PMID- 16585184 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20060522 LR - 20220408 IS - 0008-5472 (Print) IS - 0008-5472 (Linking) VI - 66 IP - 7 DP - 2006 Apr 1 TI - FoxM1B is overexpressed in human glioblastomas and critically regulates the tumorigenicity of glioma cells. PG - 3593-602 AB - The transcription factor Forkhead box M1 (FoxM1) is overexpressed in malignant glioma. However, the functional importance of this factor in human glioma is not known. In the present study, we found that FoxM1B was the predominant FoxM1 isoform expressed in human glioma but not in normal brain tissue. The level of FoxM1 protein expression in human glioma tissues was directly correlated with the glioma grade. The level of FoxM1 protein expression in human glioblastoma tissues was inversely correlated with patient survival. Enforced FoxM1B expression caused SW1783 and Hs683 glioma cells, which do not form tumor xenografts, to regain tumorigenicity in nude mouse model systems. Moreover, gliomas that arose from FoxM1B-transfected anaplastic astrocytoma SW1783 cells displayed glioblastoma multiforme phenotypes. Inhibition of FoxM1 expression in glioblastoma U-87MG cells suppressed their anchorage-independent growth in vitro and tumorigenicity in vivo. Furthermore, we found that FoxM1 regulates the expression of Skp2 protein, which is known to promote degradation of the cell cycle regulator p27(Kip1). These results showed that FoxM1 is overexpressed in human glioblastomas and contributes to glioma tumorigenicity. Therefore, FoxM1 might be a new potential target of therapy for human malignant gliomas. FAU - Liu, Mingguang AU - Liu M AD - Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030, USA. FAU - Dai, Bingbing AU - Dai B FAU - Kang, Shin-Hyuk AU - Kang SH FAU - Ban, Kechen AU - Ban K FAU - Huang, Feng-Ju AU - Huang FJ FAU - Lang, Frederick F AU - Lang FF FAU - Aldape, Kenneth D AU - Aldape KD FAU - Xie, Tong-xin AU - Xie TX FAU - Pelloski, Christopher E AU - Pelloski CE FAU - Xie, Keping AU - Xie K FAU - Sawaya, Raymond AU - Sawaya R FAU - Huang, Suyun AU - Huang S LA - eng GR - CA 16672/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Cancer Res JT - Cancer research JID - 2984705R RN - 0 (Forkhead Box Protein M1) RN - 0 (Forkhead Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (Foxm1 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Protein Isoforms) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (S-Phase Kinase-Associated Proteins) RN - 136601-57-5 (Cyclin D1) RN - 147604-94-2 (Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p27) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Astrocytoma/genetics/*metabolism/*pathology MH - Brain Neoplasms/genetics/*metabolism/*pathology MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cyclin D1/metabolism MH - Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p27/metabolism MH - Forkhead Box Protein M1 MH - Forkhead Transcription Factors/antagonists & inhibitors/*biosynthesis/genetics MH - Glioblastoma/genetics/*metabolism/*pathology MH - Humans MH - Mice MH - Mice, Nude MH - Protein Isoforms MH - RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis/genetics MH - S-Phase Kinase-Associated Proteins/metabolism MH - Transplantation, Heterologous EDAT- 2006/04/06 09:00 MHDA- 2006/05/23 09:00 CRDT- 2006/04/06 09:00 PHST- 2006/04/06 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2006/05/23 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2006/04/06 09:00 [entrez] AID - 66/7/3593 [pii] AID - 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-05-2912 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cancer Res. 2006 Apr 1;66(7):3593-602. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-05-2912.