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ArticleCancer letters2017

Gemcitabine enhances the transport of nanovector-albumin-bound paclitaxel in gemcitabine-resistant pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

Carlotta Borsoi, Fransisca Leonard, Yeonju Lee, Mohamed Zaid, Dalia Elganainy, Jenolyn Francisca Alexander, Megumi Kai, Yan Ting Liu, Yaan Kang, Xuewu Liu and 4 more

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Article in Cancer letters, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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18 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Carlotta BorsoiDepartment of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6700 Bertner Ave., Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Fransisca LeonardDepartment of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6700 Bertner Ave., Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Yeonju LeeDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Mohamed ZaidDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Dalia ElganainyDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Jenolyn Francisca AlexanderDepartment of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6700 Bertner Ave., Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Megumi KaiDepartment of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6700 Bertner Ave., Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Yan Ting LiuDepartment of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6700 Bertner Ave., Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Yaan KangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Xuewu LiuDepartment of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6700 Bertner Ave., Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Eugene J KoayDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Mauro FerrariDepartment of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6700 Bertner Ave., Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, 1300 York Ave., New York, NY 10065, USA. Electronic address: mferrari@houstonmethodist.org.
Biana GodinDepartment of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6700 Bertner Ave., Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address: bianagodinv@gmail.com.
Kenji YokoiDepartment of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6700 Bertner Ave., Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address: kyokoi@houstonmethodist.org.
Houston Methodist · USThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

Texas Center for Cancer NanomedicineU54CA151668 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI FERRARI, MAURO · 2010 to 2014
$12.4M
TRANS-NETWORK PROJECTSU54CA143837 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI CURLEY, STEVEN ALAN · 2009 to 2014
$10.8M
NCI NIH HHS U54 CA143837NCI NIH HHS U54 CA151668
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mechanism for improved therapeutic efficacy of the combination therapy with nanoparticle albumin-bound paclitaxel (nAb-PTX) and gemcitabine (gem) for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has been ascribed to enhanced gem transport by nAb-PTX. Here, we used an orthotopic mouse model of gem-resistant human PDAC in which increasing gem transport would not improve the efficacy, thus revealing the importance of nAb-PTX transport. We aimed to evaluate therapeutic outcomes and transport of nAb-PTX to PDAC as a result of (1) encapsulating nAb-PTX in multistage nanovectors (MSV); (2) effect of gem on caveolin-1 expression. Treatment with MSV/nAb-PTX + gem was highly efficient in prolonging animal survival in comparison to other therapeutic regimens. MSV/nAb-PTX + gem also caused a substantial increase in tumor PTX accumulation, significantly reduced tumor growth and tumor cell proliferation, and increased apoptosis. Moreover, gem enhanced caveolin-1 expression in vitro and in vivo, thereby improving transport of nAb-PTX to PDAC. This data was confirmed by analysis of PDACs from patients who received gem-based neo-adjuvant chemotherapy. In conclusion, we found that nAb-PTX treatment of gem-resistant PDAC can be enhanced by (1) gem through up-regulation of caveolin-1 and (2) MSV through increasing accumulation of nAb-PTX in the tumor.

Indexed as

Drug CarriersDrug Resistance, NeoplasmNanoparticlesAlbumin-Bound PaclitaxelAnimalsAntimetabolites, AntineoplasticAntineoplastic Agents, PhytogenicApoptosisCarcinoma, Pancreatic DuctalCaveolin 1Cell Line, TumorCell ProliferationDeoxycytidineDrug CompoundingGemcitabineHumansAlbumin-Bound PaclitaxelAntimetabolites, AntineoplasticAntineoplastic Agents, PhytogenicCAV1 protein, humanCaveolin 1DeoxycytidineDrug CarriersGemcitabineDrug resistanceGemcitabineMultistage nanovectorsnAb-paclitaxelPancreatic cancerTransport

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PMID28687352
PMCPMC5560598
OpenAlexW2732556476

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