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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
Volume 94, Issue 1, Pages 204-212Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2008-1456
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- National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases [DK 062027]
- American Cancer Society [RSG-04236]
- National Institutes of Health/Training Program for Organogenesis [T-32-HD007505]
- Medical Scientist Training Program
- Resident Seed Grant from ASTRO
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Context: Drug therapy for adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC), a rare and lethal malignancy, is largely empirical and ineffective. New treatments directed at molecular targets critical to the pathophysiology of ACC may prove more efficacious. Objective: The objective of the study was to profile human adrenal tumors and ACC cell lines to assess activated IGF signaling and determine the efficacy of two IGF receptor (IGF-1R) antagonists alone and in combination with mitotane. Experimental Design: ACC cell lines that display or lack activated IGF signaling are used to assess the effects of two IGF-1R antagonists in cultured cells and ACC xenograft tumors. Results: Transcriptional profiling data derived from DNA microarray analysis of human adrenal tumors implicate IGF2 as the single highest up-regulated transcript in the vast majority of carcinomas. We show that the majority of ACC cell lines tested display constitutive IGF ligand production and activation of downstream effector pathways. Both IGF-1R antagonists cause significant dose-dependent growth inhibition in ACC cell lines. Furthermore, we observe that mitotane, the firstline adrenolytic drug used in patients with ACC, results in enhanced growth inhibition when used in combination with the IGF-1R antagonists. We next examined the activity of IGF-1R antagonists against ACC xenografts in athymic nude mice. IGF inhibition markedly reduced tumor growth greater than that observed with mitotane treatment, and combination therapy with mitotane significantly enhanced tumor growth suppression. Conclusion: These findings establish a critical role of IGF signaling in ACC pathophysiology and provide rationale for use of targeted IGF-1R antagonists to treat adrenocortical carcinoma in future clinical trials. (J Clin Endocrinol Metab 94: 204-212, 2009)
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