STUART SMITH stuart.smith@nottingham.ac.uk
Clinical Associate Professor
Endothelial-like malignant glioma cells in dynamic three dimensional culture identifies a role for VEGF and FGFR in a tumor-derived angiogenic response
Smith, Stuart J.; Ward, Jennifer H.; Tan, Christopher; Grundy, Richard G.; Rahman, Ruman
Authors
Jennifer H. Ward
Christopher Tan
Richard G. Grundy
RUMAN RAHMAN RUMAN.RAHMAN@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Molecular Neuro-Oncology
Abstract
Aims: Recent studies have observed that cells from high-grade glial tumors are capable of assuming an endothelial phenotype and genotype, a process termed ‘vasculogenic mimicry’ (VM). Here we model and manipulate VM in dynamic 3-dimensional (3D) glioma cultures. Methods: The Rotary Cell Culture System (RCCS) was used to derive large macroscopic glioma aggregates, which were sectioned for immunohistochemistry and RNA extracted prior to angiogenic array-PCR. Results: A 3D cell culture induced microenvironment (containing only glial cells) is sufficient to promote expression of the endothelial markers CD105, CD31 and vWF in a proportion of glioma aggregates in vitro. Many pro-angiogenic genes were upregulated in glioma aggregates and in primary explants and glioma cells were capable of forming tubular-like 3D structures under endothelial-promoting conditions. Competitive inhibition of either vascular endothelial growth factor or fibroblast growth factor receptor was sufficient to impair VM and downregulate the tumor-derived angiogenic response, whilst impairing tumor cell derived tubule formation. Glioma xenografts using the same cells reveal tumor-derived vessel-like structures near necrotic areas, consistent with widespread tumor-derived endothelial expression in primary glioma tissue. Conclusions: Our findings support studies indicating that tumor-derived endothelial cells arise in gliomas and describe a dynamic 3D culture as a bona fide model to interrogate the molecular basis of this phenomenon in vitro. Resistance to current anti-angiogenic therapies and the contribution of tumor derived endothelial cells to such resistance are amenable to study using the RCCS.
Citation
Smith, S. J., Ward, J. H., Tan, C., Grundy, R. G., & Rahman, R. (2015). Endothelial-like malignant glioma cells in dynamic three dimensional culture identifies a role for VEGF and FGFR in a tumor-derived angiogenic response. Oncotarget, 6(26), 22191-22205. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.4339
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | May 22, 2015 |
Publication Date | Jun 2, 2015 |
Deposit Date | Feb 17, 2016 |
Publicly Available Date | Nov 7, 2017 |
Journal | Oncotarget |
Electronic ISSN | 1949-2553 |
Publisher | Impact Journals |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 6 |
Issue | 26 |
Pages | 22191-22205 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.4339 |
Keywords | vasculogenic mimicry, rotary cell culture system, angiogenesis, glioma, tumor-derived endothelium |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/755464 |
Publisher URL | http://www.impactjournals.com/oncotarget/index.php?journal=oncotarget&page=article&op=view&path[]=4339 |
Contract Date | Feb 17, 2016 |
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