Wnt and PI3K/Akt/mTOR survival pathways as therapeutic targets in glioblastoma

A Barzegar Behrooz, Z Talaie, F Jusheghani… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is a devastating type of brain tumor, and current therapeutic treatments,
including surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, are palliative at best. The design of effective …

EGFR heterogeneity and implications for therapeutic intervention in glioblastoma

E Eskilsson, GV Røsland, G Solecki, Q Wang… - Neuro …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Patients with glioblastoma (GBM) have a universally poor prognosis and are in urgent need
of effective treatment strategies. Recent advances in sequencing techniques unraveled the …

Nucleus-translocated ACSS2 promotes gene transcription for lysosomal biogenesis and autophagy

X Li, W Yu, X Qian, Y Xia, Y Zheng, JH Lee, W Li, J Lyu… - Molecular cell, 2017 - cell.com
Overcoming metabolic stress is a critical step in tumor growth. Acetyl coenzyme A (acetyl-
CoA) generated from glucose and acetate uptake is important for histone acetylation and …

[HTML][HTML] PKM2 phosphorylates histone H3 and promotes gene transcription and tumorigenesis

W Yang, Y Xia, D Hawke, X Li, J Liang, D Xing… - Cell, 2012 - cell.com
Tumor-specific pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2) is essential for the Warburg effect. In addition to
its well-established role in aerobic glycolysis, PKM2 directly regulates gene transcription …

Nuclear PKM2 regulates β-catenin transactivation upon EGFR activation

W Yang, Y Xia, H Ji, Y Zheng, J Liang, W Huang, X Gao… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
The embryonic pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2) isoform is highly expressed in human cancer. In
contrast to the established role of PKM2 in aerobic glycolysis or the Warburg effect,,, its non …

Mitochondrial PKM2 regulates oxidative stress-induced apoptosis by stabilizing Bcl2

J Liang, R Cao, X Wang, Y Zhang, P Wang, H Gao, C Li… - Cell research, 2017 - nature.com
Pyruvate kinase M2 isoform (PKM2) catalyzes the last step of glycolysis and plays an
important role in tumor cell proliferation. Recent studies have reported that PKM2 also …

Stabilization of phosphofructokinase 1 platelet isoform by AKT promotes tumorigenesis

JH Lee, R Liu, J Li, C Zhang, Y Wang, Q Cai… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract Phosphofructokinase 1 (PFK1) plays a critical role in glycolysis; however, its role
and regulation in tumorigenesis are not well understood. Here, we demonstrate that PFK1 …

β-Catenin induces transcriptional expression of PD-L1 to promote glioblastoma immune evasion

L Du, JH Lee, H Jiang, C Wang, S Wang… - Journal of Experimental …, 2020 - rupress.org
PD-L1 up-regulation in cancer contributes to immune evasion by tumor cells. Here, we show
that Wnt ligand and activated EGFR induce the binding of the β-catenin/TCF/LEF complex to …

Phosphoglycerate kinase 1 phosphorylates Beclin1 to induce autophagy

XU Qian, X Li, Q Cai, C Zhang, Q Yu, Y Jiang, JH Lee… - Molecular cell, 2017 - cell.com
Autophagy is crucial for maintaining cell homeostasis. However, the precise mechanism
underlying autophagy initiation remains to be defined. Here, we demonstrate that glutamine …

Anti-VEGF treatment reduces blood supply and increases tumor cell invasion in glioblastoma

O Keunen, M Johansson, A Oudin… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Bevacizumab, an antibody against vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), is a
promising, yet controversial, drug in human glioblastoma treatment (GBM). Its effects on …