Hyaluronan inhibits postchemotherapy tumor regrowth in a colon carcinoma xenograft model.
Hyaluronan inhibits postchemotherapy tumor regrowth in a colon carcinoma xenograft model.
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DOI:
10.1158/1535-7163.mct-10-0529
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发表时间:
2010-11
影响因子:
5.7
通讯作者:
Khaldoyanidi SK
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作者:
Mueller BM;Schraufstatter IU;Goncharova V;Povaliy T;DiScipio R;Khaldoyanidi SK
Among the most undesirable sequelae of chemotherapy for the treatment of cancer are bone marrow hypoplasia and pancytopenia. We recently demonstrated that hyaluronan (HA) facilitates hematopoietic recovery in tumor-free animals receiving chemotherapeutic agents. However, following a chemotherapeutic regime in tumor-bearing animals, it is possible that residual tumor cells might respond to systemic injections of HA. Thus, in this study we investigated the effect of HA on re-growth of residual tumor cells following chemotherapy. As a model we used HCT-8 human colon carcinoma cell line, which expresses the HA receptor CD44, binds exogenous HA and is susceptible to a chemotherapy protocol containing irinotecan and 5-fluorouracil in a human/mouse xenograft model. HCT-8 cells were implanted in NOD/SCID mice followed by irinotecan/5-fluorouracil treatment. After three rounds of chemotherapy, residual tumors were allowed to re-grow in the presence or absence of HA. The dynamics of tumor re-growth in the group treated with HA was slower compared to the control group. By week 5 after tumor implantation, the difference in the size of re-grown tumors was statistically significant and correlated with lower proliferation and higher apoptosis in HA-treated tumors as compared to controls. This finding provides evidence that HA treatment does not stimulate but delays growth of residual cancer cells, which is an important parameter in establishing whether the use of HA can enhance current chemotherapeutic strategies.