Synergistic antitumor effects of FGFR2 inhibitor with 5-fluorouracil on scirrhous gastric carcinoma

Int J Cancer. 2010 Feb 15;126(4):1004-16. doi: 10.1002/ijc.24763.

Abstract

Scirrhous gastric carcinoma (SGC) carries the highest mortality because of a frequent metastasis to lymph node (LN). S1, a 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) analog, is clinically available for gastric cancer at an advanced stage. Fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (FGFR2) is required for the proliferation of SGC. The objective of this study is to clarify the benefit of a combination of S1 and kinase inhibitors including FGFR2 inhibitor Ki23057 in gastric cancer. OCUM-2MLN and KATO-III were derived from SGC. MKN-7 and MKN-74 were derived from non-SGC. MTT assay was used to examine the growth-inhibitory activity of 5 small-synthetic molecules including Ki23057, Sunitinib, Glivec, Lapatinib or SU11274, in cells cultured with 5-FU. Combination effects of 5-FU with Ki23057 on proliferation, apoptosis and mRNA expression were examined. S1 and/or Ki23057 were administered to murine models of SGC created by the orthotopic inoculation of OCUM-2MLN cells. Ki23057 at 100 nM significantly (p < 0.01) inhibited the proliferation and decreased the phosphorylation of FGFR2 in SGC cells, but not in non-SGC. Ki23057 showed synergistic antitumor effects for SGC cells in combination with 5-FU using CalcuSyn analysis, but Sunitinib, Glivec, Lapatinib and SU11274 did not. The combination of Ki23057 and 5-FU decreased DPD expression and increased apoptosis rates and p21 expression level of SGC cells. The combined administration of S1 and Ki23057 significantly (p < 0.05) decreased orthotopic tumors as well as LN metastasis more effectively than S1 alone. These findings suggested that the combined treatment with 5-FU and Ki23057 produced synergistic antitumor effects and is therapeutically promising for SGC treatment.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma, Scirrhous / drug therapy*
  • Adenocarcinoma, Scirrhous / genetics
  • Adenocarcinoma, Scirrhous / pathology
  • Animals
  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / therapeutic use
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Apoptosis / drug effects
  • Cell Division / drug effects
  • Flow Cytometry
  • Fluorouracil / therapeutic use*
  • Indoles / therapeutic use*
  • Mice
  • Pyridines / therapeutic use
  • Pyrroles / therapeutic use*
  • RNA, Messenger / drug effects
  • RNA, Messenger / genetics
  • Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 2 / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Stomach Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / genetics
  • Stomach Neoplasms / pathology
  • Sunitinib

Substances

  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Indoles
  • Pyridines
  • Pyrroles
  • RNA, Messenger
  • Fgfr2 protein, mouse
  • Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
  • Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 2
  • Fluorouracil
  • gimeracil
  • Sunitinib