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Massimino M, Vennarini S, Buttarelli FR, Antonelli M, Colombo F, Minasi S, Pecori E, Ferroli P, Giussani C, Schiariti M, Schiavello E, Biassoni V, Erbetta A, Chiapparini L, Nigro O, Boschetti L, Gianno F, Miele E, Modena P, De Cecco L, Pollo B, Barretta F. Optimizing reirradiation for relapsed medulloblastoma: identifying the ideal patient and tumor profiles. J Neurooncol 2023; 163:577-586. [PMID: 37326761 DOI: 10.1007/s11060-023-04361-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2023] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND First-line therapies for medulloblastoma(MBL) are obtaining higher survival-rates while decreasing late-effects, but treatment at relapse is not standardized. We report here the experience with MBL re-irradiation(re-RT), its timing and outcome in different clinical settings and tumor groups. METHODS Patient's staging/treatment at diagnosis, histotypes/molecular subgroups, relapse site/s, re-treatments outcome are reported. RESULTS 25 patients were included, with a median age of 11.4 years; 8 had metastases. According to 2016-2021 WHO-classification, 14 had SHH subgroup tumors(six TP53 mutated,one + MYC,one + NMYC amplification), 11 non-WNT/non-SHH (two with MYC/MYCN amplification).Thirteen had received HART-CSI, 11 standard-CSI, one HFRT; all post-radiation chemotherapy(CT), 16 also pre-RT. Median time to relapse (local-LR in nine, distant-DR in 14, LR + DR in two) was 26 months. Fourteen patients were re-operated, in five cases excising single DR-sites, thereafter three received CT, two after re-RT; out of 11 patients not re-operated, four had re-RT as first treatment and seven after CT. Re-RT was administered at median 32 months after first RT: focally in 20 cases, craniospinal-CSI in five. Median post-relapse-PFS/after re-RT was 16.7/8.2 months, while overall survival-OS was 35.1/23.9 months, respectively. Metastatic status both at diagnosis/relapse negatively affected outcome and re-surgery was prognostically favorable. PD after re-RT was however significantly more frequent in SHH (with a suggestive association with TP53 mutation, p = 0.050). We did not observe any influence of biological subgroups on PFS from recurrence while SHH showed apparently worse OS compared to non-WNT/non-SHH group. CONCLUSIONS Re-surgery + reRT can prolong survival; a substantial fraction of patients with worse outcome belongs to the SHH-subgroup.
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- Maura Massimino
- Pediatric Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via Venezian 1, Milan, 20133, Italy.
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- Pediatric Radiotherapy, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Radiological, Oncological and Anatomo-Pathological Sciences, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Pediatric Radiotherapy, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Radiological, Oncological and Anatomo-Pathological Sciences, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Pediatric Radiotherapy, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Neurosurgery Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- Neurosurgery, Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza, Italy
- School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Neurosurgery Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- Pediatric Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via Venezian 1, Milan, 20133, Italy
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- Pediatric Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via Venezian 1, Milan, 20133, Italy
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- Neuroradiology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- Pediatric Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via Venezian 1, Milan, 20133, Italy
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- Pediatric Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via Venezian 1, Milan, 20133, Italy
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- Department of Radiological, Oncological and Anatomo-Pathological Sciences, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Pediatric Onco-Hematology and Transfusion Medicine (EM), Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Roma, Italy
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- Integrated Biology Platform, Department of Applied Research and Technology Development, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Neuropathology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Trial Organization, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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Zhou H, Hu R, Tang O, Hu C, Tang L, Chang K, Shen Q, Wu J, Zou B, Xiao B, Boxerman J, Chen W, Huang RY, Yang L, Bai HX, Zhu C. Automatic Machine Learning to Differentiate Pediatric Posterior Fossa Tumors on Routine MR Imaging. