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Sakamoto A, Inoue H, Miyamoto S, Ito S, Soda Y, Tani K. Coxsackievirus A11 is an immunostimulatory oncolytic virus that induces complete tumor regression in a human non-small cell lung cancer. Sci Rep 2023; 13:5924. [PMID: 37046036 PMCID: PMC10097657 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-33126-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2022] [Accepted: 04/07/2023] [Indexed: 04/14/2023] Open
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Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Innovative treatment is required to improve overall survival rates for advanced NSCLC. Oncolytic virotherapy using enteroviruses has emerged as a promising anticancer strategy. To identify a novel, potent virotherapy with an improved safety profile, we assessed the oncolytic activity of 28 enteroviral strains and focused on coxsackievirus A11 (CVA11). CVA11 infection caused extensive oncolytic activity in all three of the examined human NSCLC cell lines, with high intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) expression associated with greater CVA11-induced cytotoxicity. In vitro inhibition analysis using a pan-caspase inhibitor and western blot detection of cleaved poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) indicated that apoptosis partly contributed to CVA11-driven cytotoxicity. CVA11 infection-induced immunogenic cell death in vitro was strongly suggested by substantial calreticulin expression and release of high mobility group box-1 protein (HMGB1). Moreover, in vivo treatment of human NSCLC xenografts with intratumoral CVA11 injection caused complete tumor regression in all treated mice, without significant weight loss. Our findings indicate that novel oncolytic virotherapy utilizing CVA11 may be less toxic and more effective than current treatments for human NSCLC, thus warranting further investigation in clinical trial settings, especially in combination with immunotherapy.
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- Akira Sakamoto
- Laboratory of ALA Advanced Medical Research, Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan.
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- Laboratory of ALA Advanced Medical Research, Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Division of Oncology, Research Center for Medical Sciences, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of ALA Advanced Medical Research, Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of ALA Advanced Medical Research, Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of ALA Advanced Medical Research, Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
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Comprehensive Multiomic Analysis Identified TUBA1C as a Potential Prognostic Biological Marker of Immune-Related Therapy in Pan-Cancer. COMPUTATIONAL AND MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN MEDICINE 2022; 2022:9493115. [DOI: 10.1155/2022/9493115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2022] [Revised: 06/09/2022] [Accepted: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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TUBA1C is correlated with an unfavourable prognosis and the infiltration of immune cells in several cancers. However, its function as a significant biomarker for the prognosis of immunotherapy in pan-cancer remains unclear. This study aims at assessing the role of TUBA1C in pan-cancer at multiple levels, including mutations, gene expression, methylation, m6A methylation, and immune cell infiltration levels. Data retrieved from major public databases, such as TCGA, GEO, GTEx, GSCA, CancerSEA, HPA, and RNAactDrugs, revealed that TUBA1C expression was high in 33 cancer types. Survival analysis revealed that TUBA1C was a poor prognostic factor for 12 tumour types, and mutations, CNVs, and methylation affected the prognosis of some cancer types. Furthermore, TUBA1C was found to be related to immune-related genes, immune cell infiltration, and the immune microenvironment. In addition, the sensitivity of 10 anticancer drugs was associated with high TUBA1C expression. Therefore, TUBA1C may serve as a viable prognostic biomarker for immunotherapy of pan-cancer.
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Li X, Chen L, Gao Y, Zhang Q, Chang AK, Yang Z, Bi X. Black raspberry anthocyanins increased the antiproliferative effects of 5-Fluorouracil and Celecoxib in colorectal cancer cells and mouse model. J Funct Foods 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2021.104801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Balakrishnan A, Malik N. Chandipura Virus' Oncolytic Potential in Experimentally Induced Tumor in Mice. Intervirology 2020; 64:1-4. [PMID: 33321508 DOI: 10.1159/000512299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2020] [Accepted: 09/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Chandipura virus (CHPV) is a tropical pathogen, suggesting its involvement in childhood encephalitis syndrome in India. No reports are available in adult human beings for its pathogenicity. Similarly, in adult mice, the virus does not develop pathogenesis by parenteral route except for intracranial route of infection. The virus is remarkably nonpathogenic to adult immunocompromised nude mice. In vitro in tissue culture, the CHPV infects and kills many types of cells. All of these properties could qualify the CHPV to be a candidate virus for tumor therapy. To prove this, an experimentally induced tumor in a mouse was infected with live CHPV. The results showed that intra-tumoral injection reduced the volume of tumor and increased the longevity of the mice. The study concludes that the CHPV may be a safe tumor therapy virus. More precisely, the discovery of CHPV protein with oncolytic potential may lead to the development of novel drugs/therapeutics.
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- Anukumar Balakrishnan
- ICMR-National Institute of Virology-Kerala Unit, Govt.T.D.Medical College Hospital, Alappuzha, India,
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
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Pinheiro S, Pinheiro EMC, Muri EMF, Pessôa JC, Cadorini MA, Greco SJ. Biological activities of [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines and analogs. Med Chem Res 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s00044-020-02609-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Gooding AJ, Schiemann WP. Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Programs and Cancer Stem Cell Phenotypes: Mediators of Breast Cancer Therapy Resistance. Mol Cancer Res 2020; 18:1257-1270. [PMID: 32503922 DOI: 10.1158/1541-7786.mcr-20-0067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2020] [Revised: 04/20/2020] [Accepted: 06/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) programs play essential functions in normal morphogenesis and organogenesis, including that occurring during mammary gland development and glandular regeneration. Historically, EMT programs were believed to reflect a loss of epithelial gene expression signatures and morphologies that give way to those associated with mesenchymal cells and their enhanced migratory and invasive behaviors. However, accumulating evidence now paints EMT programs as representing a spectrum of phenotypic behaviors that also serve to enhance cell survival, immune tolerance, and perhaps even metastatic dormancy. Equally important, the activation of EMT programs in transformed mammary epithelial cells not only enhances their acquisition of invasive and metastatic behaviors, but also expands their generation of chemoresistant breast cancer stem cells (BCSC). Importantly, the net effect of these events results in the appearance of recurrent metastatic lesions that remain refractory to the armamentarium of chemotherapies and targeted therapeutic agents deployed against advanced stage breast cancers. Here we review the molecular and cellular mechanisms that contribute to the pathophysiology of EMT programs in human breast cancers and how these events impact their "stemness" and acquisition of chemoresistant phenotypes.
