1. Abemaciclib Is Active in Preclinical Models of Ewing Sarcoma via Multipronged Regulation of Cell Cycle, DNA Methylation, and Interferon Pathway Signaling.
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Dowless M, Lowery CD, Shackleford T, Renschler M, Stephens J, Flack R, Blosser W, Gupta S, Stewart J, Webster Y, Dempsey J, VanWye AB, Ebert P, Iversen P, Olsen JB, Gong X, Buchanan S, Houghton P, and Stancato L
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- Animals, Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Proliferation drug effects, Cyclin D1 genetics, Cyclin D1 metabolism, DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase 1 genetics, DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase 1 metabolism, Disease Models, Animal, Drug Evaluation, Preclinical, Drug Resistance, Neoplasm genetics, Humans, Mice, Sarcoma, Ewing drug therapy, Sarcoma, Ewing pathology, Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays, Aminopyridines pharmacology, Benzimidazoles pharmacology, Cell Cycle genetics, DNA Methylation, Interferons metabolism, Sarcoma, Ewing genetics, Sarcoma, Ewing metabolism, Signal Transduction drug effects
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Purpose: Ewing sarcoma (ES) is a rare and highly malignant cancer that occurs in the bone and surrounding tissue of children and adolescents. The EWS/ETS fusion transcription factor that drives ES pathobiology was previously demonstrated to modulate cyclin D1 expression. In this study, we evaluated abemaciclib, a small-molecule CDK4 and CDK6 (CDK4 and 6) inhibitor currently under clinical investigation in pediatric solid tumors, in preclinical models of ES., Experimental Design: Using Western blot, high-content imaging, flow cytometry, ELISA, RNA sequencing, and CpG methylation assays, we characterized the in vitro response of ES cell lines to abemaciclib. We then evaluated abemaciclib in vivo in cell line-derived xenograft (CDX) and patient-derived xenograft (PDX) mouse models of ES as either a monotherapy or in combination with chemotherapy., Results: Abemaciclib induced quiescence in ES cell lines via a G
1 cell-cycle block, characterized by decreased proliferation and reduction of Ki-67 and FOXM1 expression and retinoblastoma protein (RB) phosphorylation. In addition, abemaciclib reduced DNMT1 expression and promoted an inflammatory immune response as measured by cytokine secretion, antigen presentation, and interferon pathway upregulation. Single-agent abemaciclib reduced ES tumor volume in preclinical mouse models and, when given in combination with doxorubicin or temozolomide plus irinotecan, durable disease control was observed., Conclusions: Collectively, our data demonstrate that the antitumor effects of abemaciclib in preclinical ES models are multifaceted and include cell-cycle inhibition, DNA demethylation, and immunogenic changes., (©2018 American Association for Cancer Research.)- Published
- 2018
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