ArticleCell reports2021
Piwil1 Regulates Glioma Stem Cell Maintenance and Glioblastoma Progression.
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- Landscape and biogenesis of piRNAs in HBV-associated hepatocarcinogenesis: from repetitive elements to oncogenic circuits.Discover oncology · 2026Review
- PIWIL1 activates the R2TP-TELO2-mTORC1 axis independently of piRNA to promote TOP mRNA translation in gastric cancer.Oncogene · 2026Article
- Non-gonadal PIWIL1/Aubergine drives regenerative and tumorigenic stem cell proliferation and tumorigenesis in the intestine.Cell reports · 2026Article
- Biological roles and clinical potential of piRNAs in cancer: Insights into glioblastoma.Iranian journal of basic medical sciences · 2026Review
- PC3/Tis21/BTG2 and BTG1 genes: regulators of the cell cycle and neurogenesis, as well as tumor suppressors in malignant brain tumors.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026Review
- Dysregulation of piRNA biogenesis-associated proteins in cancer: mechanisms, evidence, and translational constraints.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2026Review
- Targeting non-coding RNAs to overcome resistance and improving outcomes in glioblastoma.Global medical genetics · 2025Review
- Altered Hippocampal Transcriptomic Profile Reveals Cognitive Impairment in Young Metabolically Obese, Normal-Weight Rats, Prevented by Perinatal Leptin Intake.Molecular nutrition & food research · 2025Article
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- piRNA/PIWI pathways and epigenetic crosstalk in human diseases: Molecular insights into HIV-1 infection and drugs of abuse.Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids · 2025Review
- Exploring miRNA therapies and gut microbiome-enhanced CAR-T cells: advancing frontiers in glioblastoma stem cell targeting.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2025Review
- Mechanisms Behind the Impact of PIWI Proteins on Cancer Cells: Literature Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- PIWIL1 is recruited to centrosomes during mitosis in colorectal cancer cells and is linked to cell cycle progression.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Epstein-Barr virus reactivation induces divergent abortive, reprogrammed, and host shutoff states by lytic progression.PLoS pathogens · 2024Article
- Long non-coding RNA lung cancer-associated transcript-1 promotes glioblastoma progression by enhancing Hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha activity.Neuro-oncology · 2024Article
- M6A-methylated circPOLR2B forms an R-loop and regulates the biological behavior of glioma stem cells through positive feedback loops.Cell death & disease · 2024Article
- Epstein-Barr virus reactivation induces divergent abortive, reprogrammed, and host shutoff states by lytic progression.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- HPV16 E6/E7-mediated regulation of PiwiL1 expression induces tumorigenesis in cervical cancer cells.Cellular oncology (Dordrecht, Netherlands) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Piwi proteins are a subfamily of Argonaute proteins that maintain germ cells in eukaryotes. However, the role of their human homologs in cancer stem cells, and more broadly in cancer, is poorly understood. Here, we report that Piwi-like family members are overexpressed in glioblastoma (GBM), with Piwil1 (Hiwi) most frequently overexpressed (88%). Piwil1 is enriched in glioma stem-like cells (GSCs) to maintain self-renewal. Silencing Piwil1 in GSCs leads to global changes in gene expression resulting in cell-cycle arrest, senescence, or apoptosis. Piwil1 knockdown increases expression of the transcriptional co-regulator BTG2 and the E3-ubiquitin ligase FBXW7, leading to reduced c-Myc expression, as well as loss of expression of stem cell factors Olig2 and Nestin. Piwil1 regulates mRNA stability of BTG2, FBXW7, and CDKN1B. In animal models of GBM, Piwil1 knockdown suppresses tumor growth and promotes mouse survival. These findings support a role of Piwil1 in GSC maintenance and glioblastoma progression.
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