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Arq. bras. neurocir ; 26(3): 88-92, set. 2007. ilus
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-586458

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Introdução: Estudos in vitro mostram que radioterapia e/ou quimioterapia podem ativar as vias de sinalizaçãodo receptor do fator de crescimento epidérmico (EGFR) e Ras, aumentando a resistência cruzada dascélulas de glioblastomas multiformes (GBM) ao tratamento. A inibição das atividades de EGFR e Rasatravés de inibidores tirosinas cinases elimina o antagonismo observado à administração seqüencialdestas modalidades terapêuticas, induzindo apoptose nestas células. Em estudo prévio demonstramosque o tratamento com o álcool perílico (AP), inibidor da farnesilação da Ras, induz apoptose em linhagenscelulares e células de explante de GBM. Objetivo: No presente estudo investigamos se a regressãoparcial observada em GBM recorrente de paciente tratado com administração intranasal de AP é mediadapor apoptose. Resultado: Ensaios com TUNEL (deoxynucleotidyl-mediated deoxyuridine triphosphate) ecaspase-3 ativada evidenciaram presença de células apoptóticas nas lâminas de GBM tratado. Conclusão:Esses achados sugerem que estratégias adjuvantes visando à inativação das vias de sinalização do EGFRe Ras podem melhorar tanto a eficácia de terapia isolada como de terapia multimodal em gliomas.


Background: In vitro studies demonstrated that both radiation and chemotherapy can activate EGFRand Ras signaling pathways, leading to increased cross-resistance to treatment of GBM cell. Inhibition of either EGFR or Ras activity with tytosine kinase inhibitor appears to abrogate the observed antagonism between sequentially administration of these therapeutic modalities inducing apoptosis in these cells. In a previous study, we demonstrated that in vitro treatment with perillyl alcohol (POH), an inhibitor of Ras farnezilation, induced apoptosis in human GBM cell lines and explants. Objective: In the presentstudy, we investigated if the partial regression observed in a patient with a recurrent GBM after treatmentby intranasal delivery of POH, is mediated by apoptosis. Result: Data from classical histology, terminaldeoxynucleotidyl-mediated deoxyuridine triphosphate nick-end labeling (TUNEL) assay, as well asactivation of caspase 3, showed increased apoptosis in the treated tumor. Conclusion: These findings suggest that strategies to inactivate EGFR and RAS signaling may be critical to improving not only theefficacy of single-agent therapy but also of multimodal therapy in gliomas.


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Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Apoptosis , Glioma/surgery , Glioma/drug therapy , Glioma/radiotherapy , Immunohistochemistry , Monoterpenes/therapeutic use , Administration, Inhalation
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