Leptin, BMI, and a Metabolic Gene Expression Signature Associated with Clinical Outcome to VEGF Inhibition in Colorectal Cancer

Autor: Mark Wappett, Jeremy Frith, Jane Kendrew, Bhavika Patel, Catherine Anne Eberlein, Susan E. Critchlow, Paul D. Smith, Jane Robertson, Simon T. Barry, Aurelien J.C. Pommier, Russell D. J. Huby, Christopher Womack, Hayley Campbell, Shethah Morgan, Neil R. Smith, Filippos Michopoulos, Matthew Farren
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Cell Metabolism. 23(1):77-93
ISSN: 1550-4131
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2015.10.015
Popis: VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor) signaling inhibitors are widely used in different cancer types; however, patient selection remains a challenge. Analyses of samples from a phase III clinical trial in metastatic colorectal cancer testing chemotherapy versus chemotherapy with the small molecule VEGF receptors inhibitor cediranib identified circulating leptin levels, BMI, and a tumor metabolic and angiogenic gene expression signature associated with improved clinical outcome in patients treated with cediranib. Patients with a glycolytic and hypoxic/angiogenic profile were associated with increased benefit from cediranib, whereas patients with a high lipogenic, oxidative phosphorylation and serine biosynthesis signature did not gain benefit. These findings translated to pre-clinical tumor xenograft models where the same metabolic gene expression profiles were associated with in vivo sensitivity to cediranib as monotherapy. These findings suggest a link between patient physiology, tumor biology, and response to antiangiogenics, which may guide patient selection for VEGF therapy in the future.
Databáze: OpenAIRE