Multifaceted WNT Signaling at the Crossroads Between Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition and Autophagy in Glioblastoma

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Coelho, Barbara Paranhos ^[1] ; de Lima Fernandes, Camila Felix ^[1] ; Boccacino, Jacqueline Marcia ^[1] ; da Silva Souza, Maria Clara ^[1] ; Melo-Escobar, Maria Isabel ^[1] ; Alves, Rodrigo Nunes ^[1] ; Prado, Mariana Brandao ^[1] ; Iglesia, Rebeca Piatniczka ^[1] ; Cangiano, Giovanni ^[1] ; Mazzaro, Giulia La Rocca ^[1] ; Lopes, Marilene Hohmuth ^[1]

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^[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Biomed Sci, Dept Cell & Dev Biol, Lab Neurobiol & Stem Cells, Sao Paulo - Brazil

• Document type: Review article
• Source: FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY; v. 10, NOV 12 2020.
• Web of Science Citations: 0

Abstract

Tumor cells can employ epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) or autophagy in reaction to microenvironmental stress. Importantly, EMT and autophagy negatively regulate each other, are able to interconvert, and both have been shown to contribute to drug-resistance in glioblastoma (GBM). EMT has been considered one of the mechanisms that confer invasive properties to GBM cells. Autophagy, on the other hand, may show dual roles as either a GBM-promoter or GBM-suppressor, depending on microenvironmental cues. The Wingless (WNT) signaling pathway regulates a plethora of developmental and biological processes such as cellular proliferation, adhesion and motility. As such, GBM demonstrates deregulation of WNT signaling in favor of tumor initiation, proliferation and invasion. In EMT, WNT signaling promotes induction and stabilization of different EMT activators. WNT activity also represses autophagy, while nutrient deprivation induces beta-catenin degradation via autophagic machinery. Due to the importance of the WNT pathway to GBM, and the role of WNT signaling in EMT and autophagy, in this review we highlight the effects of the WNT signaling in the regulation of both processes in GBM, and discuss how the crosstalk between EMT and autophagy may ultimately affect tumor biology. (AU)

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• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
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