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Article

Publication Date

11-1-2018

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This article has been peer reviewed. It is the author’s final published version in Cell Death and Disease, Volume 9, Issue 11, November 2018, Article number 1128.

The published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41419-018-1176-7. Copyright © Ge et al.

Abstract

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is one of the most hypoxic tumors of the central nervous system. Although temozolomide (TMZ) is an effective clinical agent in the GBM therapy, the hypoxic microenvironment remains a major barrier in glioma chemotherapy resistance, and the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. Here, we find hypoxia can induce the protective response to mitochondrion via HIF-1α-mediated miR-26a upregulation which is associated with TMZ resistance in vitro and in vivo. Further, we demonstrated that HIF-1α/miR-26a axis strengthened the acquisition of TMZ resistance through prevention of Bax and Bad in mitochondria dysfunction in GBM. In addition, miR-26a expression levels negatively correlate with Bax, Bad levels, and GBM progression; but highly correlate with HIF-1α levels in clinical cancer tissues. These findings provide a new link in the mechanistic understanding of TMZ resistance under glioma hypoxia microenvironment, and consequently HIF-1α/miR-26a/Bax/Bad signaling pathway as a promising adjuvant therapy for GBM with TMZ.

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30425242

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English

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