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Combating autophagy is a strategy to increase cytotoxic effects of novel ALK inhibitor entrectinib in neuroblastoma cells.

ABSTRACT: Neuroblastoma (NB) is a threatening childhood malignancy. Its prognosis is affected by several morphological, and biological characteristics, including the constitutive expression of ALK tyrosine kinase. In this study we examined the therapeutic potential of a novel ALK inhibitor, entrectinib, in obliterating NB tumor cells. Entrectinib showed the growth-inhibitory effects on NB cells with a 50% inhibitory concentration range of 0.03-5 ?M. In the ALK-dependent cells, entrectinib mediated G1-arrest, which was associated with modified expression of multiple cell-cycle regulators. Down-regulation of Ki-67, and attenuated phosphorylation of ERK1/2, and STAT3, correlated with observed antiproliferative capacity of entrectinib. Initial cytostatic activity of entrectinib was followed by concentration-dependent apoptotic cell death, and Caspase-3 activation. However, we delineated a reduced sensitivity of ALK mutated NB cells to entrectinib, and demonstrated strong activation of autophagy in SH-SY5YF1174L NB cell line. Abrogation of autophagy by chloroquine increased significantly the toxicity of entrectinib, as confirmed by enhanced death rate, and PARP protein cleavage in SH-SY5YF1174L cells. In aggregate, our data show that entrectinib inhibits proliferation, and induces G1-arrest, and apoptosis in NB cells. We propose entrectinib for further consideration in treatment of NB, and recommend pharmacological inhibition of autophagy to be explored for a combined therapeutic approach in NB patients that might develop resistance to entrectinib.

SUBMITTER: Aveic S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4868711 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Combating autophagy is a strategy to increase cytotoxic effects of novel ALK inhibitor entrectinib in neuroblastoma cells.

Aveic Sanja S Pantile Marcella M Seydel Anke A Esposito Maria Rosaria MR Zanon Carlo C Li Gary G Tonini Gian Paolo GP

Oncotarget 20160201 5

Neuroblastoma (NB) is a threatening childhood malignancy. Its prognosis is affected by several morphological, and biological characteristics, including the constitutive expression of ALK tyrosine kinase. In this study we examined the therapeutic potential of a novel ALK inhibitor, entrectinib, in obliterating NB tumor cells. Entrectinib showed the growth-inhibitory effects on NB cells with a 50% inhibitory concentration range of 0.03-5 μM. In the ALK-dependent cells, entrectinib mediated G1-arre ...[more]

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Project description:Abstract The STARTRK-NG (Studies of Tumor Alterations Responsive to Targeting Receptor Kinases - Next Generation) trial is a Phase 1/1b study of entrectinib in pediatric patients with cancer, including primary brain tumors, neuroblastoma, and other non-neuroblastoma, extracranial solid tumors harboring NTRK, ROS1, or ALK gene fusions (NCT02650401). Entrectinib is a potent oral, CNS-penetrant, inhibitor of the tyrosine kinases TRKA/B/C (encoded by the genes NTRK1/2/3, respectively), ROS1, and ALK with IC50s < 2?nM (biochemical kinase assay). Overall, gene fusions are rare in the cancer population (<3%); however, they have been seen in over 40 solid tumor histologies, including non-small cell lung cancer, salivary gland cancers, soft tissue sarcomas and glioneuronal tumors. A survey of two pediatric cancer databases, St. Jude pediatric cancer database (PeCan; total n=1,604) and the University of Michigan database (Peds-MiOncoSeq; total n=91), identified malignancies with gene fusions in all three NTRK genes, including infantile fibrosarcoma, juvenile breast cancer, mesoblastic nephroma, intrinsic pontine gliomas, acute leukemias and anaplastic lymphoma. Previously, we reported an objective response rate of 79% was seen in 24 tyrosine kinase inhibitor-naïve patients with solid tumors harboring NTRK, ROS1, or ALK gene fusions, who were treated at doses consistent with the RP2D (Drilon et al, AACR 2016). The most common (>10% incidence) treatment-related adverse events have been fatigue/asthenia, dysgeusia, paresthesia, nausea, myalgia, diarrhea, dizziness, arthralgia, vomiting, and constipation; importantly, there has been no evidence of cumulative toxicity. In addition, we have treated a 20-month-old boy presenting with infantile fibrosarcoma metastatic to the brain, which harbored an ETV6-NTRK3 fusion. Tumor restaging following 1 month of therapy showed a significant tumor regression of CNS metastases accompanied by significant clinical improvement. Together, these data provide compelling evidence to identify pediatric patients harboring NTRK, ROS1, or ALK fusions for enrollment in the STARTRK-NG trial.

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Combating autophagy is a strategy to increase cytotoxic effects of novel ALK inhibitor entrectinib in neuroblastoma cells.

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Combating autophagy is a strategy to increase cytotoxic effects of novel ALK inhibitor entrectinib in neuroblastoma cells.

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