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- Alex J Gooding
- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Hamid AB, Petreaca RC. Secondary Resistant Mutations to Small Molecule Inhibitors in Cancer Cells. Cancers (Basel) 2020; 12:cancers12040927. [PMID: 32283832 PMCID: PMC7226513 DOI: 10.3390/cancers12040927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2020] [Revised: 04/05/2020] [Accepted: 04/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Secondary resistant mutations in cancer cells arise in response to certain small molecule inhibitors. These mutations inevitably cause recurrence and often progression to a more aggressive form. Resistant mutations may manifest in various forms. For example, some mutations decrease or abrogate the affinity of the drug for the protein. Others restore the function of the enzyme even in the presence of the inhibitor. In some cases, resistance is acquired through activation of a parallel pathway which bypasses the function of the drug targeted pathway. The Catalogue of Somatic Mutations in Cancer (COSMIC) produced a compendium of resistant mutations to small molecule inhibitors reported in the literature. Here, we build on these data and provide a comprehensive review of resistant mutations in cancers. We also discuss mechanistic parallels of resistance.
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Huang MY, Huang CW, Wang JY. Surgical treatment following neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancer. Kaohsiung J Med Sci 2019; 36:152-159. [PMID: 31814296 DOI: 10.1002/kjm2.12161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2019] [Accepted: 11/11/2019] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Colorectal cancer is a major public health problem worldwide, and locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) is known for its poor prognosis. A multimodal treatment approach is the only method to achieve satisfactory local recurrence and survival rates in LARC. Determining which therapeutic modality for LARC has the most satisfactory influence on quality of life and disease outcome is still controversial. LARC treatment is subject to continuous advancement due to the development of new and better diagnostic tools, radiotherapy techniques, and chemotherapeutic agents. Herein, we review various therapeutic modalities for LARC from several aspects. In addition to radiotherapy techniques such as neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (NCRT), we discuss the progress of chemotherapy, appropriate time interval between NCRT and surgery, relationship between tumor location and NCRT efficacy/safety, wait-and-watch policy, and predictors of treatment response following NCRT. Because of the controversies and unanswered questions regarding NCRT treatments for LARC, additional investigations are required to determine which therapeutic approach is the most feasible for LARC patients.
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- Ming-Yii Huang
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.,Department of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.,Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.,Drug Development and Value Creation Research Center, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.,Center for Cancer Research, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.,Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.,Drug Development and Value Creation Research Center, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.,Center for Cancer Research, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.,Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.,Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.,Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.,Clinical Pharmacogenomics and Pharmacoproteomics, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Li P, Zhong D, Gong PY. Synergistic effect of paclitaxel and verapamil to overcome multi-drug resistance in breast cancer cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2019; 516:183-188. [PMID: 31204050 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2019.05.189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2019] [Accepted: 05/31/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to investigate the synergistic effect of paclitaxel (PTX) and verapamil (VERA) on adriamycin (ADR)-resistant breast cancer (MCF-7/ADR) cells. METHODS ATP-PCA was applied to determine the inhibitory effects of PTX combined with VERA on MCF-7/ADR cells. Edu, CCK-8 and Flow cytometry (FCM), Annexin V-FITC binding and Western blot were used to analyze the effects of combination therapy with PTX and VERA on cell proliferation, progression of cell cycle and cell apoptosis. RESULTS PTX-based treatments with VERA enhanced killing effect on MCF-7/ADR cells. IC50 value of cell was significantly decreased in combination treatment compared with PTX administrated. VERA enhanced the efficacy and sensitivity of PTX to MCF-7/ADR cells. Combination of PTX and VERA could inhibit cell proliferation via arresting progression of cell cycle and promote cell apoptosis. CONCLUSION PTX, along with VERA, had a synergistic action in anti-tumor response and may be proposed as a novel treatment strategy for chemo-resistant breast cancer.
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- Peng Li
- Department of Pathology, Xuzhou Health Hospital of Women and Children, Xuzhou, 221009, PR China
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- Department of Pathology, Xuzhou Health Hospital of Women and Children, Xuzhou, 221009, PR China
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- Department of Pathology, Xuzhou Health Hospital of Women and Children, Xuzhou, 221009, PR China.
