Transcriptome analysis reveals malignant and hypoxic signature of glioblastoma

Purpose:Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common primary brain tumor in adults with poor prognosis and short medial survival after therapy. we have utilized U87-MG cell line as a human GBM cell model and human brain HEB cell line as non-neoplastic brain cell cultured in normoxia and 1% O2 hypoxia for transcriptional profiling to gain further insight into the molecular underpinnings that maintained the properties of GBM andclarify the molecular mechanism of hypoxia resistance of GBM. Methods:We have utilized U87-MG cell line as a human GBM cell model and human brain HEB cell line as non-neoplastic brain cell cultured in normoxia and 1% O2 hypoxia for transcriptional profiling. And validating the analysis results with specimens of GBM patients. Results: Firstly, the resulting data set revealed previously unknown proteins, including AKR1B1, MT2A, UBC, EEF1A1 and MTRNR2l2 in U87-MG cells, which promoted GBM characters through MAPK pathway. Meanwhile, we found that toll-like pathway was a new avenue mediating the function of inflammatory response in GBM. Furthermore, The results suggested that cytokine TGF-ß1 and HIFs' targeted genes, including HMOX1 and STC1 could be regard as hypoxic markers for GBM. Conclusion:Taken together, our study identified new potential biomarkers and illustrated the genes associated with inflammation in GBM. More importantly, the unique pattern to hypoxia implied new insight for the GBM research of hypoxia resistance and recurrence in future. Overall design: Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common primary brain tumor in adults with poor prognosis and short medial survival after therapy. To gain further insight into the molecular underpinnings that maintained the properties of GBM, we have utilized U87-MG cell line as a human GBM cell model and human brain HEB cell line as non-neoplastic brain cell cultured in normoxia and 1% O2 hypoxia for transcriptional profiling. Firstly, the resulting data set revealed previously unknown proteins, including AKR1B1, MT2A, UBC, EEF1A1 and MTRNR2l2 in U87-MG cells, which promoted GBM characters through MAPK pathway. Meanwhile, we found that toll-like pathway was a new avenue mediating the function of inflammatory response in GBM. Furthermore, to clarify the molecular mechanism of hypoxia resistance of GBM, we evaluated the difference of transcriptional profiling between U87-MG and HEB cells under hypoxia, and validated with specimens of GBM patients. The results suggested that cytokine TGF-ß1 and HIFs' targeted genes, including HMOX1 and STC1 could be regard as hypoxic markers for GBM. Taken together, our study identified new potential biomarkers and illustrated the genes associated with inflammation in GBM. More importantly, the unique pattern to hypoxia implied new insight for the GBM research of hypoxia resistance and recurrence in future.