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Chemotherapy and CDK4/6 Inhibitors: Unexpected Bedfellows.


ABSTRACT: Cyclin-dependent kinases 4 and 6 (CDK4/6) have emerged as important therapeutic targets. Pharmacologic inhibitors of these kinases function to inhibit cell-cycle progression and exert other important effects on the tumor and host environment. Because of their impact on the cell cycle, CDK4/6 inhibitors (CDK4/6i) have been hypothesized to antagonize the antitumor effects of cytotoxic chemotherapy in tumors that are CDK4/6 dependent. However, there are multiple preclinical studies that illustrate potent cooperation between CDK4/6i and chemotherapy. Furthermore, the combination of CDK4/6i and chemotherapy is being tested in clinical trials to both enhance antitumor efficacy and limit toxicity. Exploitation of the noncanonical effects of CDK4/6i could also provide an impetus for future studies in combination with chemotherapy. Thus, while seemingly mutually exclusive mechanisms are at play, the combination of CDK4/6 inhibition and chemotherapy could exemplify rational medicine.

SUBMITTER: Roberts PJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7473501 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Chemotherapy and CDK4/6 Inhibitors: Unexpected Bedfellows.

Roberts Patrick J PJ   Kumarasamy Vishnu V   Witkiewicz Agnieszka K AK   Knudsen Erik S ES  

Molecular cancer therapeutics 20200616 8


Cyclin-dependent kinases 4 and 6 (CDK4/6) have emerged as important therapeutic targets. Pharmacologic inhibitors of these kinases function to inhibit cell-cycle progression and exert other important effects on the tumor and host environment. Because of their impact on the cell cycle, CDK4/6 inhibitors (CDK4/6i) have been hypothesized to antagonize the antitumor effects of cytotoxic chemotherapy in tumors that are CDK4/6 dependent. However, there are multiple preclinical studies that illustrate  ...[more]

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