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Harati R, Vandamme M, Blanchet B, Bardin C, Praz F, Hamoudi RA, Desbois-Mouthon C. Drug-Drug Interaction between Metformin and Sorafenib Alters Antitumor Effect in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells. Mol Pharmacol 2021; 100:32-45. [PMID: 33990407 DOI: 10.1124/molpharm.120.000223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2020] [Accepted: 04/09/2021] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
Abstract
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary liver malignancy and is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. The multitarget inhibitor sorafenib is a first-line treatment of patients with advanced unresectable HCC. Recent clinical studies have evidenced that patients treated with sorafenib together with the antidiabetic drug metformin have a survival disadvantage compared with patients receiving sorafenib only. Here, we examined whether a clinically relevant dose of metformin (50 mg/kg per day) could influence the antitumoral effects of sorafenib (15 mg/kg per day) in a subcutaneous xenograft model of human HCC growth using two different sequences of administration, i.e., concomitant versus sequential dosing regimens. We observed that the administration of metformin 6 hours prior to sorafenib was significantly less effective in inhibiting tumor growth (15.4% tumor growth inhibition) than concomitant administration of the two drugs (59.5% tumor growth inhibition). In vitro experiments confirmed that pretreatment of different human HCC cell lines with metformin reduced the effects of sorafenib on cell viability, proliferation, and signaling. Transcriptomic analysis confirmed significant differences between xenografted tumors obtained under the concomitant and the sequential dosing regimens. Taken together, these observations call into question the benefit of parallel use of metformin and sorafenib in patients with advanced HCC and diabetes, as the interaction between the two drugs could ultimately compromise patient survival. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: When drugs are administered sequentially, metformin alters the antitumor effect of sorafenib, the reference treatment for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma, in a preclinical murine xenograft model of liver cancer progression as well as in hepatic cancer cell lines. Defective activation of the AMP-activated protein kinase pathway as well as major transcriptomic changes are associated with the loss of the antitumor effect. These results echo recent clinical work reporting a poorer prognosis for patients with liver cancer who were cotreated with metformin and sorafenib.
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- Rania Harati
- Department of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmacotherapeutics, College of Pharmacy (R.H.), and Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine (R.A.H), University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine (R.H., M.V., F.P., C.D.-M.) and Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers (C.D.-M.), Sorbonne Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Université de Paris, Paris, France; Département de Pharmacocinétique et Pharmacochimie, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP, CARPEM, Paris, France (B.B., C.B.); UMR8038 CNRS, U1268 INSERM, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Paris, PRES Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France (B.B); Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France (F.P.); and Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, UCL, London, United Kingdom (R.A.H.)
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmacotherapeutics, College of Pharmacy (R.H.), and Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine (R.A.H), University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine (R.H., M.V., F.P., C.D.-M.) and Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers (C.D.-M.), Sorbonne Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Université de Paris, Paris, France; Département de Pharmacocinétique et Pharmacochimie, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP, CARPEM, Paris, France (B.B., C.B.); UMR8038 CNRS, U1268 INSERM, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Paris, PRES Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France (B.B); Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France (F.P.); and Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, UCL, London, United Kingdom (R.A.H.)
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmacotherapeutics, College of Pharmacy (R.H.), and Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine (R.A.H), University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine (R.H., M.V., F.P., C.D.-M.) and Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers (C.D.-M.), Sorbonne Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Université de Paris, Paris, France; Département de Pharmacocinétique et Pharmacochimie, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP, CARPEM, Paris, France (B.B., C.B.); UMR8038 CNRS, U1268 INSERM, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Paris, PRES Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France (B.B); Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France (F.P.); and Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, UCL, London, United Kingdom (R.A.H.)
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmacotherapeutics, College of Pharmacy (R.H.), and Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine (R.A.H), University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine (R.H., M.V., F.P., C.D.-M.) and Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers (C.D.-M.), Sorbonne Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Université de Paris, Paris, France; Département de Pharmacocinétique et Pharmacochimie, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP, CARPEM, Paris, France (B.B., C.B.); UMR8038 CNRS, U1268 INSERM, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Paris, PRES Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France (B.B); Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France (F.P.); and Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, UCL, London, United Kingdom (R.A.H.)
