MET and PI3K/mTOR as a Potential Combinatorial Therapeutic Target in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
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MET and PI3K/mTOR as a Potential Combinatorial Therapeutic Target in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
| Title: | MET and PI3K/mTOR as a Potential Combinatorial Therapeutic Target in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma |
| Author: |
Kanteti, Rajani; Dhanasingh, Immanuel; Kawada, Ichiro; Lennon, Frances E.; Arif, Qudsia; Bueno, Raphael; Hasina, Rifat; Husain, Aliya N.; Vigneswaran, Wickii; Seiwert, Tanguy; Kindler, Hedy L.; Salgia, Ravi
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| Citation: | Kanteti, R., I. Dhanasingh, I. Kawada, F. E. Lennon, Q. Arif, R. Bueno, R. Hasina, et al. 2014. “MET and PI3K/mTOR as a Potential Combinatorial Therapeutic Target in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma.” PLoS ONE 9 (9): e105919. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0105919. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0105919. |
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| Abstract: | Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is an aggressive disease with a poor prognosis. Studies have shown that both MET and its key downstream intracellular signaling partners, PI3K and mTOR, are overexpressed in MPM. Here we determined the combinatorial therapeutic efficacy of a new generation small molecule inhibitor of MET, ARQ 197, and dual PI3K/mTOR inhibitors NVP-BEZ235 and GDC-0980 in mesothelioma cell and mouse xenograft models. Cell viability results show that mesothelioma cell lines were sensitive to ARQ 197, NVP-BEZ235 and GDC-0980 inhibitors. The combined use of ARQ 197 with either NVP-BEZ235 or GDC-0980, was synergistic (CI<1). Significant delay in wound healing was observed with ARQ 197 (p<0.001) with no added advantage of combining it with either NVP-BEZ235 or GDC-0980. ARQ 197 alone mainly induced apoptosis (20±2.36%) that was preceded by suppression of MAPK activity, while all the three suppressed cell cycle progression. Both GDC-0980 and NVP-BEZ235 strongly inhibited activities of PI3K and mTOR as evidenced from the phosphorylation status of AKT and S6 kinase. The above observation was further substantiated by the finding that a majority of the MPM archival samples tested revealed highly active AKT. While the single use of ARQ 197 and GDC-0980 inhibited significantly the growth of MPM xenografts (p<0.05, p<0.001 respectively) in mice, the combination of the above two drugs was highly synergistic (p<0.001). Our results suggest that the combined use of ARQ 197/NVP-BEZ235 and ARQ 197/GDC-0980 is far more effective than the use of the drugs singly in suppressing MPM tumor growth and motility and therefore merit further translational studies. |
| Published Version: | doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0105919 |
| Other Sources: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4164360/pdf/ |
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