| Literature DB >> 24492292 |
Siqi Han1, Yanchun Meng2, Qing Tong3, Guangchao Li4, Xunmin Zhang3, Yalin Chen3, Shi Hu3, Lei Zheng3, Wenlong Tan5, Hui Li6, Yang Chen6, Ge Zhang3, Bohua Li7, Yajun Guo8.
Abstract
The anti-ErbB2 antibody trastuzumab has shown significant clinical benefits in ErbB2-overexpressing breast and gastric cancer, but resistance to the drug is common. Here, we investigated the antitumor activity of the combination of trastuzumab and the SRC inhibitor saracatinib in ErbB2-overexpressing trastuzumab-resistant gastric cancer. The ErbB2-overexpressing human gastric cancer cell line NCI-N87 was treated with trastuzumab to obtain the trastuzumab-resistant cell line NCI-N87R. The NCI-N87R cell line showed a marked increase in SRC activity and ErbB signaling compared with the NCI-N87 cell line. Our data demonstrated that trastuzumab plus saracatinib was much more potent than either agent alone in reducing the phosphorylation of ErbB3 and AKT in both NCI-N87 and NCI-N87R gastric cancer cell lines. Trastuzumab and saracatinib synergistically inhibited the in vitro growth of NCI-N87 and NCI-N87R cell lines. Further data showed that combination therapy of trastuzumab with saracatinib resulted in a significant benefit over either agent alone in both NCI-N87 and NCI-N87R xenograft models, suggesting its potential use for treating ErbB2-overexpressing gastric cancer.Entities:
Keywords: ErbB2; SRC; gastric cancer; saracatinib; trastuzumab
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Year: 2013 PMID: 24492292 PMCID: PMC3984329 DOI: 10.4161/mabs.27443
Source DB: PubMed Journal: MAbs ISSN: 1942-0862 Impact factor: 5.857