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Activating transcription factor 4 mediates adaptation of human glioblastoma cells to hypoxia and temozolomide

  • The integrated stress response (ISR) is a central cellular adaptive program that is activated by diverse stressors including ER stress, hypoxia and nutrient deprivation to orchestrate responses via activating transcription factor 4 (ATF4). We hypothesized that ATF4 is essential for the adaptation of human glioblastoma (GB) cells to the conditions of the tumor microenvironment and is contributing to therapy resistance against chemotherapy. ATF4 induction in GB cells was modulated pharmacologically and genetically and investigated in the context of temozolomide treatment as well as glucose and oxygen deprivation. The relevance of the ISR was analyzed by cell death and metabolic measurements under conditions to approximate aspects of the GB microenvironment. ATF4 protein levels were induced by temozolomide treatment. In line, ATF4 gene suppressed GB cells (ATF4sh) displayed increased cell death and decreased survival after temozolomide treatment. Similar results were observed after treatment with the ISR inhibitor ISRIB. ATF4sh and ISRIB treated GB cells were sensitized to hypoxia-induced cell death. Our experimental study provides evidence for an important role of ATF4 for the adaptation of human GB cells to conditions of the tumor microenvironment characterized by low oxygen and nutrient availability and for the development of temozolomide resistance. Inhibiting the ISR in GB cells could therefore be a promising therapeutic approach.

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Author:Nadja Irene LorenzGND, Alina C. M. Sittig, Hans UrbanGND, Anna-Luisa LugerORCiD, Anna Larissa EngelGND, Christian MünchORCiD, Joachim Peter SteinbachORCiDGND, Michael Wilfried RonellenfitschORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-635925
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93663-1
ISSN:2045-2322
Parent Title (English):Scientific reports
Publisher:Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature
Place of publication:[London]
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2021/07/08
Date of first Publication:2021/07/08
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2022/05/10
Tag:Cancer; Cell biology
Volume:11
Issue:art. 14161
Page Number:11
First Page:1
Last Page:11
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Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL. The Senckenberg Institute of Neurooncology is supported by the Senckenberg Foundation. A.-L.L. has received funding from the Frankfurt Research Funding (FFF) of the Medical Faculty of the Goethe University Frankfurt (program “Patenschaftsmodell”) and a “Clinician Scientist” fellowship from the Else Kröner-Forschungskolleg (EKF). C.M. acknowledges funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG) Emmy Noether Program (MU 4216/1-1). J.P.S. and M.W.R. received funding by the State of Hessen within the LOEWE program. M.W.R also received funding from the Frankfurt Research Funding (FFF) (programs “Nachwuchsforscher” & “Clinician Scientists”) as well as a fellowship by the University Cancer Center Frankfurt (UCT).
HeBIS-PPN:496407341
Institutes:Medizin
Dewey Decimal Classification:6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0

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