Scientific article
English

Glut3 Addiction Is a Druggable Vulnerability for a Molecularly Defined Subpopulation of Glioblastoma

Published inCancer Cell, vol. 32, no. 6, p. 856-868.e5
Publication date2017
Abstract

While molecular subtypes of glioblastoma (GBM) are defined using gene expression and mutation profiles, we identify a unique subpopulation based on addiction to the high-affinity glucose transporter, Glut3. Although Glut3 is a known driver of a cancer stem cell phenotype, direct targeting is complicated by its expression in neurons. Using established GBM lines and patient-derived stem cells, we identify a subset of tumors within the "proneural" and "classical" subtypes that are addicted to aberrant signaling from integrin αvβ3, which activates a PAK4-YAP/TAZ signaling axis to enhance Glut3 expression. This defined subpopulation of GBM is highly sensitive to agents that disrupt this pathway, including the integrin antagonist cilengitide, providing a targeted therapeutic strategy for this unique subset of GBM tumors.

Keywords
  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology
  • Brain Neoplasms/metabolism/mortality
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Gene Expression Profiling
  • Glioblastoma/metabolism/mortality
  • Glucose Transporter Type 3/metabolism
  • Humans
  • Integrin alphaVbeta3/metabolism
  • Kaplan-Meier Estimate
  • Mice
  • Mice, Nude
  • Signal Transduction
  • Snake Venoms/pharmacology
  • Transcriptome
  • Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
Citation (ISO format)
COSSET, Erika et al. Glut3 Addiction Is a Druggable Vulnerability for a Molecularly Defined Subpopulation of Glioblastoma. In: Cancer Cell, 2017, vol. 32, n° 6, p. 856–868.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2017.10.016
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