Abstract
Abstract Glypican-1 (GPC1), the most ubiquitously expressed member of the glypican family of heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs), is highly expressed in the developing brain and gliomas. In gliomas, GPC1 is overexpressed in both tumor blood vessel endothelial cells (ECs) and the neoplastic cells. Prior work by us in ECs indicates that GPC1 is overall mitogenic and essential for cell cycle progression and proliferation, implying a role in glioma angiogenesis. The present study focused on the role of GPC1 in glioma cells to explore potential roles in tumorigenesis and growth. The expression of GPC1 in U87 cells, a human glioma cell line with a relatively low basal level of GPC1, was titrated by adenoviral transduction. BrdU pulse-labeling showed a robust induction of S-phase entry and DNA replication by expression of GPC1 in a dose-dependent manner. GPC1 overexpression ultimately led to DNA re-replication and aneuploidy as well as enlarged nuclei and cell rounding. Consistent with these cell cycle effects, ectopic expression of GPC1 significantly induced downregulation of pRb, p21Cip1 and p27Kip1 and upregulation of cyclin E, CDK2 and E2F transactivation activity. These cellular and molecular activities of GPC1 were independent of serum concentrations in the growth medium, suggesting that they do not require exogenous growth factors. This activity required intact GPC1 as neither unglycanated GPC1 core protein nor isolated GPC1 HS chains induced the cell cycle and molecular alterations seen after intact GPC1 was added. The more general relevance of our observation to other cell types and the HS-dependency of the GPC1 activity were confirmed by GPC1 transduction of wild-type and HS synthesis-defective CHO cells. Overexpression of GPC1 induced dramatic S-phase entry in wild-type but not in HS-deficient mutant CHO cells. In summary, this work reveals a potent S-phase promoting activity of GPC1 in glioma cells, which may lead to accelerated cell growth and/or increased genomic instability and, therefore, implies a role for GPC1 in glioma tumorigenesis and growth. Citation Format: {Authors}. {Abstract title} [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 103rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2012 Mar 31-Apr 4; Chicago, IL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2012;72(8 Suppl):Abstract nr 3042. doi:1538-7445.AM2012-3042
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