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ArticlePloS one2019

Evaluation of preclinical efficacy of everolimus and pasireotide in thyroid cancer cell lines and xenograft models.

Taofeek K Owonikoko, Guojing Zhang, Shenila B Lallani, Zhengjia Chen, Deborah E Martinson, Fadlo R Khuri, Sagar Lonial, Adam Marcus, Shi-Yong Sun

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Article in PloS one, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Taofeek K OwonikokoDepartment of Hematology & Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-7724-7728
Guojing ZhangDepartment of Hematology & Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
Shenila B LallaniDepartment of Hematology & Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
Zhengjia ChenWinship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
Deborah E MartinsonDepartment of Hematology & Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
Fadlo R KhuriDepartment of Hematology & Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
Sagar LonialDepartment of Hematology & Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
Adam MarcusDepartment of Hematology & Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
Shi-Yong SunDepartment of Hematology & Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
Emory University · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSignaling through mTOR and somatostatin pathway is implicated in thyroid cancer development.

methodWe evaluated everolimus, an mTOR inhibitor and pasireotide, a multi receptor somatostatin analogue as potential therapy of thyroid cancer focusing on the in vitro and in vivo efficacy, as well as possible mechanism to explain any observed interaction.

resultsBoth everolimus and pasireotide inhibit the growth of thyroid cancer cell lines in vitro with varied efficacy that correlates with tumor origin and somatostatin receptor (SSTR) expression profile of the cell lines. In vitro activity of everolimus show positive correlation with the expression of SSTR types 1, 4 and 5 (CC: 0.9; 0.85, 0.87) while pasireotide activity show negative correlation with SSTR2 (CC: -0.87). Although there is greater modulation of pS6 when pasireotide is combined with everolimus, there is no significant abrogation of the expected feedback upregulation of AKT induced by everolimus. Also, the combination is not significantly better than each agent alone in short and long term in vitro assays. Continuous administration of everolimus at a low dose as opposed to high intermittent dosing schedule has greater antitumor efficacy against thyroid cancer xenografts in vivo. Pasireotide LAR has modest in vivo efficacy and the combination of everolimus and pasireotide LAR achieve greater tumor growth inhibition than each agent alone in TPC-1 xenograft model of thyroid cancer (p = 0.048).

conclusionOur findings provide support for the clinical evaluation of everolimus and pasireotide in thyroid cancer and other neuroendocrine tumors.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsCell Line, TumorDrug Screening Assays, AntitumorEverolimusFemaleHumansMice, SCIDNeuroendocrine TumorsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktRats, NudeReceptors, SomatostatinSomatostatinThyroid NeoplasmsTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesAntineoplastic AgentsEverolimuspasireotideProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktReceptors, SomatostatinSomatostatinTOR Serine-Threonine Kinases

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PMID30807575
PMCPMC6390992
OpenAlexW2917833736

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