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Open Access 01-12-2017 | Research article

Therapeutic potential of TAS-115 via c-MET and PDGFRα signal inhibition for synovial sarcoma

Authors: Shutaro Yamada, Yoshinori Imura, Takaaki Nakai, Sho Nakai, Naohiro Yasuda, Keiko Kaneko, Hidetatsu Outani, Satoshi Takenaka, Kenichiro Hamada, Akira Myoui, Nobuhito Araki, Takafumi Ueda, Kazuyuki Itoh, Hideki Yoshikawa, Norifumi Naka

Published in: BMC Cancer | Issue 1/2017

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Abstract

Background

The prognosis of synovial sarcoma (SS), an aggressive soft tissue sarcoma, remains poor. We previously reported that c-MET or platelet-derived growth factor receptor α (PDGFRα) signalling pathway is related to SS progression based upon the findings of phospho-receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) arrays. TAS-115 is a novel c-MET/ vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-targeting tyrosine kinase inhibitor that has been shown to inhibit multiple RTKs. Here we aimed to investigate the therapeutic potential of TAS-115 against SS.

Methods

We first evaluated which signalling pathway was relevant to the viability of three human SS cell lines: Yamato-SS, SYO-1 and HS-SY-II. Next, we assessed the anticancer activity and mechanism of action of TAS-115 in these SS cell lines. Finally, we compared the ability of TAS-115 to inhibit c-MET and PDGFRα phosphorylation with that of pazopanib.

Results

We classified the SS cell lines as c-MET-dependent or PDGFRα-dependent based upon the differences in the signalling pathway relevant for growth and/or survival. We also found that c-MET and PDGFRα were the primary activators of both phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/AKT and mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways in c-MET-dependent and PDGFRα-dependent SS cells, respectively. TAS-115 treatment blocked the phosphorylation of PDGFRα as well as that of c-MET and their downstream effectors, leading to marked growth inhibition in both types of SS cell lines in in vitro and in vivo studies. Furthermore, PDGFRα phosphorylation, on at least four representative autophosphorylation sites, was impeded by TAS-115 equivalently to pazopanib.

Conclusions

These experimental results have demonstrated the significance of c-MET and PDGFRα signalling for growth and/or survival of SS tumours. TAS-115 monotherapy may benefit SS patients whose tumours are dependent upon either c-MET or PDGFRα signalling by functioning as a multiple tyrosine kinase inhibitor to suppress c-MET as well as PDGFRα pathways.
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Metadata
Title
Therapeutic potential of TAS-115 via c-MET and PDGFRα signal inhibition for synovial sarcoma
Authors
Shutaro Yamada
Yoshinori Imura
Takaaki Nakai
Sho Nakai
Naohiro Yasuda
Keiko Kaneko
Hidetatsu Outani
Satoshi Takenaka
Kenichiro Hamada
Akira Myoui
Nobuhito Araki
Takafumi Ueda
Kazuyuki Itoh
Hideki Yoshikawa
Norifumi Naka
Publication date
01-12-2017
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Cancer / Issue 1/2017
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2407
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-017-3324-3

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