Project description:Recent randomized clinical trial revealed the additional effect of bevacizumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody against vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-A, to conventional chemotherapy on survival of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. However, a number of preclinical reports indicate resistant mechanisms to anti-angiogenic therapy in several tumor models. We investigated the phenotypic alterations of colorectal cancer xenograft during antiangiogenic therapy. TK-4, a solid tumor strain derived from human colon cancer, was orthotopically implanted into cecal walls of nude mice and treated with anti-VEGF antibody or control IgG for 35 days. Gene expression was analyzed using microarrays (Human Gene 1.0ST Array, Affymetrix).
Project description:The vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) /VEGF receptor (VEGFR) axis is an essential regulator of angiogenesis and important therapeutic target in cancer. However, the efficacy of combination treatment with an anti-VEGFR2 antibody and anti-VEGFR-A antibody on tumor progression is not clear. In this study, we examined the anti-tumor effect of the combination treatment using BALB/c-nu/nu mouse xenograft model subcutaneously injected with human gastric cancer MKN45 cells. In this model, we evaluated intra-tumor molecular changes after the combination treatment by cDNA microarray analysis.
Project description:Recent randomized clinical trial revealed the additional effect of bevacizumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody against vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-A, to conventional chemotherapy on survival of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. However, a number of preclinical reports indicate resistant mechanisms to anti-angiogenic therapy in several tumor models. We investigated the phenotypic alterations of colorectal cancer xenograft during antiangiogenic therapy.
Project description:RSPO is a WNT pathway activator and functions as a potent regulator of stem cell growth in colon. RSPO family members were produced by several human tumors representing multiple tumor types including ovarian, pancreatic, colon, breast and lung cancer. Specific monoclonal antibody antagonists of RSPO family members were developed. In human patient-derived tumor xenograft models, anti-RSPO treatment markedly inhibited tumor growth either as single agents or in combination with chemotherapy. Furthermore, blockade of RSPO signaling reduced the tumorigenicity of cancer cells based on serial transplantation studies. In order to assess the impact of RSPO3 inhibition and gain insight in the anti-RSPO3 treatment mechanism of action, the global gene expression profiles of 4 human colorectal cancer patient derived models (PDX) were performed using Affymetrix microarray for the xenografts treated by the anti-RSPO3 antibody.
Project description:This microarray experiment was designed to identify genes and pathways modulated in ovarian cancer xenografts treated with anti-human VEGF mAb (Bevacizumab). Tumors were established in NOD/SCID mice by s.c. injection of human ovarian cancer cells (IGROV-1 and SKOV3). Mice were treated with the anti-VEGF monoclonal antibody Bevacizumab or with PBS (control). Total RNA was extracted from tumor samples and hybridized on Affymetrix GeneChip™ PrimeView™ Human Gene Expression Arrays. Each sample was derived from a different mouse (n=5 mice/group). In order to evaluate the effects of the anti-human VEGF mAb in the two models, expression data of IGROV-1 and SKOV3 derived tumors were normalized and analyzed separately. Raw microarray data, preprocessed data matrix and results of differential expression analysis are available together with the applied protocols.
Project description:Ovarian cancer is a highly aggressive female tract cancer. Anti-VEGF therapy is widely used for the treatment of ovarian cancer, however it has shown moderate impact on patient prognosis. The elucidation of mechanism of drug resistance is highly beneficial for the advances in ovarian cancer treatment. Here, we investigated gene expression profile of HM-1 tumor which were treated with or without anti-VEGF antibody (B20-4.1.1) using transcriptome array to identify special molecular features of ovarian tumor after anti-VEGF treatment.
Project description:The insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system consists of two ligands (IGF-I and IGF-II), which both signal through type I IGF receptor (IGF-IR) to stimulate proliferation and inhibit apoptosis, with activity contributing to malignant growth of many types of human cancers. We have developed a humanized, affinity-matured anti-human IGF-IR monoclonal antibody (h10H5), which binds with high affinity and specificity to the extracellular domain. h10H5 inhibits IGF-IR-mediated signaling by blocking IGF-I and IGF-IIbinding and by inducing cell surface receptor down-regulation via internalization and degradation. In vitro, h10H5 exhibits anti-proliferative effects on cancer cell lines. In vivo, h10H5 demonstrates single-agent anti-tumor efficacy in human SK-N-AS neuroblastoma and SW527 breast cancer xenograft models, and even greater efficacy in combination with the chemotherapeutic agent Docetaxel or an anti-VEGF antibody. Anti-tumor activity of h10H5 is associated with decreased AKT activation and glucose uptake, and a 316-gene transcription profile with significant changes involving DNA metabolic and cell cycle machineries. These data support the clinical testing of h10H5 as a biotherapeutic for IGF-IR-dependent human tumors. Experiment Overall Design: Two treatment groups with four tumor samples per group are collected and analyzed,