PI3K/mTORC1/2 inhibitor PQR309 inhibits proliferation and induces apoptosis in human glioblastoma cells.

Abstract:

:Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common type of primary central nervous system tumor in adults, which has high mortality and morbidity rates, and short survival time, namely <15 months after the diagnosis and application of standard therapy, which includes surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy; thus, novel therapeutic strategies are imperative. The activation of the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway plays an important role in GBM. In the present study, U87 and U251 GBM cells were treated with the PI3K/mTORC1/2 inhibitor PQR309, and its effect on glioma cells was investigated. Cell Counting Kit‑8 assay, 5‑ethynyl‑2'‑deoxyuridine and colony formation assays revealed dose‑ and time‑dependent cytotoxicity in glioma cells that were treated with PQR309. Flow cytometry and western blotting revealed that PQR309 can significantly induce tumor cell apoptosis and arrest the cell cycle in the G1 phase. Furthermore, the expression levels of AKT, phosphorylated (p)‑AKT, Bcl‑2, Bcl‑xL, Bad, Bax, cyclin D1, cleaved caspase‑3, MMP‑9 and MMP‑2 were altered. In addition, the migration and invasion of glioma cells, as detected by wound healing, migration and Transwell invasion assays, exhibited a marked suppression after treating the cells with PQR309. These results indicated that PQR309 exerts an antitumor effect by inhibiting proliferation, inducing apoptosis, inducing G1 cell cycle arrest, and inhibiting invasion and migration in human glioma cells. The present study provides evidence supportive of further development of PQR309 for adjuvant therapy of GBM.

journal_name

Oncol Rep

journal_title

Oncology reports

authors

Yang K,Tang XJ,Xu FF,Liu JH,Tan YQ,Gao L,Sun Q,Ding X,Liu BH,Chen QX

doi

10.3892/or.2020.7472

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-03-01 00:00:00

pages

773-782

issue

3

eissn

1021-335X

issn

1791-2431

journal_volume

43

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