Department of Oncology-Pathology, Cancer Center Karolinska, Karolinska Institutet, 17176 Stockholm, Sweden.
Neuro Oncol. 2010 Jan;12(1):19-27. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/nop008. Epub 2009 Oct 20.
Glioblastoma (GB) is the most common malignant brain tumor in adults. It has limited treatment opportunities and is almost exclusively fatal. Owing to the central role the insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor (IGF-1R) plays in malignant cells, it has been suggested as a target for anticancer therapy including GB. The cyclolignan picropodophyllin (PPP) inhibits IGF-1R without affecting the highly homologous insulin receptor. Here, we show that PPP inhibits growth of human GB cell lines along with reduced phosphorylation of IGF-1R and AKT. In vivo, PPP-treatment causes dramatic tumor regression not only in subcutaneous xenografts but also in intracerebral xenografts, indicating passage of PPP across the blood-brain barrier.
胶质母细胞瘤(GB)是成人中最常见的恶性脑肿瘤。它的治疗机会有限,几乎是致命的。由于胰岛素样生长因子-1 受体(IGF-1R)在恶性细胞中起着核心作用,它已被提议作为抗癌治疗的靶点,包括 GB。环木脂素 picropodophyllin(PPP)抑制 IGF-1R 而不影响高度同源的胰岛素受体。在这里,我们表明 PPP 抑制人类 GB 细胞系的生长,同时减少 IGF-1R 和 AKT 的磷酸化。在体内,PPP 治疗不仅在皮下异种移植中,而且在颅内异种移植中引起明显的肿瘤消退,表明 PPP 穿过血脑屏障。