Project description:Low-dose epirubicin at non-cytotoxic doses down regulated NLRP3 inflammasome components and reduced the release of proinflammatory cytokines. These anti-inflammatory effects were a result of global transcriptional suppression of LPS-dependent genes.
Project description:A "Cartes d'Identite des Tumeurs" (CIT) project from the french Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer (http://cit.ligue-cancer.net). 37 samples hybridized on Affymetrix HG-U133A arrays. Analysis of advanced breast cancers treated with a dose-intense epirubicin /cyclophosphamide regimen followed by mastectomy; Validation of TP53-related genes in breast and bladder cancers. We found that a complete response to chemotherapy was only observed in TP53 mutant tumours. We further show that, among TP53 mutant tumours, high basalcytokeratin and low ESR1 expression levels were associated with complete responses. These observations pave the way to molecular tailoring of chemotherapy in breast cancer.
Project description:Propionibacterium freudenreichii, a dairy starter, reaches a population close to 10^9 propionibacteria per gram of Swiss-type cheese at the time of consumption. Also consumed as a probiotic, it revealed strain-dependent anti-inflammatory properties mediated by proteins inducing IL-10 in leukocytes. Here, strains with varied anti-inflammatory potentials were compared in terms of transcriptome profiles.
Project description:Bladder cancer is common and one of the most costly cancer forms, due to a lack of curative therapies. Recently, clinical safety and efficacy of the alpha1-oleate complex was demonstrated in a placebo-controlled study of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer. This study investigated if long-term therapeutic efficacy is improved by repeated treatment cycles and by combining alpha1-oleate with low-dose chemotherapy. Rapidly growing bladder tumors were treated by intravesical instillation of alpha1-oleate, Epirubicin or Mitomycin C alone or in combination. One treatment cycle arrested tumor growth, with a protective effect lasting at least four weeks in mice receiving 8.5 mM of alpha1-oleate alone or 1.7 mM of alpha-oleate combined with Epirubicin or Mitomycin C. Repeated treatment cycles extended protection, defined by a lack of bladder pathology and a virtual absence of bladder cancer-specific gene expression. Synergy with Epirubicin was detected at the lower alpha1-oleate concentration and alpha1-oleate was shown to enhance the uptake and nuclear translocation of Epirubicin, by tumor cells. Effects at the chromatin level affecting cell proliferation were further suggested by reduced BrdU incorporation. In addition, alpha1-oleate triggered DNA fragmentation, defined by the TUNEL assay. The results suggest that bladder cancer development may be prevented long-term in the murine model, by alpha1-oleate alone or in combination with low-dose Epirubicin. In addition, the combination of alpha1-oleate and Epirubicin reduced the size of established tumors. Exploring these potent preventive and therapeutic effects will be of immediate interest in patients with bladder cancer.
Project description:Bladder cancer is common and one of the most costly cancer forms, due to a lack of curative therapies. Recently, clinical safety and efficacy of the alpha1-oleate complex was demonstrated in a placebo-controlled study of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer. This study investigated if long-term therapeutic efficacy is improved by repeated treatment cycles and by combining alpha1-oleate with low-dose chemotherapy. Rapidly growing bladder tumors were treated by intravesical instillation of alpha1-oleate, Epirubicin or Mitomycin C alone or in combination. One treatment cycle arrested tumor growth, with a protective effect lasting at least four weeks in mice receiving 8.5 mM of alpha1-oleate alone or 1.7 mM of alpha-oleate combined with Epirubicin or Mitomycin C. Repeated treatment cycles extended protection, defined by a lack of bladder pathology and a virtual absence of bladder cancer-specific gene expression. Synergy with Epirubicin was detected at the lower alpha1-oleate concentration and alpha1-oleate was shown to enhance the uptake and nuclear translocation of Epirubicin, by tumor cells. Effects at the chromatin level affecting cell proliferation were further suggested by reduced BrdU incorporation. In addition, alpha1-oleate triggered DNA fragmentation, defined by the TUNEL assay. The results suggest that bladder cancer development may be prevented long-term in the murine model, by alpha1-oleate alone or in combination with low-dose Epirubicin. In addition, the combination of alpha1-oleate and Epirubicin reduced the size of established tumors. Exploring these potent preventive and therapeutic effects will be of immediate interest in patients with bladder cancer.
