Monserrat Llaguno-Munive, Mario Romero-Pina, Janeth Serrano-Bello, Luis A Medina, Norma Uribe-Uribe, Mauricio Rodriguez-Dorantes, Ana Maria Salazar and Patricia Garcia-Lopez
National Institute of Cancerology, Mexico
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Cancer Sci Ther
Glioblastoma multiforme is the most common primary central nervous system tumor. The standard treatment
is surgery, followed by chemotherapy (Temozolamide) and radiotherapy. However, the response has not been
sufficient with an average survival of patients 10-16 months. Therefore it is important to have new strategies that
increase therapeutic efficacy. Recent studies have shown that Mifepristone (Mif) increases the cytotoxicity of
various antineoplastic. The aim of the present study is to investigate whether Mifepristone can modulate the growth
of glioma tumors treated with Temozolamide, as well as the study of the molecular mechanisms involved in the
response to therapy. The effect of Mifepristone combined with Temozolamide was evaluated in an orthotopic model
of glioblastoma. C6 cells were implanted in Wistar rats and the weight was followed throughout the study, after 2
weeks post-implantation the rats were arranged in four groups including: A) Sham, B) Vehicle, C) Tz, D) Mif and E)
Tz-Mif. Cell proliferation was evaluated by PET/CT images using 18F-FLT and KI-67; hematoxylin and eosin was
used to observe the morphology. For the evaluation of apoptosis and repair to DNA damage were performed western
blot using the corresponding antibodies (Bcl-2, Bax and caspase 3 and the DNA repair enzyme O6-methylguanine
DNA methyl transferase). Our results showed an accelerated decrease in the weight in vehicle, Tz and Mif groups,
while in the rats with Tz-Mif the weight was maintained throughout the study and few Ki-67 positive cells were
observed; these results were comparable with PET/CT images, showing a decrease of 18F-FLT uptake. In western
blot we observed an increase in the levels of Bax and CL-caspase 3 and a decrease in Bcl-2 levels, as well as in MGMT
in the group of Tz-Mif. Our results suggest that the combination of the mifepristone with temozolomide could
improve the therapeutic efficacy in glioblastoma.
Recent Publication
1. Llaguno-Munive M, Medina L A, Jurado R, Romero-Pina M and Garcia-Lopez P (2013) Mifepristone improves
chemo-radiation response in glioblastoma xenografts. Cancer Cell Int. 13:29.
Monserrat Llaguno-Munive has completed her PhD in Biomedical Sciences at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico. She has a research track of over four years working in Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia on projects related to gliobastoma multiforme. She has published one papers in reputed journal and presented in international conferences. She is research interests are focused in the pharmacological repositioning for glioblastoma multiforme.
E-mail: muniv1250@hotmail.com
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