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2020; 41:1279-1285. [PMID: 32661052 PMCID: PMC7357647 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a6621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2019] [Accepted: 04/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Differentiating the types of pediatric posterior fossa tumors on routine imaging may help in preoperative evaluation and guide surgical resection planning. However, qualitative radiologic MR imaging review has limited performance. This study aimed to compare different machine learning approaches to classify pediatric posterior fossa tumors on routine MR imaging. MATERIALS AND METHODS This retrospective study included preoperative MR imaging of 288 patients with pediatric posterior fossa tumors, including medulloblastoma (n = 111), ependymoma (n = 70), and pilocytic astrocytoma (n = 107). Radiomics features were extracted from T2-weighted images, contrast-enhanced T1-weighted images, and ADC maps. Models generated by standard manual optimization by a machine learning expert were compared with automatic machine learning via the Tree-Based Pipeline Optimization Tool for performance evaluation. RESULTS For 3-way classification, the radiomics model by automatic machine learning with the Tree-Based Pipeline Optimization Tool achieved a test micro-averaged area under the curve of 0.91 with an accuracy of 0.83, while the most optimized model based on the feature-selection method χ2 score and the Generalized Linear Model classifier achieved a test micro-averaged area under the curve of 0.92 with an accuracy of 0.74. Tree-Based Pipeline Optimization Tool models achieved significantly higher accuracy than average qualitative expert MR imaging review (0.83 versus 0.54, P < .001). For binary classification, Tree-Based Pipeline Optimization Tool models achieved an area under the curve of 0.94 with an accuracy of 0.85 for medulloblastoma versus nonmedulloblastoma, an area under the curve of 0.84 with an accuracy of 0.80 for ependymoma versus nonependymoma, and an area under the curve of 0.94 with an accuracy of 0.88 for pilocytic astrocytoma versus non-pilocytic astrocytoma. CONCLUSIONS Automatic machine learning based on routine MR imaging classified pediatric posterior fossa tumors with high accuracy compared with manual expert pipeline optimization and qualitative expert MR imaging review.
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- H Zhou
- Department of Neurology (H.Z., L.T., B.X.), Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- From the School of Computer Science and Engineering (R.H., B.Z., C.Z.)
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- Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University (O.T.), Providence, Rhode Island
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- Department of Neurology (C.H.), Hunan Provincial People's Hospital, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Neurology (H.Z., L.T., B.X.), Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Radiology (K.C.), Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Radiology (Q.S., J.W.), Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Radiology (Q.S., J.W.), Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- From the School of Computer Science and Engineering (R.H., B.Z., C.Z.)
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- Department of Neurology (H.Z., L.T., B.X.), Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging (J.B., H.X.B.), Rhode Island Hospital
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- Department of Pathology (W.C.), Hunan Children's Hospital, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Radiology (R.Y.H.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Departments of Neurology (L.Y.)
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging (J.B., H.X.B.), Rhode Island Hospital
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- From the School of Computer Science and Engineering (R.H., B.Z., C.Z.)
- College of Literature and Journalism (C.Z.), Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
- Mobile Health Ministry of Education-China Mobile Joint Laboratory (C.Z.), China
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Social attainment in survivors of pediatric central nervous system tumors: a systematic review and meta-analysis from the Children's Oncology Group. J Cancer Surviv 2019; 13:921-931. [PMID: 31625086 DOI: 10.1007/s11764-019-00808-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2019] [Accepted: 09/06/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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PURPOSE Improved therapies for pediatric central nervous system (CNS) tumors have increased survival rates; however, many survivors experience significant long-term functional limitations. Survivors of pediatric CNS tumors can experience deficits in social attainment. The aim of this review was to systematically amalgamate findings pertaining to social attainment (i.e., educational attainment, marriage, employment outcomes) in survivors of pediatric CNS tumors. METHODS PubMed (web-based), PsycINFO (EBSCO), EMBASE (Ovid), and Web of Science (Thomson Reuters) were used to identify articles published between January 2011 and September 2018. Eligible studies reported outcomes for survivors of pediatric CNS tumors diagnosed before age 21 years and > 5 years from diagnosis and/or > 2 years off therapy. All data were independently abstracted by two reviewers. Random-effects meta-analyses were performed using Review Manager 5.0. RESULTS The search yielded 7021 unique publications. Forty-six were included in the current review. Meta-analyses revealed survivors of CNS tumors were significantly more likely to have completed compulsory education only (OR = 1.87, 95% CI = 1.66, 2.12, p < 0.00001), less likely to be married (OR = 4.70, 95% CI = 3.89, 5.68, p < 0.00001), and more likely to be unemployed (OR = 2.84, 95% CI = 2.62, 3.08, p < 0.00001) compared to non-cancer controls. Cranial radiation therapy, neurocognitive deficits, and younger age at diagnosis were associated with poorer outcomes. Hearing loss and bilateral blindness were also related to poorer outcomes. Sex did not impact social attainment outcomes. CONCLUSIONS Survivors of pediatric CNS tumors are at elevated risk for poor attainment of key adult social outcomes. IMPLICATIONS FOR CANCER SURVIVORS There is a critical need to develop interventions to support survivors in becoming independent and productive adults.
