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ANTITUMOR EFFECT OF ANTIEPIDERMAL GROWTH-FACTOR RECEPTOR MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODIES PLUS CIS-DIAMMINEDICHLOROPLATINUM ON WELL ESTABLISHED A431 CELL XENOGRAFTS
Author(s): FAN Z, BASELGA J, MASUI H, MENDELSOHN J
Source: CANCER RESEARCH    Volume: 53    Issue: 19    Pages: 4637-4642    Published: OCT 1 1993  
Times Cited: 289     References: 46     
Abstract: We have explored the therapeutic effects of anti-epidermal growth factor receptor monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) 225 and 528 on well established A431 epidermoid carcinoma xenografts, approximately 400 mm3 (1 cm in diameter) at the start of treatment. In previous reports we demonstrated that MAbs 225 and 528 prevented the growth of A431 cell xenografts in nude mice when treatment was begun on the day of tumor cell inoculation. Since anti-epidermal growth factor receptor MAb therapy of well established tumors was unable to retard growth, we explored combination therapy with MAb plus the chemotherapeutic agent cis-diamminedichloroplatinum (cis-DDP). Additive and concentration-dependent growth-inhibitory effects of MAb with cis-DDP were observed in cultures of A431 cells. Neither intensive treatment with 225 MAb (1 mg/mouse, i.p. on day 8 after tumor inoculation, and twice weekly for 4 weeks) nor a maximally tolerated single dose of cis-DDP [150 mug/25 g (6 mg/kg) mouse weight, i.p. on day 8] had significant effects on tumor growth. However, the two treatments in combination resulted in substantial xenograft growth inhibition, compared with both an untreated control group and animals treated with a single modality. When a second dose of cis-DDP (150 mug/25 g) was added after 10 days, combination therapy with 225 MAb produced striking antitumor effects. At the end of 1 month tumor xenografts had disappeared in all but one mouse, and no tumor relapses occurred during 6 months of observation. Identical results were obtained with anti-epidermal growth factor receptor MAb 528 in combination with cis-DDP. The results of these studies provide a novel approach to the treatment of well established tumor xenografts, which may have application in the therapy of human malignancies.
Document Type: Article
Language: English
Addresses:
1. MEM SLOAN KETTERING CANC CTR, RECEPTOR BIOL LAB, BOX 156, 1275 YORK AVE, NEW YORK, NY 10021 USA
2. CORNELL UNIV, MED CTR, COLL MED, NEW YORK, NY 10021 USA
Publisher: AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH, PUBLIC LEDGER BLDG, SUITE 816, 150 S. INDEPENDENCE MALL W., PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106
Subject Category: Oncology
IDS Number: LZ637
ISSN: 0008-5472
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