POT1 regulates proliferation and confers sexual dimorphism in glioma

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Abstract

Germline POT1 mutations are found in a spectrum of cancers and confer increased risk. Recently, we identified a series of novel germline POT1 mutations that predispose carrier families to the development of glioma. Despite these strong associations, how these glioma-associated POT1 mutations contribute to glioma tumorigenesis remains undefined. Here we show that POT1- G95C increases proliferation in glioma-initiating cells in vitro and in progenitor populations in the developing brain. In a native mouse model of glioma, loss of Pot1a/b resulted in decreased survival in females compared with males. These findings were corroborated in human glioma, where low POT1 expression correlated with decreased survival in females. Transcriptomic and IHC profiling of Pot1a/b-deficient glioma revealed that tumors in females exhibited decreased expression of immune markers and increased expression of cell-cycle signatures. Similar sex-dependent trends were observed in human gliomas that had low expression of POT1. Together, our studies demonstrate context-dependent functions for POT1 mutation or loss in driving progenitor proliferation in the developing brain and sexual dimorphism in glioma.

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Jalali, A., Yu, K., Beechar, V., Huerta, N. A. B., Grichuk, A., Mehra, D., … Deneen, B. (2021). POT1 regulates proliferation and confers sexual dimorphism in glioma. Cancer Research, 81(10), 2703–2713. https://doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-20-3755

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