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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="other" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Russian Journal of Biotherapy</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Russian Journal of Biotherapy</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Российский биотерапевтический журнал</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">1726-9784</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">1726-9792</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Publishing House ABV Press</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">1431</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17650/1726-9784-2024-23-1-45-50</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>ORIGINAL REPORTS</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ОРИГИНАЛЬНЫЕ СТАТЬИ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject></subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Inhibitory effect of lomustine on the growth of spontaneous HER2-positive mammary tumors in transgenic mice</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Ингибирующий эффект ломустина на рост спонтанных HER2-позитивных опухолей молочной железы у трансгенных мышей</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0019-2685</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Alexandrov</surname><given-names>V. A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Александров</surname><given-names>В. А.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Valerii A. Alexandrov, </p><p>68, Leningradskaia Str., Pesochnyi, Saint Petersburg, 197758.</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Валерий Анатольевич Александров, </p><p>197758, Санкт-Петербург, пос. Песочный, ул. Ленинградская, 68.</p></bio><email>alexandrov.valeri@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1741-6630</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Stukov</surname><given-names>A. N.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Стуков</surname><given-names>А. Н.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Alexander N. Stukov, </p><p>68, Leningradskaia Str., Pesochnyi, Saint Petersburg, 197758.</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>А.Н. Стуков, </p><p>197758, Санкт-Петербург, пос. Песочный, ул. Ленинградская, 68.</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9137-9532</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Zmitrichenko</surname><given-names>Yu. G.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Змитриченко</surname><given-names>Ю. Г.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Yuliya G. Zmitrichenko, </p><p>68, Leningradskaia Str., Pesochnyi, Saint Petersburg, 197758.</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Ю.Г. Змитриченко, </p><p>197758, Санкт-Петербург, пос. Песочный, ул. Ленинградская, 68.</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2201-5796</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Belyaeva</surname><given-names>O. A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Беляева</surname><given-names>О. А.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Olesya А. Belyaeva, </p><p>68, Leningradskaia Str., Pesochnyi, Saint Petersburg, 197758.</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>О.А. Беляева, </p><p>197758, Санкт-Петербург, пос. Песочный, ул. Ленинградская, 68.</p><p> </p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4232-8170</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Tochilnikov</surname><given-names>G. V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Точильников</surname><given-names>Г. В.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Grigory V. Tochilnikov, </p><p>68, Leningradskaia Str., Pesochnyi, Saint Petersburg, 197758.</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Г.В. Точильников, </p><p>197758, Санкт-Петербург, пос. Песочный, ул. Ленинградская, 68.</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">N.N. Petrov National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Ministry of Health of Russia</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">ФГБУ «Национальный медицинский исследовательский центр онкологии им. Н.Н. Петрова» Минздрава России</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2024-03-23" publication-format="electronic"><day>23</day><month>03</month><year>2024</year></pub-date><volume>23</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>45</fpage><lpage>50</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2024-03-23"><day>23</day><month>03</month><year>2024</year></date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2024-03-23"><day>23</day><month>03</month><year>2024</year></date></history><permissions><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://bioterapevt.abvpress.ru/jour/article/view/1431">https://bioterapevt.abvpress.ru/jour/article/view/1431</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p><bold>Background. </bold>In patients with HER2-positive breast cancer (HER2+ BC), as a result of targeted anti-HER2 therapy, the remission period is significantly prolonged. However, resistance to therapy often develops, especially in relation to brain metastases. In the search for effective additional drugs in combination therapy, it is advisable to study the antitumor effect of lomustine (CCNU) in HER2+ BC. Lomustine is not targeted, but is used to treat brain metastases, because it is known as one of the standard remedies for glioblastomas.