Impact of Vitamin D on the Chemopreventive Efficacy of Erlotinib against Oral Cancer

维生素 D 对厄洛替尼口腔癌化学预防效果的影响

基本信息

批准号：
9257368
负责人：
Mukund Seshadri
金额：
$ 42.88万
依托单位：
ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE CORP
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2016
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2016-04-07 至 2021-03-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9257368
关键词：
Adjuvant Animals Biology Calcitriol Cancer Patient Carcinogen exposure Carcinogens Caspase Cell Survival Chemoprevention Chemopreventive Agent Cholecalciferol Clinical Trials Design Critical Pathways Development Diet Dietary Supplementation Dihydroxycholecalciferols Disease Down-Regulation Dysplasia Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Erlotinib Esthetics Event Exhibits Future Head and neck structure Histologic Incidence Investigation Knowledge Laboratories Lesion MAP Kinase Gene Malignant - descriptor Malignant Neoplasms Modeling Molecular Molecular Analysis Mucous Membrane Multimodal Imaging Mus Oral Stage Pathway interactions Patients Perfusion Phosphorylation Play Premalignant Prevention Prevention strategy Primary Neoplasm Quality of life Receptor Inhibition Receptor Signaling Recurrence Regimen Research Risk Role Safety Schedule Secondary Prevention Signal Pathway Signal Transduction Testing Therapeutic Tumor Angiogenesis Vitamin D Vitamin D Deficiency Work Xenograft Model Xenograft procedure angiogenesis base cancer prevention carcinogenesis clinical investigation clinical translation dietary supplements experimental study in vivo interest malignant mouth neoplasm mouth squamous cell carcinoma neoplastic non-invasive imaging novel novel strategies oral cancer prevention oral carcinogenesis pre-clinical preclinical trial prevent public health relevance receptor research clinical testing response tertiary prevention tumor tumor growth

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Activation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) pathway is an early event in head and neck carcinogenesis. As a result, there has been increased interest in targeting EGFR for chemoprevention. However, given the redundancy in molecular signaling of tumors, it is unlikely that inhibition of EGFR signaling alone would inhibit malignant progression of OSCC. In this regard, natural compounds or nutritional supplements with favorable safety profiles are particularly attractive for use as potential 'bio-adjuvants' for cancer prevention. To this end, our novel approach involves the use of the nutritional supplement, Vitamin D3 (or its active metabolite calcitriol) as a bio-adjuvant to enhance the chemopreventive efficacy of the EGFR inhibitor, Erlotinib. Two of the main downstream effects of the EGFR pathway involve activation of the MAPK- Erk and the PI3K-Akt pathways that are critically involved in cell survival, proliferation and angiogenesis. Calcitriol induces cleavage o MEK in a caspase-dependent manner and also decreases phosphorylation of Erk and Akt, that is necessary for their activation. It is therefore our hypothesis that targeting these interacting signaling pathways with calcitriol (or vitamin D) in combination with Erlotinib will be more effective in preventing oral cancer. The focus of the present work is to conduct a comprehensive preclinical investigation into the chemopreventive potential of this mechanistically-driven against oral cancer. Using carcinogen and PDX models, the proposed research plan will evaluate the chemopreventive efficacy (Aim 1 and 2) and dissect the molecular mechanisms (Aim 3) involved in the response of oral cancers to this combination regimen. Positive results would pave the way for use of vitamin D3 in combination with Erlotinib for the prevention of oral cancer.

描述（由申请人提供）：表皮生长因子受体（EGFR）途径的激活是头颈癌发生的早期事件。然而，鉴于分子上的冗余，人们对靶向 EGFR 进行化学预防越来越感兴趣。肿瘤信号传导，单独抑制 EGFR 信号传导不太可能抑制在这方面，具有良好安全性的天然化合物或营养补充剂特别适合用作潜在的“生物佐剂”。为此，我们的新方法涉及使用营养补充剂维生素 D3（或其活性代谢物骨化三醇）作为生物佐剂来增强 EGFR 抑制剂厄洛替尼的两个主要下游作用。 EGFR 通路的激活涉及 MAPK-Erk 和 PI3K-Akt 通路的激活，这些通路对于细胞存活、增殖和血管生成至关重要。 MEK 以半胱天冬酶依赖性方式降低 Erk 和 Akt 的磷酸化，这对于它们的激活是必需的，因此我们假设骨化三醇（或维生素 D）与厄洛替尼联合靶向这些相互作用的信号通路将更有效。目前工作的重点是对这种机制驱动的化学预防潜力进行全面的临床前研究。拟议的研究计划将使用致癌物和 PDX 模型评估化学预防功效（目标 1 和 2），并剖析口腔癌对此联合方案的反应所涉及的分子机制（目标 3）。维生素 D3 与厄洛替尼联合使用预防口腔癌的方法。