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- Title
ARL4C stabilized by AKT/mTOR pathway promotes the invasion of PTEN‐deficient primary human glioblastoma.
- Authors
Chen, Qian; Weng, Hai‐Yan; Tang, Xiao‐Peng; Lin, Yong; Yuan, Ye; Li, Qian; Tang, Zhuo; Wu, Hai‐Bo; Yang, Shuai; Li, Yong; Zhao, Xi‐Long; Fu, Wen‐Juan; Niu, Qin; Feng, Hua; Zhang, Xia; Wang, Yan; Bian, Xiu‐Wu; Yao, Xiao‐Hong
- Abstract
Phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN) deficiency in primary human glioblastoma (GBM) is associated with increased invasiveness and poor prognosis with unknown mechanisms. Therefore, how loss of PTEN promotes GBM progression remains to be elucidated. Herein, we identified that ADP‐ribosylation factor like‐4C (ARL4C) was highly expressed in PTEN‐deficient human GBM cells and tissues. Mechanistically, loss of PTEN stabilized ARL4C protein due to AKT/mTOR pathway‐mediated inhibition of ARL4C ubiquitination. Functionally, ARL4C enhanced the progression of GBM cells in vitro and in vivo. Moreover, microarray profiling and GST pull‐down assay identified that ARL4C accelerated tumor progression via RAC1‐mediated filopodium formation. Importantly, targeting PTEN potently inhibited GBM tumor progression in vitro and in vivo, whereas overexpression of ARL4C reversed the tumor progression impaired by PTEN overexpression. Clinically, analyses with patients' specimens validated a negative correlation between PTEN and ARL4C expression. Elevated ARL4C expression but PTEN deficiency in tumor was associated with poorer disease‐free survival and overall survival of GBM patients. Taken together, ARL4C is critical for PTEN‐deficient GBM progression and acts as a novel prognostic biomarker and a potential therapeutic candidate. Copyright © 2018 Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Publication
Journal of Pathology, 2019, Vol 247, Issue 2, p266
- ISSN
0022-3417
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/path.5189