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Gooding AJ, Parker KA, Valadkhan S, Schiemann WP. The IncRNA BORG: A novel inducer of TNBC metastasis, chemoresistance, and disease recurrence. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019; 5. [PMID: 31435529 DOI: 10.20517/2394-4722.2019.11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Although greater than 90% of breast cancer-related mortality can be attributed to metastases, the molecular mechanisms underpinning the dissemination of primary breast tumor cells and their ability to establish malignant lesions in distant tissues remain incompletely understood. Genomic and transcriptomic analyses identified a class of transcripts called long noncoding RNA (lncRNA), which interact both directly and indirectly with key components of gene regulatory networks to alter cell proliferation, invasion, and metastasis. We identified a pro-metastatic lncRNA BORG whose aberrant expression promotes metastatic relapse by reactivating proliferative programs in dormant disseminated tumor cells (DTCs). BORG expression is broadly and strongly induced by environmental and chemotherapeutic stresses, a transcriptional response that facilitates the survival of DTCs. Transcriptomic reprogramming in response to BORG resulted in robust signaling via survival and viability pathways, as well as decreased activation of cell death pathways. As such, BORG expression acts as a (i) marker capable of predicting which breast cancer patients are predisposed to develop secondary metastatic lesions, and (ii) unique therapeutic target to maximize chemosensitivity of DTCs. Here we review the molecular and cellular factors that contribute to the pathophysiological activities of BORG during its regulation of breast cancer metastasis, chemoresistance, and disease recurrence.
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- Alex J Gooding
- Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106
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- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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Chang L, Xiao M, Yang L, Wang S, Wang SQ, Bender A, Hu A, Chen ZS, Yu B, Liu HM. Discovery of a non-toxic [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-7-one (WS-10) that modulates ABCB1-mediated multidrug resistance (MDR). Bioorg Med Chem 2018; 26:5974-5985. [PMID: 30401501 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2018.10.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Multidrug resistance (MDR) has been shown to reduce the effectiveness of chemotherapy. Strategies to overcoming MDR have been widely explored in the last decades, leading to a generation of numerous small molecules targeting ABC and MRP transporters. Among the ABC family, ABCB1 plays key roles in the development of drug resistance and is the most well studied. In this work, we report the discovery of non-toxic [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-7-one (WS-10) from our structurally diverse in-house compound collection that selectively modulates ABCB1-mediated multidrug resistance. WS-10 enhanced the intracellular accumulation of paclitaxel in SW620/Ad300 cells, but did not affect the expression of ABCB1 Protein and ABCB1 localization. The cellular thermal shift assay (CETSA) showed that WS-10 was able to bind to ABCB1, which could be responsible for the reversal effect of WS-10 toward paclitaxel and doxorubicin in SW620/Ad300 cells. Docking simulations were performed to show the possible binding modes of WS-10 within ABCB1 transporter. To conclude, WS-10 could be used as a template for designing new ABCB1 modulators to overcome ABCB1-mediated multidrug resistance.
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- Liming Chang
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China; Co-Innovation Center of Henan Province for New Drug R & D and Preclinical Safety, Zhengzhou 450001, China; Key Laboratory of Technology of Drug Preparation (Zhengzhou University), Ministry of Education of China, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Centre for Molecular Informatics, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China; Co-Innovation Center of Henan Province for New Drug R & D and Preclinical Safety, Zhengzhou 450001, China; Key Laboratory of Technology of Drug Preparation (Zhengzhou University), Ministry of Education of China, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China; Co-Innovation Center of Henan Province for New Drug R & D and Preclinical Safety, Zhengzhou 450001, China; Key Laboratory of Technology of Drug Preparation (Zhengzhou University), Ministry of Education of China, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Centre for Molecular Informatics, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY 11439, USA
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China; Co-Innovation Center of Henan Province for New Drug R & D and Preclinical Safety, Zhengzhou 450001, China; Key Laboratory of Technology of Drug Preparation (Zhengzhou University), Ministry of Education of China, Zhengzhou 450001, China; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Screening, Guangzhou 510033, China.
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China; Co-Innovation Center of Henan Province for New Drug R & D and Preclinical Safety, Zhengzhou 450001, China; Key Laboratory of Technology of Drug Preparation (Zhengzhou University), Ministry of Education of China, Zhengzhou 450001, China.
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Chang L, Xiao M, Yang L, Wang S, Wang SQ, Bender A, Hu A, Chen ZS, Yu B, Liu HM. Discovery of a non-toxic [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-7-one (WS-10) that modulates ABCB1-mediated multidrug resistance (MDR). Bioorg Med Chem 2018; 26:5006-5017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2018.08.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2018] [Revised: 07/25/2018] [Accepted: 08/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Zhang Z, Guo X, To KK, Chen Z, Fang X, Luo M, Ma C, Xu J, Yan S, Fu L. Olmutinib (HM61713) reversed multidrug resistance by inhibiting the activity of ATP-binding cassette subfamily G member 2 in vitro and in vivo. Acta Pharm Sin B 2018; 8:563-574. [PMID: 30109181 PMCID: PMC6089862 DOI: 10.1016/j.apsb.2018.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2018] [Revised: 05/30/2018] [Accepted: 06/04/2018] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Overexpressing of ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters is the essential cause of multidrug resistance (MDR), which is a significant hurdle to the success of chemotherapy in many cancers. Therefore, inhibiting the activity of ABC transporters may be a logical approach to circumvent MDR. Olmutinib is an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), which has been approved in South Korea for advanced EGFR T790M-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Here, we found that olmutinib significantly increased the sensitivity of chemotherapy drug in ABCG2-overexpressing cells. Furthermore, olmutinib could also increase the retention of doxorubicin (DOX) and rhodamine 123 (Rho 123) in ABC transporter subfamily G member 2 (ABCG2)-overexpressing cells. In addition, olmutinib was found to stimulate ATPase activity and inhibit photolabeling of ABCG2 with [125I]-iodoarylazidoprazosin (IAAP). However, olmutinib neither altered ABCG2 expression at protein and mRNA levels nor blocked EGFR, Her-2 downstream signaling of AKT and ERK. Importantly, olmutinib enhanced the efficacy of topotecan on the inhibition of S1-MI-80 cell xenograft growth. All the results suggest that olmutinib reverses ABCG2-mediated MDR by binding to ATP bind site of ABCG2 and increasing intracellular chemotherapeutic drug accumulation. Our findings encouraged to further clinical investigation on combination therapy of olmutinib with conventional chemotherapeutic drugs in ABCG2-overexpressing cancer patients.