</p><p><bold>Aim.</bold> Evaluate the inhibitory activity of lomustine on the growth of spontaneous HER2+ BC in female FVB/N mice.</p><p><bold>Materials and methods.</bold> Transgenic mice HER2+ aged 5–6 months were used, from which seven pairs of animals were selected (for control and treatment with lomustine) with spontaneous mammary tumors of the same size in each pair. Lomustine was administered once at a dose of 50 mg/kg (orally by gavage) followed by a 30-day follow-up. The criteria for evaluating the antitumor effect were ITG  % (inhibition of tumor growth), as well as TGI (tumor growth index), calculated by the ratio of the area (S) under the kinetic curve of tumor growth in the group of animals treated with lomustine (SE ) to control (SC ). With such a comparison in the control, TGI will always be 100 %.</p><p><bold>Results.</bold> During the observation period, the volume of ВС in the control (solvent administration) increased 8-fold, while in mice treated with lomustine, the tumors regressed significantly. ITG after treatment with lomustine was 78–92 % (p = 0.007–0.0006, to control). The total mean S significantly differed by 5.6 times when comparing the control and lomustine groups and TGI in mice in the lomustine group was 18.8 %, while in the control it was 100 % (p = 0,0006).</p><p><bold>Conclusion.</bold> Lomustine exhibits a pronounced inhibitory effect on the growth of spontaneous HER2+ ВС in FVB/N transgenic mice. The results indicate the advisability of using lomustine in patients with HER2+ ВС complicated by cerebral metastases.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p><bold>Введение.</bold> У больных HER2-положительным раком молочной железы (HER2+ РМЖ) в результате таргетной анти-HER2-терапии значительно удлиняется период ремиссии. Однако часто развивается резистентность к терапии. В поисках эффективных дополнительных препаратов при комбинированной терапии целесообразно изучить противоопухолевое действие ломустина (CCNU) при HER2+ РМЖ. Ломустин не является таргетным препаратом, но используются для лечения метастазов в головной мозг, поскольку известен как одно из стандартных средств для терапии глиобластом.</p><p><bold>Цель исследования</bold> – оценить ингибирующую активность ломустина на рост спонтанного HER2+ РМЖ у самок мышей FVB/N.</p><p><bold>Материалы и методы.</bold> Использовали трансгенных мышей HER2+ линии FVB/N – самок в возрасте 5–6 мес, из которых отобрали 7 пар животных (для контроля и лечения ломустином) с одинаковыми по размеру спонтанными опухолями молочных желез в каждой паре. Ломустин вводили однократно в дозе 50 мг/кг (перорально через зонд) с последующим 30-дневным наблюдением. Критериями оценки противоопухолевого эффекта были ТРО % (торможение роста опухолей), а также ИРО (индекс роста опухоли), рассчитываемый по отношению площади (S) под кинетической кривой роста опухолей в группе животных с лечением ломустином (SЭ ) к контролю (SК ). При таком сравнении в контроле ИРО всегда будет 100 %.</p><p><bold>Результаты.</bold> За период наблюдения объем опухолей молочной железы в контроле (введение растворителя) увеличился в 8 раз, тогда как у мышей, получавших ломустин, опухоли значительно регрессировали. ТРО после лечения ломустином составило 78–92 % (р = 0,007–0,0006 к контролю). Суммарное среднее значение S достоверно различалось в 5,6 раза при сравнении двух групп, а ИРО у мышей в группе ломустина составил 18,8 %, тогда как в контроле 100 %; р = 0,0006).</p><p><bold>Заключение.</bold> Ломустин проявляет выраженный ингибирующий эффект на рост спонтанного HER2+ РМЖ у трансгенных мышей FVB/N. Результаты свидетельствуют о целесообразности применения ломустина у больных с HER2+ РМЖ, осложненным церебральными метастазами.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>lomustine</kwd><kwd>HER2</kwd><kwd>transgenic mice</kwd><kwd>breast cancer</kwd><kwd>antitumor effect</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>ломустин</kwd><kwd>HER2</kwd><kwd>трансгенные мыши</kwd><kwd>рак молочной железы</kwd><kwd>противоопухолевый эффект</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Gheni N., Westenberg D. Quantitative real-time PCR assay with immunohistochemical evaluation of HER2/neu oncogene in breast cancer patients and its correlation with clinicopathological findings. Indian J Pathol Microbiol 2020;63(Suppl.):S.123–8. DOI: 10.4103/IJPM.IJPM_136_19</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><mixed-citation>Zimmer A.S., Van Swearingen A.E.D., Anders C.K. 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