ArticleGenes & development2023
WDR5 represents a therapeutically exploitable target for cancer stem cells in glioblastoma.
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- Glioma Stem Cells as Promoter of Glioma Progression: A Systematic Review of Molecular Pathways and Targeted Therapies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Pooled it
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- Modeling gliomas with organoids: Classification, fidelity, and guidelines for translational neuro-oncology.Neuro-oncology · 2026Review
- Structural characterization of endogenous microprotein EMBOW reveals an alternative MRT motif for WDR5-interacting site recognition.The FEBS journal · 2026Article
- The role of the WD40-repeat protein family in cancer.Molecular cancer · 2026Review
- Development and characterization of triazole-based WDR5 inhibitors for the treatment of glioblastoma.JCI insight · 2026Article
- Organoids as next-generation models for investigating intracranial tumours.Molecular brain · 2026Review
- Probing the Cancer Mutational Landscape of KMT2 Regulatory Subunits.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026Article
- WDR5 remodels NANOG condensates to drive transcriptional programs and sustain stem cell identity.Nature communications · 2026Article
- scCirclehunter delineates ecDNA-containing cells using single-cell ATAC-seq, with a focus on glioblastoma.Cell discovery · 2025Article
- Insights into WDR5: unveiling its functions, regulation, and impact on skeletal muscle.Epigenetics · 2025Review
- Sulfinyl Aziridines as Stereoselective Covalent Destabilizing Degraders of the Oncogenic Transcription Factor MYC.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2025Article
- Connexin 43 drives glioblastoma cancer stem cell phenotypes through a WNK lysine-deficient protein kinase 1-c-MYC signaling axis.Cell reports · 2025Article
- Epigenetic regulation of cancer stemness.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025Review
- Epigenetic Alterations in Glioblastoma Multiforme as Novel Therapeutic Targets: A Scoping Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Epigenetic regulation of histone modifications in glioblastoma: recent advances and therapeutic insights.Biomarker research · 2025Review
- Bioprinting of GelMA-Based Hydrogels to Aid in Creation of Biomimetic 3D Models for Glioblastoma.Micromachines · 2025Article
- Targeting WDR5/ATAD2 signaling by the CK2/IKAROS axis demonstrates therapeutic efficacy in T-ALL.Blood · 2025Article
- Helicobacter pylori SlyD stabilizes TPT1 via hnRNPK and enhances OCT1-mediated CDX2 transcriptional activation to drive gastric intestinal metaplasia.BMC medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
Glioblastomas (GBMs) are heterogeneous, treatment-resistant tumors driven by populations of cancer stem cells (CSCs). However, few molecular mechanisms critical for CSC population maintenance have been exploited for therapeutic development. We developed a spatially resolved loss-of-function screen in GBM patient-derived organoids to identify essential epigenetic regulators in the SOX2-enriched, therapy-resistant niche and identified WDR5 as indispensable for this population. WDR5 is a component of the WRAD complex, which promotes SET1 family-mediated Lys4 methylation of histone H3 (H3K4me), associated with positive regulation of transcription. In GBM CSCs, WDR5 inhibitors blocked WRAD complex assembly and reduced H3K4 trimethylation and expression of genes involved in CSC-relevant oncogenic pathways. H3K4me3 peaks lost with WDR5 inhibitor treatment occurred disproportionally on POU transcription factor motifs, including the POU5F1(OCT4)::SOX2 motif. Use of a SOX2/OCT4 reporter demonstrated that WDR5 inhibitor treatment diminished cells with high reporter activity. Furthermore, WDR5 inhibitor treatment and WDR5 knockdown altered the stem cell state, disrupting CSC in vitro growth and self-renewal, as well as in vivo tumor growth. These findings highlight the role of WDR5 and the WRAD complex in maintaining the CSC state and provide a rationale for therapeutic development of WDR5 inhibitors for GBM and other advanced cancers.
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