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Kieffer V, Chevignard MP, Dellatolas G, Puget S, Dhermain F, Grill J, Valteau-Couanet D, Dufour C. Intellectual, educational, and situation-based social outcome in adult survivors of childhood medulloblastoma. Dev Neurorehabil 2019; 22:19-26. [PMID: 29336639 DOI: 10.1080/17518423.2018.1424262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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PURPOSE To investigate intellectual and situation-based social outcome and educational achievement in adult survivors of childhood medulloblastoma and analyse factors influencing outcome Methods: We collected demographic, medical and cognitive data, and social and educational outcome at a mean time since the end of treatments of 14.9 years in 58 adults, aged 19-35 years, consecutively treated in a single cancer center between 1989 and 2005. RESULTS Ten survivors had severe intellectual disability, 12 were still studying, 23 had a regular employment and 13 were unemployed. Full Scale Intellectual Quotient, assessed 6.6 years after the end of treatments, ranged from 46 to 131. It was strongly associated with educational achievement and significantly lower in patients who experienced postoperative cerebellar mutism, and when parental education level was low. CONCLUSION These factors should be systematically considered at diagnosis in order to offer adequate and timely assessments and interventions.
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- Virginie Kieffer
- a Rehabilitation Department for children with acquired neurological injury , Saint Maurice Hospitals , Saint Maurice , France
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- a Rehabilitation Department for children with acquired neurological injury , Saint Maurice Hospitals , Saint Maurice , France
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- c Department of neurosurgery , Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital , Paris , France
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- d Département de radiothérapie , Gustave Roussy , Villejuif , France
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- e Département de Cancérologie de l'Enfant et de l'Adolescent , Gustave Roussy , Villejuif , France
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- e Département de Cancérologie de l'Enfant et de l'Adolescent , Gustave Roussy , Villejuif , France
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Chen SM, Lin TK, Tseng YY, Tu CH, Lui TN, Huang SF, Hsieh LL, Li YY. Targeting inhibitors of apoptosis proteins suppresses medulloblastoma cell proliferation via G2/M phase arrest and attenuated neddylation of p21. Cancer Med 2018; 7:3988-4003. [PMID: 29984917 PMCID: PMC6089189 DOI: 10.1002/cam4.1658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2018] [Revised: 05/19/2018] [Accepted: 06/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Medulloblastoma (MB) is the most common type of malignant childhood brain tumor. We previously showed that inhibitors of apoptosis proteins (IAP) small‐molecule inhibitors (LCL161 or LBW242) combined with chemotherapy have synergistic antiproliferative effects on MB cells. The synergistic antitumor effects of combination treatments happen through induction of autophagy and caspase‐3/7‐activated apoptosis. Here, we investigated the effects of IAP inhibitors or silencing IAP on cell cycle regulation. We discovered that treatment with IAP inhibitors or their combination with conventional chemotherapy (vincristine or cisplatin), as well as RNAi knockdown of cIAP1/2 or XIAP arrested MB cells in the G2/M phase through downregulation of cyclin B1‐CDK1 and cyclin A‐CDK1/2. Among these three IAPs, only silencing cIAP1 expression enhanced p21 dependent‐G2/M phase accumulation. IAP inhibitors reduced cIAP1 expression and increased p21 expression in time course experiments. Furthermore, cIAP1 can govern p21 proteasomal degradation via neddylation in lieu of ubiquitination. Inhibition of IAPs significantly abrogated cIAP1‐mediated p21 degradation. We also observed an inverse correlation between nuclear cIAP1 and nuclear p21 expressions in MB tumor tissues. These findings provide new mechanistic evidence of the influence of IAP inhibitors on MB cell proliferation through disruption of the cell cycle.
