Project description:Romidepsin displayed potent antitumor activity in our lenvatinib-resistant PDCs, we wanted to investigate the underlying mechanism of how romidepsin initiated susceptibility to conquer lenvatinib resistance in liver cancer.
Project description:Cutaneous T-cell lymphomas (CTCL) are an aggressive group of T-cell lymphomas that present in the skin and are associated with dismal prognosis. Romidepsin is a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor that is an FDA approved systemic therapeutic indicated for the treatment of CTCL in patients who have received at least one prior systemic therapy. Romidepsin demonstrates promising single agent activity in patients with advanced stages of CTCL, however response is typically low and not durable. One method of overcoming resistance to romidepsin and improving response is through combination therapies. Here, we demonstrate that romidepsin in combination with the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitor afatinib and afatinib dimaleate produce strongly synergistic anti-tumor effects in CTCL cell lines and an in vivo model of CTCL. Gene expression and western blot analysis further identifies the decreased activation of the JAK-STAT signalling pathway as a key driver of synergy in this combination. These results suggest a potential indication for FDA-approved EGFR inhibitors previously unrecognized in CTCLs as a combination therapeutic with HDAC inhibitors that can be rapidly adopted in the clinic.
Project description:To explore the molecular mechanisms by which romidepsin potentiates the effect of talazoparib, RNA sequencing analysis of MBL2 cell lines treated with talazoparib, romidepsin, or talazoparib plus romidepsin was performed. 40% of the 2023 genes in combination were from talazoparib, whereas only 5.9% of the genes deregulated during the treatment with the combination of talazoparib plus romidepsin were from the effect of romidepsin. 94 genes were presented in all three treatment groups and included upregulation of Prdm1, Dusp5, and CD74, among others. Analysis of genes responsible for DNA repair, cell cycle arrest and apoptosis demonstrated the contribution of romidepsin to downregulation of DNA repair, the synergistic effect of romidepsin and talazoparib on downregulation of genes of cell cycle leading to cell cycle arrest, and activation of apoptosis by talazoparib predominantly.
Project description:Tamoxifen enhances romidepsin-induced senescence in pancreatic cancer cells. We compared gene-expression profile among untreated control, romidepsin-treated, tamoxifen-treated, and romidepsin plus tamoxifen-treated Panc1 cells.