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MEOX2 Transcription Factor Is Involved in Survival and Adhesion of Glioma Stem-like Cells.

ABSTRACT: The high expression of MEOX2 transcription factor is closely associated with poor overall survival in glioma. MEOX2 has recently been described as an interesting prognostic biomarker, especially for lower grade glioma. MEOX2 has never been studied in glioma stem-like cells (GSC), responsible for glioma recurrence. The aim of our study was to investigate the role of MEOX2 in GSC. Loss of function approach using siRNA was used to assess the impact of MEOX2 on GSC viability and stemness phenotype. MEOX2 was localized in the nucleus and its expression was heterogeneous between GSCs. MEOX2 expression depends on the methylation state of its promoter and is strongly associated with IDH mutations. MEOX2 is involved in cell proliferation and viability regulation through ERK/MAPK and PI3K/AKT pathways. MEOX2 loss of function correlated with GSC differentiation and acquisition of neuronal lineage characteristics. Besides, inhibition of MEOX2 is correlated with increased expression of CDH10 and decreased pFAK. In this study, we unraveled, for the first time, MEOX2 contribution to cell viability and proliferation through AKT/ERK pathway and its potential involvement in phenotype and adhesion properties of GSC.

SUBMITTER: Tachon G

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8672280 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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MEOX2 Transcription Factor Is Involved in Survival and Adhesion of Glioma Stem-like Cells.

Tachon Gaëlle G Masliantsev Konstantin K Rivet Pierre P Desette Amandine A Milin Serge S Gueret Elise E Wager Michel M Karayan-Tapon Lucie L Guichet Pierre-Olivier PO

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The high expression of MEOX2 transcription factor is closely associated with poor overall survival in glioma. MEOX2 has recently been described as an interesting prognostic biomarker, especially for lower grade glioma. MEOX2 has never been studied in glioma stem-like cells (GSC), responsible for glioma recurrence. The aim of our study was to investigate the role of MEOX2 in GSC. Loss of function approach using siRNA was used to assess the impact of MEOX2 on GSC viability and stemness phenotype. ...[more]

PMID: 34885053

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MEOX2 Transcription Factor Is Involved in Survival and Adhesion of Glioma Stem-like Cells.

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MEOX2 Transcription Factor Is Involved in Survival and Adhesion of Glioma Stem-like Cells.

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