The role of PTEN/Akt/PI3K signaling in the maintenance and viability of prostate cancer stem-like cell populations

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作者
Dubrovska, Anna [1 ]
Kim, Sungeun [2 ]
Salamone, Richard J. [2 ]
Walker, John R. [2 ]
Maira, Sauveur-Michel [3 ]
Garcia-Echeverria, Carlos [3 ]
Schultz, Peter G. [1 ,2 ]
Reddy, Venkateshwar A. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Scripps Res Inst, La Jolla, CA 92037 USA
[2] Novartis Res Fdn, Genom Inst, San Diego, CA 92121 USA
[3] Novartis Inst Biomed Res, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland
关键词
FoxO3a; PI3Kinase; prostate cancer progenitors; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ACUTE MYELOID-LEUKEMIA; BREAST-CANCER; PATHWAY; FOXO3A; SUBPOPULATION; TUMORS; CYCLE; PTEN; LINE;
D O I
10.1073/pnas.0810956106
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Characterization of the molecular pathways that are required for the viability and maintenance of self-renewing tumor-initiating cells may ultimately lead to improved therapies for cancer. In this study, we show that a CD133(+)/CD44(+) population of cells enriched in prostate cancer progenitors (PCaPs) has tumor-initiating potential and that these progenitors can be expanded under nonadherent, serum-free, sphere-forming conditions. Cells grown under these conditions have increased in vitro clonogenic and in vivo tumorigenic potential. mRNA expression analysis of cells grown under sphere-forming conditions, compared with long-term monolayer cultures, revealed preferential activation of the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway. PI3K p110 alpha and beta-protein levels were higher in cells grown under sphere-forming conditions, and phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) knockdown by shRNA led to an increase in sphere formation as well as increased clonogenic and tumorigenic potential. Similarly, shRNA knockdown of FoxO3a led to an increase in tumorigenic potential. Consistent with these results, inhibition of PI3K activity by the dual PI3K/mTOR inhibitor NVP-BEZ235 led to growth inhibition of PCaPs. Taken together, our data strongly suggest that the PTEN/PI3K/Akt pathways are critical for prostate cancer stem-like cell maintenance and that targeting PI3K signaling may be beneficial in prostate cancer treatment by eliminating prostate cancer stem-like cells.
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页码:268 / 273
页数:6
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