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmacotherapeutics, College of Pharmacy (R.H.), and Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine (R.A.H), University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine (R.H., M.V., F.P., C.D.-M.) and Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers (C.D.-M.), Sorbonne Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Université de Paris, Paris, France; Département de Pharmacocinétique et Pharmacochimie, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP, CARPEM, Paris, France (B.B., C.B.); UMR8038 CNRS, U1268 INSERM, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Paris, PRES Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France (B.B); Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France (F.P.); and Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, UCL, London, United Kingdom (R.A.H.)
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmacotherapeutics, College of Pharmacy (R.H.), and Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine (R.A.H), University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine (R.H., M.V., F.P., C.D.-M.) and Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers (C.D.-M.), Sorbonne Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Université de Paris, Paris, France; Département de Pharmacocinétique et Pharmacochimie, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP, CARPEM, Paris, France (B.B., C.B.); UMR8038 CNRS, U1268 INSERM, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Paris, PRES Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France (B.B); Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France (F.P.); and Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, UCL, London, United Kingdom (R.A.H.)
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmacotherapeutics, College of Pharmacy (R.H.), and Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine (R.A.H), University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine (R.H., M.V., F.P., C.D.-M.) and Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers (C.D.-M.), Sorbonne Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Université de Paris, Paris, France; Département de Pharmacocinétique et Pharmacochimie, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP, CARPEM, Paris, France (B.B., C.B.); UMR8038 CNRS, U1268 INSERM, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Paris, PRES Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France (B.B); Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France (F.P.); and Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, UCL, London, United Kingdom (R.A.H.)
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Théret N, Bouezzeddine F, Azar F, Diab-Assaf M, Legagneux V. ADAM and ADAMTS Proteins, New Players in the Regulation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Microenvironment. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:cancers13071563. [PMID: 33805340 PMCID: PMC8037375 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13071563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2021] [Revised: 03/23/2021] [Accepted: 03/25/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Simple Summary Members of the adamalysin family are multi-domain proteins involved in many cancer-related functions. In this review, we will examine the literature on the involvement of adamalysins in hepatocellular carcinoma progression and their importance in the tumor microenvironment where they regulate the inflammatory response and the epithelial–mesenchymal transition. We complete this review with an analysis of adamalysin expression in a large cohort of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database. These original results give a new insight into the involvement of all adamalysins in the primary liver cancer. Abstract The tumor microenvironment plays a major role in tumor growth, invasion and resistance to chemotherapy, however understanding how all actors from microenvironment interact together remains a complex issue. The tumor microenvironment is classically represented as three closely connected components including the stromal cells such as immune cells, fibroblasts, adipocytes and endothelial cells, the extracellular matrix (ECM) and the cytokine/growth factors. Within this space, proteins of the adamalysin family (ADAM for a disintegrin and metalloproteinase; ADAMTS for ADAM with thrombospondin motifs; ADAMTSL for ADAMTS-like) play critical roles by modulating cell–cell and cell–ECM communication. During last decade, the implication of adamalysins in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has been supported by numerous studies however the functional characterization of most of them remain unsettled. In the present review we propose both an overview of the literature and a meta-analysis of adamalysins expression in HCC using data generated by The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Research Network.
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- Nathalie Théret
- Univ Rennes, Inserm, EHESP, Irset (Institut de Recherche en santé, Environnement et Travail)-UMR_S1085, University of Rennes 1, 35000 Rennes, France; (F.A.); (V.L.)
- Correspondence:
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- Molecular Cancer and Pharmaceutical Biology Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences II, Lebanese University Fanar, 1500 Beirut, Lebanon; (F.B.); (M.D.-A.)
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- Univ Rennes, Inserm, EHESP, Irset (Institut de Recherche en santé, Environnement et Travail)-UMR_S1085, University of Rennes 1, 35000 Rennes, France; (F.A.); (V.L.)
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- Molecular Cancer and Pharmaceutical Biology Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences II, Lebanese University Fanar, 1500 Beirut, Lebanon; (F.B.); (M.D.-A.)
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- Univ Rennes, Inserm, EHESP, Irset (Institut de Recherche en santé, Environnement et Travail)-UMR_S1085, University of Rennes 1, 35000 Rennes, France; (F.A.); (V.L.)
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