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Distinct responses of patient-derived GBM cell lines to hypoxia

ABSTRACT: Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common primary malignant cancer of the central nervous system. Hypoxia, low oxygen, has been linked to GBM infiltration and aggressive tumor progression leading to poor patient outcome. Hypoxia-induced pathways are activated by the stabilization of HIF1-α, which upregulates genes related to reprogramming metabolism, angiogenesis, cell trafficking, and cell survival. However, underlying mechanisms of HIF-1α involvement with GBM cell specific pathways is not fully understood. Here, we show that hypoxia can induce specific genes dependent on GBM subtype. In a in vitro migration assay, we screened eight patient-derived GBM stem cell lines. Two lines, UCA and UNB, were found to induce an increased migration ability in response to hypoxia. By RNA bulk sequencing, we identified key specific genes that were upregulated in each cell line that were not shared between them. Furthermore, we found that this data set correlates to previous single-cell RNA sequencing findings of GBM having differentiated transcriptional subtypes. Our results demonstrate how hypoxia induces a specific response in tumor cells by activating genes for survival and tumor progression. Our study forms the basis for future approaches to characterize top candidate genes and elucidate their role in tumor survival in response to hypoxia. Inhibition of these top candidate genes can be a strategy used to dampen hypoxia pro-tumor properties and may lead to better outcomes for GBM patients.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE232725 | GEO | 2024/02/20

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:Tumor hypoxia is linked to poor outcome for many cancers, but the underlying mechanisms and the environmental factors that initiate tumor hypoxia are poorly understood. Here, we tracked tumor hypoxia in glioblastoma (GBM), a highly malignant brain cancer, in immunocompetent mice with a sensitive fluorescent reporter combined with single cell transcriptomics. We found that hypoxic GBM cells are quiescent and display a mesenchymal transition, both linked to malignant potency. We also captured in vivo hypoxia gene signature, which is more represented in recurrent GBM and predicts worse outcome. Interestingly, hypoxic GBM cells is a diverse population, consisted of four subclusters, and enriched for immune pathways. Concordantly, our reporter highlighted a distinct geographic pattern of immune cells in hypoxic regions, with phagocytic tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) and CD8+ cytotoxic T cells (CTLs) congregated in hypoxic cores confined by hypoxic GBM cells in pseudopalisading patterns. Mechanistically, this is a dynamic temporospatial process, requiring cytokine CCL8. Remarkably, the sequestered TAMs also experience hypoxia, and they are reprogrammed to an immunotolerant state by factors released from hypoxic GBM cells. Contrary to the conventional viewpoint that hypoxia arises from rapid tumor expansion outstripping vascular supply, we discovered anticancer immunity as an important driving force of tumor hypoxia. Attenuating immune responses by implanting GBM in host mice with immunodeficiency or IL1β deletion significantly decreased GBM hypoxia in well-established tumors. Unexpectedly, radiation therapy (XRT) greatly reduced tumor hypoxia, and when combined with evofosfamide, a prodrug activated by hypoxia, achieved enhanced efficacy in tumor shrinkage and eradication of hypoxic GBM population. Analyses of human patient GBM samples highlighted a connection of mesenchymal subtype, immune response, and tumor hypoxia, all contributing to poor survival. Altogether, our study revealed a reciprocal influence of anti-tumor immunity and tumor hypoxia, which has important ramification for prognosis and immunotherapy for GBM.

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