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- Shu-Mei Chen
- Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.,Department of Neurosurgery, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University Hospital, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Public Health, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.,Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Public Health, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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Chen X, Wei J, Li C, Pierson CR, Finlay JL, Lin J. Blocking interleukin-6 signaling inhibits cell viability/proliferation, glycolysis, and colony forming activity of human medulloblastoma cells. Int J Oncol 2017; 52:571-578. [PMID: 29207075 PMCID: PMC5741369 DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2017.4211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2017] [Accepted: 08/23/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Elevated levels of the pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6) have tumor-promoting activity and are associated with poor survival outcomes in many cancers. Additionally, the IL-6/GP130/STAT3 axis has been widely studied due to its pivotal role in tumor development and maintenance in a number of tissue types, including the cerebellum. However, the connection between IL-6 signaling and medulloblastoma progression is largely unexplored. In the present study, we observed that IL-6 induced medulloblastoma cell viability, cell proliferation and glycolysis. Furthermore, it also upregulated the expression of phosphorylated STAT3, indicating that the IL-6/GP130/STAT3 pathway plays a central role in medulloblastoma. The FDA-approved drug bazedoxifene, a blocker of the formation of the hexameric IL-6/IL-6R/GP130 complex, was re-purposed in this study to inhibit the IL-6/GP130/STAT3 signaling pathway. Bazedoxifene not only inhibited IL-6 mediated cell viability and cell proliferation, and increased phosphorylated STAT3 expression, but it also decreased cell glycolysis, demonstrating a certain level of therapeutic efficacy in vitro. Collectively, our findings offer new insight into the molecular mechanism underlying the biological aggressiveness of medulloblastoma, the roles of IL-6 in these processes and a possible efficacious adjuvant therapy for medulloblastoma.
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- Xiang Chen
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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- College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, The Department of Pathology and Division of Anatomy, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43205, USA
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- Hematology and Oncology, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43205, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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Synergistic anti-cancer effects of epigenetic drugs on medulloblastoma cells. Cell Oncol (Dordr) 2017; 40:263-279. [PMID: 28429280 DOI: 10.1007/s13402-017-0319-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Medulloblastomas are aggressive brain malignancies. While considerable progress has been made in the treatment of medulloblastoma patients with respect to overall survival, these patients are still at risk of developing neurologic and cognitive deficits as a result of anti-cancer therapies. It is hypothesized that targeted molecular therapies represent a better treatment option for medulloblastoma patients. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to test a panel of epigenetic drugs for their effect on medulloblastoma cells under mild hypoxic conditions that reflect the physiological concentrations of oxygen in the brain. METHODS Protein levels of histone deacetylase 1 (HDAC1) and DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) in medulloblastoma-derived cells (Daoy and D283 Med), as well as in developing and differentiated brain cells, were determined and compared. Class I and II histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACi) and a DNMT inhibitor, 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (5-aza-dC), were applied to Daoy and D283 Med cells, and their effects were studied using viability, apoptosis and cancer sphere assays. RESULTS We found that in HDAC1 and DNMT1 overexpressing medulloblastoma-derived cells, cell death was induced under various epigenetic drug conditions tested. At low HDACi concentrations, however, a pro-proliferative effect was observed. Parthenolide, a drug that affects cancer stem cells, was found to be efficient in inducing cell death in both cell lines tested. In contrast, we found that Daoy cells were more resistant to 5-aza-dC than D283 Med cells. When suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA) and parthenolide were individually applied to both cell lines in combination with 5-aza-dC, a synergistic effect on cell survival was observed. CONCLUSIONS Our current results suggest that the application of HDACi in combination with drugs that target DNMT may represent a promising option for the treatment of medulloblastoma.
