Despite positive outcomes for novel targeted therapy screens in preclinical studies, the majority of follow on GBM clinical trials fail to meet their primary endpoints. This translational gap is partly due to models that do not accurately recapitulate the human GBM-TME and therefore fail to accurately predict patient treatment response. Here, we investigated the NFPp10a/NF5310 syngeneic mouse model of mesenchymal GBM, to assess its translational relevance for evaluating TME-targeting agents. Young and aging C57BL/6 mice bearing orthotopic NFPp10a/NF5310-Luc2 tumours underwent treatment with temozolomide (TMZ), tumour resection, anti-PD1 checkpoint blockade, and/or regorafenib (REGO). TME composition was evaluated using the murine microenvironment cell population (mMCP) counter method and multiplexed immunohistochemistry (multiple iterative labelling by antibody neodeposition). To assess translational relevance and conserved human response patterns, immune cell composition and gene expression changes were directly compared to primary human mesenchymal GBM tumours via further hypothesis generating MILAN analysis and by studying publically available ICI clinical trial data. NFPp10a/NF5310-Luc2 tumour-bearing mice showed resistance to monotherapy and neoadjuvant anti-PD1, with limited response also observed to REGO treatment. mMCP analysis revealed modest increases in CD8+ T-cells, B cells, and monocytes following anti-PD1 and REGO treatment. MILAN analysis further indicated increased cytotoxic T-cells following anti-PD1 therapy. Comparison to untreated-primary GBM and ICI-treated human GBM suggested similar exhausted CD8+ T-cell phenotypes, suggesting the NFPp10a/NF5310 TME reflects the mesenchymal GBM T-cell compartment. Overall, the NFPp10a/NF5310 model recapitulates the GBM-TME architecture and therapeutic resistance patterns observed in human GBM, supporting its use in evaluating select TME-targeting therapies. The NFPp10a/NF5310 glioblastoma model demonstrates clinically relevant response patterns and key tumour microenvironment features of mesenchymal glioblastoma, supporting its utility as a translational platform for therapeutic development.
Pancreatic cancer remains one of the most aggressive solid malignancies. The majority of patients present with locally advanced or metastatic disease, limiting treatment options to systemic chemotherapy. Conventional chemotherapy forms the backbone of the standard-of-care regimen and offers modest but significant survival benefits. This review discusses currently established standard-of-care regimens and cutting edge clinical trials which aim to enhance chemotherapy efficacy in pancreatic cancer. Pancreatic cancer’s distinct pathological features—including its high metastatic potential, inherent chemoresistance, dense desmoplastic stroma, and profoundly immunosuppressive tumour microenvironment—underscore the rationale for the clinical development of chemosensitizing agents. As mechanisms of chemoresistance continue to be uncovered, new therapeutic avenues are emerging that aim to enhance the efficacy of chemotherapy. Emerging targets including KRAS, MTAP, EGFR, Claudin 18.2, and WEE1, which present unique vulnerabilities for rational combination therapies, are discussed. Given the central role of chemotherapy in pancreatic cancer treatment, ongoing clinical strategies that improve its efficacy are essential to achieving better outcomes for patients.
The prognosis for patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer has changed little over the past 4 decades. Fewer than 20 % of patients are diagnosed at a stage amenable to potentially curative surgery and therapeutic resistance remains widespread, compounded by a lack of therapeutic targets. Early detection of pancreatic cancer is notoriously difficult, due to non-specific symptoms that delay early diagnosis in addition to limited sensitivity of current imaging modalities. However, pancreatic cystic lesions (PCLs), such as intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs), provide a unique opportunity for earlier disease intervention. Indeed, PCLs can be stratified by risk of malignant transformation, but current stratification guidelines remain highly contended within the field. Importantly, accumulating evidence suggests that inflammatory and immunogenetic mechanisms may influence both cyst development and malignant progression, yet these immunobiological factors are not currently integrated into PCL risk-stratification and management frameworks. In this review, we focus on the immunobiological dimension of PCLs, highlighting the interplay between chronic inflammation, immune dysregulation, and genetic alterations that may drive cystogenesis and malignant transformation. Furthermore, we assess the evidence to support integrating an immunobiological aspect to existing risk stratification guidelines to enhance identification of high-risk pre-malignant PCLs. Such integration may ultimately identify high-risk patients more accurately and inform surveillance and therapeutic intervention strategies to prevent late-stage pancreatic cancer.