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Key Words
- ABC, adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-binding cassette
- ABCG2
- ABCG2, ABC transporter subfamily G member 2
- ATPase
- Chemotherapy
- DDP, cisplatin
- DMEM, Dulbecco׳s modified Eagle׳s medium
- DMSO, dimethyl sulfoxide
- DOX, doxorubicin
- FTC, fumitremorgin C
- IAAP, iodoarylazidoprazosin
- MDR, multidrug resistance
- MTT, 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazoliumbromide
- MX, methotrexate
- Multidrug resistance
- Olmutinib
- PCR, polymerase chain reaction
- Rho 123, rhodamine 123
- TKI, tyrosine kinase inhibitor
- Tyrosine kinase inhibitor
- VRP, verapamil
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Huang MY, Huang JJ, Huang CM, Lin CH, Tsai HL, Huang CW, Chai CY, Lin CY, Wang JY. Relationship Between Expression of Proteins ERCC1, ERCC2, and XRCC1 and Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Rectal Cancer Treated with FOLFOX-Based Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy. World J Surg 2018; 41:2884-2897. [PMID: 28608017 DOI: 10.1007/s00268-017-4070-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Platinum resistance enhances DNA damage repair through nucleotide excision repair mechanisms involving the excision repair cross-complementing group 1 (ERCC1), X-ray cross-complementing group 1 (XRCC1), and excision repair cross-complementing group 2 (ERCC2). We evaluated the correlation between the expression of these three DNA repair genes and clinical outcomes in patients with rectal cancer receiving FOLFOX-based preoperative chemoradiotherapy (CRT). METHODS Using immunohistochemistry, we examined the expression of ERCC1, ERCC2, and XRCC1 in pre-CRT cancer tissues from 86 patients with rectal cancer who had undergone curative resection and preoperative CRT with FOLFOX-4 to identify potential predictors of clinical outcomes. RESULTS Following CRT, 57 and 29 patients were classified as responders (pathological tumor regression grade TRG 0 and TRG 1) and poor responders (TRG 2 and TRG 3), respectively. The multivariate analysis revealed that ERCC1 overexpression was correlated with a poor CRT response [p < 0.0001; odds ratio (OR), 9.397; 95% confidence interval (CI) 2.721-32.457]. Furthermore, a poor response to CRT (pathological TRG of 2-3) (p = 0.18; OR 5.685; 95% CI 1.349-23.954) and abnormal pre-CRT serum carcinoembryonic antigen levels (>5 ng/mL) (p = 0.03; OR 6.288; 95% CI 1.198-33.006) were independent predictors of postoperative relapse. By contrast, ERCC2 and XRCC1 expression did not play predictive roles in the analyzed patients. CONCLUSIONS ERCC1 overexpression is associated with a poor preoperative CRT response in patients with rectal cancer receiving FOLFOX-based preoperative CRT. ERCC1 is a potential biomarker for identifying patients who can benefit from customized treatment programs.
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- Ming-Yii Huang
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Center for Biomarkers and Biotech Drugs, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Family Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Department of Pathology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Department of Pathology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, No. 100 Tzyou 1st Road, Kaohsiung, 807, Taiwan.
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- Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
- Department of Surgery, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Center for Natural products and Drug Development, Center for Biomarkers and Biotech Drugs and Center for Environmental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, No. 100 Tzyou 1st Road, Kaohsiung, 807, Taiwan.
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Qiu Q, Liu B, Cui J, Li Z, Deng X, Qiang H, Li J, Liao C, Zhang B, Shi W, Pan M, Huang W, Qian H. Design, Synthesis, and Pharmacological Characterization of N-(4-(2 (6,7-Dimethoxy-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-2(1H)yl)ethyl)phenyl)quinazolin-4-amine Derivatives: Novel Inhibitors Reversing P-Glycoprotein-Mediated Multidrug Resistance. J Med Chem 2017; 60:3289-3302. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b01787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Qianqian Qiu
- Center of Drug Discovery,
State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, PR China
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- Center of Drug Discovery,
State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, PR China
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- Center of Drug Discovery,
State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, PR China
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- Center of Drug Discovery,
State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, PR China
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- Center of Drug Discovery,
State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, PR China
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- Center of Drug Discovery,
State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, PR China
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- Center of Drug Discovery,
State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, PR China
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- Center of Drug Discovery,
State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, PR China
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- Center of Drug Discovery,
State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, PR China
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- Center of Drug Discovery,
State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, PR China
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- Center of Drug Discovery,
State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, PR China
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- Center of Drug Discovery,
State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, PR China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Discovery for Metabolic
Disease, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, PR China
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- Center of Drug Discovery,
State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, PR China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Discovery for Metabolic
Disease, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, PR China
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Belizário JE, Sangiuliano BA, Perez-Sosa M, Neyra JM, Moreira DF. Using Pharmacogenomic Databases for Discovering Patient-Target Genes and Small Molecule Candidates to Cancer Therapy. Front Pharmacol 2016; 7:312. [PMID: 27746730 PMCID: PMC5040751 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2016.00312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2016] [Accepted: 08/31/2016] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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With multiple omics strategies being applied to several cancer genomics projects, researchers have the opportunity to develop a rational planning of targeted cancer therapy. The investigation of such numerous and diverse pharmacogenomic datasets is a complex task. It requires biological knowledge and skills on a set of tools to accurately predict signaling network and clinical outcomes. Herein, we describe Web-based in silico approaches user friendly for exploring integrative studies on cancer biology and pharmacogenomics. We briefly explain how to submit a query to cancer genome databases to predict which genes are significantly altered across several types of cancers using CBioPortal. Moreover, we describe how to identify clinically available drugs and potential small molecules for gene targeting using CellMiner. We also show how to generate a gene signature and compare gene expression profiles to investigate the complex biology behind drug response using Connectivity Map. Furthermore, we discuss on-going challenges, limitations and new directions to integrate molecular, biological and epidemiological information from oncogenomics platforms to create hypothesis-driven projects. Finally, we discuss the use of Patient-Derived Xenografts models (PDXs) for drug profiling in vivo assay. These platforms and approaches are a rational way to predict patient-targeted therapy response and to develop clinically relevant small molecules drugs.
