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. 2024 Oct;44(5):1036-1046.
doi: 10.1007/s11596-024-2934-7. Epub 2024 Oct 24.

Key Genes Involved in the Beneficial Mechanism of Hyperbaric Oxygen for Glioblastoma and Predictive Indicators of Hyperbaric Oxygen Prolonging Survival in Glioblastoma Patients

Zi-Qi Ren  1 , Ren-Dong Wang  2 , Cong Wang  1 , Xiao-Hui Ren  3 , Dong-Guo Li  2 , Ya-Ling Liu  1 , Qiu-Hong Yu  4
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Key Genes Involved in the Beneficial Mechanism of Hyperbaric Oxygen for Glioblastoma and Predictive Indicators of Hyperbaric Oxygen Prolonging Survival in Glioblastoma Patients

Zi-Qi Ren et al. Curr Med Sci. 2024 Oct.

Abstract

Objective: The prognosis of glioblastoma is poor, and therapy-resistance is largely attributed to intratumor hypoxia. Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) effectively alleviates hypoxia. However, the sole role of HBO in glioblastoma remains controversial. We previously reported that HBO can promote apoptosis, shorten protrusions, and delay growth of glioblastoma, but the molecular mechanism is unclear. We aimed to test candidate genes in HBO-exposed glioblastoma cells and to analyze their correlation with the survival of glioblastoma patients.

Methods: Glioblastoma cell lines exposed to repetitive HBO or normobaric air (NBA) were collected for RNA isolation and microarray data analysis. GO analysis, KEGG pathway analysis and survival analysis of the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were performed.

Results: HBO not only inhibited hypoxia-inducing genes including CA9, FGF11, PPFIA4, TCAF2 and SLC2A12, but also regulated vascularization by downregulating the expression of COL1A1, COL8A1, COL12A1, RHOJ and FILIP1L, ultimately attenuated hypoxic microenvironment of glioblastoma. HBO attenuated inflammatory microenvironment by reducing the expression of NLRP2, CARD8, MYD88 and CD180. HBO prevented metastasis by downregulating the expression of NTM, CXCL12, CXCL13, CXCR4, CXCR5, CDC42, IGFBP3, IGFBP5, GPC6, MMP19, ADAMTS1, EFEMP1, PTBP3, NF1 and PDCD1. HBO upregulated the expression of BAK1, PPIF, DDIT3, TP53I11 and FAS, whereas downregulated the expression of MDM4 and SIVA1, thus promoting apoptosis. HBO upregulated the expression of CDC25A, MCM2, PCNA, RFC33, DSCC1 and CDC14A, whereas downregulated the expression of ASNS, CDK6, CDKN1B, PTBP3 and MAD2L1, thus inhibiting cell cycle progression. Among these DEGs, 17 indicator-genes of HBO prolonging survival were detected.

Conclusions: HBO is beneficial for glioblastoma. Glioblastoma patients with these predictive indicators may prolong survival with HBO therapy. These potential therapeutic targets especially COL1A1, ADAMTS1 and PTBP3 deserve further validation.

Keywords: differentially expressed gene; gene enrichment analysis; glioblastoma; hyperbaric oxygen; survival analysis.

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