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ArticleOncoscience2014

Antagonistic analogs of growth hormone-releasing hormone increase the efficacy of treatment of triple negative breast cancer in nude mice with doxorubicin; A preclinical study.

Roberto Perez, Andrew V Schally, Petra Popovics, Renzhi Cai, Wei Sha, Ricardo Rincon, Ferenc G Rick

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Article in Oncoscience, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Roberto PerezVeterans Affairs Medical Center, Miami, FL ; South Florida VA Foundation for Research and Education, Miami, FL.
Andrew V SchallyVeterans Affairs Medical Center, Miami, FL ; South Florida VA Foundation for Research and Education, Miami, FL ; Department of Pathology, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL ; Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL ; Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL ; Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL.
Petra PopovicsVeterans Affairs Medical Center, Miami, FL ; South Florida VA Foundation for Research and Education, Miami, FL ; Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL ; Department of Medicine III, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Renzhi CaiVeterans Affairs Medical Center, Miami, FL ; South Florida VA Foundation for Research and Education, Miami, FL ; Department of Pathology, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL.
Wei ShaVeterans Affairs Medical Center, Miami, FL ; South Florida VA Foundation for Research and Education, Miami, FL ; Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL.
Ricardo RinconVeterans Affairs Medical Center, Miami, FL ; South Florida VA Foundation for Research and Education, Miami, FL.
Ferenc G RickVeterans Affairs Medical Center, Miami, FL ; South Florida VA Foundation for Research and Education, Miami, FL ; Department of Urology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL.
South Florida Veterans Affairs Foundation for Research and Education · USUniversity of Miami · USVeterans Health Administration · USFlorida International University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThis study evaluated the effects of an antagonistic analog of growth hormone-releasing hormone, MIA-602, on tumor growth, response to doxorubicin, expression of drug resistance genes, and efflux pump function in human triple negative breast cancers.

methodsHCC1806 (doxorubicin-sensitive) and MX-1 (doxorubicin-resistant), cell lines were xenografted into nude mice and treated with MIA-602, doxorubicin, or their combination. Tumors were evaluated for changes in volume and the expression of the drug resistance genes MDR1 and NANOG. In-vitro cell culture assays were used to analyze the effect of MIA-602 on efflux pump function.

resultsTherapy with MIA-602 significantly reduced tumor growth and enhanced the efficacy of doxorubicin in both cell lines. Control HCC1806 tumors grew by 435%, while the volume of tumors treated with MIA-602 enlarged by 172.2% and with doxorubicin by 201.6%. Treatment with the combination of MIA-602 and doxorubicin resulted in an increase in volume of only 76.2%. Control MX-1 tumors grew by 907%, while tumors treated with MIA-602 enlarged by 434.8% and with doxorubicin by 815%. The combination of MIA-602 and doxorubicin reduced the increase in tumor volume to 256%. Treatment with MIA-602 lowered the level of growth hormone-releasing hormone and growth hormone-releasing hormone receptors and significantly reduced the expression of multidrug resistance (MDR1) gene and the drug resistance regulator NANOG. MIA-602 also suppressed efflux pump function in both cell lines.

conclusionsWe conclude that treatment of triple negative breast cancers with growth hormone-releasing hormone antagonists reduces tumor growth and potentiates the effects of cytotoxic therapy by nullifying drug resistance.

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antagonistcombination therapydrug resistanceGHRH analogsgrowth-hormone-releasing hormonetriple negative breast cancer

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PMID25593995
PMCPMC4278278
OpenAlexW238691276

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