A Glial Signature and Wnt7 Signaling Regulate Glioma-Vascular Interactions and Tumor Microenvironment

Authors

Amelie Griveau, Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Eli and Edythe Broad Institute for Stem Cell Research and Regeneration Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Giorgio Seano, Edwin L. Steele Laboratories of Tumor Biology, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Samuel J. Shelton, Eli and Edythe Broad Institute for Stem Cell Research and Regeneration Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Department of Neurological Surgery and Brain Tumor Research Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Robert Kupp, Barrow Neurological Institute, Saint Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ 85013, USA.Follow
Arman Jahangiri, Department of Neurological Surgery and Brain Tumor Research Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Kirsten Obernier, Eli and Edythe Broad Institute for Stem Cell Research and Regeneration Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Department of Neurological Surgery and Brain Tumor Research Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Shanmugarajan Krishnan, Edwin L. Steele Laboratories of Tumor Biology, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Olle R. Lindberg, Department of Neurological Surgery and Brain Tumor Research Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Tracy J. Yuen, Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Eli and Edythe Broad Institute for Stem Cell Research and Regeneration Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
An-Chi Tien, Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Eli and Edythe Broad Institute for Stem Cell Research and Regeneration Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Jennifer K. Sabo, Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Eli and Edythe Broad Institute for Stem Cell Research and Regeneration Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Nancy Wang, Edwin L. Steele Laboratories of Tumor Biology, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Ivy Chen, Edwin L. Steele Laboratories of Tumor Biology, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Jonas Kloepper, Edwin L. Steele Laboratories of Tumor Biology, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Louis Larrouquere, Edwin L. Steele Laboratories of Tumor Biology, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Mitrajit Ghosh, Edwin L. Steele Laboratories of Tumor Biology, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Itay Tirosh, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Emmanuelle Huillard, ICM Brain and Spine Institute, 47 Boulevard de l'Hopital, 75013 Paris, France.
Arturo Alvarez-Buylla, Eli and Edythe Broad Institute for Stem Cell Research and Regeneration Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Department of Neurological Surgery and Brain Tumor Research Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Michael C. Oldham, Department of Neurological Surgery and Brain Tumor Research Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Anders I. Persson, Department of Neurological Surgery and Brain Tumor Research Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Sandler Neurosciences Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
William A. Weiss, Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Department of Neurological Surgery and Brain Tumor Research Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Tracy T. Batchelor, Stephen E. and Catherine Pappas Center for Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neurology and Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Anat Stemmer-Rachamimov, Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Mario L. Suvà, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Department of Pathology and Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Joanna J. Phillips, Department of Neurological Surgery and Brain Tumor Research Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Manish K. Aghi, Department of Neurological Surgery and Brain Tumor Research Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Shwetal Mehta, Barrow Neurological Institute, Saint Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ 85013, USA.
Rakesh K. Jain, Edwin L. Steele Laboratories of Tumor Biology, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA. Electronic address: jain@steele.mgh.harvard.edu.
David H. Rowitch, Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Eli and Edythe Broad Institute for Stem Cell Research and Regeneration Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Department of Neurological Surgery and Brain Tumor Research Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of Cambridge and Wellcome Trust-MRC Stem Cell Institute, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0AN, UK. Electronic address: dhr25@medschl.cam.ac.uk.

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Gliomas comprise heterogeneous malignant glial and stromal cells. While blood vessel co-option is a potential mechanism to escape anti-angiogenic therapy, the relevance of glial phenotype in this process is unclear. We show that Olig2 oligodendrocyte precursor-like glioma cells invade by single-cell vessel co-option and preserve the blood-brain barrier (BBB). Conversely, Olig2-negative glioma cells form dense perivascular collections and promote angiogenesis and BBB breakdown, leading to innate immune cell activation. Experimentally, Olig2 promotes Wnt7b expression, a finding that correlates in human glioma profiling. Targeted Wnt7a/7b deletion or pharmacologic Wnt inhibition blocks Olig2 glioma single-cell vessel co-option and enhances responses to temozolomide. Finally, Olig2 and Wnt7 become upregulated after anti-VEGF treatment in preclinical models and patients. Thus, glial-encoded pathways regulate distinct glioma-vascular microenvironmental interactions.

Keywords

Olig2, Wnt, angiogenesis, astrocyte, blood-brain barrier, glioma, invasiveness, oligodendrocyte precursor, p53, vessel co-option

Medical Subject Headings

Animals; Bevacizumab (pharmacology); Blood-Brain Barrier (metabolism); Brain Neoplasms (blood supply, drug therapy, metabolism); Cell Line, Tumor; Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic (drug effects); Glioma (blood supply, drug therapy, metabolism); Humans; Mice; Neoplasm Transplantation; Oligodendrocyte Transcription Factor 2 (genetics, metabolism); Oligodendroglia (microbiology); Temozolomide (pharmacology); Tumor Cells, Cultured; Tumor Microenvironment; Wnt Proteins (genetics, metabolism); Wnt Signaling Pathway (drug effects)

Publication Date

5-14-2018

Publication Title

Cancer cell

E-ISSN

1878-3686

Volume

33

Issue

5

First Page

874

Last Page

889.e7

PubMed ID

29681511

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1016/j.ccell.2018.03.020

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