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  • Simultaneous inhibition of discoidin domain receptor 1 and integrin αVβ3 radiosensitizes human glioblastoma cells.

Simultaneous inhibition of discoidin domain receptor 1 and integrin αVβ3 radiosensitizes human glioblastoma cells.

American journal of cancer research (2023-11-16)
Marc Elser, Anne Vehlow, Tareq A Juratli, Nils Cordes
ABSTRACT

Glioblastomas (GBM) are the most common primary brain tumors in adults and associated with poor clinical outcomes due to therapy resistances and destructive growth. Interactions of cancer cells with the extracellular matrix (ECM) play a pivotal role in therapy resistances and tumor progression. In this study, we investigate the functional dependencies between the discoidin domain receptor 1 (DDR1) and the integrin family of cell adhesion molecules for the radioresponse of human glioblastoma cells. By means of an RNA interference screen on DDR1 and all known integrin subunits, we identified co-targeting of DDR1/integrin β3 to most efficiently reduce clonogenicity, enhance cellular radiosensitivity and diminish repair of DNA double strand breaks (DSB). Simultaneous pharmacological inhibition of DDR1 with DDR1-IN-1 and of integrins αVβ3/αVβ5 with cilengitide resulted in confirmatory data in a panel of 2D grown glioblastoma cultures and 3D gliospheres. Mechanistically, we found that key DNA repair proteins ATM and DNA-PK are altered upon DDR1/integrin αVβ3/integrin αVβ5 inhibition, suggesting a link to DNA repair mechanisms. In sum, the radioresistance of human glioblastoma cells can effectively be declined by co-deactivation of DDR1, integrin αVβ3 and integrin αVβ5.

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