STING is significantly increased in high-grade glioma with high risk of recurrence

In this study, we aimed to comprehensively characterize the potential relationships among the frequently mutated genes, well-known homologous recombination repair (HRR) proteins, and immune proteins in glioma from a clinical perspective. A total of 126 surgical tissues from patients initially diagno...

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Main Authors: Meishi Zhong, Manmei Long, Chenjie Han, Saiyan Ji, Qingyuan Yang
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Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2024-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/2162402X.2024.2327682
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Manmei Long
Chenjie Han
Saiyan Ji
Qingyuan Yang
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Qingyuan Yang
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description In this study, we aimed to comprehensively characterize the potential relationships among the frequently mutated genes, well-known homologous recombination repair (HRR) proteins, and immune proteins in glioma from a clinical perspective. A total of 126 surgical tissues from patients initially diagnosed with glioma were included. The genetic alterations were tested using the targeted next-generation sequencing technique. The expression of HRR proteins, immune proteins, and genetic alteration-related proteins were detected using immunostaining. Integrated analysis showed that ATRX is positively correlated with STING in high-grade glioma (HGG) with wild-type ATRX and IDH1. Then, a relapse predictive risk-scoring model was established using the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator regression algorithms. The scores based on the expression of ATRX and STING significantly predict the recurrence for glioma patients, which further predict the survival for specific subgroups, characterized with high expression of RAD51 and wild-type TERT. Moreover, STING is significantly higher in patients with high relapse risk. Interestingly, STING inhibitors and agonists both suppress the growth of HGG cells, regardless of their STING levels and STING pathway activity, whereas RAD51 inhibitor B02 is found to exclusively sensitize HGG cells with high expression of STING to temozolomide in vitro and in vivo. Overall, findings in the study not only reveal that ATRX is closely correlated with STING to drive the relapse of HGG, but also provide a STING-guided combined strategy to treat patients with aggressive gliomas. Translation of these findings will ultimately improve the outcomes for ATRX and IDH1 genomically stratified subgroups in HGG.
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spelling doaj-art-9d6432bba87449a18fb9b220cc6b5ecd2025-08-20T02:50:37ZengTaylor & Francis GroupOncoImmunology2162-402X2024-12-0113110.1080/2162402X.2024.2327682STING is significantly increased in high-grade glioma with high risk of recurrenceMeishi Zhong0Manmei Long1Chenjie Han2Saiyan Ji3Qingyuan Yang4Department of Pathology, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, ChinaDepartment of Pathology, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, ChinaDepartment of Pathology, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, ChinaDepartment of Pathology, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, ChinaDepartment of Pathology, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, ChinaIn this study, we aimed to comprehensively characterize the potential relationships among the frequently mutated genes, well-known homologous recombination repair (HRR) proteins, and immune proteins in glioma from a clinical perspective. A total of 126 surgical tissues from patients initially diagnosed with glioma were included. The genetic alterations were tested using the targeted next-generation sequencing technique. The expression of HRR proteins, immune proteins, and genetic alteration-related proteins were detected using immunostaining. Integrated analysis showed that ATRX is positively correlated with STING in high-grade glioma (HGG) with wild-type ATRX and IDH1. Then, a relapse predictive risk-scoring model was established using the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator regression algorithms. The scores based on the expression of ATRX and STING significantly predict the recurrence for glioma patients, which further predict the survival for specific subgroups, characterized with high expression of RAD51 and wild-type TERT. Moreover, STING is significantly higher in patients with high relapse risk. Interestingly, STING inhibitors and agonists both suppress the growth of HGG cells, regardless of their STING levels and STING pathway activity, whereas RAD51 inhibitor B02 is found to exclusively sensitize HGG cells with high expression of STING to temozolomide in vitro and in vivo. Overall, findings in the study not only reveal that ATRX is closely correlated with STING to drive the relapse of HGG, but also provide a STING-guided combined strategy to treat patients with aggressive gliomas. Translation of these findings will ultimately improve the outcomes for ATRX and IDH1 genomically stratified subgroups in HGG.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/2162402X.2024.2327682ATRXhigh-grade gliomaIDH1RAD51 inhibitorSTINGtemozolomide sensitivity
spellingShingle Meishi Zhong
Manmei Long
Chenjie Han
Saiyan Ji
Qingyuan Yang
STING is significantly increased in high-grade glioma with high risk of recurrence
OncoImmunology
ATRX
high-grade glioma
IDH1
RAD51 inhibitor
STING
temozolomide sensitivity
title STING is significantly increased in high-grade glioma with high risk of recurrence
title_full STING is significantly increased in high-grade glioma with high risk of recurrence
title_fullStr STING is significantly increased in high-grade glioma with high risk of recurrence
title_full_unstemmed STING is significantly increased in high-grade glioma with high risk of recurrence
title_short STING is significantly increased in high-grade glioma with high risk of recurrence
title_sort sting is significantly increased in high grade glioma with high risk of recurrence
topic ATRX
high-grade glioma
IDH1
RAD51 inhibitor
STING
temozolomide sensitivity
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/2162402X.2024.2327682
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