PMID- 10732766 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20000405 LR - 20220408 IS - 0007-0920 (Print) IS - 1532-1827 (Electronic) IS - 0007-0920 (Linking) VI - 82 IP - 4 DP - 2000 Feb TI - Sensitivity to CPT-11 of xenografted human colorectal cancers as a function of microsatellite instability and p53 status. PG - 913-23 AB - Biological parameters influencing the response of human colorectal cancers (CRCs) to CPT-11, a topoisomerase 1 (top1) inhibitor, were investigated using a panel of nine CRCs xenografted into nude mice. CRC xenografts differed in their p53 status (wt or muf) and in their microsatellite instability phenotype (MSI+ when altered). Five CRC xenografts were established from clinical samples. All five had a functional p53, two were MSI+ and three were MSI-. Tumour-bearing nude mice were treated intraperitonealy (i.p.) with CPT-11. At 10 mg kg(-1) of CPT-11, four injections at 4-day intervals, four of the five xenografts responded to CPT-11 (growth delay of up to 10 days); the non-responder tumour was MSI-. At 40 mg kg(-1) of CPT-11, six injections at 4-day intervals, the five CRCs displayed variable but marked responses with complete regressions. In order to assess the role of p53 status in CPT-11 response, four CRC lines were used. HT29 cell line was MSI-/Ala273-mutp53, its subclone HT29A3 being transfected by wtp53. LoVo cell line was MSI+/wtp53, its subclone X17LoVo dominantly expressed Ala273-mutp53 after transfection. LoVo tumours (MSI+/mutp53) were more sensitive than X17LoVo (MSI+/mutp53. HT 29 tumours (MSI-Imutp53), were refractory to CPT-11 while HT29A3 tumours (MSI-/wtp53) were sensitive, showing that wtp53 improves the drug-response in these MSI- tumours. Levels of mRNA expression of top1, fasR, TP53 and mdr1 were semi-quantified by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. None of these parameters correlated with CPT-11 response. Taken together, these observations indicate that MSI and p53 alterations could be associated with different CPT-11 sensitivities; MSI phenotype moderately influences the CPT-11 sensitivity, MSI+ being more sensitive than MSI(-)CRC freshly obtained from patients, mutp53 status being associated with a poor response to CPT-11. FAU - Bras-Goncalves, R A AU - Bras-Goncalves RA AD - Institut Curie, UMR 147 CNRS-Institut Curie, Paris, France. FAU - Rosty, C AU - Rosty C FAU - Laurent-Puig, P AU - Laurent-Puig P FAU - Soulie, P AU - Soulie P FAU - Dutrillaux, B AU - Dutrillaux B FAU - Poupon, M F AU - Poupon MF LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - Br J Cancer JT - British journal of cancer JID - 0370635 RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic) RN - 0 (DNA Primers) RN - 0 (Tumor Suppressor Protein p53) RN - 7673326042 (Irinotecan) RN - XT3Z54Z28A (Camptothecin) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic/*pharmacology MH - Base Sequence MH - Camptothecin/*analogs & derivatives/pharmacology MH - Cell Division/drug effects MH - Colorectal Neoplasms/genetics/*pathology MH - DNA Primers MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Irinotecan MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Nude MH - Microsatellite Repeats/*genetics MH - Mutation MH - Phenotype MH - Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/*genetics PMC - PMC2374412 EDAT- 2000/03/25 00:00 MHDA- 2000/03/25 00:01 CRDT- 2000/03/25 00:00 PHST- 2000/03/25 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2000/03/25 00:01 [medline] PHST- 2000/03/25 00:00 [entrez] AID - S0007092099910194 [pii] AID - 10.1054/bjoc.1999.1019 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Br J Cancer. 2000 Feb;82(4):913-23. doi: 10.1054/bjoc.1999.1019.