1. Constitutive or Induced HIF-2 Addiction is Involved in Resistance to Anti-EGFR Treatment and Radiation Therapy in HNSCC
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Coliat, Pierre, Ramolu, Ludivine, Jégu, Jérémie, Gaiddon, Christian, Jung, Alain, Pencreach, Erwan, Equipe 2 'Réponse au Stress Cellulaire & Thérapies Innovantes' / 'Stress Response & Innovative Therapies' (STREINTH - Inserm U1113), Interface de Recherche Fondamentale et Appliquée en Cancérologie (IRFAC - Inserm U1113), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre Paul Strauss : Centre Régional de Lutte contre le Cancer (CRLCC)-Fédération de Médecine Translationelle de Strasbourg (FMTS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre Paul Strauss : Centre Régional de Lutte contre le Cancer (CRLCC)-Fédération de Médecine Translationelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), CRLCC Paul Strauss, Service de Pharmacie [Strasbourg] (CRLCC Paul Strauss), Épidémiologie et Santé Publique [Strasbourg] (UNISTRA), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA), Service de Santé Publique [Strasbourg] (HUS), Les Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg (HUS), Laboratoire de Biochimie et Biologie Moléculaire [Strasbourg] (HUS), This work was financially supported by the French Académie de Pharmacie/SFPO, the Conférence de Coordination Interrégionale du Grand Est de la Ligue Contre le Cancer, and Merck/Serono (Bourse oncologie)., and Gaiddon, Christian
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anti-EGFR targeted therapy ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,HIF-2α ,[SDV.CAN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cancer ,[SDV.BC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cellular Biology ,lcsh:Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens ,head and neck squamous cell carcinoma ,lcsh:RC254-282 ,Article ,[SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio] ,resistance ,[SDV.CAN] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cancer ,[SDV.BBM] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry, Molecular Biology ,[SDV.BBM]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry, Molecular Biology ,oncogenic addiction ,[SDV.BC] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cellular Biology - Abstract
Background: management of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC) include anti-Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) antibodies and radiotherapy, but resistance emerges in most patients. RAS mutations lead to primary resistance to EGFR blockade in metastatic colorectal cancer but are infrequent in HNSCC, suggesting that other mechanisms are implicated. Since hypoxia and Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1 (HIF-1) have been associated with treatment failure and tumor progression, we hypothesized that EGFR/mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR)/HIF-1 axis inhibition could radiosensitize HNSCC. Methods: We treated the radiosensitive Cal27 used as control, and radioresistant SQ20B and UD-SCC1 cells, in vivo and in vitro, with rapamycin and cetuximab before irradiation and evaluated tumor progression and clonogenic survival. Results: Rapamycin and cetuximab inhibited the mTOR/HIF-1α axis, and sensitized the SQ20B cell line to EGFR-inhibition. However, concomitant delivery of radiation to SQ20B xenografts increased tumor relapse frequency, despite effective HIF-1 inhibition. Treatment failure was associated with the induction of HIF-2α expression by cetuximab and radiotherapy. Strikingly, SQ20B and UD-SCC1 cells clonogenic survival dropped
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- 2019