Laboratory of Veterinary Pharmacology, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Japan.
Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Benha University, Toukh, Egypt.
Cancer Biol Ther. 2021 Jun 3;22(5-6):357-371. doi: 10.1080/15384047.2021.1919004. Epub 2021 May 26.
Bladder cancer (BC), a main neoplasm of urinary tract, is usually inoperable and unresponsive to chemotherapy. As a novel experimental model for muscle-invasive BC, we previously established a culture method of dog BC organoids. In the present study, the detailed in vitro and in vivo anti-tumor effects of trametinib were investigated by using this model. In each BC organoid strain, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)/ERK signaling was upregulated compared with normal bladder cells. Trametinib even at a low concentration inhibited the cell viability of BC organoids and the activation of ERK through decreasing expression of c-Myc, ELK1, SIK1, and PLA2G4A. Trametinib arrested cell cycle of BC with few apoptosis. Dual treatment of BC organoids with trametinib and YAP inhibitor, verteporfin extremely inhibited the cell viability with apoptosis induction. Moreover, trametinib induced basal to luminal differentiation of BC organoids by upregulating luminal markers and downregulating basal ones. In vivo, trametinib decreased the tumor growth of BC organoids in mice and the xenograft-derived organoids from trametinib-administered mice showed enhanced sensitivity to carboplatin due to MSH2 upregulation. Our data suggested a new strategy of trametinib-YAP inhibitor or trametinib-carboplatin combination as a promising treatment of BC.
膀胱癌(BC)是一种主要的尿路肿瘤,通常无法手术治疗,且对化疗无反应。我们之前建立了一种犬膀胱癌类器官的培养方法,作为肌肉浸润性 BC 的新型实验模型。在本研究中,我们使用该模型研究了曲美替尼的详细体外和体内抗肿瘤作用。在每种 BC 类器官株中,与正常膀胱细胞相比,表皮生长因子受体(EGFR)/ERK 信号被上调。曲美替尼甚至在低浓度下通过降低 c-Myc、ELK1、SIK1 和 PLA2G4A 的表达来抑制 BC 类器官的细胞活力和 ERK 的激活。曲美替尼通过诱导细胞凋亡使 BC 细胞周期停滞。BC 类器官与曲美替尼和 YAP 抑制剂维替泊芬的双重治疗极大地抑制了细胞活力并诱导了细胞凋亡。此外,曲美替尼通过上调腔细胞标志物和下调基底标志物来诱导 BC 类器官的基底到腔的分化。在体内,曲美替尼减少了小鼠中 BC 类器官的肿瘤生长,并且来自曲美替尼给药小鼠的异种移植类器官由于 MSH2 的上调显示出对卡铂的敏感性增强。我们的数据表明,曲美替尼-YAP 抑制剂或曲美替尼-卡铂联合治疗作为 BC 的一种有前途的治疗方法。