三氟拉嗪
自噬
癌症研究
辐射敏感性
体内
克隆形成试验
替莫唑胺
组织蛋白酶D
化学
生物
药理学
细胞凋亡
放射治疗
医学
胶质瘤
内科学
生物化学
酶
生物技术
钙调蛋白
作者
Xin Zhang,Ran Xu,Chao Zhang,Yangyang Xu,Mingzhi Han,Bin Huang,Anjing Chen,Chen Qiu,Frits Thorsen,Lars Prestegarden,Rolf Bjerkvig,Jian Wang,Xingang Li
标识
DOI:10.1186/s13046-017-0588-z
摘要
Resistance to adjuvant radiotherapy is a major cause of treatment failure in patients with glioblastoma (GBM). Autophagy inhibitors have been shown to enhance the efficacy of radiotherapy for certain solid tumors. However, current inhibitors do not penetrate the blood-brain-barrier (BBB). Here, we assessed the radiosensitivity effects of the antipsychotic drug trifluoperazine (TFP) on GBM in vitro and in vivo.U251 and U87 GBM cell lines as well as GBM cells from a primary human biopsy (P3), were used in vitro and in vivo to evaluate the efficacy of TFP treatment. Viability and cytotoxicity was evaluated by CCK-8 and clonogenic formation assays. Molecular studies using immunohistochemistry, western blots, immunofluorescence and qPCR were used to gain mechanistic insight into the biological activity of TFP. Preclinical therapeutic efficacy was evaluated in orthotopic xenograft mouse models.IC50 values of U251, U87 and P3 cells treated with TFP were 16, 15 and 15.5 μM, respectively. TFP increased the expression of LC3B-II and p62, indicating a potential disruption of autophagy flux. These results were further substantiated by a decreased Lysotracker Red uptake, indicating impaired acidification of the lysosomes. We show that TFP and radiation had an additive effect when combined. This effect was in part due to impaired TFP-induced homologous recombination. Mechanistically we show that down-regulation of cathepsin L might explain the radiosensitivity effect of TFP. Finally, combining TFP and radiation resulted in a significant antitumor effect in orthotopic GBM xenograft models.This study provides a strong rationale for further clinical studies exploring the combination therapy of TFP and radiation to treat GBM patients.
科研通智能强力驱动
Strongly Powered by AbleSci AI