Background:In order to investigate the mechanisms of acquired resistance to trabectedin, trabectedin-resistant human myxoid liposarcoma (402-91/T) and ovarian carcinoma (A2780/T) cell lines were derived and characterised in vitro and in vivo.Methods:Resistant cell lines were obtained by repeated exposures to trabectedin. Characterisation was performed by evaluating drug sensitivity, cell cycle perturbations, DNA damage and DNA repair protein expression. In vivo experiments were performed on A2780 and A2780/T xenografts.Results:402-91/T and A2780/T cells were six-fold resistant to trabectedin compared with parental cells. Resistant cells were found to be hypersensitive to UV light and did not express specific proteins involved in the nucleotide excision repair (NER) pathway: XPF and ERCC1 in 402-91/T and XPG in A2780/T. NER deficiency in trabectedin-resistant cells was associated with the absence of a G2/M arrest induced by trabectedin and with enhanced sensitivity (two-fold) to platinum drugs. In A2780/T, this collateral sensitivity, confirmed in vivo, was associated with an increased formation of DNA interstrand crosslinks.Conclusions:Our finding that resistance to trabectedin is associated with the loss of NER function, with a consequent increased sensitivity to platinum drugs, provides the rational for sequential use of these drugs in patients who have acquired resistance to trabectedin.

Colmegna, B., Uboldi, S., Frapolli, R., Licandro, S., Panini, N., Galmarini, C., et al. (2015). Increased sensitivity to platinum drugs of cancer cells with acquired resistance to trabectedin. BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER, 113(12), 1687-1693 [10.1038/bjc.2015.407].

Increased sensitivity to platinum drugs of cancer cells with acquired resistance to trabectedin

Licandro S. A.;
2015

Abstract

Background:In order to investigate the mechanisms of acquired resistance to trabectedin, trabectedin-resistant human myxoid liposarcoma (402-91/T) and ovarian carcinoma (A2780/T) cell lines were derived and characterised in vitro and in vivo.Methods:Resistant cell lines were obtained by repeated exposures to trabectedin. Characterisation was performed by evaluating drug sensitivity, cell cycle perturbations, DNA damage and DNA repair protein expression. In vivo experiments were performed on A2780 and A2780/T xenografts.Results:402-91/T and A2780/T cells were six-fold resistant to trabectedin compared with parental cells. Resistant cells were found to be hypersensitive to UV light and did not express specific proteins involved in the nucleotide excision repair (NER) pathway: XPF and ERCC1 in 402-91/T and XPG in A2780/T. NER deficiency in trabectedin-resistant cells was associated with the absence of a G2/M arrest induced by trabectedin and with enhanced sensitivity (two-fold) to platinum drugs. In A2780/T, this collateral sensitivity, confirmed in vivo, was associated with an increased formation of DNA interstrand crosslinks.Conclusions:Our finding that resistance to trabectedin is associated with the loss of NER function, with a consequent increased sensitivity to platinum drugs, provides the rational for sequential use of these drugs in patients who have acquired resistance to trabectedin.
Articolo in rivista - Articolo scientifico
cis-DDP, collateral sensitivity, DNA repair, ovarian cancer, resistance, Trabectedin, Animals, Antineoplastic Agents, Cell Cycle, Cell Line, Tumor, DNA Damage, Dioxoles, Drug Resistance, Neoplasm, Female, Histones, Humans, Mice, Mice, Nude, Organoplatinum Compounds, Tetrahydroisoquinolines, Trabectedin, Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
English
2015
113
12
1687
1693
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Colmegna, B., Uboldi, S., Frapolli, R., Licandro, S., Panini, N., Galmarini, C., et al. (2015). Increased sensitivity to platinum drugs of cancer cells with acquired resistance to trabectedin. BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER, 113(12), 1687-1693 [10.1038/bjc.2015.407].
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