Longitudinal assessment of B-RAF V595E levels in the peripheral cell-free tumor DNA of a 10-year-old spayed female Korean Jindo dog with unresectable metastatic urethral transitional cell carcinoma for monitoring the treatment response to a RAF inhibitor (sorafenib)

Transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) is the most common malignant tumor of the canine urinary tract. In this case study, a dog with metastatic urethral TCC was treated with sorafenib. The tumor expression levels of receptor tyrosine kinase genes, including VEGFR-1, VEGFR-2, PDGFR-α, PDGFR-β, ALK, EGFR, ErbB2, and B-RAF, were analyzed. VEGFR was overexpressed in tumor tissues compared to the normal tissues. Considering the high frequency of B-RAF mutation in canine urological tumors, the B-RAF gene was examined, and the B-RAF V595E mutation was detected in the tumor tissue. Therefore, the antitumor effect of sorafenib, a multi-tyrosine kinase inhibitor, on unresectable metastatic urethral TCC characterized by B-RAF V595E was evaluated and circulating cell-free tumor DNA (ctDNA) was assessed for monitoring the treatment response. After the initiation of oral sorafenib therapy (4 mg/kg/day escalated to 10 mg/kg/day), the dysuria was alleviated gradually, and the patient remained stable for 3 months. During that treatment period, the patient showed various levels of changes associated with B-RAF V595E mutation in ctDNA as evident from longitudinal plasma samples after initiation of sorafenib therapy. The findings of this study suggest that ctDNA may serve as a useful non-invasive tool for monitoring the treatment response to anticancer drugs.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:41

Enthalten in:

The veterinary quarterly - 41(2021), 1 vom: 03. Dez., Seite 153-162

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kim, Jung-Hyun [VerfasserIn]
Ahn, Dana Hyunjung [VerfasserIn]
Moon, Je-Sung [VerfasserIn]
Han, Hyun-Jung [VerfasserIn]
Bae, Kieun [VerfasserIn]
Yoon, Kyong-Ah [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9ZOQ3TZI87
Antineoplastic Agents
B-RAF V595E
Case Reports
Circulating Tumor DNA
Circulating cell-free tumor DNA
Dog
EC 2.7.11.1
Journal Article
Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf
Sorafenib
Transitional cell carcinoma
Vascular endothelial growth factor

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 09.06.2021

Date Revised 09.06.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/01652176.2021.1905194

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM323202594