The hallmarks of cancer and enabling characteristics are widely regarded as the key features that best define malignant disease. In a process as intricate as the development of cancer, a simple definition or stepwise series of biological events does little to encapsulate the insurmountable complexity that is this disease. Indeed, over the course of the last 25 years alone, there have been four renditions of the “Hallmarks of Cancer”, each attempting to encapsulate the mechanisms involved in the development of cancer by providing a list of strict criteria that must be met in order to define the disease. With each of these four sets of principles, modern research has caused the ensuing recapitulation to be revised, and without exception, to expand. In fact, what originally began as six hallmarks of cancer, has become a list of parameters that is fourteen strong, and which aim to summarize the functional capabilities that, when acquired by human cells, provides them with the ability to form a malignant, life-threatening tumour. While at present, these hallmark capabilities have largely been discussed in the context of all cancers, this review discusses each in the specific context of pancreatic cancer (PC). PC has the worst prognosis of all cancers globally, with late-stage diagnoses, aggressive tumour microenvironments, and limited treatment options contributing to the current 5-year survival rate of 13%. Here, we highlight PC-specific mechanisms underpinning each hallmark of cancer to provide a comprehensive review of the current state of knowledge around this complex disease, with the aim of aiding understanding and facilitating more meaningful research avenues.
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has a dismal long-term patient survival rate. This poor prognosis is due in part to poor patient responses to current standard-of-care chemotherapy regimens. Patients receiving platinum-based chemotherapy often succumb to treatment resistance. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, non-coding RNAs that play an important role in modulating cellular processes involved in chemoresistance. We have previously demonstrated that loss of miR-31 influences cellular sensitivity to chemotherapy and radiotherapy in several cancers, including PDAC. Here, we identify a molecular mechanism underlying miR-31–mediated alterations in platinum agent chemosensitivity, supporting miR-31 as an important therapeutic target. A pCMV-miR vector containing a miR-31 mimic was stably expressed into a miR-31–deficient PDAC cell line, BxPC-3. Additionally, a pmiRZip lentivector suppressing miR-31 was stably expressed into a miR-31–abundant PDAC cell line, Panc-1. To assess ATOX1 alterations, a pCMV6-AC-ATOX1 overexpression vector was stably expressed in Panc-1 cells, and a pRS ATOX1 shRNA suppression vector was stably expressed in BxPC-3 cells. Clonogenic assays were performed to assess the impact of miR-31 and ATOX1 modulation on chemosensitivity. Expression levels of candidate miR-31 targets were evaluated using ELISA and Western blot analysis. Following cisplatin treatment, cytoplasmic and nuclear levels of Pt195 were quantified by ICP-MS in the miR-31– and ATOX1–manipulated PDAC cells. MiR-31 overexpression in BxPC-3 cells significantly promoted resistance to cisplatin. Conversely, miR-31 suppression in Panc-1 cells significantly enhanced cisplatin sensitivity. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis of PDAC patients showed that low miR-31 expression inversely correlates with high expression of ATOX1, a cytoplasmic copper (Cu) chaperone and transcription factor, and that these patients have significantly improved overall survival. In silico analysis identified ATOX1 as a predicted target of miR-31. Overexpression of miR-31 significantly reduced ATOX1 expression in PDAC cells. There is evidence that cisplatin binds to the Cu(I)-ATOX1 complex, potentially altering intracellular cisplatin transport. Consequently, we found that miR-31 expression inversely correlated with the nuclear accumulation of cisplatin in PDAC cells. Moreover, direct overexpression of ATOX1 in Panc-1 cells significantly enhanced cisplatin sensitivity. Conversely, direct suppression of ATOX1 in BxPC-3 cells significantly promoted resistance to cisplatin. However, direct suppression of ATOX1 did not alter intranuclear platinum levels, suggesting that ATOX1 modulates chemosensitivity through mechanisms independent of cisplatin nuclear trafficking. Our study demonstrates, for the first time, that miR-31 regulates ATOX1 expression, thereby modulating cisplatin sensitivity in PDAC. These findings reveal a novel miR-31–ATOX1 axis as a potential therapeutic target to overcome chemoresistance in PDAC. David Hackett, Jason McGrath, Xuehua Lin, David Van Acken, Ralf A. Hilger, Christina Cahill, Stephen G. Maher. Therapeutic targeting of microRNA-31 promotes chemosensitivity via ATOX1 in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics; 2025 Oct 22-26; Boston, MA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Mol Cancer Ther 2025;24(10 Suppl):Abstract nr C100.
