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. 2020 Sep 11;402(2):195-206.
doi: 10.1515/hsz-2020-0184. Print 2021 Jan 27.

ADAM8 affects glioblastoma progression by regulating osteopontin-mediated angiogenesis

Yu Li  1 , Songbo Guo  1 , Kai Zhao  1 , Catharina Conrad  1 , Caroline Driescher  1 , Vanessa Rothbart  1 , Uwe Schlomann  1 , Helena Guerreiro  1 , Miriam H Bopp  1 , Alexander König  2 , Barbara Carl  1 , Axel Pagenstecher  3   4 , Christopher Nimsky  1   4 , Jörg W Bartsch  1   4
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ADAM8 affects glioblastoma progression by regulating osteopontin-mediated angiogenesis

Yu Li et al. Biol Chem. .
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Abstract

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most aggressive type of brain cancer with a median survival of only 15 months. To complement standard treatments including surgery, radiation and chemotherapy, it is essential to understand the contribution of the GBM tumor microenvironment. Brain macrophages and microglia particularly contribute to tumor angiogenesis, a major hallmark of GBM. ADAM8, a metalloprotease-disintegrin strongly expressed in tumor cells and associated immune cells of GBMs, is related to angiogenesis and correlates with poor clinical prognosis. However, the specific contribution of ADAM8 to GBM tumorigenesis remains elusive. Knockdown of ADAM8 in U87 glioma cells led to significantly decreased angiogenesis and tumor volumes of these cells after stereotactic injection into striate body of mice. We found that the angiogenic potential of ADAM8 in GBM cells and in primary macrophages is mediated by the regulation of osteopontin (OPN), an important inducer of tumor angiogenesis. By in vitro cell signaling analyses, we demonstrate that ADAM8 regulates OPN via JAK/STAT3 pathway in U87 cells and in primary macrophages. As ADAM8 is a dispensable protease for physiological homeostasis, we conclude that ADAM8 could be a tractable target to modulate angiogenesis in GBM with minor side-effects.

Keywords: ADAM8; GBM cell lines; angiogenesis; glioblastoma; macrophages; osteopontin; tumor microenvironment.

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