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- Title
Tetrathiomolybdate mediates cisplatin-induced p38 signaling and EGFR degradation and enhances response to cisplatin therapy in gynecologic cancers.
- Authors
Moore, Richard G.; Kim, Kyu Kwang; Han, Alex; Yano, Naohiro; Ribeiro, Jennifer R.; Lokich, Elizabeth; Singh, Rakesh K.
- Abstract
Cisplatin and its analogs are among the most widely used chemotherapeutic agents against various types of cancer. It is known that cisplatin can activate epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), which may provide a survival benefit in cancers. Tetrathiomolybdate (TM) is a potent anti-cancer and anti-angiogenic agent and has been investigated in a number of clinical trials for cancer. In this study, we explore the therapeutic potential of TM on cisplatin-mediated EGFR regulation. Our study shows that TM is not cytotoxic, but exerts an anti-proliferative effect in ECC-1 cells. However, TM treatment prior to cisplatin markedly improves cisplatin-induced cytotoxicity. TM suppressed cisplatin-induced activation of EGFR while potentiating activation of p38; the activation of p38 signaling appeared to promote cisplatin-induced EGFR degradation. These results are in contrast to what we saw when cells were co-treated with cisplatin plus an EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor, where receptor activation was inhibited but receptor degradation was also blocked. Our current study is in agreement with previous findings that TM may have a therapeutic benefit by inhibiting EGFR activation. We furthermore provide evidence that TM may provide an additional benefit by potentiating p38 activation following cisplatin treatment, which may in turn promote receptor degradation by cisplatin.
- Subjects
CISPLATIN; AMMONIUM tetrathiomolybdate; EPIDERMAL growth factor receptors regulation; GYNECOLOGIC cancer; MITOGEN-activated protein kinases; CANCER chemotherapy; CANCER treatment
- Publication
Scientific Reports, 2015, p15911
- ISSN
2045-2322
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/srep15911