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Combination therapy targeting Raf-1 and MEK causes apoptosis of HCT116 colon cancer cells

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    • Romesh R. Subramanian
    • Akio Yamakawa
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    Affiliations: Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Abstract

Members of the Ras protooncogene family are mutated in approximately 75% of colon cancers. The Raf kinases (Raf-1, b-Raf and a-Raf) directly interact with Ras and serve as mediators of mitogenic signals. Expression of the constitutively active alleles of Raf or Ras gene families results in oncogenesis in a number of model systems. Previous studies emphasized the importance of Raf-1 and b-Raf in preventing apoptosis in addition to their roles in cell growth. In the present study, we examined whether inhibition of the Raf-1 or b-Raf kinase decreases cell growth and increases apoptosis in colon cancer cells. c-Raf and b-Raf were depleted in colon cancer cell lines, such as HCT116, HT29 and Colo205, containing Ras or b-Raf mutations by RNA interference (RNAi). The results showed that colon cancer cells with activating Ras mutations undergo apoptosis following Raf-1 inhibition, as determined by cell cycle analysis and the release of cytochrome c. Moreover, in b-Raf mutant colon cancers, the inhibition of b-Raf as compared to Raf-1 is crucial for cancer cell death. There is increasing evidence for both MEK-independent Raf signaling and Raf-independent MEK signaling. Thus, we investigated whether targeting multiple points of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway with a MEK inhibitor and Raf RNAi increases cancer cell death. The results showed that combination therapy, inhibiting Raf and MEK kinases simultaneously, increased apoptosis in colon cancer cells. Taken together, our data demonstrate that combination therapy targeting the MAPK pathway at two distinct points, Raf kinase and MEK, has greater efficacy in increasing cancer cell death and is likely to improve therapeutic outcomes for patients.
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Subramanian, R.R., & Yamakawa, A. (2012). Combination therapy targeting Raf-1 and MEK causes apoptosis of HCT116 colon cancer cells. International Journal of Oncology, 41, 1855-1862. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2012.1602
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Subramanian, R. R., Yamakawa, A."Combination therapy targeting Raf-1 and MEK causes apoptosis of HCT116 colon cancer cells". International Journal of Oncology 41.5 (2012): 1855-1862.
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Subramanian, R. R., Yamakawa, A."Combination therapy targeting Raf-1 and MEK causes apoptosis of HCT116 colon cancer cells". International Journal of Oncology 41, no. 5 (2012): 1855-1862. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2012.1602
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