Clinical Cancer Research CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium Infection and Cancer: Biology, Therapeutics, and Prevention
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Cancer Research Clinical Cancer Research
Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention Molecular Cancer Therapeutics
Molecular Cancer Research Cancer Prevention Research
Cancer Prevention Journals Portal Cancer Reviews Online
Annual Meeting Education Book Meeting Abstracts Online
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Smith, M. A.
Right arrow Articles by Anderson, B.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Smith, M. A.
Right arrow Articles by Anderson, B.
Related Collections
Right arrowKey Article
Clinical Cancer Research Vol. 7, 2955-2957, October 2001
© 2001 American Association for Cancer Research

Editorials

Where to Next with Retinoids for Cancer Therapy?

Malcolm A. Smith1 and Barry Anderson

Pediatric Section, Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892

The report by Adamson and colleagues describes a Phase 1 trial in children of 9-cis-RA2 (1) . This report follows by nearly 10 years the report of the pediatric Phase 1 evaluation of ATRA and by more than a decade the initial reports that ATRA induced high remission rates in patients with APL. The authors conclude their report by noting the continuing challenge of identifying the optimal retinoid and the optimal way to integrate retinoids into multiagent treatment regimens. In addressing this challenge, we first briefly summarize those malignancies for which retinoids have definitively shown therapeutic benefit, and then we discuss clinical research opportunities for retinoids and how these can be prioritized.

Three retinoids have proven oncological utility: ATRA, a naturally occurring retinoid that binds to and activates RAR {alpha}, ß, and {gamma}; 13-cis-RA which likely acts as an ATRA prodrug; and bexarotene (Targretin, LGD1069), which selectively binds and activates RXR{alpha}, ß, and {gamma}. Best defined among the oncological indications of retinoids is the use of ATRA for APL. The basis for the dramatic efficacy of ATRA against APL is the ability of pharmacological doses of ATRA to overcome the repression of signaling caused by the PML-RAR{alpha} fusion protein at physiological ATRA concentrations. Restoration of signaling leads to differentiation of APL cells and then to postmaturation apoptosis (2) . A series of randomized clinical trials have defined the benefit for combining ATRA with chemotherapy during induction therapy and also the utility of using ATRA as maintenance therapy (3, 4, 5) .

Bexarotene is approved by the FDA for the treatment of cutaneous manifestations of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma in patients whose disease is refractory to at least one prior systemic therapy (6) . Consistent with the RXR specificity of bexarotene, ATRA toxicities such as cheilitis and headache appear to be less prominent in patients receiving bexarotene (7 , 8) .

13-cis-RA improves outcome for children with advanced stage neuroblastoma when given at high doses after intensive consolidation chemotherapy (9) . For many years, it has been known that exposure of neuroblastoma cell lines to ATRA, 13-cis-RA, and 9-cis-RA causes decreased tumor cell proliferation and morphological differentiation. A Phase 2 trial of single agent 13-cis-RA demonstrated minimal antitumor response in children with recurrent or progressive neuroblastoma receiving a dose of 100 mg/m2/day (10) . However, complete responses were seen among children with residual tumor in the bone marrow who were treated in a Phase 1 trial evaluating higher doses of 13-cis-RA given in two-week pulses (maximum tolerated dose, 160 mg/m2/day; Ref. 11 ). Subsequently, improved event-free survival for children with advanced stage neuroblastoma was demonstrated in a Phase 3 study of patients randomized after completion of cytotoxic therapy to receive 6 months of maintenance treatment using 13-cis-RA (160 mg/m2/day) on the 2-week pulsed schedule (9) . The clinical importance of 13-cis-RA dosage for antitumor effectiveness has been suggested by the lack of 13-cis-RA benefit among children with advanced neuroblastoma randomized to receive a lower daily dose (0.75 mg/kg/day or ~30 mg/m2/day) after high-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplant (12 , 13) .

