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ArticleOncoTargets and therapy2018

Tumoral response and tumoral phenotypic changes in a rat model of diethylnitrosamine-induced hepatocellular carcinoma after salirasib and sorafenib administration.

Olga Ciccarelli, Arthur Colson, Christine De Saeger, Raymond Reding, Christine Sempoux, Isabelle A Leclercq, Peter Stärkel

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Article in OncoTargets and therapy, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Olga CiccarelliLaboratory of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium; olga.ciccarelli@uclouvain.be.
Arthur ColsonLaboratory of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium; olga.ciccarelli@uclouvain.be.
Christine De SaegerLaboratory of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium; olga.ciccarelli@uclouvain.be.
Raymond RedingDepartment of Surgery and Abdominal Transplantation, St Luc University Hospital, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium, olga.ciccarelli@uclouvain.be.
Christine SempouxService of Clinical Pathology, Lausanne University Hospital, Institute of Pathology, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Isabelle A LeclercqLaboratory of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium; olga.ciccarelli@uclouvain.be.
Peter StärkelLaboratory of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium; olga.ciccarelli@uclouvain.be.
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Abstract

backgroundSeveral intracellular signaling pathways that are deregulated during hepatocarcinogenesis might constitute potential targets for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) therapy. The aim of this study was to test the potential synergic antitumor effect of salirasib and sorafenib in a diethylnitrosamine (DEN)-induced HCC model in rat. The hypothesis of tumor phenotype changes during treatment was also analyzed. MATERIALS AND

methodsDEN was administered to Wistar rats during 9 weeks to induce cirrhosis and liver cancer. After tumor development, rats were treated with intraperitoneal injections of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), or salirasib, and/or with oral sorafenib 5 days/week, during 4 weeks. At sacrifice, number and size of liver tumors as well as tumor burden were recorded, and all liver tumors were processed for histological and immunohistological analyses.

resultsMortality rate was significantly higher in rats treated with salirasib and/or sorafenib than in the control group (

conclusionsThe addition of sorafenib to salirasib did not seem to provide any synergistic therapeutic effect in this study. Both chemotherapeutic agents, administered alone or in combination, induced tumoral phenotypic changes in the majority of rats, a finding not associated with an increased tumor cell proliferation or decreased apoptosis. The rat model described in this work constitutes the first experimental tool generating putatively more aggressive combined HCC/CHC tumors following chemotherapy. Further work is required to better characterize this clinically relevant phenomenon.

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