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Metabolism based isolation of invasive glioblastoma cells with specific gene signatures and tumorigenic potential

Smith, Stuart James; Rowlinson, Jonathan; Estevez-Cebrero, Maria; Onion, David; Ritchie, Alison; Clarke, Phil; Wood, Katie; Diksin, Mohammed; Lourdusamy, Anbarasu; Grundy, Richard Guy; Rahman, Ruman

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Authors

Jonathan Rowlinson

Maria Estevez-Cebrero

Dr DAVID ONION david.onion@nottingham.ac.uk
ADVANCED TECHNICAL SPECIALIST (FLOW CYTOMETRY)

Alison Ritchie

Phil Clarke

Katie Wood

Mohammed Diksin

Anbarasu Lourdusamy



Abstract

Background
Glioblastoma (GBM) is a highly aggressive brain tumor with rapid subclonal diversification, harboring molecular abnormalities that vary temporo-spatially, a contributor to therapy resistance. Fluorescence guided neurosurgical resection utilizes administration of 5-aminolevulinic acid (5ALA) generating individually fluorescent tumor cells within a background population of non-neoplastic cells in the invasive tumor region. The aim of the study was to specifically isolate and interrogate the invasive GBM cell population using a novel 5ALA based method.

Methods
We have isolated the critical invasive GBM cell population by developing 5ALA-based metabolic fluorescence activated cell sorting. This allows purification and study of invasive cells from GBM without an overwhelming background “normal brain” signal to confound data. The population was studied using RNAseq, rtPCR and immunohistochemistry, with gene targets functionally interrogated on proliferation and migration assays using siRNA knockdown and known drug inhibitors.

Results
RNAseq analysis identifies specific genes such as SERPINE1 which is highly expressed in invasive GBM cells but at low levels in the surrounding normal brain parenchyma. siRNA knockdown and pharmacological inhibition with specific inhibitors of SERPINE1 reduced the capacity of GBM cells to invade in an in vitro assay. Rodent xenografts of 5ALA positive cells were established and serially transplanted, confirming tumorigenicity of the fluorescent patient derived cells but not the 5ALA negative cells.

Conclusions
Identification of unique molecular features in the invasive GBM population offer hope for developing more efficacious targeted therapies compared to targeting the tumor core and for isolating tumor sub-populations based upon intrinsic metabolic properties.

Citation

Smith, S. J., Rowlinson, J., Estevez-Cebrero, M., Onion, D., Ritchie, A., Clarke, P., Wood, K., Diksin, M., Lourdusamy, A., Grundy, R. G., & Rahman, R. (2020). Metabolism based isolation of invasive glioblastoma cells with specific gene signatures and tumorigenic potential. Neuro-Oncology Advances, 2(1), Article vdaa087. https://doi.org/10.1093/noajnl/vdaa087

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jun 16, 2020
Online Publication Date Jul 13, 2020
Publication Date Sep 1, 2020
Deposit Date Jul 31, 2020
Publicly Available Date Aug 3, 2020
Journal Neuro-Oncology Advances
Electronic ISSN 2632-2498
Publisher Oxford University Press (OUP)
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 2
Issue 1
Article Number vdaa087
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/noajnl/vdaa087
Keywords Glioblastoma; 5-aminolevulinic acid; Neurosurgery; Gene expression; Heterogeneity
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/4798559
Publisher URL https://academic.oup.com/noa/article/doi/10.1093/noajnl/vdaa087/5870782

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