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CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH
卷 17, 期 20, 页码 6531-6541出版社
AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-10-3376
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- Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (AIRC)
- Ministero della Salute
- Ministero dell'Universita e della Ricerca (PRIN)
- Regione Campania grants
- AIRC [10129, 9970]
- American-Italian Cancer Foundation
- Sass Foundation for Medical Research
- Italian AIRC [IG 2009-2011]
- Regione Piemonte
- Italian Ministry of University and Research
- European Union [259015]
- FPRC, Fondazione Piemontese per la Ricerca sul Cancro Onlus
Purpose: K-Ras somatic mutations are a strong predictive biomarker for resistance to epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitors in patients with colorectal and pancreatic cancer. We previously showed that the novel Toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) agonist immunomodulatory oligonucleotide (IMO) has a strong in vivo activity in colorectal cancer models by interfering with EGFR-related signaling and synergizing with the anti-EGFR monoclonal antibody cetuximab. Experimental Design: In the present study, we investigated, both in vitro and in vivo, the antitumor effect of IMO alone or in combination with cetuximab in subcutaneous colon and orthotopic pancreatic cancer models harboring K-Ras mutations and resistance to EGFR inhibitors. Results: We showed that IMO was able to significantly restore the sensitivity of K-Ras mutant cancer cells to cetuximab, producing a marked inhibition of cell survival and a complete suppression of mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphorylation, when used in combination with cetuximab. IMO interfered with EGFR-dependent signaling, modulating the functional interaction between TLR9 and EGFR. In vivo, IMO plus cetuximab combination caused a potent and long-lasting cooperative antitumor activity in LS174T colorectal cancer and in orthotopic AsPC1 pancreatic cancer. The capability of IMO to restore cetuximab sensitivity was further confirmed by using K-Ras mutant colorectal cancer cell models obtained through homologous recombination technology. Conclusions: We showed that IMO markedly inhibits growth of K-Ras mutant colon and pancreatic cancers in vitro and in nude mice and cooperates with cetuximab via multiple mechanisms of action. Therefore, we propose IMO plus cetuximab as a therapeutic strategy for K-Ras wild-type as well for K-Ras mutant, cetuximab-resistant colorectal and pancreatic cancers. Clin Cancer Res; 17(20); 6531-41. (C) 2011 AACR.
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