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Group name PlateformePP2I
Item Type Journal Article
Title Preclinical validation of AXL receptor as a target for antibody-based pancreatic cancer immunotherapy
Creator Leconet et al.
Author W. Leconet
Author C. Larbouret
Author G. Thomas
Author M. Neiveyans
Author M. Busson
Author M. Jarlier
Author N. Radosevic-Robin
Author M. Pugnière
Author F. Bernex
Author F. Penault-Llorca
Author J.-M. Pasquet
Author B. Robert
Abstract AXL receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) is implicated in proliferation and invasion of many cancers, particularly in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), for which new therapeutic options are urgently required. We investigated whether inhibition of AXL activity by specific monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) is efficient in limiting proliferation and migration of pancreatic cancer cells. Expression of AXL was evaluated by immunohistochemistry in 42 PDAC. The AXL role in oncogenesis was studied using the short hairpin RNA approach in a pancreatic carcinoma cell line. We further generated antihuman AXL mAbs and evaluated their inhibitory effects and the AXL downstream signaling pathways first in vitro, in a panel of pancreatic cancer cell lines and then in vivo, using subcutaneous or orthotopic pancreatic tumor xenografts. AXL receptor was found expressed in 76% (32/42) of PDAC and was predominantly present in invasive cells. The AXL-knockdown Panc-1 cells decreased in vitro cell migration, survival and proliferation, and reduced in vivo tumor growth. Two selected anti-AXL mAbs (D9 and E8), which inhibited phosphorylation of AXL and of its downstream target AKT without affecting growth arrest-specific factor 6 (GAS6) binding, induced downexpression of AXL by internalization, leading to an inhibition of proliferation and migration in the four pancreatic cancer cell lines studied. In vivo, treatment by anti-AXL mAbs significantly reduced growth of both subcutaneous and orthotopic pancreatic tumor xenografts independently of their KRAS mutation status. Our in vitro and preclinical in vivo data demonstrate that anti-human AXL mAbs could represent a new approach to the pancreatic cancer immunotherapy.
Publication Oncogene
Volume 33
Issue 47
Pages 5405-5414
Date Nov 20, 2014
Journal Abbr Oncogene
Language eng
DOI 10.1038/onc.2013.487
ISSN 1476-5594
Library Catalog PubMed
Extra PMID: 24240689 PMCID: PMC5055582
Tags Animals, Antibodies, Monoclonal, author, Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal, Cell Movement, Cell Survival, Female, Humans, Immunotherapy, Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Mice, Nude, Molecular Targeted Therapy, original, Pancreatic Neoplasms, Phosphorylation, pp2i, Proto-Oncogene Proteins, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras), ras Proteins, Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
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