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Simultaneous β1 integrin-EGFR targeting and radiosensitization of human head and neck cancer.
J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 107:dju419 (2015)
BACKGROUND: Signaling from integrins and receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) contributes substantially to therapy resistance of malignant tumors. We investigated simultaneous β1 integrin-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) targeting plus radiotherapy in human head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCCs). METHODS: Ten HNSCC cell lines were grown in three-dimensional laminin-rich extracellular matrix cell cultures and two of them as tumor xenografts in nude mice (n = 12-16 per group). Targeting of β1 integrin and EGFR with monoclonal inhibitory antibodies (AIIB2 and cetuximab, respectively) was combined with x-ray irradiation. Clonogenic survival, tumor growth, and tumor control (evaluated by Kaplan-Meier analysis), apoptosis, phosphoproteome (interactome, network betweeness centrality analysis), receptor expression (immunohistochemistry), and downstream signaling (western blotting) were assessed. Various mutants of the integrin signaling mediator focal adhesion kinase (FAK) were employed for mechanistic studies. All statistical tests were two-sided. RESULTS: Compared with β1 integrin or EGFR single inhibition, combined β1 integrin-EGFR targeting resulted in enhanced cytotoxicity and radiosensitization in eight out of 10 tested HNSCC cell lines, which responded with an FAK dephosphorylation after β1 integrin inhibition. In vivo, simultaneous anti-β1 integrin/anti-EGFR treatment and radiotherapy of UTSCC15 responder xenografts enabled better tumor control compared with anti-EGFR monotherapy and irradiation (hazard ratio [HR] = 6.9, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.6 to 30.9, P = .01), in contrast to the SAS nonresponder tumor model (HR = 0.9, 95% CI = 0.4 to 2.3, P = .83). Mechanistically, a protein complex consisting of FAK- and Erk1-mediated prosurvival signals for radiation resistance, which was effectively compromised by β1 integrin and EGFR blocking. CONCLUSIONS: Concomitant targeting of β1 integrin and EGFR seems a powerful and promising approach to overcome radioresistance of HNSCCs.
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Publikationstyp
Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Schlagwörter
Focal Adhesion Kinase; Lung Endothelial-cells; Growth-factor; Drug-resistance; Combined Radiotherapy; Acquired-resistance; Beta(1) Integrin; Gene-expression; Tk Inhibitors; Breast-cancer
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0027-8874
e-ISSN
1460-2105
Zeitschrift
Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Quellenangaben
Band: 107,
Heft: 2,
Artikelnummer: dju419
Verlag
Oxford University Press
Verlagsort
Cary
Nichtpatentliteratur
Publikationen
Begutachtungsstatus
Peer reviewed
Institut(e)
Research Unit Radiation Cytogenetics (ZYTO)
CCG Personalized Radiotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer (KKG-KRT)
CCG Personalized Radiotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer (KKG-KRT)