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- José E Belizário
- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo São Paulo, Brazil
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Chen X, Liu Z, Parker SG, Zhang X, Gooding JJ, Ru Y, Liu Y, Zhou Y. Light-Induced Hydrogel Based on Tumor-Targeting Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles as a Theranostic Platform for Sustained Cancer Treatment. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:15857-15863. [PMID: 27265514 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b02562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Herein, we report a facile fabrication of a polymer (azobenzene and α-cyclodextrin-functionalized hyaluronic acid) and gold nanobipyramids (AuNBs) conjugated mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) to be used as an injectable drug delivery system for sustained cancer treatment. Because of the specific affinity between the hyaluronic acid (HA) on MSNs and the CD44 antigen overexpressed on tumor cells, the MSNs can selectively attach to tumor cells. The nanocomposite material then exploits thermoresponsive interactions between α-cyclodextrin and azobenzene, and the photothermal properties of gold nanobipyramids, to in situ self-assemble into a hydrogel under near-infrared (NIR) radiation. Upon gelation, the drug (doxorubicin)-loaded MSNs carriers were enclosed in the HA network of the hydrogel, whereas further degradation of the HA in the hydrogel due to the upregulation of hyaluronidase (HAase) around the tumor tissue will result in the release of MSNs from the hydrogel, which can then be taken by tumor cells and deliver their drug to the cell nuclei. This design is able to provide a microenvironment with rich anticancer drugs in, and around, the tumor tissue for time periods long enough to prevent the recrudescence of the disease. The extra efficacy that this strategy affords builds upon the capabilities of conventional therapies.
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- Xin Chen
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Institute of Polymer Science in Chemical Engineering, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Energy Chemical Process Intensification, Xi'an Jiao Tong University , Xi'an, 710049, P.R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology, Department of Prosthodontics, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology , Beijing 100081, P.R. China
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- School of Chemistry, Australian Centre for NanoMedicine, and ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, University of New South Wales , Sydney 2052, Australia
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University , Wuhan 430072, P.R. China
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- School of Chemistry, Australian Centre for NanoMedicine, and ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, University of New South Wales , Sydney 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Institute of Polymer Science in Chemical Engineering, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Energy Chemical Process Intensification, Xi'an Jiao Tong University , Xi'an, 710049, P.R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Institute of Polymer Science in Chemical Engineering, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Energy Chemical Process Intensification, Xi'an Jiao Tong University , Xi'an, 710049, P.R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology, Department of Prosthodontics, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology , Beijing 100081, P.R. China
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Gupta P, Jani KA, Yang DH, Sadoqi M, Squillante E, Chen ZS. Revisiting the role of nanoparticles as modulators of drug resistance and metabolism in cancer. Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol 2016; 12:281-9. [DOI: 10.1517/17425255.2016.1145655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Pranav Gupta
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John’s University, Queens, New York, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John’s University, Queens, New York, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John’s University, Queens, New York, USA
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- Department of Physics, St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, St. John’s University, Queens, New York, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John’s University, Queens, New York, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John’s University, Queens, New York, USA
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Liu F, Chang H, Xu W, Zhai Y. The effects of Livin shRNA on the response to cisplatin in HepG2 cells. Oncol Lett 2016; 10:2957-2961. [PMID: 26722271 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2015.3629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2014] [Accepted: 03/04/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Hepatocellular carcinoma is a lethal malignancy with poor prognosis, partially due to tumor metastasis, recurrence and resistance to chemo- or radio-therapy. Cisplatin can inhibit cancer cell DNA replication, and is widely used in the clinical treatment of tumors. The present study aimed to generate eukaryotic expression vectors for Livin shRNA and to examine the effects of Livin shRNA on the chemosensitivity of HepG2 hepatocellular carcinoma cells. Eukaryotic expression vectors for Livin shRNA (pSD11-U6/Neo/GFP/Livin) were designed and constructed. The HepG2 hepatocellular carcinoma cell line was transfected with this vector using the liposome method. The expression levels of Livin mRNA and protein were measured by quantitative polymerase chain reaction and western blot analysis. The rate of cell growth inhibition was measured using MTT assay following treatment of the cells with cisplatin (2.0 mg/l). DNA sequencing confirmed that the construction of the eukaryotic expression vector for Livin shRNA had been successful. Transfection of these vectors into HepG2 cells led to a significant reduction in the expression levels of Livin mRNA and protein (P<0.05). Cisplatin treatment was associated with significantly higher rates of cell growth inhibition in HepG2 cells transfected with Livin shRNA compared with those that were not transfected (P<0.05). The vectors constructed in the present study produced effective inhibition of the Livin gene in HepG2 cells and increased the chemosensitivity of hepatocellular carcinoma cells.
