ArticleCancers2023
Cerivastatin Synergizes with Trametinib and Enhances Its Efficacy in the Therapy of Uveal Melanoma.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The Hippo signalling pathway and its impact on eye diseases.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2024Pooled it
- RAS/MAPK pathway modulation with simvastatin in children with Noonan syndrome: a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial.EClinicalMedicine · 2026Article
- Combination of Three Herbal Components (ISL, Que, Meth) Suppresses Uveal Melanoma Growth via Gαq/MEK/YAP Axis Modulation and Apoptosis.Biomedicines · 2026Article
- Assessing Determinants of Response to PARP Inhibition in GermlineInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- State-of-the-art in Metastatic Uveal Melanoma Treatment: A 2025 Update : How to treat Metastatic Uveal Melanoma in 2025.Current oncology reports · 2025Review
- Current Therapies and Potential Strategies for Uveal Melanoma.Drugs and drug candidates · 2025Article
- Identification and validation of a costimulatory molecule-related signature to predict the prognosis for uveal melanoma patients.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundMetastatic uveal melanoma (MUM) is a highly aggressive, therapy-resistant disease. Driver mutations in Gα-proteins GNAQ and GNA11 activate MAP-kinase and YAP/TAZ pathways of oncogenic signalling. MAP-kinase and MEK-inhibitors do not significantly block MUM progression, likely due to persisting YAP/TAZ signalling. Statins inhibit YAP/TAZ activation by blocking the mevalonate pathway, geranyl-geranylation, and subcellular localisation of the Rho-GTPase. We investigated drugs that affect the YAP/TAZ pathway, valproic acid, verteporfin and statins, in combination with MEK-inhibitor trametinib.
methodsWe established IC50 values of the individual drugs and monitored the effects of their combinations in terms of proliferation. We selected trametinib and cerivastatin for evaluation of cell cycle and apoptosis. Synergism was detected using isobologram and Chou-Talalay analyses. The most synergistic combination was tested in vivo.
resultsSynergistic concentrations of trametinib and cerivastatin induced a massive arrest of proliferation and cell cycle and enhanced apoptosis, particularly in the monosomic,
conclusionStatins can potentiate the efficacy of MEK inhibitors in the therapy of UM.
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