Nature Communications (Aug 2018)

A PDGFRα-driven mouse model of glioblastoma reveals a stathmin1-mediated mechanism of sensitivity to vinblastine

  • Hyun Jung Jun,
  • Vicky A. Appleman,
  • Hua-Jun Wu,
  • Christopher M. Rose,
  • Javier J. Pineda,
  • Alan T. Yeo,
  • Bethany Delcuze,
  • Charlotte Lee,
  • Aron Gyuris,
  • Haihao Zhu,
  • Steve Woolfenden,
  • Agnieszka Bronisz,
  • Ichiro Nakano,
  • Ennio A. Chiocca,
  • Roderick T. Bronson,
  • Keith L. Ligon,
  • Jann N. Sarkaria,
  • Steve P. Gygi,
  • Franziska Michor,
  • Timothy J. Mitchison,
  • Al Charest

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05036-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Amplification of PDGFRα is a common alteration in glioblastoma. In this study, the authors develop a genetically engineered mouse model of GBM based on autocrine, chronic stimulation of overexpressed PDGFR and discover Stathmin1 as an important PDGFRα regulated-protein involved in the response to vinstabline.