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- Fangfeng Liu
- Department of General Surgery, Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250021, P.R. China
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- Department of General Surgery, Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250021, P.R. China
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- Department of General Surgery, Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250021, P.R. China
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- Department of General Surgery, Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250021, P.R. China
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Wang YJ, Zhang YK, Kathawala RJ, Chen ZS. Repositioning of Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors as Antagonists of ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters in Anticancer Drug Resistance. Cancers (Basel) 2014; 6:1925-52. [PMID: 25268163 PMCID: PMC4276951 DOI: 10.3390/cancers6041925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2014] [Revised: 09/04/2014] [Accepted: 09/11/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The phenomenon of multidrug resistance (MDR) has attenuated the efficacy of anticancer drugs and the possibility of successful cancer chemotherapy. ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters play an essential role in mediating MDR in cancer cells by increasing efflux of drugs from cancer cells, hence reducing the intracellular accumulation of chemotherapeutic drugs. Interestingly, small-molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), such as AST1306, lapatinib, linsitinib, masitinib, motesanib, nilotinib, telatinib and WHI-P154, have been found to have the capability to overcome anticancer drug resistance by inhibiting ABC transporters in recent years. This review will focus on some of the latest and clinical developments with ABC transporters, TKIs and anticancer drug resistance.
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- Yi-Jun Wang
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY 11439, USA.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY 11439, USA.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY 11439, USA.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY 11439, USA.
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Tyrosine kinase inhibitors as reversal agents for ABC transporter mediated drug resistance. Molecules 2014; 19:13848-77. [PMID: 25191874 PMCID: PMC6271846 DOI: 10.3390/molecules190913848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2014] [Revised: 08/25/2014] [Accepted: 08/29/2014] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Tyrosine kinases (TKs) play an important role in pathways that regulate cancer cell proliferation, apoptosis, angiogenesis and metastasis. Aberrant activity of TKs has been implicated in several types of cancers. In recent years, tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) have been developed to interfere with the activity of deregulated kinases. These TKIs are remarkably effective in the treatment of various human cancers including head and neck, gastric, prostate and breast cancer and several types of leukemia. However, these TKIs are transported out of the cell by ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters, resulting in development of a characteristic drug resistance phenotype in cancer patients. Interestingly, some of these TKIs also inhibit the ABC transporter mediated multi drug resistance (MDR) thereby; enhancing the efficacy of conventional chemotherapeutic drugs. This review discusses the clinically relevant TKIs and their interaction with ABC drug transporters in modulating MDR.
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Wang YJ, Kathawala RJ, Zhang YK, Patel A, Kumar P, Shukla S, Fung KL, Ambudkar SV, Talele TT, Chen ZS. Motesanib (AMG706), a potent multikinase inhibitor, antagonizes multidrug resistance by inhibiting the efflux activity of the ABCB1. Biochem Pharmacol 2014; 90:367-78. [PMID: 24937702 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2014.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2014] [Revised: 06/07/2014] [Accepted: 06/09/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Cancer cells often become resistant to chemotherapy through a phenomenon known as multidrug resistance (MDR). Several factors are responsible for the development of MDR, preeminent among them being the accelerated drug efflux mediated by overexpression of ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporters. Some small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) were recently reported to modulate the activity of ABC transporters. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine if motesanib, a multikinase inhibitor, could reverse ABCB1-mediated MDR. The results showed that motesanib significantly sensitized both ABCB1-transfected and drug-selected cell lines overexpressing this transporter to its substrate anticancer drugs. Motesanib significantly increased the accumulation of [(3)H]-paclitaxel in ABCB1 overexpressing cells by blocking the efflux function of ABCB1 transporter. In contrast, no significant change in the expression levels and localization pattern of ABCB1 was observed when ABCB1 overexpressing cells were exposed to 3μM motesanib for 72h. Moreover, motesanib stimulated the ATPase activity of ABCB1 in a concentration-dependent manner, indicating a direct interaction with the transporter. Consistent with these findings, the docking studies indicated favorable binding of motesanib within the transmembrane region of homology modeled human ABCB1. Here, we report for the first time, motesanib, at clinically achievable plasma concentrations, antagonizes MDR by inhibiting the efflux activity of the ABCB1 transporter. These findings may be useful for cancer combination therapy with TKIs in the clinic.
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- Yi-Jun Wang
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY 11439, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY 11439, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY 11439, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY 11439, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY 11439, USA
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY 11439, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY 11439, USA.
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Hong CE, Park AK, Lyu SY. Synergistic anticancer effects of lectin and doxorubicin in breast cancer cells. Mol Cell Biochem 2014; 394:225-35. [PMID: 24878989 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-014-2099-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2014] [Accepted: 05/15/2014] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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We studied the effects, either combined or alone, of lectin from Korean mistletoe (Viscum album var. coloratum agglutinin, VCA) and doxorubicin (DOX) in MCF-7 (estrogen receptor-positive) and MDA-MB231 (estrogen receptor-negative) human breast cancer cells. When VCA and DOX were combined, a strong synergistic effect was shown in cell growth inhibition, compared to VCA or DOX treatment alone. In quantitative apoptosis studies analyzed by flow cytometry, a combination of two agents showed an increase in apoptosis in both cells, compared to agents alone. Also, pro-apoptotic proteins including Bax, Bik, and Puma were increased in both cells, and the survival factor Bcl-2 was inhibited in MCF-7 cells when drugs were combined. Furthermore, VCA combined with DOX mediated S phase arrest, accompanied with a decrease of cell number at G0/G1 phase. This suggests that VCA and DOX combination may possibly lead to a novel strategy for the treatment of breast cancer.