Pancreatic cystic lesions (PCLs) are fluid-filled sacs often identified incidentally during abdominal imaging for unrelated pancreatic indications. While most PCLs are non-cancerous (benign) with no potential progression to pancreatic cancer (PC), some PCLs may undergo malignant transformation and are therefore more likely to progress into invasive cancer. The main challenge lies in separating PCLs that are entirely benign from those that are premalignant, as imaging tools and clinical guidelines remain inadequate. Understanding how these PCLs arise and develop is crucial for the proper management of patients with these lesions. Well-established PDAC cell lines and pancreatic cyst fluid (PCF), the fluid contained within PCLs, represent an invaluable tool for investigating the biological processes driving PCL formation and their eventual malignant transformation. Such information could greatly improve patient risk stratification, as well as avoid unnecessary follow-up and treatment for those who do not need it. Novel approaches based on vibrational spectroscopy may represent a useful adjunct to clinical tests of this sample type, offering a mode for objective assessment as well as providing potential in vivo applications. In the present ex vivo investigation, the first of its kind in this field, a focus was brought to developing a cell line-based model with vibrational spectroscopy for discriminating the response of PDAC cell lines to exposure to PCF. We demonstrate that this approach provides a robust assay which may have potential, with further development, to provide models which are predictive of the trajectory of disease progression in precision medicine.
Radiotherapy is used to treat over 50% of cancer patients. It is often used in combination with surgery, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy, for cancers of the breast, lung, oesophagus, and rectum. Ionising radiation predominantly exerts its anti-cancer effect through both direct DNA damage and indirectly via water radiolysis and the production of reactive oxygen species. This DNA damage is made permanent in the presence of molecular oxygen; however, it is reversible under hypoxia. Therefore, hypoxia confers significant radiotherapy resistance and given that it is a common feature of most solid tumours it offers a unique tumour vulnerability to exploit to improve radiotherapy efficacy. Many efforts to increase radiotherapy efficacy by oxygen delivery have failed due to limited efficacy and toxicity. To address this, we have developed a biocompatible, oxygenating perfluorocarbon nanoemulsion (nPFC) with imaging capacity via microCT with the view of delivering this intratumourally. We have demonstrated that this nPFC is biocompatible using an in vitro 3D liver hepatotoxicity model and in vivo using a developmental zebrafish embryo model. We have also shown that our nPFC can load and deliver a significant amount of molecular oxygen, reverse hypoxia, and enhance cellular radiosensitivity in an established in vitro isogenic model of acquired radioresistance in oesophageal adenocarcinoma (OAC) in accordance with the oxygen enhancement effect. Overall, this study demonstrates a potential method of enhancing cancer radiotherapy efficacy by locoregional oxygen delivery to hypoxic cells with acquired radioresistance.
Integration of multi-omic data for the purposes of biomarker discovery can provide novel and robust panels across multiple biological compartments. Appropriate analytical methods are key to ensuring accurate and meaningful outputs in the multi-omic setting. Here, we extensively profile the proteome and transcriptome of patient pancreatic cyst fluid (PCF) (n = 32) and serum (n = 68), before integrating matched omic and biofluid data, to identify biomarkers of pancreatic cancer risk. Differential expression analysis, feature reduction, multi-omic data integration, unsupervised hierarchical clustering, principal component analysis, spearman correlations and leave-one-out cross-validation were performed using RStudio and CombiROC software. An 11-feature multi-omic panel in PCF [PIGR, S100A8, REG1A, LGALS3, TCN1, LCN2, PRSS8, MUC6, SNORA66, miR-216a-5p, miR-216b-5p] generated an AUC = 0.806. A 13-feature multi-omic panel in serum [SHROOM3, IGHV3-72, IGJ, IGHA1, PPBP, APOD, SFN, IGHG1, miR-197-5p, miR-6741-5p, miR-3180, miR-3180-3p, miR-6782-5p] produced an AUC = 0.824. Integration of the strongest performing biomarkers generated a 10-feature cross-biofluid multi-omic panel [S100A8, LGALS3, SNORA66, miR-216b-5p, IGHV3-72, IGJ, IGHA1, PPBP, miR-3180, miR-3180-3p] with an AUC = 0.970. Multi-omic profiling provides an abundance of potential biomarkers. Integration of data from different omic compartments, and across biofluids, produced a biomarker panel that performs with high accuracy, showing promise for the risk stratification of patients with pancreatic cystic lesions.
