Journal
STRAHLENTHERAPIE UND ONKOLOGIE
Volume 188, Issue 5, Pages 431-437Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-011-0054-3
Keywords
Glycolysis; Tumor micromilieu; Human tumor xenograft; Growth delay; Neoplasms
Funding
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) [Ba 1433/4, Ba 1433/5, SA 1749/3-1]
- German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) [03ZIK/OncoRay]
- Saechsische Landesexzellenzinitiative
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High pretreatment tumor lactate content is associated with poor outcome after fractionated irradiation in human squamous cell carcinoma (hSCC) xenografts. Therefore, decreasing lactate content might be a promising approach for increasing tumor radiosensitivity. As the basis for such experiments, the effects of the biochemical inhibitors pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase dichloroacetate (DCA), lactate dehydrogenase oxamate, and monocarboxylic acid transporter-1 alpha-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamate (CHC) on tumor micromilieu and growth were investigated. Oxygen consumption (OCR) and extracellular acidification rates (ECAR) were measured in FaDu and UT-SCC-5 hSCC in response to DCA in vitro. Mice bearing FaDu, UT-SCC-5, and WiDr colorectal adenocarcinoma received either DCA in drinking water or DCA injected twice a day, or CHC injected daily. WiDr was also treated daily with oxamate. FaDu and UT-SCC-5 were either excised 8 days after treatment for histology or tumor growth was monitored. WiDr tumors were excised at 8 mm. Effect of inhibitors on ATP, lactate, hypoxia, and Ki67 labeling index (LI) was evaluated. DCA increased OCR and decreased ECAR in vitro. None of the treatments with inhibitors significantly changed lactate content, hypoxia levels, and Ki67 LI in the three tumor lines in vivo. ATP concentration significantly decreased after only daily twice injections of DCA in FaDu accompanied by a significant increase in necrotic fraction. Tumor growth was not affected by any of the treatments. Overall, tumor micromilieu and tumor growth could not be changed by glycolysis modifiers in the three tumor cell lines in vivo. Further studies are necessary to explore the impact of metabolic targets on radiation response.
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