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ArticleCancers2024

Enhanced Therapeutic Efficacy of the Nanoscale Fluoropyrimidine Polymer CF10 in a Rat Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastasis Model.

Charles Chidi Okechukwu, Xue Ma, Naresh Sah, Chinnadurai Mani, Komaraiah Palle, William H Gmeiner

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Article in Cancers, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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14 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Charles Chidi OkechukwuIntegrative Physiology and Pharmacology Graduate Program and Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA.
Xue MaDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA.
Naresh SahDepartment of Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Centre, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA.
Chinnadurai ManiDepartment of Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Centre, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA.
Komaraiah PalleDepartment of Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Centre, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA.
William H GmeinerDepartment of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1883-3791
Texas Tech University · USWake Forest University · US

Funding

Tumor Tissue CoreP30CA012197 · NCI · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Ruben A. Mesa · 1985 to 2026
$55.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA012197NIH HHS P30 CA012197
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Combination chemotherapy regimens that include fluoropyrimidine (FP) drugs, e.g., 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), are central to the treatment of colorectal cancer liver metastases (CRLMs), a major cause of cancer mortality. We tested a second-generation FP polymer, CF10, in a CC531/WAGRij syngeneic orthotopic rat model of liver metastasis to determine if CF10 improved response relative to 5-FU. CF10 displayed increased potency relative to 5-FU in CC531 rat colorectal cancer cells based on clonogenic assay results and caused increased apoptosis, as shown using a live/dead assay. The increased potency of CF10 to CC531 cells was associated with increased replication stress, as assessed by Western blot for biomarkers of ATR/Chk1 and ATM/Chk2 pathway activation. CF10 dosed to deliver equivalent FP content as an established dose of 5-FU in rats (50 mg/kg) did not cause weight loss in WAGRij rats even when combined with ethynyl uracil (EU), an inhibitor of dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase, the enzyme primarily responsible for 5-FU degradation in the liver. In contrast, 5-FU caused significant weight loss that was exacerbated in combination with EU. Importantly, CF10 was significantly more effective than 5-FU at inhibiting tumor progression (~90% reduction) in the CC531/WAG/Rij CRLM model. Our results reveal strong potential for CF10 to be used for CRLM treatment.

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colorectal cancerfluoropyrimidineliver metastasisreplication stress

Identifiers

PMID38611037
PMCPMC11011147
OpenAlexW4393353256

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