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ABSTRACT: Purpose
Advanced thyroid cancer responds poorly to most therapies. New therapies and combinations are needed. The aim of this study was to examine both in vitro and in vivo activity of two relatively new histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACIs), belinostat and panobinostat, and a variety of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) against a panel of nine human thyroid cancer cell lines.Methods
The anti-proliferative activity and the effects of HDACIs, TKIs and their combinations on thyroid cancer cells were determined by cytotoxicity assays, microarray and immunoblot analyses. Synergism between HDACIs and TKIs was assessed by the median effects model of Chou-Talalay (Calcusyn(®)).Results
Belinostat and panobinostat were active against the thyroid cancer cell lines irrespective of their mutational composition, and belinostat was effective in preventing growth of human thyroid cancer xenografts in immunodeficient mice. Further studies showed that both HDACIs induced apoptosis. HDACI also elevated acetylated histone 3, p21(Waf), and PARP, and decreased levels of phosphorylated ERK and AKT (Ser473). RNA assay analysis suggested both HDACIs modulated genes associated with the cell cycle, DNA damage and apoptosis. Most of the TKI (pazopanib, motesanib, sorafenib and dasatinib) were either inactive in vitro or were active only at high doses. However, the novel combinations of either pazopanib or dasatinib TKIs with either belinostat or panobinostat synergistically inhibited cell growth of thyroid cancer cells in vitro.Conclusions
In summary, these HDACIs either alone or combined with selected TKIs may have a role in treatment of aggressive thyroid cancer.
SUBMITTER: Chan D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3742422 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chan Daniel D Zheng Yun Y Tyner Jeffrey W JW Chng Wee Joo WJ Chien Wen Wen WW Gery Sigal S Leong Geraldine G Braunstein Glenn D GD Koeffler H Phillip HP
Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology 20130704 9
<h4>Purpose</h4>Advanced thyroid cancer responds poorly to most therapies. New therapies and combinations are needed. The aim of this study was to examine both in vitro and in vivo activity of two relatively new histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACIs), belinostat and panobinostat, and a variety of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) against a panel of nine human thyroid cancer cell lines.<h4>Methods</h4>The anti-proliferative activity and the effects of HDACIs, TKIs and their combinations on thyro ...[more]