Porčnik Andrej, Novak Metka, Breznik Barbara, Majc Bernarda, Hrastar Barbara, Šamec Neja, Zottel Alja, Jovčevska Ivana, Vittori Miloš, Rotter Ana, Komel Radovan, Lah Turnšek Tamara
Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Department of Genetic Toxicology and Cancer Biology, National Institute of Biology, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Molecules. 2021 Aug 25;26(17):5141. doi: 10.3390/molecules26175141.
Glioblastoma (GB), is the most common and aggressive malignant primary brain tumour in adults. Intra- and inter-tumour heterogeneity, infiltrative GB cell invasion and presence of therapy-resistant GB stem cells (GSCs) represent major obstacles to favourable prognosis and poor therapy response. Identifying the biomarkers of the most aggressive tumour cells and their more efficient targeting strategies are; therefore, crucial. Recently, transcription factor TRIM28 has been identified as a GB biomarker and, in this study, we have shown high expression of TRIM28 in GB and in low grade gliomas as well as higher expression in GSCs vs. differentiated GB cells, although in both cases not significant. We demonstrated significant in vitro inhibition of GB cells and GSCs invasiveness and spread in zebrafish brains in vivo by anti-TRIM28 selective nanobody NB237. TRIM28 was also enriched in GB (tumour) core and associated with the expression of stem cell genes, but was not prognostic for overall survival. However, based on the above results, we conclude that TRIM28 nanobody NB237 offers a new opportunity as a GB therapeutic tool.
胶质母细胞瘤(GB)是成人中最常见且侵袭性最强的原发性恶性脑肿瘤。肿瘤内和肿瘤间的异质性、浸润性GB细胞侵袭以及治疗抗性GB干细胞(GSCs)的存在是预后良好和治疗反应不佳的主要障碍。因此,识别最具侵袭性肿瘤细胞的生物标志物及其更有效的靶向策略至关重要。最近,转录因子TRIM28已被确定为GB生物标志物,在本研究中,我们发现TRIM28在GB和低级别胶质瘤中高表达,并且在GSCs中比分化的GB细胞表达更高,尽管在这两种情况下差异均不显著。我们通过抗TRIM28选择性纳米抗体NB237在体外显著抑制了GB细胞和GSCs的侵袭性,并在体内抑制了其在斑马鱼脑中的扩散。TRIM28在GB(肿瘤)核心中也有富集,并与干细胞基因的表达相关,但对总生存期无预后价值。然而,基于上述结果,我们得出结论,TRIM28纳米抗体NB237作为一种GB治疗工具提供了新的机会。