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Downregulation of COUP-TFII inhibits glioblastoma growth via targeting MPC1

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Chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter transcription factor II (COUP-TFII) is a steroid receptor that is broadly expressed in many tissues throughout embryonic development. Previous studies indicated that COUP-TFII is dysregulated in… Click to show full abstract

Chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter transcription factor II (COUP-TFII) is a steroid receptor that is broadly expressed in many tissues throughout embryonic development. Previous studies indicated that COUP-TFII is dysregulated in multiple types of cancer and serves crucial roles in cancer development. The mitochondrial pyruvate carrier 1 (MPC1) is involved in transporting pyruvate for entry into the citric acid cycle, an important event in cancer progression. However, the roles of COUP-TFII and MPC1 in glioma remain unknown. In the present study, it was demonstrated that MPC1 is downregulated in glioblastoma. Furthermore, the inhibition of COUP-TFII was able to increase MPC1 expression and inhibit the growth of glioblastoma cells in vitro and in vivo. The findings from the present study demonstrated that downregulation of COUP-TFII inhibits glioblastoma growth via targeting MPC1. Therefore, COUP-TFII is a potential therapeutic target for glioma.

Keywords: downregulation coup; coup tfii; tfii inhibits; coup; growth

Journal Title: Oncology Letters
Year Published: 2018

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