• Shogo Ishiuchi, Keisuke Tsuzuki, Yukari Yoshida, Nobuaki Yamada, Norikazu Hagimura, Haruo Okado, Akiko Miwa, Hideyuki Kurihara, Yoichi Nakazato, Masaru Tamura, Tomio Sasaki, and Seiji Ozawa.
• Department of Neurosurgery, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan. ishogo@showa.gunma-u.ac.jp
• Nat. Med. 2002 Sep 1;8(9):971-8.

AbstractGlioblastoma multiforme is the most undifferentiated type of brain tumor, and its prognosis is extremely poor. Glioblastoma cells exhibit highly migratory and invasive behavior, which makes surgical intervention unsuccessful. Here, we showed that glioblastoma cells express Ca(2+)-permeable alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionate (AMPA)-type glutamate receptors assembled from the GluR1 and/or GluR4 subunits, and that their conversion to Ca(2+)-impermeable receptors by adenovirus-mediated transfer of the GluR2 cDNA inhibited cell locomotion and induced apoptosis. In contrast, overexpression of Ca(2+)-permeable AMPA receptors facilitated migration and proliferation of the tumor cells. These findings indicate that Ca(2+)-permeable AMPA receptors have crucial roles in growth of glioblastoma. Blockage of these Ca(2+)-permeable receptors may be a useful therapeutic strategy for the prevention of glioblastoma invasion.

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