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Levels of p27 sensitize to dual PI3K/mTOR inhibition.
Mol. Cancer Ther. 10, 1450-1459 (2011)
Constitutive activation of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT/mTOR signaling cascade occurs in a variety of human malignancies, where it sustains tumor cell proliferation and survival. Pharmacologic blockade of this pathway exerts antineoplastic activity by triggering apoptosis and/or cell-cycle arrest. Pituitary adenomas show activation of the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway, but only a fraction of them respond in vitro to the antiproliferative action of rapamycin and RAD001 (mTOR inhibitors), possibly because of the described negative feedback loop on AKT which reactivates the signaling cascade. Rats affected by the multiple endocrine neoplasia-like syndrome (MENX) develop pituitary adenomas showing increased activated AKT. In this study, we comparatively investigated the antitumor potential of the novel dual PI3K/mTOR inhibitor NVP-BEZ235 and the single mTOR inhibitor RAD001 on rat pituitary adenoma cells in primary culture. NVP-BEZ235 inhibits the PI3K pathway both upstream and downstream of AKT, thereby preventing the negative feedback loop. NVP-BEZ235 was more effective than RAD001 in reducing cell viability of pituitary adenomas. Consistently, NVP-BEZ235 treatment decreased Akt and S6 phosphorylation and triggered apoptosis. Because MENX is caused by a germline loss-of-function mutation in the cell-cycle inhibitor p27Kip1, we investigated the relationship between this defect and response to NVP-BEZ235 treatment. The levels of p27Kip1 positively correlate with the response to NVP-BEZ235 treatment. Combined treatment with NVP-BEZ235 and the proteasome inhibitor bortezomib, which increases p27Kip1 amount, shows synergistic antiproliferative effects on pituitary adenoma cells. Our data suggest that NVP-BEZ235 may represent an effective therapeutic modality for pituitary adenomas and that p27Kip1 levels represent a potential predictor of response to dual PI3K/mTOR inhibition.
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Publication type
Article: Journal article
Document type
Scientific Article
Keywords
phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/mammalian target; nonfunctioning pituitary-adenomas; rapamycin inhibitor; breast-cancer; tumor-cells; prolactin secretion; dopamine agonists; p27(kip1) protein; mammalian target; nvp-bez235
ISSN (print) / ISBN
1535-7163
e-ISSN
1538-8514
Journal
Molecular Cancer Therapeutics
Quellenangaben
Volume: 10,
Issue: 8,
Pages: 1450-1459
Publisher
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
Publishing Place
Philadelphia, PA , USA
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Peer reviewed