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- Chang-Eui Hong
- Department of Biology, Chonnam National University, 77 Yongbong-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju, 500-757, Korea
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Kathawala RJ, Chen JJ, Zhang YK, Wang YJ, Patel A, Wang DS, Talele TT, Ashby CR, Chen ZS. Masitinib antagonizes ATP-binding cassette subfamily G member 2-mediated multidrug resistance. Int J Oncol 2014; 44:1634-42. [PMID: 24626598 PMCID: PMC4027943 DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2014.2341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2013] [Accepted: 02/06/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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In this in vitro study, we determined whether masitinib could reverse multidrug resistance (MDR) in cells overexpressing the ATP binding cassette subfamily G member 2 (ABCG2) transporter. Masitinib (1.25 and 2.5 μM) significantly decreases the resistance to mitoxantrone (MX), SN38 and doxorubicin in HEK293 and H460 cells overexpressing the ABCG2 transporter. In addition, masitinib (2.5 μM) significantly increased the intracellular accumulation of [3H]-MX, a substrate for ABCG2, by inhibiting the function of ABCG2 and significantly decreased the efflux of [3H]-MX. However, masitinib (2.5 μM) did not significantly alter the expression of the ABCG2 protein. In addition, a docking model suggested that masitinib binds within the transmembrane region of a homology-modeled human ABCG2 transporter. Overall, our in vitro findings suggest that masitinib reverses MDR to various anti-neoplastic drugs in HEK293 and H460 cells overexpressing ABCG2 by inhibiting their transport activity as opposed to altering their levels of expression.
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- Rishil J Kathawala
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY, USA
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Ying LS, Yu JL, Lu XX, Ling ZQ. Enhanced RegIV expression predicts the intrinsic 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) resistance in advanced gastric cancer. Dig Dis Sci 2013; 58:414-22. [PMID: 23010741 DOI: 10.1007/s10620-012-2381-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2012] [Accepted: 08/20/2012] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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AIM RegIV, a member of the Regenerating (REG) gene family, may be a marker for the prediction of resistance to 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)-based chemotherapy. However, the relationship between the intrinsic drug resistance of gastric cancer (GC) cells to 5-FU used alone (single FU) or in multidrug therapeutic regimens (5-FU combinations) and RegIV expression has not been investigated. METHODS The patient cohort comprised 45 patients with primary GC. The chemoresistance of GC cells to therapeutic regimens consisting of single 5-FU or FU combinations was investigated using the ATP-tumor chemosensitivity assay. The level of RegIV mRNA transcripts was determined by real-time reverse transcriptase-PCR. RegIV expression was evaluated as a novel predictive biomarker for the intrinsic drug resistance of primary GC cells to single 5-FU or 5-FU combinations. RESULTS Upregulation of RegIV mRNA transcripts was observed in 36 of the 45 tumor specimens and was positively correlated with the invasive depth of the tumor cells (p = 0.000), the clinical stages (p = 0.000) and the in vitro intrinsic drug resistance of primary GC cells to 5-FU (p = 0.000) or 5-FU combinations. CONCLUSION RegIV mRNA transcript level was strongly associated with the intrinsic resistance of GC cells to single 5-FU or 5-FU combinations, suggesting that RegIV may play an important role in the intrinsic resistance of GC cells to 5-FU and that targeted therapy against the RegIV gene could be applied to overcome 5-FU resistance in the treatment of GC.
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- Li-Sha Ying
- Zhejiang Cancer Research Institute, Zhejiang Province Cancer Hospital, Zhejiang Cancer Center, No.38 Guangji Rd., Banshanqiao District, Hangzhou, 310022, People's Republic of China.
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Ruderfer DM, Roberts DC, Schreiber SL, Perlstein EO, Kruglyak L. Using expression and genotype to predict drug response in yeast. PLoS One 2009; 4:e6907. [PMID: 19730698 PMCID: PMC2731853 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2009] [Accepted: 07/30/2009] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Personalized, or genomic, medicine entails tailoring pharmacological therapies according to individual genetic variation at genomic loci encoding proteins in drug-response pathways. It has been previously shown that steady-state mRNA expression can be used to predict the drug response (i.e., sensitivity or resistance) of non-genotyped mammalian cancer cell lines to chemotherapeutic agents. In a real-world setting, clinicians would have access to both steady-state expression levels of patient tissue(s) and a patient's genotypic profile, and yet the predictive power of transcripts versus markers is not well understood. We have previously shown that a collection of genotyped and expression-profiled yeast strains can provide a model for personalized medicine. Here we compare the predictive power of 6,229 steady-state mRNA transcript levels and 2,894 genotyped markers using a pattern recognition algorithm. We were able to predict with over 70% accuracy the drug sensitivity of 104 individual genotyped yeast strains derived from a cross between a laboratory strain and a wild isolate. We observe that, independently of drug mechanism of action, both transcripts and markers can accurately predict drug response. Marker-based prediction is usually more accurate than transcript-based prediction, likely reflecting the genetic determination of gene expression in this cross.