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Long-term safety of growth hormone replacement therapy after childhood medulloblastoma and PNET: it is time to set aside old concerns. J Neurooncol 2016; 131:349-357. [DOI: 10.1007/s11060-016-2306-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2016] [Accepted: 10/18/2016] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Blockade of Inhibitors of Apoptosis Proteins in Combination with Conventional Chemotherapy Leads to Synergistic Antitumor Activity in Medulloblastoma and Cancer Stem-Like Cells. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0161299. [PMID: 27537345 PMCID: PMC4990200 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2016] [Accepted: 08/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background Medulloblastoma (MB) is the most common pediatric primary malignant brain tumor. Approximately one-third of MB patients succumb to treatment failure and some survivors suffer detrimental side effects. Hence, the purpose of this study is to explore new therapeutic regimens to overcome chemotherapeutic agent resistance or reduce chemotherapy-induced toxicity. Methods We detected the expression of inhibitors of apoptosis proteins (IAPs) in MB and CD133+ MB cell lines and MB tissues using immunoblotting and immunohistochemical staining. The antitumor effects of inhibitors against IAPs on MB or CD133+ MB cells were evaluated by MTT assay, Annexin V/PI analysis, and caspase-3/7 activity. Autophagy was assessed by the conversion of light chain (LC) 3-I to LC3-II and Cyto-ID autophagy detection kit. Results MB cells showed higher expression of IAPs compared to normal astrocytes and normal brain tissues. Conventional chemotherapeutic agents combined with small-molecule IAP inhibitors (LCL161 or LBW242) showed a synergistic effect in MB cells. Combined treatments triggered apoptosis in MB cells through activation of caspase-3/7 and autophagic flux simultaneously. In addition, we found that CD133+ MB cells with features of cancer stem cells displayed higher levels of X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis (XIAP) and cellular inhibitor of apoptosis 1/2 (cIAP1/2), and were hypersensitive to treatment with IAP inhibitors. Conclusions These results shed light on the biological effects of combination therapy on MB cells and illustrate that IAP inhibitors are more effective for CD133+ stem-like MB cells.
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Merchant TE, Schreiber JE, Wu S, Lukose R, Xiong X, Gajjar A. Critical combinations of radiation dose and volume predict intelligence quotient and academic achievement scores after craniospinal irradiation in children with medulloblastoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2014; 90:554-61. [PMID: 25160611 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.06.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2014] [Revised: 04/16/2014] [Accepted: 06/21/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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PURPOSE To prospectively follow children treated with craniospinal irradiation to determine critical combinations of radiation dose and volume that would predict for cognitive effects. METHODS AND MATERIALS Between 1996 and 2003, 58 patients (median age 8.14 years, range 3.99-20.11 years) with medulloblastoma received risk-adapted craniospinal irradiation followed by dose-intense chemotherapy and were followed longitudinally with multiple cognitive evaluations (through 5 years after treatment) that included intelligence quotient (estimated intelligence quotient, full-scale, verbal, and performance) and academic achievement (math, reading, spelling) tests. Craniospinal irradiation consisted of 23.4 Gy for average-risk patients (nonmetastatic) and 36-39.6 Gy for high-risk patients (metastatic or residual disease >1.5 cm(2)). The primary site was treated using conformal or intensity modulated radiation therapy using a 2-cm clinical target volume margin. The effect of clinical variables and radiation dose to different brain volumes were modeled to estimate cognitive scores after treatment. RESULTS A decline with time for all test scores was observed for the entire cohort. Sex, race, and cerebrospinal fluid shunt status had a significant impact on baseline scores. Age and mean radiation dose to specific brain volumes, including the temporal lobes and hippocampi, had a significant impact on longitudinal scores. Dichotomized dose distributions at 25 Gy, 35 Gy, 45 Gy, and 55 Gy were modeled to show the impact of the high-dose volume on longitudinal test scores. The 50% risk of a below-normal cognitive test score was calculated according to mean dose and dose intervals between 25 Gy and 55 Gy at 10-Gy increments according to brain volume and age. CONCLUSIONS The ability to predict cognitive outcomes in children with medulloblastoma using dose-effects models for different brain subvolumes will improve treatment planning, guide intervention, and help estimate the value of newer methods of irradiation.
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- Thomas E Merchant
- Division of Radiation Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee.
