Author | Simioni, Carolina | |
Author | Cani, Alice | |
Author | Martelli, Alberto M. | |
Author | Zauli, Giorgio | |
Author | Tabellini, Giovanna | |
Author | McCubrey, James A. | |
Author | Capitani, Silvano | |
Author | Neri, Luca M. | |
Date Accessioned | 2016-06-14T13:40:10Z | |
Date Available | 2016-06-14T13:40:10Z | |
Date of Issue | 2014-10 | |
Identifier (Citation) | Oncotarget; 5:20 p. 10034-10047 | en_US |
ISSN | 1949-2553 | |
Identifier (URI) | http://hdl.handle.net/10342/5575 | |
Description | The PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling cascade is a key regulatory pathway controlling cell growth and survival, and its dysregulation is a reported feature of B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-pre ALL).
Torin-2 is a novel, second-generation ATP-competitive inhibitor that is potent and selective for mTOR with a superior pharmacokinetic profile to previous inhibitors. It has been shown that Torin-2 displayed dramatic antiproliferative activity across a panel of cancer cell lines.
To investigate if Torin-2 could represent a new option for the treatment of B-pre ALL, we tested its activity on a panel of B-pre ALL cell lines. In all of them Torin-2 showed a powerful cytotoxic activity, inhibiting the growth of each cell line in a dose-dependent manner, with an IC50 in the nanomolar range. Torin-2 caused both apoptosis and autophagy, induced cell cycle arrest in G0/G1 phase and affected both mTORC1 and mTORC2 activities as assessed by their specific substrate dephosphorylation.
Torin-2 alone suppressed feedback activation of PI3K/Akt, whereas the mTORC1 inhibitor RAD001 required the addition of the Akt inhibitor MK-2206 to achieve the same effect. These pharmacological strategies targeting PI3K/Akt/mTOR at different points of the signaling pathway cascade might represent a new promising therapeutic strategy for treatment of B-pre ALL patients. | en_US |
Related URI | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4259403/ | en_US |
Subject | B-pre acute lymphoblastic leukemia | en_US |
Subject | Torin-2 | en_US |
Subject | mTOR | en_US |
Subject | targeted therapy | en_US |
Subject | Akt | en_US |
Title | Activity of the novel mTOR inhibitor Torin-2 in B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia and its therapeutic potential to prevent Akt reactivation | en_US |
Type | Article | en_US |
Identifier (PMID) | pmc4259403 | en_US |
Journal Name | Oncotarget | en_US |
Journal Volume | 5 | en_US |
Journal Issue | 20 | en_US |
Article Pages | 10034-10047 | en_US |