Combination strategy targeting VEGF and HGF/c-met in human renal cell carcinoma models.

ABSTRACT: Alternative pathways to the VEGF, such as hepatocyte growth factor or HGF/c-met, are emerging as key players in tumor angiogenesis and resistance to anti-VEGF therapies. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of a combination strategy targeting the VEGF and c-met pathways in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) models. Male SCID mice (8/group) were implanted with 786-O tumor pieces and treated with either a selective VEGF receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor, axitinib (36 mg/kg, 2×/day); a c-met inhibitor, crizotinib (25 mg/kg, 1×/day); or combination. We further tested this drug combination in a human ccRCC patient-derived xenograft, RP-R-01, in both VEGF-targeted therapy-sensitive and -resistant models. To evaluate the resistant phenotype, we established an RP-R-01 sunitinib-re

SUBMITTER: Ciamporcero E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4297225 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature