Directed phenotype switching as an effective antimelanoma strategy

Therapeutic resistance in melanoma and other cancers arises via irreversible genetic, and dynamic phenotypic, heterogeneity. Here, we use directed phenotype switching in melanoma to sensitize melanoma cells to lineage-specific therapy. We show that methotrexate (MTX) induces microphthalmia-associate...

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Vydáno v:Cancer cell Ročník 24; číslo 1; s. 105
Hlavní autoři: Sáez-Ayala, Magalí, Montenegro, María F, Sánchez-Del-Campo, Luis, Fernández-Pérez, María Piedad, Chazarra, Soledad, Freter, Rasmus, Middleton, Mark, Piñero-Madrona, Antonio, Cabezas-Herrera, Juan, Goding, Colin R, Rodríguez-López, José Neptuno
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: United States 08.07.2013
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ISSN:1878-3686, 1878-3686
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Shrnutí:Therapeutic resistance in melanoma and other cancers arises via irreversible genetic, and dynamic phenotypic, heterogeneity. Here, we use directed phenotype switching in melanoma to sensitize melanoma cells to lineage-specific therapy. We show that methotrexate (MTX) induces microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF) expression to inhibit invasiveness and promote differentiation-associated expression of the melanocyte-specific Tyrosinase gene. Consequently, MTX sensitizes melanomas to a tyrosinase-processed antifolate prodrug 3-O-(3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoyl)-(-)-epicatechin (TMECG), that inhibits the essential enzyme DHFR with high affinity. The combination of MTX and TMECG leads to depletion of thymidine pools, double-strand DNA breaks, and highly efficient E2F1-mediated apoptosis in culture and in vivo. Importantly, this drug combination delivers an effective and tissue-restricted antimelanoma therapy in vitro and in vivo irrespective of BRAF, MEK, or p53 status.
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ISSN:1878-3686
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DOI:10.1016/j.ccr.2013.05.009