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ArticleInternational journal of cancer2025

Antitumor efficacy of intermittent low-dose erlotinib plus sulindac via MHC upregulation and remodeling of the immune cell niche.

Chakrapani Tripathi, Jorge E Tovar Perez, Sabeeta Kapoor, Ahmed Muhsin, Wan Mohaiza Dashwood, Yunus Demirhan, Melek Demirhan, Alessandro Shapiro, Altaf Mohammed, Shizuko Sei and 8 more

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Article in International journal of cancer, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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18 authors.

Chakrapani TripathiCenter for Epigenetics & Disease Prevention, Texas A&M HEALTH, and Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Texas A&M University Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0370-5829
Jorge E Tovar PerezCenter for Epigenetics & Disease Prevention, Texas A&M HEALTH, and Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Texas A&M University Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Sabeeta KapoorCenter for Epigenetics & Disease Prevention, Texas A&M HEALTH, and Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Texas A&M University Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Ahmed MuhsinCenter for Epigenetics & Disease Prevention, Texas A&M HEALTH, and Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Texas A&M University Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Wan Mohaiza DashwoodCenter for Epigenetics & Disease Prevention, Texas A&M HEALTH, and Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Texas A&M University Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Yunus DemirhanCenter for Epigenetics & Disease Prevention, Texas A&M HEALTH, and Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Texas A&M University Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Melek DemirhanCenter for Epigenetics & Disease Prevention, Texas A&M HEALTH, and Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Texas A&M University Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Alessandro ShapiroCenter for Epigenetics & Disease Prevention, Texas A&M HEALTH, and Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Texas A&M University Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Altaf MohammedChemopreventive Agent Development Research Group, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA.
Shizuko SeiChemopreventive Agent Development Research Group, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA.
Jacklyn ThompsonDepartment of Clinical Cancer Prevention, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Mahira ZaheerDepartment of Clinical Cancer Prevention, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Krishna M SinhaDepartment of Clinical Cancer Prevention, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Powel H BrownDepartment of Clinical Cancer Prevention, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Michelle I SavageDepartment of Clinical Cancer Prevention, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Eduardo VilarDepartment of Clinical Cancer Prevention, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Praveen RajendranCenter for Epigenetics & Disease Prevention, Texas A&M HEALTH, and Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Texas A&M University Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6221-7366
Roderick H DashwoodCenter for Epigenetics & Disease Prevention, Texas A&M HEALTH, and Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Texas A&M University Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0351-4034

Funding

Tumor Evolution and Metastasis ProgramP30CA016672 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI DIANE BODURKA · 1985 to 2026
$290.8M
TASK ORDER TITLE: EVALUATION OF REAL-TIME METABOLIC IMAGING BIOMARKERS FOR DETECTION OF PANCREATIC PREMALIGNANT LESIONS75N91019D00021 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI WU, XIANGWEI · 2019 to 2025
$13.7M
Task B6: In Vitro Assessment for Antimicrobial Activity Against Respiratory Viruses, Including SARS-CoV-275N93019D00021 · NIAID · UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY · PI JULANDER, JUSTIN · 2019 to 2025
$7.3M
Dietary HDAC Inhibitors in Colon Cancer PreventionR01CA122959 · NCI · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CTR · PI DASHWOOD, RODERICK H · 2008 to 2023
$4.3M
Immunoepigenetic targeting of MHC regulators in FAPR01CA257559 · NCI · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CTR · PI Roderick H Dashwood, Eduardo Vilar Sanchez · 2023 to 2026
$2.3M
CLC NIH HHS 75N90019D00021CLC NIH HHS 75N90024D00004Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute RO1 CA122959Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute RO1 CA257559Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute T.O. 75N91019D00021Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute T.O. 75N91019F00130NCI NIH HHS 75N91019D00021NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016672NCI NIH HHS R01 CA122959NCI NIH HHS R01 CA257559NIAID NIH HHS 75N93019D00021NIEHS NIH HHS 75N96024D00004ORFDO NIH HHS 75N99019D00021
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A previously reported clinical trial in familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) patients treated with erlotinib plus sulindac (ERL + SUL) highlighted immune response/interferon-γ signaling as a key pathway. In this study, we combine intermittent low-dose ERL ± SUL treatment in the polyposis in rat colon (Pirc) model with mechanistic studies on tumor-associated immune modulation. At clinically relevant doses, short-term (16 weeks) and long-term (46 weeks) ERL ± SUL administration results in near-complete tumor suppression in Pirc colon and duodenum (p < 0.0001). We identify a low-dose threshold for significant antitumor activity in Pirc rats given SUL at 125 ppm in the diet plus ERL at 5 mg/kg body weight via twice-weekly oral gavage (SUL125 + ERL5 × 2). Longitudinal analyses show diminished expression of MHC class I and II genes in polyps larger than Grade 5, a novel finding in the Pirc model. Treatment with ERL ± SUL upregulates the corresponding MHC and immune-associated factors in a subset of Pirc colon polyps, Pirc tumor cell lines, murine colon carcinoma cells, and FAP patient-derived organoids, with Nlrc5 playing a critical role in this effect. Imaging mass cytometry reveals that SUL125 + ERL5 × 2 increases tumor-associated Cd4

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Adenomatous Polyposis ColiAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsErlotinib HydrochlorideSulindacAnimalsFemaleHumansMaleMiceRatsTumor MicroenvironmentUp-RegulationErlotinib HydrochlorideSulindacerlotinibfamilial adenomatous polyposis (FAP)MHCsulindactumor immunomodulation

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PMID40072251
PMCPMC12079632

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