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EDNRB-dependent endothelin signaling reduces proliferation and promotes proneural-to-mesenchymal transition in gliomas.

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Authors: Donovan Pineau1, Leonor Garcia1, Hugo Arnold1, Antonija Hanžek1, Maialen Arrieta2, Laurent R Gauthier3, Christine Granotier‐Beckers3, François D Boussin3, Amaury Herbet4, Marie Hautière4, Valentin Asei‐Ceschino5, Clémentin Jacques6, Laura Brard6, Thomas Harnois6, Valérie Coronas6, Bruno Constantin6, Aurélien Chatelier7, Jean Chemin1, Serge Urbach1, Martial Seveno8
and 17 other authorsSzimonetta Hideg1, Chantal Ripoll1, Kasandra Aguilar‐Cázarez1, Min Zheng8, Guo‐Hao Huang9, Sheng‐Qing Lv9, Lei Zhang9, Philippe Rondard1, Laurent Prezeau1, Jean‐Philippe Pin1, Hugues Duffau1,10, Luc Bauchet1,10, Valérie Rigau1,11, Franck Denat12, Charles Truillet13, Didier Boquet4, Jean‐Philippe Hugnot1,9
13 affiliations
  1. Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle Université de Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM France
  2. University of Bordeaux, CNRS, IBGC UMR5095 France
  3. Université Paris Cité and Université Paris‐Saclay, Inserm, CEA, Stabilité Génétique Cellules Souches et Radiations Fontenay‐aux‐Roses France
  4. Université Paris‐Saclay, CEA, DMTS, SPI France
  5. Institut Génétique Humaine Université de Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM France
  6. 4CS, Laboratory Channels and Connexins in Cancers and Cell Stemness, UR 22751 University of Poitiers France
  7. PReTI Laboratory, UR 24184 University of Poitiers France
  8. BioCampus Montpellier Université de Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM France
  9. Jinfeng Laboratory Chongqing China
  10. Neurosurgery Department Montpellier University Medical Center France
  11. Pathology Department Montpellier University Medical Center France
  12. Université Bourgogne, Europe, CNRS, UMR 6302 Dijon France
  13. Université Paris‐Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Inserm, BioMaps, Orsay France
Journal: Molecular oncology, volume 20, issue 8, pages 1933-1962
Dates: received 16 September 2025; accepted 15 January 2026; published online 23 April 2026; in print August 2026
Type: Research article · Language: English
License: CC BY
Identifiers: DOI 10.1002/1878-0261.70223 · PMID 42026941 · PMCID PMC13398683 · OpenAlex W7155567758
Open access: gold, a free copy (OpenAlex)
Status: data only
Categories: human (organism), other condition (population), cellular / molecular (subfield)
Methods: Preprocessing, Statistics, Smoothing, state filtering, decompositions, Evoked potentials, fMRI & imaging
Keywords: Diffuse gliomas, EDNRA, EDNRB, endothelin signaling, Proneural‐to‐Mesenchymal Transition, tumor cell plasticity
MeSH: Brain Neoplasms*, Endothelins*, Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition*, Glioma*, Receptor, Endothelin B*, Signal Transduction*, Animals, Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Proliferation, Humans (* major topic)
Journal subjects: Cell Growth and Proliferation
Topic: Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (Developmental Neuroscience, Neuroscience), according to OpenAlex
Funding: Fondation ARC pour la Recherche sur le Cancer (ARC) (ARCDOC42022020004746); Jinfeng laboratories; Emballiso; La Ligue Contre le Cancer https://ror.org/00rkrv905; Association Les Étoiles dans la Mer; Agence Nationale de la Recherche (French National Research Agency) (ANR‐DualmAb https://ror.org/00rbzpz17); ARTC SUD, Association pour la Recherche sur les Tumeurs Cérébrales, SUD; Institut National Du Cancer (HRHG 2022‐ Keystone); Cancéropôle Grand Sud‐Ouest, https://ror.org/058h5ns38; ARTC Association pour la Recherche sur les Tumeurs Cérébrales; SIRIC‐Montpellier (INCa_Inserm_DGOS_12553)
Citations: cited by 3 papers (Europe PMC); 114 references in the paper
Research resources: U87 cell line RRID:CVCL_0022, T98G glioblastoma cell lines RRID:CVCL_0556

Abstract

Diffuse gliomas are primary brain tumors including glioblastomas (GB), astrocytomas, and oligodendrogliomas, the latter two harboring IDH1 mutations and exhibiting slower progression. Gliomas display cellular plasticity, with transitions between astrocyte‐like, oligodendrocyte‐like, progenitor‐like, and mesenchymal‐like states driven by genetic alterations and microenvironmental signals. The proneural‐to‐mesenchymal transition (PMT), associated with increased malignancy, is tightly regulated by the tumor microenvironment, notably through cytokine signaling and non‐tumor cell interactions. Endothelins (ET‐1, ET‐2, ET‐3), vasoactive peptides mainly produced by vascular cells, signal through the G‐protein‐coupled receptors EDNRA and EDNRB and were previously suggested to promote glioma proliferation based on serum‐based models. Here, we revisited endothelin signaling using eleven serum‐free glioma lines and tumor samples. Multi‐omics and electrophysiological analyses identified EDNRB as the predominant receptor, enriched in astrocyte‐like cells, increased by BMPs or growth factor withdrawal, and repressed by interferons, IL‐6 family cytokines, endothelins, and Hippo/YAP signaling. EDNRA was confined to a perivascular tumor subpopulation and induced by Notch signaling selectively in GB. Functionally, endothelins reduced proliferation while promoting migration and PMT via EDNRB‐dependent Ca2+ signaling, ERK/STAT3 activation, and apamin‐sensitive SK2/SK3 potassium channel activity. Collectively these findings establish endothelin signaling as an important regulator of glioma cell plasticity and behavior.

