Combination of PI3K/Akt/mTOR inhibitors and PDT in endothelial and tumor cells

Babasola Fateye; Bin Chen

doi:10.1117/12.876042

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10 February 2011 Combination of PI3K/Akt/mTOR inhibitors and PDT in endothelial and tumor cells

Babasola Fateye, Bin Chen

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Proceedings Volume 7886, Optical Methods for Tumor Treatment and Detection: Mechanisms and Techniques in Photodynamic Therapy XX; 78860B (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.876042
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2011, San Francisco, California, United States

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The PI3/Akt/mTOR kinase signaling pathway is a major signaling pathway in eukaryotic cells, and dysregulation of this signaling pathway has been implicated in tumorigenesis and malignancy in several cancers including prostate cancer. We assessed the effects of combination PI3K pathway inhibition on the efficacy of PDT in human prostate tumor cell line (PC3) and SV40-transformed mouse endothelial cell line (SVEC-40). Combination of PDT and BEZ 235 (BEZ), a pan-PI3/ mTOR kinase inhibitor additively enhanced efficacy of sub-lethal PDT in both cell lines. The combination of the pan-PI3/ mTOR kinase inhibitor LY294002 (LY) with PDT also enhanced efficacy of PDT in PC3 in an additive manner but synergistically in SVEC. In order to determine the mechanism of enhancement of efficacy, we assessed apoptosis and autophagy following PDT. PDT-mediated apoptosis was enhanced in endothelial cells, by both BEZ and LY rapidly after treatment. Compared to SVEC, PC3 cells are apoptosis-deficient and apoptosis was not significantly enhanced by either LY or BEZ. However, lethal PDT of PC3 cells induced a delayed autophagic response which may be enhanced by combination, depending on PI3K inhibitor and dose.

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Babasola Fateye and Bin Chen "Combination of PI3K/Akt/mTOR inhibitors and PDT in endothelial and tumor cells", Proc. SPIE 7886, Optical Methods for Tumor Treatment and Detection: Mechanisms and Techniques in Photodynamic Therapy XX, 78860B (10 February 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.876042

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