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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 104, 期 9, 页码 3460-3465出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0611660104
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angiogenesis; gastric cancer; molecular targeting therapy; pancreatic cancer
Transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta plays a pivotal role in regulation of progression of cancer through effects on tumor microenvironment as well as on cancer cells. TGF-beta inhibitors have recently been shown to prevent the growth and metastasis of certain cancers. However, there may be adverse effects caused by TGF-beta signaling inhibition, including the induction of cancers by the repression of TGF-beta-mediated growth inhibition. Here, we present an application of a short-acting, small-molecule TGF-beta type I receptor (T beta R-1) inhibitor at a low dose in treating several experimental intractable solid tumors, including pancreatic adenocarcinoma and diffuse-type gastric cancer, characterized by hypovascularity and thick fibrosis in tumor microenvironments. Low-dose T beta R-1 inhibitor altered neither TGF-beta signaling in cancer cells nor the amount of fibrotic components. However, it decreased pericyte coverage of the endothelium without reducing endlothelial area specifically in tumor neovasculature and promoted accumulation of macromolecules, including anticancer nanocarriers, in the tumors. Compared with the absence of T beta R-1 inhibitor, anticancer nanocarriers exhibited potent growth-inhibitory effects on these cancers in the presence of T beta R-1 inhibitor. The use of TiSR-1 inhibitor combined with nanocarriers; may thus be of significant clinical and practical importance in treating intractable solid cancers.
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