Raf-1 kinase activity predicts for paclitaxel resistance in TP53mut, but not TP53wt human ovarian cancer cells.

  • Authors:
    • R A Britten
    • S Perdue
    • A Eshpeter
    • D Merriam
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  • Published online on: July 1, 2000     https://doi.org/10.3892/or.7.4.821
  • Pages: 821-826
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Abstract

We have recently reported that there is a significant Raf-1 kinase dependency of paclitaxel resistance in human cervical tumor cell lines. In light of the possibility that Raf-1 kinase inhibitors could be used to enhance paclitaxel responsiveness in ovarian cancer, we have characterized the Raf-1 kinase dependency of paclitaxel resistance in ovarian cancer cells. The relationship between Raf-1 kinase activity and the sensitivity to clinically relevant paclitaxel concentrations was determined in four ovarian cancer cell lines (CA-OV3, SK-OV3, 2780/WT and OAW42/WT). Furthermore, in recognition that such a drug combination would initially be used in patients whose tumors have recurred following cisplatin/paclitaxel treatment, we also determined the Raf-1 kinase dependency of paclitaxel cytotoxicity in cisplatin resistant variants of two of the ovarian cell lines (2780/CP and OAW42/CP). In the two cell lines (2780/WT and OAW42/WT) that possess a wild-type TP53 (TP53wt), the relationship between Raf-1 kinase activity and paclitaxel resistance was different from that observed in the cervical tumor cell lines. In these cell lines, paclitaxel-induced far more cell killing than would have been predicted from their Raf-1 kinase activity. However, in the ovarian cancer cell lines (CA-OV3, SK-OV3, 2780/CP and OAW42/CP) that have a mutant TP53 (TP53mut), the cytotoxicity induced by 60 nM paclitaxel exhibited the same relationship to Raf-1 kinase activity as previously observed in cervical tumor cell lines. These data suggest that the therapeutic efficacy of paclitaxel in ovarian cancer patient whose tumors have TP53mut might be increased if it is administered in combination with Raf-1 kinase inhibitors, e.g., ISIS 5132.

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Britten R, Perdue S, Eshpeter A and Merriam D: Raf-1 kinase activity predicts for paclitaxel resistance in TP53mut, but not TP53wt human ovarian cancer cells.. Oncol Rep 7: 821-826, 2000
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Britten, R., Perdue, S., Eshpeter, A., & Merriam, D. (2000). Raf-1 kinase activity predicts for paclitaxel resistance in TP53mut, but not TP53wt human ovarian cancer cells.. Oncology Reports, 7, 821-826. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.7.4.821
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Britten, R., Perdue, S., Eshpeter, A., Merriam, D."Raf-1 kinase activity predicts for paclitaxel resistance in TP53mut, but not TP53wt human ovarian cancer cells.". Oncology Reports 7.4 (2000): 821-826.
Chicago
Britten, R., Perdue, S., Eshpeter, A., Merriam, D."Raf-1 kinase activity predicts for paclitaxel resistance in TP53mut, but not TP53wt human ovarian cancer cells.". Oncology Reports 7, no. 4 (2000): 821-826. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.7.4.821