TY - JOUR
T1 - Reversibility of regorafenib effects in hepatocellular carcinoma cells
AU - D'Alessandro, Rosalba
AU - Refolo, Maria G.
AU - Lippolis, Catia
AU - Messa, Caterina
AU - Cavallini, Aldo
AU - Rossi, Roberta
AU - Resta, Leonardo
AU - Di Carlo, Antonio
AU - Carr, Brian I.
PY - 2013/10
Y1 - 2013/10
N2 - Purpose: Multikinase growth inhibitors inhibit their target kinases with varying potency. Patients often require lower doses or therapy breaks due to drug toxicities. To evaluate the effects of drug withdrawal on hepatocellular carcinoma cells after incubation with growth-inhibitory concentrations of regorafenib, cell growth, migration and invasion, and signaling were examined. Methods: Cell proliferation, motility, and invasion were analyzed by MTT, wound healing, and invasion assays, respectively, and MAPK pathway protein markers were analyzed by Western blot. Results: After regorafenib removal, cell growth, migration, and invasion recovered. Repeated drug exposure resulted in changes in cell growth patterns. Recovery could be blocked by sub-growth-inhibitory concentrations of either doxorubicin or vitamin K1. Recovery of growth was associated with increased phospho-JNK, phospho-p38, and phospho-STAT3 levels. The recovery of growth, migration, and signaling were blocked by a JNK inhibitor. Conclusions: Removal of regorafenib from growth-inhibited cells resulted in a JNK-dependent recovery of growth and migration.
AB - Purpose: Multikinase growth inhibitors inhibit their target kinases with varying potency. Patients often require lower doses or therapy breaks due to drug toxicities. To evaluate the effects of drug withdrawal on hepatocellular carcinoma cells after incubation with growth-inhibitory concentrations of regorafenib, cell growth, migration and invasion, and signaling were examined. Methods: Cell proliferation, motility, and invasion were analyzed by MTT, wound healing, and invasion assays, respectively, and MAPK pathway protein markers were analyzed by Western blot. Results: After regorafenib removal, cell growth, migration, and invasion recovered. Repeated drug exposure resulted in changes in cell growth patterns. Recovery could be blocked by sub-growth-inhibitory concentrations of either doxorubicin or vitamin K1. Recovery of growth was associated with increased phospho-JNK, phospho-p38, and phospho-STAT3 levels. The recovery of growth, migration, and signaling were blocked by a JNK inhibitor. Conclusions: Removal of regorafenib from growth-inhibited cells resulted in a JNK-dependent recovery of growth and migration.
KW - Growth
KW - Hepatocarcinoma
KW - Migration, invasion
KW - Regorafenib
KW - Reversibility
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U2 - 10.1007/s00280-013-2269-8
DO - 10.1007/s00280-013-2269-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 23959464
AN - SCOPUS:84885387350
VL - 72
SP - 869
EP - 877
JO - Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology
JF - Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology
SN - 0344-5704
IS - 4
ER -