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MOLECULAR CANCER THERAPEUTICS
卷 6, 期 1, 页码 309-317出版社
AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-06-0517
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Patients with advanced colorectal cancer continue to have poor outcomes because of therapy-refractory disease. We previously showed that secreted protein acidic and rich in cysteine (SPARC) gene and protein could function as a chemotherapy sensitizer by enhancing tumor regression in response to radiation and chemotherapy in tumor xenograft models of chemotherapy-resistant tumors. This function of SPARC was gleamed from a microarray analysis that also revealed down-regulation of the vitamin D receptor (VDR) in therapy-refractory colorectal cancer cells. This study examines the potential synergistic effect of SPARC and vitamin D, which up-regulates VDR, in enhancing chemotherapy response in colorectal cancer. Using MIP101 colorectal cancer cell lines and SPARC-overexpressing MIP101 cells, we were able to show that, in the presence of SPARC, exposure to low doses of 1 alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D-3 significantly reduces cell viability, enhances chemotherapy-induced apoptosis, and inhibits the growth of colorectal cancer cells. Moreover, in tumor xenograft mouse models, up-regulation of VDR was seen in tumors that had the greatest regression following treatment that combined SPARC with chemotherapy. Therefore, our findings reveal a synergistic effect between SPARC and low doses of lot,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 that further augments the sensitivity of tumors to chemotherapy. This combination may prove to be a useful adjunct in the treatment of colorectal cancer, especially in those patients with therapy-refractory disease.
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