Possibilities for Treatment of Melanoma: Effects on Cell Proliferation by Inhibition of Melanoma Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycan (MCSP) and B‐Raf In Vitro
2010-04-21
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Possibilities for Treatment of Melanoma: Effects on Cell Proliferation by Inhibition of Melanoma Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycan (MCSP) and B‐Raf In Vitro
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2010-04-21
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The Map-Kinase cell signaling pathway controls cell growth by allowing cells to
divide only in the presence of growth factor. Amplification of extracellular signaling
proteins to downstream cytoplasmic signaling proteins B-RAF, Mek and Erk 1,2
leads to transcription of proteins involved in cell-cycle control. In 60% of
Melanomas, B-RAF is found in a mutated form allowing division even in the
absence of growth factors. Additionally, Melanoma Chondroitin Sulfate
Proteoglycan is absent in normal melanocytes while frequently expressed in
melanomas. MCSP sustains constitutive activation of Erk 1,2. Thus, it is of clinical
significance to consider MCSP and B-RAF as cellular candidates for treatment of
Melanoma due their modulation of Erk1, 2 activation. To determine cell
proliferation effects by inhibition of MCSP and B-RAF, melanoma cell lines A375
and WM1341D were used. A375 contains MCSP and does not have mutant BRAF
while WM1341D shows expression of MCSP and mutant B-RAF. Cells were
treated with Raf kinase inhibitor Bay 43-9006 against B-RAF and MCSP antibody
against MCSP. Simultaneous treatment had additive effects on A375 cell line while
synchronous drug addition in WM1341D was not as effective as single
administration of either MCSP antibody or Bay 43-9006. Thus, there was
sensitization of A375 to Bay 43-9006 treatment by the addition of antibody while
WM1341D cells showed resistance by the addition of antibody to Bay 43-9006.
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Additional contributors: Jianbo Yang; Kaoru Terai; Soldano Ferrone; Xinhui Wang; James B. McCarthy; Arkadiusz Z. Dudek (faculty mentor).
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Cespedes Gomez, Omar. (2010). Possibilities for Treatment of Melanoma: Effects on Cell Proliferation by Inhibition of Melanoma Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycan (MCSP) and B‐Raf In Vitro. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/61804.
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