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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER
卷 125, 期 4, 页码 932-941出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.24374
关键词
prostate cancer; TRAIL; Akt; triciribine; apoptosis
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资金
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [1801/2-4, GK 1302, SFB 773, SFB 695]
- Interdisciplinary Center of Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine, Tubingen [1805-0-0, Fo. 01KS9602]
- Wilhelm Sander-Stiftung [2004.099.1]
- Ministry of Science, Research and Arts (Land Baden-Wurttemberg) [1423-98101]
Aberrant PI3K/Akt signaling has been implicated in many human cancers, including prostate carcinomas. Currently different therapeutic strategies target the inhibition of this survival pathway. The nucleoside analog triciribine (TCN), which was initially described as a DNA synthesis inhibitor, has recently been shown to function as an inhibitor of Akt. Here, we demonstrate that TCN inhibits Akt phosphorylation at Thr308 and Ser473 and Akt activity in the human prostate cancer cell line PC-3. In addition, TCN sensitized PC-3 cells to TRAIL- and anti-CD95-induced apoptosis, whereas the cells remained resistant to DNA damaging chemotherapeutics. The observed sensitization essentially depended on the phosphorylation status of Akt. Thus, prostate cancer cell lines displaying constitutively active Akt, e.g. PC-3 or LNCaP, were sensitized to death receptor-induced apoptosis. Most importantly with respect to therapeutic application, derivatives of both TCN and TRAIL are already tested in current clinical trials. Therefore, this combinatorial treatment might open a promising therapeutic approach for the elimination of hormone-refractory prostate cancers, which are largely resistant to conventional DNA damaging anticancer drugs or irradiation. (C) 2009 UICC
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