Project description:We used collection of sequentially mutated BM-hMSCs ranging from wild type (no oncogenic hits) to fully transformed hMSCs (targeted with up six oncogenic mutations)to address whether BM-hMSCs at different stages of a well-characterized oncogenic process (normal, immortalized, transformed) retain immunomodulatory properties in vitro and in vivo. We characterize, for the first time, an oncogenic transformation-associated loss of the immunesuppressive and anti-inflammatory properties by hMSCs and identify candidate immune effectors underlying the loss of immunomodulation in transformed hMSCs.
Project description:This phase I/II neoadjuvant trial determined maximally-tolerated doses (MTD), dose-limiting toxicities (DLT), response-to-therapy, and explored the role of new response biomarkers. The combination regimens were delivered with acceptable toxicity, good clinical response, inducing changes in tumor RNA content and integrity. Pre-treatment gene expressions impacted clinical response, including several near 17q12, which with ERBB2, may better identify chemoresponsiveness. The NCIC Clinical Trials Group MA.22 phase I/II clinical trial (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT00066443) sought to determine the optimal dosing regimens for docetaxel/epirubicin combination chemotherapy in women with locally advanced (over 95% of patients) or inflammatory breast cancer. The protocol was approved by Health Canada and local Ethics Review Boards, and patients provided written, informed consent. Various doses of epirubicin and docetaxel were administered to patients in either a standard q3 weekly (Schedule A) or dose dense q2 weekly (Schedule B) regimen. Doses for Schedule A were 75 mg/m2 IV of docetaxel and 75, 90, 105, or 120 mg/m2 IV of epirubicin (with 6 mg of pegfilgrastim per cycle on day 2 to prevent neutropenia). Doses for both docetaxel and epirubicin in Schedule B were 50, 60, and 70 mg/m2 IV (with identical pegfilgrastim support). For each schedule, phase I was dose finding for phase II. Patients were allocated to the various phases and dosing regimens of the trial without randomization. None of the patients received trastuzumab in the initial years of the study and HER2+ patients were not enrolled on study, once trastuzumab funding became available. Six tumor biopsy cores were obtained pre-, mid-, and post-treatment: 3 cores for pathologic assessment; 3 cores for microarray studies. Total RNA was isolated from these cores and RNA integrity was assessed using Agilent Bioanalyzer. One of the RNA samples with the best quality was used for microarray study. One colour microarray of Agilent whole human genome nucleotide arrays was conducted with one array per patient. The current data set represents pre-treatment set. MA.22 clinical trial accrued T3N0, any N2 or N3, and T4 breast cancer patients (according to the classification described at; http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/2007112-overview). However, since the current study does not focus on the tumor grade/stage, the information was not provided in the current records.
Project description:The goal of the study was to identify a gene expression signature capable of predicting a pathological complete response following neoadjuvant anthracycline-based chemotherapy of breast cancer. The samples were taken from the FEC arm (5-fluorouracil, epirubicin, cyclophosphamide) of the EORTC 10994 trial. EORTC 10994 is a phase III clinical trial comparing FEC with ET (epirubicin, docetaxel) in patients with large operable, locally advanced or inflammatory breast cancer (www.eortc.be). Frozen biopsies were taken at randomisation. RNA was extracted from 100um thickness of 14G core needle biopsies. Adjacent sections were tested by H&E to confirm >20% tumour cell content. 200 ng total RNA per chip was amplified using the Affymetrix small sample protocol (IVT then Enzo). 102 tumours were tested on Affymetrix X3P chips. Single biopsies were tested per tumour. The CEL files were quantile normalised using rma. The clinical response measure was pathological complete response (pCR, disappearance of the tumour after chemotherapy with at most scattered invasive cells detected by histology). 102 tumors
Project description:The goal of the study was to identify a gene expression signature capable of predicting a pathological complete response following neoadjuvant anthracycline-based chemotherapy of breast cancer. The samples were taken from the FEC arm (5-fluorouracil, epirubicin, cyclophosphamide) of the EORTC 10994 trial. EORTC 10994 is a phase III clinical trial comparing FEC with ET (epirubicin, docetaxel) in patients with large operable, locally advanced or inflammatory breast cancer (www.eortc.be). Frozen biopsies were taken at randomisation. RNA was extracted from 100um thickness of 14G core needle biopsies. Adjacent sections were tested by H&E to confirm >20% tumour cell content. 200 ng total RNA per chip was amplified using the Affymetrix small sample protocol (IVT then Enzo). 102 tumours were tested on Affymetrix X3P chips. Single biopsies were tested per tumour. The CEL files were quantile normalised using rma. The clinical response measure was pathological complete response (pCR, disappearance of the tumour after chemotherapy with at most scattered invasive cells detected by histology).