Department of Cancer Biology, Cleveland, Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Departments of Oncological Sciences and Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Nat Commun. 2022 Jul 25;13(1):4268. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-31981-2.
Therapeutic targeting of angiogenesis in glioblastoma has yielded mixed outcomes. Investigation of tumor-associated angiogenesis has focused on the factors that stimulate the sprouting, migration, and hyperproliferation of the endothelial cells. However, little is known regarding the processes underlying the formation of the tumor-associated vessels. To address this issue, we investigated vessel formation in CD31 cells isolated from human glioblastoma tumors. The results indicate that overexpression of integrin α3β1 plays a central role in the promotion of tube formation in the tumor-associated endothelial cells in glioblastoma. Blocking α3β1 function reduced sprout and tube formation in the tumor-associated endothelial cells and vessel density in organotypic cultures of glioblastoma. The data further suggest a mechanistic model in which integrin α3β1-promoted calcium influx stimulates macropinocytosis and directed maturation of the macropinosomes in a manner that promotes lysosomal exocytosis during nascent lumen formation. Altogether, our data indicate that integrin α3β1 may be a therapeutic target on the glioblastoma vasculature.
抗血管生成治疗胶质母细胞瘤的疗效喜忧参半。肿瘤相关血管生成的研究主要集中在刺激内皮细胞发芽、迁移和过度增殖的因素上。然而,对于肿瘤相关血管形成的过程知之甚少。为了解决这个问题,我们研究了从人胶质母细胞瘤肿瘤中分离的 CD31 细胞中的血管形成。结果表明,整合素 α3β1 的过表达在促进胶质母细胞瘤肿瘤相关内皮细胞的管状形成中起核心作用。阻断 α3β1 功能可减少肿瘤相关内皮细胞中的芽生和管状形成以及器官型培养物中的血管密度。数据进一步表明了一种机制模型,其中整合素 α3β1 促进钙内流刺激巨胞饮作用,并以促进溶酶体胞吐的方式指导巨胞饮体的成熟,从而在新生管腔形成过程中促进溶酶体胞吐。总之,我们的数据表明整合素 α3β1 可能是胶质母细胞瘤血管系统的一个治疗靶点。