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    In: Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Vol. 19, No. 2 ( 2020-02-01), p. 384-396
    Abstract: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most prevalent primary liver cancer, is a leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide because of rising incidence and limited therapy. Although treatment with sorafenib or lenvatinib is the standard of care in patients with advanced-stage HCC, the survival benefit from sorafenib is limited due to low response rate and drug resistance. Ibrutinib, an irreversible tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) of the TEC (e.g., BTK) and ErbB (e.g., EGFR) families, is an approved treatment for B-cell malignancies. Here, we demonstrate that ibrutinib inhibits proliferation, spheroid formation, and clonogenic survival of HCC cells, including sorafenib-resistant cells. Mechanistically, ibrutinib inactivated EGFR and its downstream Akt and ERK signaling in HCC cells, and downregulated a set of critical genes involved in cell proliferation, migration, survival, and stemness, and upregulated genes promoting differentiation. Moreover, ibrutinib showed synergy with sorafenib or regorafenib, a sorafenib congener, by inducing apoptosis of HCC cells. In vivo, this TKI combination significantly inhibited HCC growth and prolonged survival of immune-deficient mice bearing human HCCLM3 xenograft tumors and immune-competent mice bearing orthotopic mouse Hepa tumors at a dose that did not exhibit systemic toxicity. In immune-competent mice, the ibrutinib–sorafenib combination reduced the numbers of BTK+ immune cells in the tumor microenvironment. Importantly, we found that the BTK+ immune cells were also enriched in the tumor microenvironment in a subset of primary human HCCs. Collectively, our findings implicate BTK signaling in hepatocarcinogenesis and support clinical trials of the sorafenib–ibrutinib combination for this deadly disease.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 1535-7163 , 1538-8514
    Language: English
    Publisher: American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
    Publication Date: 2020
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    American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) ; 2018
    In:  Cancer Research Vol. 78, No. 13_Supplement ( 2018-07-01), p. 3470-3470
    In: Cancer Research, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Vol. 78, No. 13_Supplement ( 2018-07-01), p. 3470-3470
    Abstract: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the second major cause of cancer-related death worldwide with limit therapeutic options. Thus, there is an urgent need to develop novel alternative therapies for HCC. In this study, we report that ibrutinib, recently approved for the treatment of B cell malignancies, and a covalent inhibitor of TEC (BTK, ITK etc.) and ERBB (EGFR, Her2 etc.) family of tyrosine kinases, inhibits tumorigenic functions of human HCC cells in vitro and in xenografts. More importantly, co-treatment with ibrutinib and sorafenib, an approved targeted therapy for advanced HCCs that marginally improve patients' survival, synergistically inhibited proliferation and clonogenic survival of HCC cells including those with acquired sorafenib resistance. Mechanistically, ibrutinib inhibits Akt and ERK signaling pathways through inactivating EGFR, its irreversible substrate in HCC cells. Besides, tumor sphere formation and expression of cancer stem cell markers were suppressed by ibrutinib and sorafenib co-treatment in HCC cells. Ectopic expression of the constitutively active Akt mutant abrogated the synergism of these two kinase inhibitors on HCC cell survival. Ibrutinib and sorafenib combination therapy significantly suppressed tumor growth of highly aggressive HCCLM3 subcutaneous xenografts in NSG mice. Collectively, these results demonstrate that ibrutinib could be a re-purposed anti-HCC drug, and our data provides the evidence for the therapeutic potential of ibrutinib and sorafenib combination as an effective and attractive strategy for treating HCCs including those with sorafenib resistance. Citation Format: Kalpana Ghoshal, Cho-hao Lin, Khadija Elkholy, Nissar A. Wani, Ding Li, Juan M. Barajas, Peng Hu, Xiaoli Zhang, Lianbo Yu, Tasneem Motiwala. Ibrutinib and sorafenib synergistically inhibit HCC growth in preclinical models [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2018; 2018 Apr 14-18; Chicago, IL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2018;78(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 3470.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 0008-5472 , 1538-7445
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    Language: English
    Publisher: American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
    Publication Date: 2018
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