VEGF neutralizing antibody increases the therapeutic efficacy of vinorelbine for renal cell carcinoma

Sutapa Sinha, Ying Cao, Shamit Dutta, Enfeng Wang, Debabrata Mukhopadhyay

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Abstract

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is currently one of the most treatment-resistant malignancies and affects approximately three in 10,000 people. The impact of this disease produces about 31,000 new cases in the United States per year; and 12,000 people in the United States alone die from RCC annually. Although several treatment strategies have been investigated for RCC, this cancer continues to be a therapeutic challenge. For this reason, the aim of our study is to develop a more effective combinational therapy to treat advanced RCC. We examined the effect of vinorelbine on the signalling pathways of two human renal cancer cell lines (A498 and 786-O) and also examined the in vivo effect of vinorelbine treatment alone and vinorelbine in combination with the anti-VEGF antibody 2C3 on A498 and 786-O tumour growth in nude mice. Tumour angiogenesis was measured by vWF staining, and apoptosis was determined by the TUNEL assay. We observed a significant tumour growth inhibition when using a combinational therapy of anti-VEGF antibody 2C3 and vinorelbine in both A498 and 786-O tumour-bearing mice. The results suggest a breakthrough treatment for advanced RCC.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)647-658
Number of pages12
JournalJournal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Volume14
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2010

Keywords

  • Mice model
  • Renal cell carcinoma
  • Vinorelbine and 2C3

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Medicine
  • Cell Biology

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