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Abstract Introduction: GBM is the most common primary malignancy of the CNS. Historically pre-clinical models have failed to predict response in humans, despite promising preclinical data. Moreover, current models seldom incorporate surgical resection and/or standard of care chemotherapy treatment. These models also commonly employ young animals exclusively, whose immune contexture differs from older patients. We therefore sought to establish an improved, orthotopic, preclinical GBM model, which better recapitulates patient response to standard-of-care and targeted treatments. Methods: NFpp10a-Luc2 GBM cells were orthotopically implanted into C57BL/6-mice (aged[>18months] and young[6-8weeks]) and weekly bioluminescence imaging performed to monitor tumor growth. Overall survival (OS) and tumor growth were assessed in response to (1) Surgical Resection, (2) Temozolomide (TMZ) (3) anti-PD1 (4) neoadjuvant anti-PD1 and (5) Regorafenib (REGO) therapy. Tissue collected post-mortem underwent bulk RNA sequencing followed by analysis via microenvironment cell population counter (MCP) and gene set enrichment (GSEA) to determine changes in the GBM-TME following treatment. Results: We demonstrated OS advantage in aged mice undergoing surgical resection (Resection:33.5 days vs Non-Resection: 18 days; p=0.0166) and observed age to be a significant prognostic factor (Young:62 days vs Aged: 22 days; p=0.0002). Subsequently, we observed that TMZ and anti-PD1 monotherapies had no impact on NFpp10-Luc2 growth (p=0.9001, p=0.7933) or survival (p=0.3035, p=0.6328). Neoadjuvant anti-PD1 treated mice demonstrated no significant survival advantage compared to IgG control (33 days vs 35 days; p=0.9429). Lastly, REGO treatment demonstrated a trend towards improved OS vs Vehicle (p=0.096). MCP analysis revealed both neoadjuvant anti-PD1 and REGO treatment induced influx of CD8+ T cells, B cells and monocytes into the TME, with neoadjuvant anti-PD1 associated with an upregulation of CXCR3 (p=0.0045). Conclusions: We have, for the first time, established and characterized response of the NFpp10a-C57BL/6 model to surgical resection, TMZ, anti-PD1 and REGO therapy in both young and aged mice. We have shown the model is markedly insensitive to intervention with chemotherapy and immune checkpoint therapy, mirroring what is seen clinically in patients. The model may therefore be employed in future pre-clinical studies to guide clinical trials in the setting of mesenchymal GBM. Citation Format: Kate Connor, Kieron White, James Clerkin, Kieron Sweeney, Liam Shiels, Thomas van Brussel, Ingrid Arijs, Diether Lambrechts, Gautam Shankar, Frederik de Smet, Stephen G. Maher, Laure Marignol, Patrick Dicker, Jochen Prehn, David O'Brien, Annette T. Byrne. Establishing a novel clinically relevant disease model of glioblastoma [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2024; Part 1 (Regular Abstracts); 2024 Apr 5-10; San Diego, CA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2024;84(6_Suppl):Abstract nr 1441.
Background/Objectives: Only 20-30% of oesophageal adenocarcinoma (OAC) patients achieve a complete response to neoadjuvant chemo-radiotherapy for locally advanced tumours. Enhancing the response to radiation therapy is critical for improving outcomes in this aggressive cancer. Pyrazinib (P3) is a promising compound with radiosensitizing, anti-angiogenic, anti-inflammatory, and anti-metabolic properties. However, its limited solubility and bioavailability have hindered its therapeutic potential. Methods: To overcome these limitations, pyrazinib was conjugated with gold nanoparticles (AuNP-P3), creating a novel formulation designed to enhance solubility, maintain bioactivity, and enable targeted delivery to tumour sites. Results: In an isogenic model of OAC radioresistance, AuNP-P3 significantly reduced the surviving fraction following irradiation, demonstrating its radiosensitizing properties. It also reduced mitochondrial metabolism and modulated the secretion of inflammatory mediators in both in vitro models of OAC radioresistance and human ex vivo OAC tumour explants. Furthermore, AuNP-P3 exhibited potent anti-angiogenic activity, significantly inhibiting blood vessel formation in vivo using zebrafish embryo models. Conclusions: These results collectively confirm that P3, in its conjugated formulation with gold nanoparticles, retains its therapeutic properties, highlighting the potential of AuNP-P3 as a novel therapeutic radiosensitizer for oesophageal adenocarcinoma and supporting its further development for clinical applications.