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- Douglas M. Ruderfer
- Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Eli & Edythe L. Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Theoretical Division and Center for Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America
- Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Eli & Edythe L. Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America
- * E-mail: (LK); (EOP)
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- Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America
- * E-mail: (LK); (EOP)
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Ding X, Mohd AB, Huang Z, Baba T, Bernardini MQ, Lyerly HK, Berchuck A, Murphy SK, Buermeyer AB, Devi GR. MLH1 expression sensitises ovarian cancer cells to cell death mediated by XIAP inhibition. Br J Cancer 2009; 101:269-77. [PMID: 19603033 PMCID: PMC2720211 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein (XIAP), an endogenous apoptosis suppressor, can determine the level of caspase accumulation and the resultant response to apoptosis-inducing agents such as cisplatin in epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). In addition, the mismatch repair protein, hMLH1, has been linked to DNA damage-induced apoptosis by cisplatin by both p53-dependent and -independent mechanisms. METHODS In this study, hMLH1 expression was correlated with clinical response to platinum drugs and survival in advanced stage (III-IV) EOC patients. We then investigated whether MLH1 loss was a determinant in anti-apoptosis response to cisplatin mediated by XIAP in isogenic and established EOC cell lines with differential p53 status. RESULTS The percentage of cells undergoing cisplatin-induced cell killing was higher in MLH1-proficient cells than in MLH1-defective cells. In addition, the presence of wild-type hMLH1 or hMLH1 re-expression significantly increased sensitivity to 6-thioguanine, a MMR-dependent agent. Cell-death response to 6-thioguanine and cisplatin was associated with significant proteolysis of MLH1, with XIAP destabilisation and increased caspase-3 activity. The siRNA-mediated inhibition of XIAP increased MLH1 proteolysis and cell death in MLH1-proficient cells but not in MLH1-defective cells. CONCLUSION These data suggest that XIAP inhibitors may prove to be an effective means of sensitising EOC to MLH1-dependent apoptosis.
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- X Ding
- Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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de Langen AJ, van den Boogaart VEM, Marcus JT, Lubberink M. Use of H2(15)O-PET and DCE-MRI to measure tumor blood flow. Oncologist 2008; 13:631-44. [PMID: 18586918 DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2007-0235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Positron emission tomography (PET) with H2(15)O and dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) provide noninvasive measurements of tumor blood flow. Both tools offer the ability to monitor the direct target of antiangiogenic treatment, and their use is increasingly being studied in trials evaluating such drugs. Antiangiogenic therapy offers great potential and, to an increasing extent, benefit for oncological patients in a variety of palliative and curative settings. Because this type of targeted therapy frequently results in consolidation of the tumor mass instead of regression, monitoring treatment response with the standard volumetric approach (Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors) leads to underestimation of the response rate. Monitoring direct targets of anticancer therapy might be superior to indirect size changes. In addition, measures of tumor blood flow contribute to a better understanding of tumor biology. This review shows that DCE-MRI and H2(15)O-PET provide reliable measures of tumor perfusion, provided that a certain level of standardization is applied. Heterogeneity in scan acquisition and data analysis complicates the interpretation of study results. Also, limitations inherent to both techniques must be considered when interpreting DCE-MRI and H2(15)O-PET results. This review focuses on the technical and physiological aspects of both techniques and aims to provide the essential information necessary to critically evaluate the use of DCE-MRI and H2(15)O-PET in an oncological setting.
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- Adrianus J de Langen
- Department of Pulmonary Diseases, VU University Medical Center, PO Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Alteration in epigenetic regulation of gene expression is a frequent event in human cancer. CpG island hypermethylation and downregulation is observed for many genes involved in a diverse range of functions and pathways that become deregulated in cancer. Paradoxically, global hypomethylation is a hallmark of almost all human cancers. Methylation profiles can be used as molecular markers to distinguish subtypes of cancers and potentially as predictors of disease outcome and treatment response. The role of epigenetics in diagnosis and treatment is likely to increase as mechanisms leading to the transcriptional silencing of genes involved in human cancers are revealed. Drugs that inhibit methylation are used both as a research tool to assess reactivation of genes silenced in cancer by hypermethylation and in the treatment of some hematological malignancies. Multidimensional analysis, evaluating genetic and epigenetic alterations on a global and locus-specific scale in human cancer, is imperative to understand mechanisms driving changes in gene dosage, and as a means towards identifying pathways driving cancer initiation and progression.
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- Emily A Vucic
- British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, Department of Cancer Genetics and Developmental Biology, 675 West 10th Avenue, V5Z 1L3, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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Backendorf C, Visser AE, de Boer AG, Zimmerman R, Visser M, Voskamp P, Zhang YH, Noteborn M. Apoptin: therapeutic potential of an early sensor of carcinogenic transformation. Annu Rev Pharmacol Toxicol 2008; 48:143-69. [PMID: 17848136 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.pharmtox.48.121806.154910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The avian virus-derived protein apoptin induces p53-independent apoptosis in a tumor-specific way. Apoptin acts as a multimeric complex and forms superstructures upon binding to DNA. In tumor cells, apoptin is phosphorylated and mainly nuclear, whereas in normal cells it is unphosphorylated, cytoplasmic, and becomes readily neutralized. Interestingly, apoptin phosphorylation, nuclear translocation, and apoptosis can transiently be induced in normal cells by cotransfecting SV40 large T oncogene, indicating that apoptin recognizes early stages of oncogenic transformation. In cancer cells, apoptin appears to recognize survival signals, which it is able to redirect into cell death impulses. Apoptin targets include DEDAF, Nur77, Nmi, Hippi, and the potential drug target APC1. Apoptin-transgenic mice and animal tumor models have revealed apoptin as a safe and efficient antitumor agent, resulting in significant tumor regression. Future antitumor therapies could use apoptin either as a therapeutic bullet or as an early sensor of druggable tumor-specific processes.
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- Claude Backendorf
- Molecular Genetics, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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