PMID- 7946450 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19941221 LR - 20190904 IS - 0284-186X (Print) IS - 0284-186X (Linking) VI - 33 IP - 6 DP - 1994 TI - Inhibitory effects of antagonists of bombesin/gastrin releasing peptide (GRP) and somatostatin analog (RC-160) on growth of HT-29 human colon cancers in nude mice. PG - 693-701 AB - Nude mice bearing xenografts of HT-29 human colon cancer cell line were treated for 4 weeks with somatostatin analog (RC-160), bombesin/gastrin releasing peptide (GRP) antagonists (RC-3095 and RC-3440). In three separate experiments somatostatin analog RC-160 (50 micrograms/day) released from microgranules significantly reduced tumor growth. Bombesin/GRP antagonists, RC-3095 and RC-3440 injected subcutaneously (s.c.) twice daily at a dose of 10 micrograms had the greatest and consistently significant inhibitory effect on tumor growth. RC-3095 given once daily s.c. at a dose of 20 micrograms was less effective. RC-3095 also inhibited metastatic tumor growth after intrasplenic injection of HT-29 cells in nude mice. Specific binding sites of somatostatin, bombesin and epidermal growth factor (EGF) were detected on intact HT-29 cells or on the membranes from HT-29 tumor xenografts. The inhibitory effects of bombesin antagonists on tumor growth were consistently linked with a significant down-regulation of EGF receptors. Bombesin/GRP antagonists and somatostatin analogs could be considered for the development of new hormonal therapies for colon cancer. FAU - Radulovic, S AU - Radulovic S AD - Endocrine, Polypeptide and Cancer Institute, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, New Orleans, LA 70146. FAU - Schally, A V AU - Schally AV FAU - Reile, H AU - Reile H FAU - Halmos, G AU - Halmos G FAU - Szepeshazi, K AU - Szepeshazi K FAU - Groot, K AU - Groot K FAU - Milovanovic, S AU - Milovanovic S FAU - Miller, G AU - Miller G FAU - Yano, T AU - Yano T LA - eng GR - CA 40077/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - Sweden TA - Acta Oncol JT - Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden) JID - 8709065 RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (Gastrins) RN - 0 (Peptide Fragments) RN - 0 (Peptides) RN - 138147-78-1 (bombesin (6-14), Tpi(6)-Leu(13)-psi(CH2NH)-Leu(14)-) RN - 142824-94-0 (bombesin(6-14), Tpi(6)-Leu(13)-psi(CH2N)-Tpi(14)-) RN - 2PK59M9GFF (vapreotide) RN - 51110-01-1 (Somatostatin) RN - 67763-96-6 (Insulin-Like Growth Factor I) RN - 80043-53-4 (Gastrin-Releasing Peptide) RN - 9002-72-6 (Growth Hormone) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (ErbB Receptors) RN - PX9AZU7QPK (Bombesin) SB - IM MH - Adenocarcinoma/*drug therapy/metabolism/secondary MH - Animals MH - Antineoplastic Agents/*therapeutic use MH - Bombesin/*analogs & derivatives/*antagonists & inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Colonic Neoplasms/*drug therapy/metabolism MH - Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor MH - ErbB Receptors/metabolism MH - Gastrin-Releasing Peptide MH - Gastrins/metabolism MH - Growth Hormone/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Insulin-Like Growth Factor I/metabolism MH - Liver Neoplasms/drug therapy/secondary MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Nude MH - Neoplasm Transplantation MH - Peptide Fragments/*pharmacology MH - Peptides/*antagonists & inhibitors MH - Radioligand Assay MH - Somatostatin/*analogs & derivatives/therapeutic use EDAT- 1994/01/01 00:00 MHDA- 1994/01/01 00:01 CRDT- 1994/01/01 00:00 PHST- 1994/01/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1994/01/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1994/01/01 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.3109/02841869409121784 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Acta Oncol. 1994;33(6):693-701. doi: 10.3109/02841869409121784.