Fig. 5From: Combined blockade of MEK and PI3KCA as an effective antitumor strategy in HER2 gene amplified human colorectal cancer modelsEffect of refametinib and pictilisib combined treatment after tumor progression due to lapatinib plus trastuzumab therapy in HER2-amplified colon cancer xenograft models. a-b SW48-HER2 and LIM1215-HER2 were injected into right flank of nude mice. After 2 weeks from subcutaneous injection, mice were divided in four groups and treated for 26 weeks. Group 1: ctrl. Group 2: lapatinib (30 mg/kg every day, o.g.) and trastuzumab (10 mg/kg twice a week, i.p.) were administrated in combination. Group 3: refametinib (25 mg/kg every day, o.g.) and pictilisib (75 mg/Kg every day, o.g.) were administrated in combination. Group 4: mice were treated with combination of lapatinib (30 mg/kg every day, o.g.) and trastuzumab (10 mg/kg twice a week, i.p.) until progression (defined as > 30% increment of tumor volume from baseline). After tumor progression of group 4, mice were treated in second-line with combination of refametinib and pictilisib. c Tumor samples were collected and total protein extracts were subjected to immunoblotting with all antibodies, as described in materials and methods section. Anti-tubulin antibody was used for normalization of protein extract contentBack to article page