sievers, C., Donohue, L. K., Gillespie, S. M., Flavahan, W. A., Miller, T. E., Venteicher, A. S., Hebert, C. H., Carey, C. D., Rodig, S. J., Shareef, S. J., Najm, F. J., van Galen, P., Wakimoto, H., Cahill, D. P., Rich, J. N., Aster, J. C., Suvà, M. L., Patel, A. P., & Bernstein, B. E.
Affiliations
  • Broad Institute (US)
  • Cleveland Clinic (US)
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
  • Harvard University (US)
Corresponding author
  • Patel, Anoop P.
  • Bernstein, Bradley E.
Venue
Cell stem cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-02
Volume
20
Issue
2
Pages
233-246.e7
ISSN
  • 1875-9777 (ISSN-L)
  • 1934-5909
OpenAlex
W2561012755
Cited by
535
References
78
Citations by year
2026: 42 · 2025: 58 · 2024: 55 · 2023: 68 · 2022: 67 · 2021: 85 · 2020: 58 · 2019: 49 · 2018: 30 · 2017: 22
FWCI
24.43
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cell stem cell (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Newcastle University ePrints (Newcastle Univesity)
Funders
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • American Brain Tumor Association
  • American Cancer Society
  • National Brain Tumor Society
  • National Human Genome Research Institute
  • European Molecular Biology Organization (ALTF 654-2014)
  • National Cancer Institute (P50CA165962)
  • Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (ALTF 1207-2014)
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R25NS065743)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Genetics › Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
Keywords
glioblastoma, glioblastoma stem cells, drug resistance, chromatin remodeling, Notch signaling, histone demethylase, KDM6A, KDM6B, histone methylation, slow-cycling cells, cancer stem cell plasticity, kinase inhibitors, tumor recurrence, epigenetic therapy
MeSH terms
Acetylation, Base Sequence, Brain, Cell Cycle, Enhancer Elements, Genetic, Glioblastoma, Histones, Humans, Lysine, Methylation, Nuclear Proteins, Protein Binding, Protein Kinases, Transcription, Genetic, Biomarkers, Tumor, Neoplastic Stem Cells, Signal Transduction, Drug Resistance, Neoplasm, Chromatin Assembly and Disassembly, Cell Line, Tumor, Protein Kinase Inhibitors, Cell Proliferation, Receptors, Notch, Histone Demethylases, Jumonji Domain-Containing Histone Demethylases

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