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Understanding Cachexia: a major
complication of cancer
Pattarana Sae-Chew, Ph.D.
What is Cachexia?
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Cachexia (Greek: Kachexi’a; Kako+e’xis) or Muscle
wasting
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Severe, chronic, unintentional, and progressive weight loss
Loss of adipose tissue and lean body mass
Visceral protein preserved
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chronic diseases
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Congestive Heart Failure
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Chronic Malaria
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Cancer
Metabolic alterations in Cachexia
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Anorexia: Loss of Appetite
Early satiety
Anemia
Lypolysis
Resting energy expenditure
Activation of acute phase response
Insulin resistance
Clinical Definition
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In 2006, Fearon KC., et al. proposed definition for
cancer cachexia
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Body weight loss ≥10%
Nutrient intake ≤1,500 kcal/day
Level of C-reactive protein ≥10mg/L
Advantages
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Strong clinically and pathophysiologically supported
Prognostically validated
Based on objective criteria
Clinical Definition
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In 2006, Fearon KC., et al. proposed definition for
cancer cachexia
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Body weight loss ≥10%
Nutrient intake ≤1,500 kcal/day
Level of C-reactive protein ≥10mg/L
Limitations
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Does not classify cachexia
Difficulty in accessing calorie intake for out-pateint
Cachexia vs. Starvation
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Starvation: depletes fat stores from adipose tissue
while conserving protein from skeletal muscle
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Nutrition supplements for cachexia treatment
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Promote weight gain due to the replenishment of fat
Ineffective to restore skeletal muscle protein content
Public Health Significance
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Cancer-cachexia
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Debilitating & life threatening
5 millions U.S. (in Thailand???)
Poor prognosis, quality of life
Increase patient susceptibility
No effective treatment
High public health cost
Personal & family suffering
Cancer-cachexia incidence
Laviano A., et al. Nat Clin Pract Oncol. 2005 Mar;2(3)
Consequences of wasting
Muscle fiber size and protein content
 Force and power output
 Fatigue
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Asthenia Prognosis, response to therapy, Quality of life
Immobility
Cardiac or respiratory failure: 20% mortality
Muscle fiber size in cachexia
Non-tumor-bearing
c26-tumor-bearing
Consequences of wasting
Muscle fiber size and protein content
 Force and power output
 Fatigue
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Asthenia Prognosis, response to therapy, Quality of life
Immobility
Cardiac or respiratory failure: 20% mortality
Underlying mechanism
 Exact
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mechanism  ????
proinflammatory cytokines
 TNF-a
 IL-1
 IL-6
 IFN-g
Cytokines as cachexia mediator
Diseased group:
A = healthy control
B = patients w organ-confined CaP
C = patients w advanced CaP
Ca = noncachectic advanced CaP
Cb = cachectic advanced CaP
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Pfitzenmaier J et al. Cancer. (2003)
Cytokine vs. BMI
Kuroda K., et al. Clin Cancer Res. (2005)
Cytokines and Cachexia
240%
Stephens NA, Curr Opin Support Palliat Care. 2008 Dec;2(4):267-74.
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Proteolysis
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Ubiquitin-Proteasome System (UPS)
Muscle-specific E3: MuRF1, MAF/bx
Cytokines-induced muscle protein
degradation
TNF-a
TRADD
RIP Ub
TRAF2
P
Ub
Ub
Ub
P
Ub
P
IkB-a
26S proteasome
Ub K48
Ub
Ub
Ub
P
P
g
b
a
Ub
Cytoplasm
Ub
Ub
Ub K63
P
IKK complex
P
P
IkB-a
IkB-a
p50
p65
Ub
p50 p65
P
p50 p65
NF-kB target genes
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Activation of NF-kB
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Nuclear factor kB (NF-kB) Signaling
pathway
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TNF-a activation of NF-kB pathway in
muscle wasting conditions during
disease states
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Required for muscle degradation
Inhibits skeletal myogenesis in vitro
Tada K., et al. J Biol Chem. 2001 Sep 28;276(39)
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TNF-a promotes myofibrillar proteins loss
Guttridge DC., et al. Science. 2000
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Cytokines-induced muscle protein
degradation
Cytokines
NF-kB
YY1
Ubiquitin-Proteasome
20S, MuRF1,
MAF/bx
MyoD, myogenin
MyHC
= Activation
= Inhibition
Cytokines and Cachexia
60%
Stephens NA, Curr Opin Support Palliat Care. 2008 Dec;2(4):267-74.
