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ANTICANCER RESEARCH
Volume 36, Issue 11, Pages 5849-5858Publisher
INT INST ANTICANCER RESEARCH
DOI: 10.21873/anticanres.11170
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AZD5363; LY294002; MK-2206; pAkt; PI3K/AKT/mTOR
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- Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Education [NRF-2014R1A1A2056690]
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Clinical trials are in progress on AZD5363, an inhibitor of protein kinase B (AKT), to assess its effects on the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway. Cells treated with AKT inhibitors have been reported to activate alternative pathways in order to escape growth inhibition. AZD5363-sensitized Hs578T breast cancer cells displayed reduced levels of phosphorylated glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta (pGSK3 beta). Interestingly, in AZD5363-treated cells, the level of phosphorylated (activated) AKT (pAKT) increased. Since pAKT positively correlates with cancer growth and survival, we aimed to identify conditions that could reduce AZD5363-induction of pAKT. We examined whether AZD5363 induction of pAKT could be reduced by co-treatment with inhibitors of the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway (LY294002, MK-2206, wortmannin, perifosine, rapamycin, everolimus, and temsirolimus). We observed that co-treatment of LY294002 or MK-2206 with AZD5363 reduced the level of pAKT. Since MK-2206 is clinically used, we propose that co-treatment using MK-2206 with AZD5363 would prove beneficial in blocking the AZD5363-induced pAKT signaling pathway. Our findings contribute to the development of AZD5363-based sensitization therapies for patients with cancer.
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