What criteria ought to be used in selecting among these and other retinoids for future clinical evaluation? To the extent that the primary goal of treatment is cure and not palliation, an important criterion is the ability of the agent to kill tumor cells or to enhance tumor cell killing when combined with other anticancer drugs. Given this criterion, a group of retinoids of particular interest are the apoptogenic retinoids, as exemplified by fenretinide [N-(4-hydroxyphenyl) retinamide] and CD437/6-[3-(1-adamantyl)-4-hydroxyphenyl]-2-naphthalenecarboxylic acid.

Fenretinide at micromolar concentrations is able to induce apoptosis in a number of different types of cancer cells, including neuroblastoma (14 , 15) , non-small cell lung cancer (16) , cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (17) , and others. Although fenretinide appears to be a potent transactivator with RAR{gamma} and a moderate activator with RARß (but not RAR{alpha} and RXR{alpha}; Ref. 18 ) and can induce RAR-dependent differentiation and apoptosis (19 , 20) , it can also induce apoptosis through RAR-independent mechanisms (16 , 19 , 21) . For some cancer cells, the production of ROS plays a role in fenretinide-induced apoptosis (16 , 17) . Retinoids such as ATRA, 13-cis-RA, and 9-cis-RA do not induce ROS (15 , 22 , 23) . The induction of ROS is a rapid cellular response to fenretinide exposure (17 , 20 , 23) and is not dependent on RAR activation (20 , 22) . Induction of ceramide synthesis may also play a role in fenretinide-induced apoptosis (14 , 24) . The initial clinical trials of fenretinide used relatively low doses (200 mg/day) that achieved serum levels of approximately 1 µM (25) . More recently, Phase 1 studies of fenretinide have demonstrated that much higher doses of fenretinide are tolerated (>500 mg/m2/day) and that the 5–10-µM concentrations required to induce apoptosis in vitro can be achieved in at least some pediatric patients (26) .

CD437, like fenretinide, induces apoptosis in a variety of cancer cell types. CD437 selectively binds to and transactivates RAR{gamma}, but is able to induce apoptosis by mechanisms independent of RAR transcriptional activation (27 , 28) . In lung and prostate cancer cell lines, an apoptosis-inducing CD437 analogue induces expression and mitochondrial translocation of transcription factor TR3/Nur77 and induces inner mitochondrial membrane depolarization and mitochondrial release of cytochrome c (29 , 30) . CD437 can also up-regulate expression of a number of apoptosis-related genes, including Killer/DR5, Bax, and Fas (28 , 31 , 32) . This interesting compound has not been evaluated in the clinical setting.

Concerning the use of retinoids in multiagent combinations, of particular interest is the use of retinoids in combination with HDAC inhibitors. The biological basis for this combination is the ability of non-liganded RARs to recruit HDAC complexes leading to transcriptional repression of target genes (33) . For APL, resistance to ATRA can in some cases be overcome by combination therapy using ATRA with a HDAC inhibitor (34 , 35) . For some non-promyelocytic cases of acute myelogenous leukemia, the poor sensitivity to retinoid-induced differentiation may reflect HDAC-dependent repression of retinoid signaling pathways, and HDAC inhibition can restore ATRA-induced differentiation (36) . For neuroblastoma, combination treatment (either in vitro or in vivo) of neuroblastoma cells with ATRA and a HDAC inhibitor leads to greater antitumor activity than that obtained with either single agent (37 , 38) . Clinical evaluations of retinoids with HDAC inhibitors have to date been limited to the combination of ATRA with phenylbutyrate (35) , but this strategy warrants continued consideration given the availability of new HDAC inhibitors in clinical evaluation [e.g., MS-275, suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA), and CI-994].