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Depression of protein synthesis
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Depression of protein synthesis
PIF, Ang II
PKR
e-IF2a
p-PKR
p-e-IF2a
Inhibition of translation initiation
Depression of protein synthesis
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Depression of protein synthesis
Depression of protein synthesis
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Protein translation factors in cachexia
Treatment for Cachexia
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Most effective “Treat diseases origin of cachexia”
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AIDS
Cancer
Congestive Heart Failure
COPD
Pre-clinical study
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Effect of Branched-Chain Amino Acids on Muscle Atrophy in
Cancer Cachexia, Helen L. Eley, Steven T. Russell, and Michael J. Tisdale
Biochem. J. Oct. 2007
Val
Leu
Ile
PBS
Pre-clinical study
Amelioration of Cancer-Induced Cachexia by Inhibition of
NF-kB Signaling Pathway, Pattarana Sae-Chew and Paula R. Clemens
tumor weight (mg)
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0.9
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Tumor weight
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NTB
Days
10
TBC
i.m.
5
% change
0
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10
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-25
-30
Percent weight change
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i.v.
Treatment for Cachexia
Table 1. Drugs candidates for the treatment of cancer cachexia.
Drug
Type of study
Action
Effects
Increase in food intake, energy
expenditure decrease and weight
gain
Melanocortin receptor antagonists
Experimental studies
Blockade of the melanocortin receptor
Ghrelin
Human clinical trial
Stimulation of appetite
Energy intake increase and
improvement in the perceived
pleasantness of meal
Pentoxifyllin
Human clinical trial
Downregulation of the production of TNF-α
No significant weight gain
Thalidomide
Human clinical trials
Improvement of subjective
Downregulation of the production of TNF-α and other symptoms of cachexia, weight gain
pro-inflammatory cytokines
and reduction in loss of lean body
mass
Melatonin
Human clinical trials
Downregulation of the release of cytokines
Anti-TNF drugs
Experimental studies
Inhibition of the TNF action
β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate
Human clinical trial
Inhibition of proteasome activity
Inhibition of wasting, weight and lean
body mass gain
Lean body mass gain
Bortezomib
Experimental studies
Inhibition of proteasome activity
Reduction of muscle proteolysis
Calpain inhibitors
Experimental studies
Inhibition of calpain activity
Inhibition of protein breakdown
Antimyostatin antibodies
Experimental studies
Inhibition of myostatin action
Improvement of muscle function and
reduction of muscle degeneration
Inhibitors of NF-κB
Experimental studies
Inhibition of translocation of NF-κB into the nucleus
Attenuate protein degradation
Inhibitors of protine kinase R
Experimental studies
Downregulation of the expression of the ubiquitinproteasome pathway
Nandrolone decanoate/Oxandrolone
Human clinical trials
Stimulation of protein anabolism in muscle
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Weight stabilisation or gain
Attenuate depression of protein
synthesis and increased protein
degradation
Weight gain and improvement of
lean body mass
Treatment for Cachexia
Table 2. Ongoing clinical trials in cancer cachexia.
Drug
Phase of study
Type of patients
Primary outcomes
RC-1291 (ghrelin-like activity
NCT00378131
drug)
II
Incurable histologically diagnosed
cancer
Body weight; Lean body
mass; functional performance
Thalidomide
ISRCTN51456701
II/III
Upper gastrointestinal cancer
Weight change
Thalidomide
NCT00379353
NA
Advanced cancer
Effect on anorexia, fatigue,
nausea and weight loss
Thalidomide
N0077075338
III
Inoperable esophageal cancer
Metabolic rate, weight change
and quality of life
Etanercept
NCT00046904
III
Unspecified adult advanced solid
tumour
Weight gain and weight
change
Etanercept
NCT00127387
II/III
Lung, Prostate, Bone cancer and
metastasis during radiotherapy
Safety; quality of life
Infliximab
NCT00060502
II/III
Pancreatic cancer
Change in lean body mass
Infliximab
NCT00040885
III
NSCLC in treatment with docetaxel
Weight and lean body mass
change
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Study number
Cancer in Thailand
Cancer in Thailand
Cancer in Thailand
Cachexia in Thailand
Where are we ???????
Q&A
Comments
Thank you
Skeletal Muscle Differentiation
Mesodermal
Myoblast
Multinucleated
progenitor
Pax3
Pax7
myotube
MyoD
Myf5
myotube
Myogenin
MRF4
MHC
MCK
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Mature
Introduction
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During skeletal differentiation
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Myogenic bHLH transcription factor family
MyoD, Myf5, myogenin, MRF-4, and the MEF-2 family of transcription
factors
Is activated and followed by terminal cell cycle arrest
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Regulate the late phase of myogenesis by inducing the
expression of myofibrillar protein such as MHC
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Ultimately leads to the fusion of myoblasts into
mutinucleated myotubes
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Introduction
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