TY - JOUR
T1 - TROY (TNFRSF19) promotes glioblastoma survival signaling and therapeutic resistance
AU - Loftus, Joseph C.
AU - Dhruv, Harshil
AU - Tuncali, Serdar
AU - Kloss, Jean
AU - Yang, Zhongbo
AU - Schumacher, Cassie A.
AU - Cao, Brian
AU - Williams, Bart O.
AU - Eschbacher, Jennifer M.
AU - Ross, Julianna T.D.
AU - Tran, Nhan L.
PY - 2013/8
Y1 - 2013/8
N2 - Of the features that characterize glioblastoma, arguably none is more clinically relevant than the propensity of malignant glioma cells to aggressively invade into the surrounding normal brain tissue. These invasive cells render complete resection impossible, confer significant resistance to chemo- and radiation-therapy, and virtually assure tumor recurrence. Expression of TROY (TNFRSF19), a member of the TNF receptor superfamily, inversely correlates with patient survival and stimulates glioblastoma cell migration and invasion in vitro. In this study, we report that TROY is overexpressed in glioblastoma tumor specimens and TROY mRNA expression is increased in the invasive cell population in vivo. In addition, inappropriate expression ofTROYin mouse astrocytes in vivo using glial-specific gene transfer in transgenic mice induces astrocyte migration within the brain, validating the importance of the TROY signaling cascade in glioblastoma cell migration and invasion. Knockdown of TROY expression in primary glioblastoma xenografts significantly prolonged survival in vivo. Moreover, TROY expression significantly increased resistance of glioblastoma cells to both IR- and TMZ-induced apoptosis via activation of Akt and NF-κB. Inhibition of either Akt or NF-κB activity suppressed the survival benefits of TROY signaling in response to TMZ treatment. These findings position aberrant expression and/or signaling by TROY as a contributor to the dispersion of glioblastoma cells and therapeutic resistance. Implications: Targeting of TROY may increase tumor vulnerability and improve therapeutic response in glioblastoma.
AB - Of the features that characterize glioblastoma, arguably none is more clinically relevant than the propensity of malignant glioma cells to aggressively invade into the surrounding normal brain tissue. These invasive cells render complete resection impossible, confer significant resistance to chemo- and radiation-therapy, and virtually assure tumor recurrence. Expression of TROY (TNFRSF19), a member of the TNF receptor superfamily, inversely correlates with patient survival and stimulates glioblastoma cell migration and invasion in vitro. In this study, we report that TROY is overexpressed in glioblastoma tumor specimens and TROY mRNA expression is increased in the invasive cell population in vivo. In addition, inappropriate expression ofTROYin mouse astrocytes in vivo using glial-specific gene transfer in transgenic mice induces astrocyte migration within the brain, validating the importance of the TROY signaling cascade in glioblastoma cell migration and invasion. Knockdown of TROY expression in primary glioblastoma xenografts significantly prolonged survival in vivo. Moreover, TROY expression significantly increased resistance of glioblastoma cells to both IR- and TMZ-induced apoptosis via activation of Akt and NF-κB. Inhibition of either Akt or NF-κB activity suppressed the survival benefits of TROY signaling in response to TMZ treatment. These findings position aberrant expression and/or signaling by TROY as a contributor to the dispersion of glioblastoma cells and therapeutic resistance. Implications: Targeting of TROY may increase tumor vulnerability and improve therapeutic response in glioblastoma.
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U2 - 10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-13-0008
DO - 10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-13-0008
M3 - Article
C2 - 23699535
AN - SCOPUS:84882773460
SN - 1541-7786
VL - 11
SP - 865
EP - 874
JO - Molecular Cancer Research
JF - Molecular Cancer Research
IS - 8
ER -