Objective:To evaluate the efficacy of ponatinib plus gossypol against colorectal cancer HCT-116 and Caco-2 cells.Methods:Cells were treated with ponatinib and/or gossypol at increasing concentrations to evaluate syner...Objective:To evaluate the efficacy of ponatinib plus gossypol against colorectal cancer HCT-116 and Caco-2 cells.Methods:Cells were treated with ponatinib and/or gossypol at increasing concentrations to evaluate synergistic drug interactions by combination index.Cell viability,FGF19/FGFR4,and apoptotic and autophagic cell death were studied.Results:Ponatinib(1.25-40μM)and gossypol(2.5-80μM)monotherapy inhibited HCT-116 and Caco-2 cell viability in a doseand time-dependent manner.The combination of ponatinib and gossypol at a ratio of 1 to 2 significantly decreased cell viability(P<0.05),with a>2-and>4-fold reduction in IC50,respectively,after 24 h and 48 h,as compared to the IC50 of ponatinib.Lower combined concentrations showed greater synergism(combination index<1)with a higher ponatinib dose reduction index.Moreover,ponatinib plus gossypol induced morphological changes in HCT-116and Caco-2 cells,increased beclin-1 and caspase-3,and decreased FGF19,FGFR4,Bcl-2 and p-Akt as compared to treatment with drugs alone.Conclusions:Gossypol enhances ponatinib's anticancer effects against colorectal cancer cells through antiproliferative,apoptotic,and autophagic mechanisms.This may open the way for the future use of ponatinib at lower doses with gossypol as a potentially safer targeted strategy for colorectal cancer treatment.展开更多
Objective: To discuss the association between FGFR4 gene polymorphism rs351855(Glu388Aly) and the susceptibility and chemotherapeutic effect of cervical cancer infected by high-risk type HPV. Methods: A total of 162 p...Objective: To discuss the association between FGFR4 gene polymorphism rs351855(Glu388Aly) and the susceptibility and chemotherapeutic effect of cervical cancer infected by high-risk type HPV. Methods: A total of 162 patients with high-risk HPV cervical cancer and 162 healthy women were collected and the genotypes of the FGFR4 rs351855 locus were detected. The genotype distributions in the two groups were compared. The cervical cancer patients were divided into four groups which namely good therapeutic effect group and bad therapeutic effect, recurrence or metastasis and no recurrence or metastasis group respectively, and the risks of different genotype on the curative effect and prognosis were analyzed by Logistic regression. The survival time of patients with different genotypes was compared. Results: There was no statistic difference in FGFR4 rs351855 genotype distribution between the patients group and control group(P>0.05), among which the risk of chemotherapy failure on GA+AA patients was 3.257 times as much as that of the GG patients, and the risk of recurrence or metastasis of GA+AA patients was 2.783 times as much as that of the GG patients. For AA patients, the risk of chemotherapy failure and the risk of relapse and metastasis are 3.833 and 3.406 times, respectively, as much as that that of the GG patients. The overall survival of GA and AA patients was shorter than that of the GG patients, and significant difference was found(x^2=7.098, P=0.029). The difference in overall survival between GA+AA patients and GG patients was almost statistically significant(x^2=3.634, P=0.057). Conclusions: The FGFR4 rs351855 polymorphism is not associated with the susceptibility of high-risk HPV cervical cancer, but patients with gene A was at higher risk of unfavourable chemotherapy prognosis compared with patients with GG.展开更多
基金financial support from the Theodor Bilharz Research InstituteWarrak El-Hadar+1 种基金ImbabaGiza 12411,Egypt。
文摘Objective:To evaluate the efficacy of ponatinib plus gossypol against colorectal cancer HCT-116 and Caco-2 cells.Methods:Cells were treated with ponatinib and/or gossypol at increasing concentrations to evaluate synergistic drug interactions by combination index.Cell viability,FGF19/FGFR4,and apoptotic and autophagic cell death were studied.Results:Ponatinib(1.25-40μM)and gossypol(2.5-80μM)monotherapy inhibited HCT-116 and Caco-2 cell viability in a doseand time-dependent manner.The combination of ponatinib and gossypol at a ratio of 1 to 2 significantly decreased cell viability(P<0.05),with a>2-and>4-fold reduction in IC50,respectively,after 24 h and 48 h,as compared to the IC50 of ponatinib.Lower combined concentrations showed greater synergism(combination index<1)with a higher ponatinib dose reduction index.Moreover,ponatinib plus gossypol induced morphological changes in HCT-116and Caco-2 cells,increased beclin-1 and caspase-3,and decreased FGF19,FGFR4,Bcl-2 and p-Akt as compared to treatment with drugs alone.Conclusions:Gossypol enhances ponatinib's anticancer effects against colorectal cancer cells through antiproliferative,apoptotic,and autophagic mechanisms.This may open the way for the future use of ponatinib at lower doses with gossypol as a potentially safer targeted strategy for colorectal cancer treatment.
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi,China(No.2013JM4064)
文摘Objective: To discuss the association between FGFR4 gene polymorphism rs351855(Glu388Aly) and the susceptibility and chemotherapeutic effect of cervical cancer infected by high-risk type HPV. Methods: A total of 162 patients with high-risk HPV cervical cancer and 162 healthy women were collected and the genotypes of the FGFR4 rs351855 locus were detected. The genotype distributions in the two groups were compared. The cervical cancer patients were divided into four groups which namely good therapeutic effect group and bad therapeutic effect, recurrence or metastasis and no recurrence or metastasis group respectively, and the risks of different genotype on the curative effect and prognosis were analyzed by Logistic regression. The survival time of patients with different genotypes was compared. Results: There was no statistic difference in FGFR4 rs351855 genotype distribution between the patients group and control group(P>0.05), among which the risk of chemotherapy failure on GA+AA patients was 3.257 times as much as that of the GG patients, and the risk of recurrence or metastasis of GA+AA patients was 2.783 times as much as that of the GG patients. For AA patients, the risk of chemotherapy failure and the risk of relapse and metastasis are 3.833 and 3.406 times, respectively, as much as that that of the GG patients. The overall survival of GA and AA patients was shorter than that of the GG patients, and significant difference was found(x^2=7.098, P=0.029). The difference in overall survival between GA+AA patients and GG patients was almost statistically significant(x^2=3.634, P=0.057). Conclusions: The FGFR4 rs351855 polymorphism is not associated with the susceptibility of high-risk HPV cervical cancer, but patients with gene A was at higher risk of unfavourable chemotherapy prognosis compared with patients with GG.
