Targeting acid sphingomyelinase with anti-angiogenic chemotherapy Journal Article
| Authors: | Jacobi, J.; García-Barros, M.; Rao, S.; Rotolo, J. A.; Thompson, C.; Mizrachi, A.; Feldman, R.; Manova, K.; Bielawska, A.; Bielawska, J.; Fuks, Z.; Kolesnick, R.; Haimovitz-Friedman, A. |
| Article Title: | Targeting acid sphingomyelinase with anti-angiogenic chemotherapy |
| Abstract: | Despite great promise, combining anti-angiogenic and conventional anti-cancer drugs has produced limited therapeutic benefit in clinical trials, presumably because mechanisms of anti-angiogenic tissue response remain only partially understood. Here we define a new paradigm, in which anti-angiogenic drugs can be used to chemosensitize tumors by targeting the endothelial acid sphingomyelinase (ASMase) signal transduction pathway. We demonstrate that paclitaxel and etoposide, but not cisplatin, confer ASMase-mediated endothelial injury within minutes. This rapid reaction is required for human HCT-116 colon cancer xenograft complete response and growth delay. Whereas VEGF inhibits ASMase, anti-VEGFR2 antibodies de-repress ASMase, enhancing endothelial apoptosis and drug-induced tumor response in asmase+/+, but not in asmase−/−, hosts. Such chemosensitization occurs only if the anti-angiogenic drug is delivered 1–2 h before chemotherapy, but at no other time prior to or post chemotherapy. Our studies suggest that precisely-timed administration of anti-angiogenic drugs in combination with ASMase-targeting anti-cancer drugs is likely to optimize anti-tumor effects of systemic chemotherapy. This strategy warrants evaluation in future clinical trials. © 2016 Elsevier Inc. |
| Keywords: | chemotherapy; endothelial cells; acid sphingomyelinase; anti-angiogenic drugs; ceramide-rich macrodomains |
| Journal Title: | Cellular Signalling |
| Volume: | 29 |
| ISSN: | 0898-6568 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Inc. |
| Date Published: | 2017-01-01 |
| Start Page: | 52 |
| End Page: | 61 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.cellsig.2016.09.010 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PMCID: | PMC5138150 |
| PUBMED: | 27702691 |
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| Notes: | Article -- Export Date: 6 December 2016 -- Source: Scopus |
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