BACKGROUND:There is an intimate crosstalk between cancer formation, dissemination, treatment response and the host immune system, with inducing tumour cell death the ultimate therapeutic goal for most anti-cancer treatments. However, inducing a purposeful synergistic response between conventional therapies and the immune system remains evasive. The release of damage associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) is indicative of immunogenic cell death and propagation of established immune responses. However, there is a gap in the literature regarding the importance of DAMP expression in oesophageal adenocarcinoma (OAC) or by immune cells themselves.AIM:To investigate the effects of conventional therapies on DAMP expression and to determine whether OAC is an immunogenic cancer.METHODS:We investigated the levels of immunogenic cell death-associated DAMPs, calreticulin (CRT) and HMGB1 using an OAC isogenic model of radioresistance. DAMP expression was also assessed directly using ex vivo cancer patient T cells (n = 10) and within tumour biopsies (n = 9) both pre and post-treatment with clinically relevant chemo(radio)therapeutics.RESULTS:Hypoxia in combination with nutrient deprivation significantly reduces DAMP expression by OAC cells in vitro. Significantly increased frequencies of T cell DAMP expression in OAC patients were observed following chemo(radio)therapy, which was significantly higher in tumour tissue compared with peripheral blood. Patients with high expression of HMGB1 had a significantly better tumour regression grade (TRG 1-2) compared to low expressors.CONCLUSION:In conclusion, OAC expresses an immunogenic phenotype with two distinct subgroups of high and low DAMP expressors, which correlated with tumour regression grade and lymphatic invasion. It also identifies DAMPs namely CRT and HMGB1 as potential promising biomarkers in predicting good pathological responses to conventional chemo(radio)therapies currently used in the multimodal management of locally advanced disease.
Background: The current standard of care for locally advanced esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) involves neo-adjuvant chemoradiation therapy (neo-CRT) followed by surgery. However, response to neo-CRT is poor and resistance remains a significant barrier to effective treatment. There are currently no clinical biomarkers to predict treatment response in EAC. Evidence supports a role for microRNA-34a (miR-34a) as a tumor suppressor in cancer, however, the role of miR-34a in the tumor response to therapy in EAC is largely unknown. Methods: Irradiation of EAC cell lines was performed using an Xstrahl RS225 X-ray irradiator at a clinically-relevant dose of 2 Gy. Radiosensitivity of EAC cell lines (OE33 P, OE33 R, OE33, OE19, Flo-1Par and Flo-1LM) was assessed by the gold standard clonogenic assay. miR-34a expression was assessed by qPCR. EAC tumor biopsies were obtained from consenting patients undergoing diagnostic endoscopy. Pathological response of the resected tumor was assigned by a pathologist using the Mandard Tumor Regression scale. miRTarBase and KEGG pathway analysis were used to identify predicted target genes and pathways of miR-34a. Results: miR-34a was demonstrated to be expressed in a panel of EAC cell lines (OE33 P, OE33 R, OE19, Flo-1Par and Flo-1LM cells). Interestingly, miR-34a expression was significantly decreased in EAC cell line models of both acquired radioresistance (OE33 R) and inherent radioresistance (OE19). miR-34a was also significantly decreased in a model of radioresistant metastatic EAC (Flo-1LM). Supporting in vitro data, in pre-treatment tumor biopsies from EAC patients (n=18), miR-34a was significantly decreased in patients having a subsequent poor pathological response to neo-CRT, when compared to patients having a good pathological response to neo-CRT. Target and pathway analysis demonstrated miR-34a-mediated regulation of genes and pathways associated with treatment resistance, including the complement system, cellular metabolism and p53 signaling, among others. Conclusion: Decreased miR-34a expression is associated with radioresistance across a panel of in vitro EAC models and in pre-treatment tumor biopsies from EAC patients having a poor pathological response to neo-CRT. This highlights a potential role for miR-34a as a novel biomarker predicting response to neo-CRT in EAC. Analysis of validated and predicted gene targets of miR-34a identified a number of pathways associated with treatment resistance. We are currently investigating the functional role of miR-34a in modulating tumor response to radiation in vitro to determine its potential as a novel therapeutic target to boost treatment response in EAC. Citation Format: Christina Cahill, Stephen G. Maher, Rebecca O'Brien, Wei-Lin Winnie Wang, John V. Reynolds, Jacintha O'Sullivan, Niamh Lynam-Lennon. Investigating the role of miRNA-34a in the resistance of esophageal adenocarcinoma to neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2023; Part 1 (Regular and Invited Abstracts); 2023 Apr 14-19; Orlando, FL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2023;83(7_Suppl):Abstract nr 3806.
