Reexpression of tumor suppressor, sFRP1, leads to antitumor synergy of combined HDAC and methyltransferase inhibitors in chemoresistant cancers.
Reexpression of tumor suppressor, sFRP1, leads to antitumor synergy of combined HDAC and methyltransferase inhibitors in chemoresistant cancers.
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DOI:
10.1158/1535-7163.mct-11-0873
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发表时间:
2012-10
影响因子:
5.7
通讯作者:
Copland JA
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作者:
Cooper SJ;von Roemeling CA;Kang KH;Marlow LA;Grebe SK;Menefee ME;Tun HW;Colon-Otero G;Perez EA;Copland JA
Metastatic solid tumors are aggressive and mostly drug resistant leading to few treatment options and poor prognosis as seen with clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) and triple negative breast cancer (TNBC). Therefore the identification of new therapeutic regimes for the treatment of metastatic disease is desirable. ccRCC and TNBC cell lines were treated with the HDAC inhibitor romidepsin and the methyltransferase inhibitor decitabine, two epigenetic modifying drugs approved by the FDA for the treatment of various hematologic malignancies. Cell proliferation analysis, flow cytometry, quantitative PCR and immuno-blotting techniques were utilized to evaluate the antitumor synergy of this drug combination and identify the re-expression of epigenetically silenced tumor suppressor genes. Combinatorial treatment of metastatic TNBC and stage 4 ccRCC cell lines with romidepsin/decitabine leads to synergistic inhibition of cell growth and induction of apoptosis above levels of individual drug treatments alone. Synergistic re-expression of the tumor suppressor gene secreted frizzled-related protein one (sFRP1) was observed in combinatorial drug treated groups. Silencing sFRP1 (shRNA) prior to combinatorial drug treatment demonstrated that sFRP1 mediates the growth inhibitory and apoptotic activity of combined romidepsin/decitabine. Furthermore, addition of recombinant sFRP1 to ccRCC or TNBC cells inhibits cell growth in a dose-dependent manner through the induction of apoptosis identifying that epigenetic silencing of sFRP1 contributes to renal and breast cancer cell survival. Combinatorial treatment with romidepsin and decitabine in drug resistant tumors is a promising treatment strategy. Moreover, recombinant sFRP1 may be a novel therapeutic strategy for cancers with suppressed sFRP1 expression.