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  • American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)  (3)
  • 1
    In: Clinical Cancer Research, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Vol. 12, No. 13 ( 2006-07-01), p. 3935-3941
    Abstract: Purpose: Activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and members of the Akt pathway have been shown to promote cell proliferation, survival, and resistance to radiation. This study was conducted to determine whether any of these markers are associated with survival time and response to radiation in glioblastoma. Experimental Design: The expression of phosphorylated (p-)Akt, mammalian target of rapamycin (p-mTOR), p-p70S6K, and p-MAPK were assessed by immunohistochemical staining in 268 cases of newly diagnosed glioblastoma. YKL-40, a prognostic marker previously examined in these tumors, was also included in the analysis. Expression data were tested for correlations with response to radiation therapy in 131 subtotally resected cases and overall survival (in all cases). Results were validated in an analysis of 60 patients enrolled in clinical trials at a second institution. Results: Elevated p-MAPK expression was most strongly associated with poor response to radiotherapy, a finding corroborated in the validation cohort. For survival, higher expressions of p-mTOR, p-p70S6K, and p-MAPK were associated with worse outcome (all P & lt; 0.03). YKL-40 expression was associated with the expressions of p-MAPK, p-mTOR, and p-p70S6K (all P & lt; 0.02), with a trend toward association with p-Akt expression (P = 0.095). When known clinical variables were added to a multivariate analysis, only age, Karnofsky performance score, and p-MAPK expression emerged as independent prognostic factors. Conclusions: p-MAPK and activated members of the Akt pathway are markers of outcome in glioblastoma. Elevated expression of p-MAPK is associated with increased radiation resistance and represents an independent prognostic factor in these tumors.
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    ISSN: 1078-0432 , 1557-3265
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    Publisher: American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
    Publication Date: 2006
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  • 2
    In: Clinical Cancer Research, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Vol. 14, No. 18 ( 2008-09-15), p. 5759-5768
    Abstract: Purpose: Activation of signal transducers and activators of transcription 3 (STAT3) has been identified as a central mediator of melanoma growth and metastasis. We hypothesized that WP1066, a novel STAT3 blockade agent, has marked antitumor activity, even against the melanoma metastasis to brain, a site typically refractory to therapies. Experimental Design: The antitumor activities and related mechanisms of WP1066 were investigated both in vitro on melanoma cell lines and in vivo on mice with subcutaneously syngeneic melanoma or with intracerebral melanoma tumors. Results: WP1066 achieved an IC50 of 1.6, 2.3, and 1.5 μmol/L against melanoma cell line A375, B16, and B16EGFRvIII, respectively. WP1066 suppressed the phosphorylation of Janus-activated kinase 2 and STAT3 (Tyr705) in these cells. Tumor growth in mice with subcutaneously established syngeneic melanoma was markedly inhibited by WP1066 compared with that in controls. Long-term survival ( & gt;78 days) was observed in 80% of mice with established intracerebral syngeneic melanoma treated with 40 mg/kg of WP1066 in contrast to control mice who survived for a median of 15 days. Although WP1066 did not induce immunologic memory or enhance humoral responses to EGFRvIII, this compound reduced the production of immunosuppressive cytokines and chemokines (transforming growth factor-β, RANTES, MCP-1, vascular endothelial growth factor), markedly inhibited natural and inducible Treg proliferation, and significantly increased cytotoxic immune responses of T cells. Conclusions: The antitumor cytotoxic effects of WP1066 and its ability to induce antitumor immune responses suggest that this compound has potential for the effective treatment of melanoma metastatic to brain.
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    ISSN: 1078-0432 , 1557-3265
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  • 3
    In: Cancer Research, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Vol. 77, No. 13_Supplement ( 2017-07-01), p. 5606-5606
    Abstract: Gliomas are the most common type of brain tumor in both children and adults. Several low-grade gliomas (LGG) have the ability to progress into more aggressive tumors -high-grade gliomas (HGG) including glioblastoma (GB). Although patients harboring a LGG may survive for years, after the tumor transforms to HGG, life expectancy rapidly declines to 12 to 15 months in adults and 40 months in children. Thus, inhibiting this process of malignant transformation (MT) is an attractive therapeutic strategy because of the more indolent course associated with LGGs. Immune response plays a critical role in surveillance against malignant transformation. Our previous study shows that fibrinogen-like protein 2 (FGL2) is a key hub of tumor-mediated immune suppression. Hence, we investigated the role of FGL2 in promoting tumor progression from LGG to HGG in glioma. Analysis of TCGA expression data showed that increased FGL2 expression is associated with poorer survival in LGG and GB patients. And there is a positive correlation of expression level between FGL2 and mesenchymal glioma marker CD44, and a negative correlation between FGL2 and proneural glioma marker OLIG2. Engineered expression of FGL2 in a PDGFB-dependent mouse model of oligodendroglioma, a common glioma subtype, yielded a significantly higher rate of HGGs (72% vs 29%, p=0.034) and poorer-symptom free survival (63 vs 90 days, p=0.003) than PDGFB expression alone. And HGGs from FGL2 + PDGFB expressing mice exhibited a distinct mesenchymal phenotype validating TCGA data. Further, FGL2 induced high numbers of CD4+FoxP3+ cells from an early time point of tumor formation underscoring its role in tumor progression. And FGL2 overexpression educated M2 skew in the tumors characterized by high expression of Iba1 and Arginase1 in macrophages. Finally, treatment with anti-FGL2 antibody significantly improves survival in mice, shifts the phenotype from mesenchymal HGG to proneural LGG, and rescues M2 macrophage skewing. Our results show that FGL2 is critical for malignant progression of glioma by inducing immunosuppression in tumor microenvironment, and raise the potential of FGL2 to be a promising target to suppress/reverse glioma progression and provide survival benefit in clinical. Citation Format: Khatri Latha, Jun Yan, Yuhui Yang, Loyola V. Gressot, Lingyuan Kong, Ganiraju Manyam, Ravesanker Ezhilarasan, Qianghu Wang, Erik P. Sulman, Jingda Xu, Richard E. Davis, Suyun Huang, Gregory N. Fuller, Arvind Rao, Amy B. Heimberger, Shulin Li, Ganesh Rao. Fibrinogen-like protein 2 drives malignant tumor progression in glioma [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2017; 2017 Apr 1-5; Washington, DC. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2017;77(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 5606. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2017-5606
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    ISSN: 0008-5472 , 1538-7445
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    Publication Date: 2017
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