The effective use of ATRA with conventional cytotoxic agents for APL (see above) provides proof-of-principle for the potential utility of combining retinoids with cytotoxic agents. Combinations of retinoids with conventional cytotoxic agents have shown promise in some preclinical models, including combinations of 9-cis-RA with cisplatin (39) and combinations of fenretinide with either cisplatin or etoposide (15 , 40 , 41) . The supra-additive activity of fenretinide in combination with cytotoxic agents appears to be associated with the ability of fenretinide to induce ROS (15) .

Other retinoid combinations of potential utility include retinoids plus receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (42) and combinations of fenretinide with modulators of ceramide metabolism (24) . The ability of CD437 to up-regulate DR4 and DR5 death receptor expression in some cancer cell lines suggests the possible utility for the combination of CD437 with TRAIL, should these compounds enter clinical evaluation (32) .

There are no clear roadmaps for prioritizing which retinoid or combination strategy should be put forward for clinical evaluation. Possible characteristics arguing for prioritization of a retinoid, alone or in combination, include: (a) the biological plausibility for anticancer activity based on retinoid-induced modifications of critical survival and apoptosis signaling pathways for the cancer under study; and (b) the reproducibility of in vitro and in vivo antitumor activity in multiple cell lines (xenografts) at concentrations of agent(s) that are achievable in patients. As an example of the application of the latter criterion, the data reported by Adamson argue against prioritizing 9-cis-RA for neuroblastoma (1) , because the 9-cis-RA serum levels achievable in young children are well below the 1-µM levels associated with growth inhibition in preclinical studies (43) . Too often, preclinical models provide insufficient insight into the best use of an agent to achieve clinical benefit. Nonetheless, decisions concerning prioritizing clinical research opportunities must be made based on the best available information, however imperfect that information is. To the extent possible, it will be important to determine whether the signaling pathways identified as important in preclinical models are indeed modulated in the clinical setting. This closing of the loop between preclinical and clinical observations allows confirmation (or refutation) of hypotheses concerning critical factors associated with retinoid antitumor activity, thereby permitting more rational applications of retinoids in oncological practice.

FOOTNOTES

The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked advertisement in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact.

1 To whom requests for reprints should be addressed, at Pediatric Section, CTEP, Room 7025, EPN, 6130 Executive Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20892. Phone: (301) 496-2522; E-mail: smithm{at}ctep.nci.nih.gov Back

2 The abbreviations used are: 9-cis-RA, 9-cis-retinoic acid; ATRA, all-trans retinoic acid; APL, acute promyelocytic leukemia; RAR, retinoic acid receptor; 13-cis-RA, 13-cis-retinoic acid; RXR, retinoid X receptor; ROS, reactive oxygen species; HDAC, histone deacetylase. Back

Received 6/27/01; accepted 7/ 3/01.

REFERENCES

  1. Adamson P. C., Widemann B. C., Reaman G. H., Seibel N. L., Murphy R. F., Gillespie A. F., Balis F. M. A Phase I trial and pharmacokinetic study of 9-cis-retinoic acid (ALRT1057) in pediatric patients with refractory cancer. A joint Pediatric Oncology Branch. NCI and Children’s Cancer Group Study. Clin. Cancer Res., 7: 3034-3039, 2001.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
  2. Altucci L., Rossin A., Raffelsberger W., Reitmair A., Chomienne C., Gronemeyer H. Retinoic acid-induced apoptosis in leukemia cells is mediated by paracrine action of tumor-selective death ligand TRAIL. Nat. Med., 7: 680-686, 2001.[CrossRef][Medline]
  3. Fenaux P., Chastang C., Chevret S., Sanz M., Dombret H., Archimbaud E., Fey M., Rayon C., Huguet F., Sotto J. J., Gardin C., Makhoul P. C., Travade P., Solary E., Fegueux N., Bordessoule D., Miguel J. S., Link H., Desablens B., Stamatoullas A., Deconinck E., Maloisel F., Castaigne S., Preudhomme C., Degos L. A randomized comparison of all-trans-retinoic acid (ATRA) followed by chemotherapy and ATRA plus chemotherapy and the role of maintenance therapy in newly diagnosed acute promyelocytic leukemia. The European APL Group. Blood, 94: 1192-1200, 1999.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
  4. Fenaux P., Chevret S., Guerci A., Fegueux N., Dombret H., Thomas X., Sanz M., Link H., Maloisel F., Gardin C., Bordessoule D., Stoppa A. M., Sadoun A., Muus P., Wandt H., Mineur P., Whittaker J. A., Fey M., Daniel M. T., Castaigne S., Degos L. Long-term follow-up confirms the benefit of all-trans retinoic acid in acute promyelocytic leukemia. European APL group. Leukemia (Bal-timore), 14: 1371-1377, 2000.[CrossRef][Medline]
  5. Tallman M. S., Andersen J. W., Schiffer C. A., Appelbaum F. R., Feusner J. H., Ogden A., Shepherd L., Willman C., Bloomfield C. D., Rowe J. M., Wiernik P. H. All-trans-retinoic acid in acute promyelocytic leukemia[see comments; published erratum appears in N. Engl. J. Med., 337: 1639, 1997]. N. Engl. J. Med., 337: 1021-1028, 1997.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
  6. Khuri F. R., Rigas J. R., Figlin R. A., Gralla R. J., Shin D. M., Munden R., Fox N., Huyghe M. R., Kean Y., Reich S. D., Hong W. K. Multi-institutional Phase I/II trial of oral bexarotene in combination with cisplatin and vinorelbine in previously untreated patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer. J. Clin. Oncol., 19: 2626-2637, 2001.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
  7. Miller V. A., Benedetti F. M., Rigas J. R., Verret A. L., Pfister D. G., Straus D., Kris M. G., Crisp M., Heyman R., Loewen G. R., Truglia J. A., Warrell R. P., Jr. Initial clinical trial of a selective retinoid X receptor ligand, LGD1069. J. Clin. Oncol., 15: 790-795, 1997.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
  8. Rizvi N. A., Marshall J. L., Dahut W., Ness E., Truglia J. A., Loewen G., Gill G. M., Ulm E. H., Geiser R., Jaunakais D., Hawkins M. J. A Phase I study of LGD1069 in adults with advanced cancer. Clin. Cancer Res., 5: 1658-1664, 1999.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
  9. Matthay K. K., Villablanca J. G., Seeger R. C., Stram D. O., Harris R. E., Ramsay N. K., Swift P., Shimada H., Black C. T., Brodeur G. M., Gerbing R. B., Reynolds C. P. Treatment of high-risk neuroblastoma with intensive chemotherapy, radiotherapy, autologous bone marrow transplantation, and 13-cis-retinoic acid. Children’s Cancer Group. N. Engl. J. Med., 341: 1165-1173, 1999.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
  10. Finklestein J. Z., Krailo M. D., Lenarsky C., Ladisch S., Blair G. K., Reynolds C. P., Sitarz A. L., Hammond G. D. 13-cis-retinoic acid (NSC 122758) in the treatment of children with metastatic neuroblastoma unresponsive to conventional chemotherapy: report from the Childrens Cancer Study Group. Med. Pediatr. Oncol, 20: 307-311, 1992.[Medline]
  11. Villablanca J. G., Khan A. A., Avramis V. I., Seeger R. C., Matthay K. K., Ramsay N. K., Reynolds C. P. Phase I trial of 13-cis-retinoic acid in children with neuroblastoma following bone marrow transplantation. J. Clin. Oncol., 13: 894-901, 1995.[Abstract]
  12. Kohler J. A., Imeson J., Ellershaw C., Lie S. O. A randomized trial of 13-Cis retinoic acid in children with advanced neuroblastoma after high-dose therapy. Br. J. Cancer, 83: 1124-1127, 2000.[CrossRef][Medline]
  13. Matthay K. K., Reynolds C. P. Is there a role for retinoids to treat minimal residual disease in neuroblastoma?. Br. J. Cancer, 83: 1121-1123, 2000.[CrossRef][Medline]
  14. Maurer B. J., Metelitsa L. S., Seeger R. C., Cabot M. C., Reynolds C. P. Increase of ceramide and induction of mixed apoptosis/necrosis by N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)retinamide in neuroblastoma cell lines[see comments]. J. Natl. Cancer Inst. (Bethesda), 91: 1138-1146, 1999.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
  15. Lovat P. E., Ranalli M., Bernassola F., Tilby M., Malcolm A. J., Pearson A. D., Piacentini M., Melino G., Redfern C. P. Synergistic induction of apoptosis of neuroblastoma by fenretinide or CD437 in combination with chemotherapeutic drugs. Int. J. Cancer, 88: 977-985, 2000.[CrossRef][Medline]
  16. Sun S. Y., Li W., Yue P., Lippman S. M., Hong W. K., Lotan R. Mediation of N-(4-hydoxyphenyl)retinamide-induced apoptosis in human cancer cells by different mechanisms. Cancer Res., 59: 2493-2498, 1999.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
  17. Hail N., Jr., Lotan R. Mitochondrial permeability transition is a central coordinating event in N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)retinamide-induced apoptosis. Cancer Epidemiol. Biomark. Prev., 9: 1293-1301, 2000.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
  18. Fanjul A. N., Delia D., Pierotti M. A., Rideout D., Yu J. Q., Pfahl M., Qiu J. 4-Hydroxyphenyl retinamide is a highly selective activator of retinoid receptors. J. Biol. Chem., 271: 22441-22446, 1996.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
  19. Clifford J. L., Menter D. G., Wang M., Lotan R., Lippman S. M. Retinoid receptor-dependent and -independent effects of N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)retinamide in F9 embryonal carcinoma cells. Cancer Res., 59: 14-18, 1999.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
  20. Lovat P. E., Ranalli M., Annichiarrico-Petruzzelli M., Bernassola F., Piacentini M., Malcolm A. J., Pearson A. D., Melino G., Redfern C. P. Effector mechanisms of fenretinide-induced apoptosis in neuroblastoma. Exp. Cell Res, 260: 50-60, 2000.[CrossRef][Medline]
  21. Reynolds C. P., Chen P. Response of neuroblastoma cell lines to retinoic acid and 13-cis-retinoic, but not to fenretinide, is mediated by retinoic acid receptors. Proc. Am. Assoc. Cancer Res., 42: 186 2001.
  22. Oridate N., Suzuki S., Higuchi M., Mitchell M. F., Hong W. K., Lotan R. Involvement of reactive oxygen species in N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)retinamide-induced apoptosis in cervical carcinoma cells[see comments]. J. Natl. Cancer Inst. (Bethesda), 89: 1191-1198, 1997.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
  23. Delia D., Aiello A., Meroni L., Nicolini M., Reed J. C., Pierotti M. A. Role of antioxidants and intracellular free radicals in retinamide-induced cell death. Carcinogenesis (Lond.), 18: 943-948, 1997.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
  24. Maurer B. J., Melton L., Billups C., Cabot M. C., Reynolds C. P. Synergistic cytotoxicity in solid tumor cell lines between N-(4- hydroxyphenyl)retinamide and modulators of ceramide metabolism. J. Natl. Cancer Inst. (Bethesda), 92: 1897-1909, 2000.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
  25. Formelli F., Clerici M., Campa T., Di Mauro M. G., Magni A., Mascotti G., Moglia D., De Palo G., Costa A., Veronesi U. Five-year administration of fenretinide: pharmacokinetics and effects on plasma retinol concentrations. J. Clin. Oncol., 11: 2036-2042, 1993.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
  26. Luksch R., Pizzitola M. R., Lo Piccolo M. S., Formelli F., Montaldo P. G., De Bernardi B., Bellani F. F., Garaventa A. Phase I study of fenretinide in neuroblastoma. Clin. Cancer Res., 6: 2000.
  27. Sun S. Y., Yue P., Shroot B., Hong W. K., Lotan R. Induction of apoptosis in human non-small cell lung carcinoma cells by the novel synthetic retinoid CD437. J. Cell. Physiol., 173: 279-284, 1997.[CrossRef][Medline]
  28. Sun S. Y., Yue P., Hong W. K., Lotan R. Induction of Fas expression and augmentation of Fas/Fas ligand-mediated apoptosis by the synthetic retinoid CD437 in human lung cancer cells. Cancer Res., 60: 6537-6543, 2000.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
  29. Li H., Kolluri S. K., Gu J., Dawson M. I., Cao X., Hobbs P. D., Lin B., Chen G., Lu J., Lin F., Xie Z., Fontana J. A., Reed J. C., Zhang X. Cytochrome c release and apoptosis induced by mitochondrial targeting of nuclear orphan receptor TR3. Science (Wash. DC), 289: 1159-1164, 2000.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
  30. Dawson M. I., Hobbs P. D., Peterson V. J., Leid M., Lange C. W., Feng K. C., Chen G., Gu J., Li H., Kolluri S. K., Zhang X., Zhang Y., Fontana J. A. Apoptosis induction in cancer cells by a novel analogue of 6-[3-(1-adamantyl)-4-hydroxyphenyl]-2-naphthalenecarboxylic acid lacking retinoid receptor transcriptional activation activity. Cancer Res., 61: 4723-4730, 2001.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
  31. Sun S. Y., Yue P., Mao L., Dawson M. I., Shroot B., Lamph W. W., Heyman R. A., Chandraratna R. A., Shudo K., Hong W. K., Lotan R. Identification of receptor-selective retinoids that are potent inhibitors of the growth of human head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cells. Clin. Cancer Res., 6: 1563-1573, 2000.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
  32. Sun S. Y., Yue P., Hong W. K., Lotan R. Augmentation of tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL)-induced apoptosis by the synthetic retinoid 6-[3-(1-adamantyl)-4-hydroxyphenyl]-2-naphthalene carboxylic acid (CD437) through up-regulation of TRAIL receptors in human lung cancer cells. Cancer Res., 60: 7149-7155, 2000.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
  33. Redner R. L., Wang J., Liu J. M. Chromatin remodeling and leukemia: new therapeutic paradigms. Blood, 94: 417-428, 1999.[Free Full Text]
  34. Warrell R. P., Jr., He L. Z., Richon V., Calleja E., Pandolfi P. P. Therapeutic targeting of transcription in acute promyelocytic leukemia by use of an inhibitor of histone deacetylase[see comments]. J. Natl. Cancer Inst. (Bethesda), 90: 1621-1625, 1998.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
  35. Novick S., Camacho L., Gallagher R., Chanel S., Ho R., Tolentino T., Richon V., Pandolfi P. P., Warrell R. P. Initial clinical evaluation of "transcription therapy" for cancer: all-trans retinoic acid plus phenylbutyrate. Blood, 94 (Suppl. 1): 61a: 11-15, 1999.
  36. Ferrara F. F., Fazi F., Bianchini A., Padula F., Gelmetti V., Minucci S., Mancini M., Pelicci P. G., Lo C. F., Nervi C. Histone deacetylase-targeted treatment restores retinoic acid signaling and differentiation in acute myeloid leukemia. Cancer Res., 61: 2-7, 2001.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
  37. Coffey D. C., Kutko M. C., Glick R. D., Swendeman S. L., Butler L., Rifkind R., Marks P. A., Richon V. M., LaQuaglia M. P. Histone deacetylase inhibitors and retinoic acids inhibit growth of human neuroblastoma in vitro. Med. Pediatr. Oncol., 35: 577-581, 2000.[CrossRef][Medline]
  38. Coffey D. C., Kutko M. C., Glick R. D., Butler L. M., Heller G., Rifkind R. A., Marks P. A., Richon V. M., La Quaglia M. P. The histone deacetylase inhibitor, CBHA, inhibits growth of human neuroblastoma xenografts in vivo, alone and synergistically with all-trans retinoic acid. Cancer Res., 61: 3591-3594, 2001.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
  39. Shalinsky D. R., Bischoff E. D., Gregory M. L., Lamph W. W., Heyman R. A., Hayes J. S., Thomazy V., Davies P. J. Enhanced antitumor efficacy of cisplatin in combination with ALRT1057 (9-cis retinoic acid) in human oral squamous carcinoma xenografts in nude mice. Clin. Cancer Res., 2: 511-520, 1996.[Abstract]
  40. Formelli F., Cleris L. Therapeutic effects of the combination of fenretinide and all-trans-retinoic acid and of the two retinoids with cisplatin in a human ovarian carcinoma xenograft and in a cisplatin-resistant sub-line. Eur. J. Cancer, 36: 2411-2419, 2000.
  41. Kalemkerian G. P., Ou X. Activity of fenretinide plus chemotherapeutic agents in small-cell lung cancer cell lines. Cancer Chemother. Pharmacol., 43: 145-150, 1999.[CrossRef][Medline]
  42. Giannc M., Kalac Y., Ponzanelli I., Rambaldi A., Terao M., Garattini E. Tyrosine kinase inhibitor STI571 potentiates the pharmacologic activity of retinoic acid in acute promyelocytic leukemia cells: effects on the degradation of RAR{alpha} and PML-RAR{alpha}. Blood, 97: 3234-3243, 2001.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
  43. Irving H., Lovat P. E., Hewson Q. C., Malcolm A. J., Pearson A. D., Redfern C. P. Retinoid-induced differentiation of neuroblastoma: comparison between LG69, an RXR-selective analogue and 9-cis retinoic acid. Eur. J. Cancer, 34: 111-117, 1998.

Key Article

A Phase I Trial and Pharmacokinetic Study of 9-cis-Retinoic Acid (ALRT1057) in Pediatric Patients with Refractory Cancer: A Joint Pediatric Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, and Children’s Cancer Group Study
Peter C. Adamson, Brigitte C. Widemann, Gregory H. Reaman, Nita L. Seibel, Robert F. Murphy, Andrea F. Gillespie, and Frank M. Balis
Clin. Cancer Res. 2001 7: 3034-3039. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]



This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 JCOHome page
J. G. Villablanca, M. D. Krailo, M. M. Ames, J. M. Reid, G. H. Reaman, and C. P. Reynolds
Phase I Trial of Oral Fenretinide in Children With High-Risk Solid Tumors: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group (CCG 09709)
J. Clin. Oncol., July 20, 2006; 24(21): 3423 - 3430.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Biol. Chem.Home page
M. Gianni, E. Kopf, J. Bastien, M. Oulad-Abdelghani, E. Garattini, P. Chambon, and C. Rochette-Egly
Down-regulation of the Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase/Akt Pathway Is Involved in Retinoic Acid-induced Phosphorylation, Degradation, and Transcriptional Activity of Retinoic Acid Receptor gamma 2
J. Biol. Chem., July 5, 2002; 277(28): 24859 - 24862.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Smith, M. A.
Right arrow Articles by Anderson, B.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Smith, M. A.
Right arrow Articles by Anderson, B.
Related Collections
Right arrowKey Article

HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Cancer Research Clinical Cancer Research
Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention Molecular Cancer Therapeutics
Molecular Cancer Research Cancer Prevention Research
Cancer Prevention Journals Portal Cancer Reviews Online
Annual Meeting Education Book Meeting Abstracts Online