Homeobox B9 Mediates Resistance to Anti-VEGF Therapy in Colorectal Cancer Patients

The identification of predictive biomarkers for antiangiogenic therapies remains an unmeet need. We hypothesized that the transcription factor Homeobox B9 (HOXB9) could be responsible for the tumor resistance to the anti-VEGF agent bevacizumab. HOXB9 expression and activation were measured in eight...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical cancer research Jg. 23; H. 15; S. 4312 - 4322
Hauptverfasser: Carbone, Carmine, Piro, Geny, Simionato, Francesca, Ligorio, Francesca, Cremolini, Chiara, Loupakis, Fotios, Alì, Greta, Rossini, Daniele, Merz, Valeria, Santoro, Raffaela, Zecchetto, Camilla, Zanotto, Marco, Di Nicolantonio, Federica, Bardelli, Alberto, Fontanini, Gabriella, Tortora, Giampaolo, Melisi, Davide
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Abstract The identification of predictive biomarkers for antiangiogenic therapies remains an unmeet need. We hypothesized that the transcription factor Homeobox B9 (HOXB9) could be responsible for the tumor resistance to the anti-VEGF agent bevacizumab. HOXB9 expression and activation were measured in eight models of colorectal and pancreatic cancer with different resistance to bevacizumab. Serum levels of Angiopoietin-like Protein (Angptl)2, CXC receptor ligand (CXCL)1, IL8, and TGFβ1 in tumor-bearing mice were measured by multiplex xMAP technology. HOXB9 expression was measured by immunohistochemical analysis in 81 pretreatment specimens from metastatic colorectal cancer patients. Differences in progression-free survival (PFS) were determined using a log-rank test. HOXB9-positive tumors were resistant to bevacizumab, whereas mice bearing HOXB9-negative tumors were cured by this agent. Silencing HOXB9 in bevacizumab-resistant models significantly ( < 0.05) reduced Angptl2, CXCL1, IL8, and TGFβ1 levels, reverted their mesenchymal phenotype, reduced CD11b+ cells infiltration, and restored, in turn, sensitivity to bevacizumab. HOXB9 had no prognostic value in patients treated with a first-line chemotherapeutic regimen noncontaining bevacizumab. However, patients affected by an HOXB9-negative tumor had a significantly longer PFS compared with those with an HOXB9-positive tumor if treated with a first-line regimen containing bevacizumab (18.0 months vs. 10.4 months; HR 2.037; 95% confidence interval, 1.006-4.125; = 0.048). These findings integrate the complexity of numerous mechanisms of anti-VEGF resistance into the single transcription factor HOXB9. Silencing HOXB9 could be a promising approach to modulate this resistance. Our results candidate HOXB9 as predictive biomarker for selecting colorectal cancer patients for antiangiogenic therapy. .
AbstractList Purpose: The identification of predictive biomarkers for antiangiogenic therapies remains an unmeet need. We hypothesized that the transcription factor Homeobox B9 (HOXB9) could be responsible for the tumor resistance to the anti-VEGF agent bevacizumab.Experimental Design: HOXB9 expression and activation were measured in eight models of colorectal and pancreatic cancer with different resistance to bevacizumab. Serum levels of Angiopoietin-like Protein (Angptl)2, CXC receptor ligand (CXCL)1, IL8, and TGFβ1 in tumor-bearing mice were measured by multiplex xMAP technology. HOXB9 expression was measured by immunohistochemical analysis in 81 pretreatment specimens from metastatic colorectal cancer patients. Differences in progression-free survival (PFS) were determined using a log-rank test.Results: HOXB9-positive tumors were resistant to bevacizumab, whereas mice bearing HOXB9-negative tumors were cured by this agent. Silencing HOXB9 in bevacizumab-resistant models significantly (P < 0.05) reduced Angptl2, CXCL1, IL8, and TGFβ1 levels, reverted their mesenchymal phenotype, reduced CD11b+ cells infiltration, and restored, in turn, sensitivity to bevacizumab. HOXB9 had no prognostic value in patients treated with a first-line chemotherapeutic regimen noncontaining bevacizumab. However, patients affected by an HOXB9-negative tumor had a significantly longer PFS compared with those with an HOXB9-positive tumor if treated with a first-line regimen containing bevacizumab (18.0 months vs. 10.4 months; HR 2.037; 95% confidence interval, 1.006-4.125; P = 0.048).Conclusions: These findings integrate the complexity of numerous mechanisms of anti-VEGF resistance into the single transcription factor HOXB9. Silencing HOXB9 could be a promising approach to modulate this resistance. Our results candidate HOXB9 as predictive biomarker for selecting colorectal cancer patients for antiangiogenic therapy. Clin Cancer Res; 23(15); 4312-22. ©2017 AACR.
The identification of predictive biomarkers for antiangiogenic therapies remains an unmeet need. We hypothesized that the transcription factor Homeobox B9 (HOXB9) could be responsible for the tumor resistance to the anti-VEGF agent bevacizumab. HOXB9 expression and activation were measured in eight models of colorectal and pancreatic cancer with different resistance to bevacizumab. Serum levels of Angiopoietin-like Protein (Angptl)2, CXC receptor ligand (CXCL)1, IL8, and TGFβ1 in tumor-bearing mice were measured by multiplex xMAP technology. HOXB9 expression was measured by immunohistochemical analysis in 81 pretreatment specimens from metastatic colorectal cancer patients. Differences in progression-free survival (PFS) were determined using a log-rank test. HOXB9-positive tumors were resistant to bevacizumab, whereas mice bearing HOXB9-negative tumors were cured by this agent. Silencing HOXB9 in bevacizumab-resistant models significantly ( < 0.05) reduced Angptl2, CXCL1, IL8, and TGFβ1 levels, reverted their mesenchymal phenotype, reduced CD11b+ cells infiltration, and restored, in turn, sensitivity to bevacizumab. HOXB9 had no prognostic value in patients treated with a first-line chemotherapeutic regimen noncontaining bevacizumab. However, patients affected by an HOXB9-negative tumor had a significantly longer PFS compared with those with an HOXB9-positive tumor if treated with a first-line regimen containing bevacizumab (18.0 months vs. 10.4 months; HR 2.037; 95% confidence interval, 1.006-4.125; = 0.048). These findings integrate the complexity of numerous mechanisms of anti-VEGF resistance into the single transcription factor HOXB9. Silencing HOXB9 could be a promising approach to modulate this resistance. Our results candidate HOXB9 as predictive biomarker for selecting colorectal cancer patients for antiangiogenic therapy. .
Author Cremolini, Chiara
Santoro, Raffaela
Piro, Geny
Ligorio, Francesca
Merz, Valeria
Loupakis, Fotios
Zanotto, Marco
Carbone, Carmine
Simionato, Francesca
Di Nicolantonio, Federica
Bardelli, Alberto
Alì, Greta
Melisi, Davide
Zecchetto, Camilla
Rossini, Daniele
Fontanini, Gabriella
Tortora, Giampaolo
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Aged
Angiopoietin-like Proteins - blood
Animals
Bevacizumab - administration & dosage
Cell Line, Tumor
Chemokine CXCL1 - blood
Colorectal Neoplasms - blood
Colorectal Neoplasms - drug therapy
Colorectal Neoplasms - genetics
Colorectal Neoplasms - pathology
Disease-Free Survival
Drug Resistance, Neoplasm - genetics
Female
Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic - drug effects
Homeodomain Proteins - genetics
Humans
Interleukin-8 - blood
Male
Mice
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Metastasis
Prognosis
Transforming Growth Factor beta - blood
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A - antagonists & inhibitors
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A - genetics
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