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Exisulind-induced apoptosis in a non-small cell lung cancer orthotopic lung tumor model augments docetaxel treatment and contributes to increased survival.

Abstract
We reported previously a significant increase in survival of nude rats harboring orthotopic A549 human non-small cell lung cancer tumors after treatment with a combination of exisulind (Sulindac Sulfone) and docetaxel (D. C. Chan, Clin. Cancer Res., 8: 904-912, 2002). The purpose of the current study was to determine the biochemical mechanisms responsible for the increased survival by an analysis of the effects of both drugs on A549 orthotopic lung tumors and A549 cells in culture. Orthotopic A549 rat lung tissue sections from drug-treated rats and A549 cell culture responses to exisulind and docetaxel were compared using multiple apoptosis and proliferation analyses [i.e., terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated nick end labeling, active caspase 3, the caspase cleavage products cytokeratin 18 and p85 poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase, and Ki-67]. Immunohistochemistry was used to determine cyclic GMP (cGMP) phosphodiesterase (PDE) expression in tumors. The cGMP PDE composition of cultured A549 cells was resolved by DEAE-Trisacryl M chromatography and the pharmacological sensitivity to exisulind, and additional known PDE inhibitors were determined by enzyme activity assays. Exisulind inhibited A549 cell cGMP hydrolysis and induced apoptosis of A549 cells grown in culture. PDE5 and 1 cGMP PDE gene family isoforms identified in cultured cells were highly expressed in orthotopic tumors. The in vivo apoptosis rates within the orthotopic tumors increased 7-8-fold in animals treated with the combination of exisulind and docetaxel. Exisulind increased the in vivo apoptosis rates as a single agent. Docetaxel, but not exisulind, decreased proliferative rates within the tumors. The data indicate that exisulind-induced apoptosis contributed significantly to the increased survival in rats treated with exisulind/docetaxel. The mechanism of exisulind-induced apoptosis involves inhibition of cGMP PDEs, and these results are consistent with a cGMP-regulated apoptosis pathway.
AuthorsClark M Whitehead, Keith A Earle, John Fetter, Songmei Xu, Theresa Hartman, Daniel C Chan, Tom L M Zhao, Gary Piazza, Andres J P Klein-Szanto, Rifat Pamukcu, Hector Alila, Paul A Bunn Jr, W Joseph Thompson
JournalMolecular cancer therapeutics (Mol Cancer Ther) Vol. 2 Issue 5 Pg. 479-88 (May 2003) ISSN: 1535-7163 [Print] United States
PMID12748310 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Ki-67 Antigen
  • Taxoids
  • Docetaxel
  • Sulindac
  • Keratins
  • Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases
  • 3',5'-Cyclic-GMP Phosphodiesterases
  • CASP3 protein, human
  • Casp3 protein, rat
  • Caspase 3
  • Caspases
  • sulindac sulfone
Topics
  • 3',5'-Cyclic-GMP Phosphodiesterases (antagonists & inhibitors, metabolism)
  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols (therapeutic use)
  • Apoptosis (drug effects)
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung (drug therapy, enzymology, pathology)
  • Caspase 3
  • Caspases (metabolism)
  • Cell Division (drug effects)
  • Docetaxel
  • Female
  • Humans
  • In Situ Nick-End Labeling
  • Keratins (metabolism)
  • Ki-67 Antigen (metabolism)
  • Lung Neoplasms (drug therapy, enzymology, pathology)
  • Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases (metabolism)
  • Rats
  • Rats, Nude
  • Sulindac (administration & dosage, analogs & derivatives)
  • Survival Rate
  • Taxoids (administration & dosage)
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured

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