Radiation therapy is a cornerstone of cancer treatment worldwide. Unfortunately, in many cases, it does not control tumor growth, and many tumors display treatment resistance. The molecular pathways leading to treatment resistance in cancer have been subject to research for many years. Isogenic cell lines with divergent radiosensitivities are an extremely useful tool to study the molecular mechanisms that underpin radioresistance in cancer research, as they reduce the genetic variation that is present in patient samples and cell lines of different origin, thus allowing the elucidation of molecular determinants of radioresponse. Here, we describe the process of generating an in vitro isogenic model of radioresistant esophageal adenocarcinoma by chronic irradiation of esophageal adenocarcinoma cells with clinically relevant doses of X-ray radiation. We also characterize cell cycle, apoptosis, reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, DNA damage and repair in this model to investigate the underlying molecular mechanisms of radioresistance in esophageal adenocarcinoma.
Abstract Historically, pre-clinical GBM models have largely failed to predict response in the clinical setting. Here, we establish a more clinically faithful model using the syngeneic NFpp10a-Luc2 mesenchymal-GBM cell line to study response to resection and temozolomide (TMZ), adjuvant/neo-adjuvant anti-PD1 and Regorafenib (REGO) therapy. Cells were orthotopically implanted in C57BL/6-mice. Response to surgical and therapeutic interventions was assessed using bioluminescence imaging (BLI). Murine Microenvironment cell-population (mMCP)-counter, GSEA and multiple iteractive labelling by antibody neodeposition (MILAN, high-dimensional single-cell multiplex analysis) were employed to characterise treatment-related TME effects. We observed survival advantage in aged mice undergoing resection (resection:33.5 days vs non-resection:18 days; p = 0.0166). TMZ/anti-PD1 had no impact on tumour growth (TMZ: p = 0.9001, anti-PD1: p = 0.7933) or survival (TMZ:p = 0.3035, anti-PD1-:p = 0.6328). Neo-adjuvant anti-PD1 also conferred no survival advantage in young mice (33 vs 35 days; p = 0.9429). REGO/REGO+TMZ treatment conferred no survival benefit in young mice (REGO:p = 0.0735 and REGO+TMZ:p = 0.3945). mMCP-counter (which estimates the abundance of TME-cell populations from gene-expression data) showed resection upregulated B-cells and mast-cells, whereas TMZ caused a decreased abundance of vessels. Anti-PD1 treatment caused an enrichment of B-cells, mast-cells, and CXCR3 expression (p = 0.0045). REGO/TMZ+REGO treatment upregulated cytotoxic-lymphocyte populations. MILAN analysis showed resection increased cytotoxic-T-cells (20.3% vs pre-resection:7%). In contrast, TMZ/REGO monotherapy increased tumour-cells and decreased cytotoxic-T-cells. Anti-PD1 decreased macrophage abundance (39.8% vs control:14.5%). Likewise, TMZ+REGO decreased macrophages (11.3% vs control:35.3%) but upregulated B-cells and vessels. Overall, we have characterised response of the NFpp10a mouse model to resection, TMZ, anti-PD1 and REGO. We have shown that the model is insensitive to chemotherapy and TME-targeting therapies, mirroring patient-response patterns. Nevertheless, we observe transcriptomic and proteomic changes following TME-targeting treatments. Further analyses of these TME-associated resistance properties may help guide novel combinatorial treatment regimens. Overall, the NFpp10a model of mesenchymal GBM may be employed in future pre-clinical studies to accurately guide future clinical trials.