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All raw and processed scRNA‐seq data generated in this study have been deposited in the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) under accession number GSE263796 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE263796). All raw and processed RNA‐seq data generated in this study have been deposited in the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) under accession number such as GSE298185 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE298185) (for LGG275 treated with compounds), GSE298282 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE298282) (for glioma cell lines upon ET‐1), GSE298356 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE298356) and GSE298357 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE298357) (for LGG275 in coculture with endothelial cells), and GSE298358 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE298358) (for Gb7 in coculture with endothelialcells). All proteomics data generated in this study have been deposited to the ProteomeXchange Consortium PRIDE database under the dataset identifier PXD065902 (https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pride/archive/projects/PXD065902).

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This paper

Pineau, D., Garcia, L., Arnold, H., Hanžek, A., Arrieta, M., Gauthier, L. R., Granotier‐Beckers, C., Boussin, F. D., Herbet, A., Hautière, M., Asei‐Ceschino, V., Jacques, C., Brard, L., Harnois, T., Coronas, V., Constantin, B., Chatelier, A., Chemin, J., Urbach, S., . . . Hugnot, J. (2026). EDNRB-dependent endothelin signaling reduces proliferation and promotes proneural-to-mesenchymal transition in gliomas. Molecular oncology, 20(8), 1933-1962. https://doi.org/10.1002/1878-0261.70223

BibTeX

@article{pineau2026ednrb,
author = {Pineau, Donovan and Garcia, Leonor and Arnold, Hugo and Hanžek, Antonija and Arrieta, Maialen and Gauthier, Laurent R and Granotier‐Beckers, Christine and Boussin, François D and Herbet, Amaury and Hautière, Marie and Asei‐Ceschino, Valentin and Jacques, Clémentin and Brard, Laura and Harnois, Thomas and Coronas, Valérie and Constantin, Bruno and Chatelier, Aurélien and Chemin, Jean and Urbach, Serge and Seveno, Martial and Hideg, Szimonetta and Ripoll, Chantal and Aguilar‐Cázarez, Kasandra and Zheng, Min and Huang, Guo‐Hao and Lv, Sheng‐Qing and Zhang, Lei and Rondard, Philippe and Prezeau, Laurent and Pin, Jean‐Philippe and Duffau, Hugues and Bauchet, Luc and Rigau, Valérie and Denat, Franck and Truillet, Charles and Boquet, Didier and Hugnot, Jean‐Philippe},
title = {{EDNRB-dependent endothelin signaling reduces proliferation and promotes proneural-to-mesenchymal transition in gliomas}},
journal = {Molecular oncology},
year = {2026},
month = apr,
volume = {20},
number = {8},
pages = {1933--1962},
publisher = {Wiley},
issn = {1574-7891},
doi = {10.1002/1878-0261.70223},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1002/1878-0261.70223},
pmid = {42026941},
pmcid = {PMC13398683}
}

RIS

TY - JOUR
AU - Pineau, Donovan
AU - Garcia, Leonor
AU - Arnold, Hugo
AU - Hanžek, Antonija
AU - Arrieta, Maialen
AU - Gauthier, Laurent R
AU - Granotier‐Beckers, Christine
AU - Boussin, François D
AU - Herbet, Amaury
AU - Hautière, Marie
AU - Asei‐Ceschino, Valentin
AU - Jacques, Clémentin
AU - Brard, Laura
AU - Harnois, Thomas
AU - Coronas, Valérie
AU - Constantin, Bruno
AU - Chatelier, Aurélien
AU - Chemin, Jean
AU - Urbach, Serge
AU - Seveno, Martial
AU - Hideg, Szimonetta
AU - Ripoll, Chantal
AU - Aguilar‐Cázarez, Kasandra
AU - Zheng, Min
AU - Huang, Guo‐Hao
AU - Lv, Sheng‐Qing
AU - Zhang, Lei
AU - Rondard, Philippe
AU - Prezeau, Laurent
AU - Pin, Jean‐Philippe
AU - Duffau, Hugues
AU - Bauchet, Luc
AU - Rigau, Valérie
AU - Denat, Franck
AU - Truillet, Charles
AU - Boquet, Didier
AU - Hugnot, Jean‐Philippe
TI - EDNRB-dependent endothelin signaling reduces proliferation and promotes proneural-to-mesenchymal transition in gliomas
T2 - Molecular oncology
J2 - Mol Oncol
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/04/23
VL - 20
IS - 8
SP - 1933
EP - 1962
SN - 1574-7891
PB - Wiley
DO - 10.1002/1878-0261.70223
UR - https://doi.org/10.1002/1878-0261.70223
LA - en
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