title: Abnormal production of the TNF-homologue APRIL increases the proliferation of human malignant glioblastoma cell lines via a specific receptor.
abstract: A proliferation-inducing ligand (APRIL) of the tumour necrosis factor (TNF) family is produced in small amounts in many tissues and more abundantly in tumours. APRIL has been reported to promote cell growth in vivo and in vitro. It was recently shown that the production of APRIL in some glioblastoma cell lines does not lead to an increase in cell growth. In this study, we investigated the production of APRIL and its ability to increase the proliferation of eight human glioblastoma cell lines. We found that APRIL was produced in the eight human glioblastoma cell lines tested but not in the normal embryonic astrocyte counterparts of glioblastomas. Flow cytometry demonstrated the presence of a specific APRIL-binding receptor on the cell surface in all the glioblastoma cell lines tested. This receptor was also present on normal embryonic and adult astrocytes and embryonic neural progenitor cells. Moreover, the addition of recombinant human APRIL resulted in an increase in proliferation rate of normal adult astrocytes and in four of eight cell lines tested. Addition of the soluble recombinant TNF-receptor-homologue B-cell maturation (BCMA) chimeric protein, which binds APRIL, confirmed the involvement of APRIL in the growth of malignant glioblastoma cell lines.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U131, 32, rue des Carnets, 92140 Clamart, France.
authors.forename: Frédérique
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Deshayes
authors.forename: Geneviève
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Laprée
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Portier
authors.forename: Yolande
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Richard
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pencalet
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mahieu-Caputo
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Horellou
authors.forename: Andréas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsapis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D053264:B-Cell Activating Factor; D053265:B-Cell Activation Factor Receptor; D053301:B-Cell Maturation Antigen; D001483:Base Sequence; D016466:CHO Cells; D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms; D006224:Cricetinae; D017931:DNA Primers; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014162:Transfection; D053303:Transmembrane Activator and CAML Interactor Protein; D053300:Tumor Necrosis Factor Ligand Superfamily Member 13; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D053264:B-Cell Activating Factor; D053265:B-Cell Activation Factor Receptor; D053301:B-Cell Maturation Antigen; D017931:DNA Primers; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C108467:TNFRSF13B protein, human; C435926:TNFRSF13C protein, human; C086966:TNFRSF17 protein, human; C114631:TNFSF13 protein, human; C505719:TNFSF13B protein, human; D053303:Transmembrane Activator and CAML Interactor Protein; D053300:Tumor Necrosis Factor Ligand Superfamily Member 13; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha