Abstract
Objective To compare the in vitro sensitivity/resistance to patupilone versus paclitaxel in uterine serous papillary carcinoma (USPC) with high versus low HER-2/neu expression. Methods Six primary USPC cell lines, half of which overexpress HER-2/neu at a 3+ level, were evaluated for growth rate and tested for their in vitro sensitivity/resistance to patupilone versus paclitaxel by MTS assays. Quantitative RT-PCR was used to identify potential mechanisms underlying the differential sensitivity/resistance to patupilone versus paclitaxel in primary USPC cell lines. Results Cell lines overexpressing HER-2/neu showed higher proliferation when compared to low HER-2/neu-expressing cell lines. Compared to low-expressing cell lines, high HER-2/neu expressors were significantly more sensitive to patupilone than to paclitaxel ( P < 0.0002). In contrast, there was no appreciable difference in sensitivity to patupilone versus paclitaxel in primary USPC cell lines with low HER-2/neu expression. Higher levels of β-tubulin III (TUBB3) and P-glycoprotein (ABCB1) were detected in USPC cell lines with high versus low HER-2/neu expression ( P < 0.05). Conclusions USPC overexpressing HER-2/neu display greater in vitro sensitivity to patupilone and higher levels of the patupilone molecular target TUBB3 when compared to low HER-2/neu expressors. Due to the adverse prognosis associated with HER-2/neu overexpression in USPC patients, patupilone may represent a promising novel drug to combine to platinum compounds in this subset of aggressive endometrial tumors.
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