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GBM cells have altered metabolism and exhibit the Warburg effect, preferentially producing lactate under aerobic conditions. After standard-of-care treatment for GBM, there is an almost 100% recurrence rate. Hypoxia-adapted, treatment-resistant GBM stem-like cells are thought to drive this high recurrence rate. We used human T98G GBM cells as a model to identify differential gene expression induced by hypoxia and to search for potential therapeutic targets of hypoxia adapted GBM cells. RNA sequencing (RNAseq) and bioinformatics were used to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and cellular pathways affected by hypoxia. We also examined expression of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) genes using qRT-PCR and zymography as LDH dysregulation is a feature of many cancers. We found 2630 DEGs significantly altered by hypoxia (p &lt; 0.05), 1241 upregulated in hypoxia and 1389 upregulated in normoxia. Hypoxia DEGs were highest in pathways related to glycolysis, hypoxia response, cell adhesion and notably the endoplasmic reticulum, including the inositol-requiring enzyme 1 (IRE1)-mediated unfolded protein response (UPR). These results, paired with numerous published preclinical data, provide additional evidence that inhibition of the IRE1-mediated UPR may have therapeutic potential in treating GBM. We propose a possible drug repurposing strategy to simultaneously target IRE1 and the spleen tyrosine kinase (SYK) in patients with GBM.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/genes14040841","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,31]],"date-time":"2023-03-31T02:30:20Z","timestamp":1680229820000},"page":"841","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["RNA Sequencing in Hypoxia-Adapted T98G Glioblastoma Cells Provides Supportive Evidence for IRE1 as a Potential Therapeutic Target"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Brian E.","family":"White","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ 08103, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2023-072X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yichuan","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Applied Genomics, The Children\u2019s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hakon","family":"Hakonarson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Applied Genomics, The Children\u2019s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Russell J.","family":"Buono","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ 08103, USA"},{"name":"Center for Applied Genomics, The Children\u2019s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,31]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"3","article-title":"Glioblastoma Multiforme: A Review of its Epidemiology and Pathogenesis through Clinical Presentation and Treatment","volume":"18","author":"Hanif","year":"2017","journal-title":"Asian Pac. 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