Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan 71004, Taiwan.
Institute of Biomedical Sciences, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan; Department of Neurosurgery, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan 722, Taiwan; Department of Nursing, Min-Hwei College of Health Care Management, Tainan 736, Taiwan.
J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2022 May;219:106067. doi: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2022.106067. Epub 2022 Jan 31.
Allopregnanolone (allo) is a physiological regulator of neuronal activity that treats multiple neurological disorders. Allo penetrates the blood-brain barrier with very high efficiency, implying that allo can treat CNS-related diseases, including glioblastoma (GBM), which always recurs after standard therapy. Hence, this study aimed to determine whether allo has a therapeutic effect on GBM. We found that allo enhanced temozolomide (TMZ)-suppressed cell survival and proliferation of TMZ-resistant cells. In particular, allo enhanced TMZ-inhibited cell migration and TMZ-induced apoptosis. Additionally, allo strongly induced DNA damage characterized by γH2Ax. Furthermore, quantitative proteomic analysis, iTRAQ, showed that allo significantly decreased the levels of DPYSL3, S100A11, and S100A4, reflecting the poor prognosis of patients with GBM confirmed by differential gene expression and survival analysis. Moreover, single-cell RNA-Seq revealed that S100A11, expressed in malignant cells, oligodendrocytes, and macrophages, was significantly associated with immune cell infiltration. Furthermore, overexpression of DPYSL3 or S100A11 prevented allo-induced cell death. In conclusion, allo suppresses GBM cell survival by decreasing DPYSL3/S100A11 expression and inducing DNA damage.
别孕烯醇酮(allo)是一种调节神经元活性的生理调节剂,可治疗多种神经疾病。allo 能高效穿透血脑屏障,这意味着 allo 可以治疗与中枢神经系统相关的疾病,包括胶质母细胞瘤(GBM),这种疾病在标准治疗后总是会复发。因此,本研究旨在确定 allo 是否对 GBM 有治疗作用。我们发现 allo 增强了替莫唑胺(TMZ)抑制 TMZ 耐药细胞的存活和增殖。特别是,allo 增强了 TMZ 抑制的细胞迁移和 TMZ 诱导的细胞凋亡。此外,allo 强烈诱导以 γH2Ax 为特征的 DNA 损伤。此外,定量蛋白质组学分析 iTRAQ 显示,allo 显著降低了 DPYSL3、S100A11 和 S100A4 的水平,这反映了差异基因表达和生存分析中 GBM 患者的预后不良。此外,单细胞 RNA-Seq 显示,恶性细胞、少突胶质细胞和巨噬细胞中表达的 S100A11 与免疫细胞浸润显著相关。此外,过表达 DPYSL3 或 S100A11 可阻止 allo 诱导的细胞死亡。总之,allo 通过降低 DPYSL3/S100A11 的表达和诱导 DNA 损伤来抑制 GBM 细胞的存活。