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Das A, Alshareef M, Porto GBF, Infinger LK, Vandergrift WA, Lindhorst SM, Varma AK, Patel SJ, Cachia D. Preconditioning with INC280 and LDK378 drugs sensitizes MGMT-unmethylated glioblastoma to temozolomide: Pre-clinical assessment. J Neurol Sci 2020; 418:117102. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2020.117102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2020] [Revised: 07/21/2020] [Accepted: 08/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Du Z, Caenepeel S, Shen Y, Rex K, Zhang Y, He Y, Tang ET, Wang O, Zhong W, Zhou H, Huang J, Huang E, Hu L, Coxon A, Zhang M. Preclinical Evaluation of AMG 337, a Highly Selective Small Molecule MET Inhibitor, in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Mol Cancer Ther 2016; 15:1227-37. [PMID: 27196749 DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-15-0745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2015] [Accepted: 03/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Aberrant hepatocyte growth factor (HGF)/MET signaling has been implicated in hepatocarcinogenesis, suggesting that MET may serve as an attractive therapeutic target in hepatocellular carcinoma. We sought to investigate the in vitro and in vivo antitumor activity of AMG 337, a potent and highly selective small molecule MET kinase inhibitor, in preclinical models of hepatocellular carcinoma. The antiproliferative activity of AMG 337 was evaluated across a panel of hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines in a viability assay. Daily oral administration was used to evaluate the in vivo antitumor activity of AMG 337 in two patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models of hepatocellular carcinoma (LI0612 and LI1078). AMG 337 exerted potent antiproliferative activity against 2 of 40 hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines, namely, MHCC97H (IC50, 0.015 μmol/L) and HCCLM3 (IC50, 0.025 μmol/L). Both sensitive cell lines showed MET amplification (MET/CEN-7 >2.0) assessed by FISH, and high MET expression (3+ IHC) assessed by IHC. AMG 337 potently inhibited p-MET in all cell lines with detectable levels of total MET. However, the dose-dependent inhibition of downstream effectors of HGF/MET signaling, including p-GAB1, p-AKT, and p-ERK, was limited to those cell lines sensitive to AMG 337 in a viability assay (MHCC97H and HCCLM3). AMG 337 significantly inhibited tumor growth at all doses tested in the MET-amplified and MET-high-expressing hepatocellular carcinoma PDX model LI0612 and had no effect on tumor growth in the non-MET-amplified and MET-low-expressing hepatocellular carcinoma PDX model LI1078. AMG 337 represents a promising and novel therapeutic strategy for targeting hepatocellular carcinomas with a dependence on HGF/MET signaling. Mol Cancer Ther; 15(6); 1227-37. ©2016 AACR.
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Affiliation(s)
- Zhiqiang Du
- Amgen Biopharmaceutical Research & Development (Shanghai) Co., Ltd, Shanghai, China
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- Oncology Research, Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, California
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- Amgen Biopharmaceutical Research & Development (Shanghai) Co., Ltd, Shanghai, China
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- Oncology Research, Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, California
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- Amgen Biopharmaceutical Research & Development (Shanghai) Co., Ltd, Shanghai, China
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- Amgen Biopharmaceutical Research & Development (Shanghai) Co., Ltd, Shanghai, China
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- Amgen Biopharmaceutical Research & Development (Shanghai) Co., Ltd, Shanghai, China
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- Amgen Biopharmaceutical Research & Development (Shanghai) Co., Ltd, Shanghai, China
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- Amgen Biopharmaceutical Research & Development (Shanghai) Co., Ltd, Shanghai, China
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- Amgen Biopharmaceutical Research & Development (Shanghai) Co., Ltd, Shanghai, China
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- Amgen Biopharmaceutical Research & Development (Shanghai) Co., Ltd, Shanghai, China
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- Amgen Biopharmaceutical Research & Development (Shanghai) Co., Ltd, Shanghai, China
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- Amgen Biopharmaceutical Research & Development (Shanghai) Co., Ltd, Shanghai, China
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- Oncology Research, Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, California
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- Amgen Biopharmaceutical Research & Development (Shanghai) Co., Ltd, Shanghai, China.
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