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- Department of Psychology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Biostatistcs, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Biostatistcs, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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Morfouace M, Shelat A, Jacus M, Freeman BB, Turner D, Robinson S, Zindy F, Wang YD, Finkelstein D, Ayrault O, Bihannic L, Puget S, Li XN, Olson JM, Robinson GW, Guy RK, Stewart CF, Gajjar A, Roussel MF. Pemetrexed and gemcitabine as combination therapy for the treatment of Group3 medulloblastoma. Cancer Cell 2014; 25:516-29. [PMID: 24684846 PMCID: PMC3994669 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2014.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2013] [Revised: 10/29/2013] [Accepted: 02/18/2014] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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We devised a high-throughput, cell-based assay to identify compounds to treat Group3 medulloblastoma (G3 MB). Mouse G3 MBs neurospheres were screened against a library of approximately 7,000 compounds including US Food and Drug Administration-approved drugs. We found that pemetrexed and gemcitabine preferentially inhibited G3 MB proliferation in vitro compared to control neurospheres and substantially inhibited G3 MB proliferation in vivo. When combined, these two drugs significantly increased survival of mice bearing cortical implants of mouse and human G3 MBs that overexpress MYC compared to each agent alone, while having little effect on mouse MBs of the sonic hedgehog subgroup. Our findings strongly suggest that combination therapy with pemetrexed and gemcitabine is a promising treatment for G3 MBs.
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- Marie Morfouace
- Department of Tumor Cell Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Preclinical Pharmacokinetics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Tumor Cell Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Tumor Cell Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Institut Curie/CNRS UMR 3306/INSERM U1005 Building 110, Centre Universitaire, 91405 Orsay, Cedex, France
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- Institut Curie/CNRS UMR 3306/INSERM U1005 Building 110, Centre Universitaire, 91405 Orsay, Cedex, France
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- AP-HP, Department of Neurosurgery, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, Université Rene Descartes, 75015 Paris, France
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Hematology-Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Department of NeuroOncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of NeuroOncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Tumor Cell Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
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Relapse in medulloblastoma: what can be done after abandoning high-dose chemotherapy? A mono-institutional experience. Childs Nerv Syst 2013; 29:1107-12. [PMID: 23595805 DOI: 10.1007/s00381-013-2104-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2013] [Accepted: 04/04/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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PURPOSE We retrospectively report strategies used for medulloblastoma patients progressing after craniospinal irradiation where we aimed for: symptom control, a satisfactory quality of life, accrual in phase 1-2 trials, when available, and the first two conditions could no longer be satisfied by already experienced second-line strategies. METHODS Surgery was used in cases of doubtful relapse or when only one site was affected. Radiotherapy was given whenever possible, especially to relieve symptoms. The main chemotherapy regimens were oral temozolomide/etoposide, intravenous (iv.) cisplatin/etoposide, iv. gemcitabine/oxaliplatin, an oral sonic hedgehog pathway inhibitor and oral melphalan. RESULTS Between 1998 and 2011, we treated 18 patients relapsed after median 20 months. Nine had relapsed locally, four had dissemination, three single metastases, and two had one synchronous local and metastatic recurrence. Responses to chemotherapy were seen in 32% of cases. The median hospital stay for treatments/complications was 19 days. The 1- and 3-year progression-free survival (PFS) rates were 28 ± 10% and 0%, respectively, for OS, they were 44 ± 12% and 22 ± 10% but no patient was cured. The median PFS after a first relapse was 7 months (range 1-29); the median OS was 7 months (range 4-44). No patients died due to treatment toxicity. Late recurrence (more than 1-2 years after diagnosis) and involvement of single sites were favorable prognostic factors. CONCLUSIONS Without succeeding in patients cure, we ensured them further treatment with short hospital stay thus affording low personal and social costs. The chances of cure may emerge from tailored therapies according to genetic stratification.
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Irradiation-induced angiogenesis is associated with an MMP-9-miR-494-syndecan-1 regulatory loop in medulloblastoma cells. Oncogene 2013; 33:1922-33. [DOI: 10.1038/onc.2013.151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2012] [Revised: 03/18/2013] [Accepted: 03/22/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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