Abstract
Background: Several phase II/III trials of anti-insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF-1R) monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) have shown limited efficacy. The mechanisms of resistance to IGF-1R mAb-based therapies and clinically applicable strategies for overcoming drug resistance are still undefined. Methods: IGF-1R mAb cixutumumab efficacy, alone or in combination with Src inhibitors, was evaluated in 10 human head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) and six non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cell lines in vitro in two- or three-dimensional culture systems and in vivo in cell line- or patient-derived xenograft tumors in athymic nude mice (n = 6-9 per group). Cixutumumab-induced changes in cell signaling and IGF-1 binding to integrin β3 were determined by Western or ligand blotting, immunoprecipitation, immunofluorescence, and cell adhesion analyses and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Data were analyzed by the two-sided Student t test or one-way analysis of variance. Results: Integrin β3-Src signaling cascade was activated by IGF-1 in HNSCC and NSCLC cells, when IGF-1 binding to IGF-1R was hampered by cixutumumab, resulting in Akt activation and cixutumumab resistance. Targeting integrin β3 or Src enhanced antitumor activity of cixutumumab in multiple cixutumumab-resistant cell lines and patient-derived tumors in vitro and in vivo. Mean tumor volume of mice cotreated with cixutumumab and integrin β3 siRNA was 133.7mm3 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 57.6 to 209.8mm3) compared with those treated with cixutumumab (1472.5mm 3; 95% CI = 1150.7 to 1794.3mm3; P <. 001) or integrin β3 siRNA (903.2mm3; 95% CI = 636.1 to 1170.3mm3; P <. 001) alone. Conclusions: Increased Src activation through integrin α;νβ3 confers considerable resistance against anti-IGF-1R mAb-based therapies in HNSCC and NSCLC cells. Dual targeting of the IGF-1R pathway and collateral integrin β3-Src signaling module may override this resistance.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1558-1570 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Journal of the National Cancer Institute |
Volume | 105 |
Issue number | 20 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 16 2013 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Oncology
- Cancer Research
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