Miyata Haruo, Ashizawa Tadashi, Iizuka Akira, Kondou Ryota, Nonomura Chizu, Sugino Takashi, Urakami Kenichi, Asai Akira, Hayashi Nakamasa, Mitsuya Koichi, Nakasu Yoko, Yamaguchi Ken, Akiyama Yasuto
Immunotherapy Division, Shizuoka Cancer Center Research Institute, Shizuoka Cancer Center Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan.
Division of Pathology, Shizuoka Cancer Center Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan.
Cancer Genomics Proteomics. 2017 Jan 2;14(1):83-91. doi: 10.21873/cgp.20021.
Temozolomide-resistant (TMZ-R) glioblastoma is very difficult to treat, and a novel approach to overcome resistance is needed.
The efficacy of a combination treatment of STAT3 inhibitor, STX-0119, with rapamycin was investigated against our established TMZ-resistant U87 cell line.
The growth-inhibitory effect of the combination treatment was significant against the TMZ-R U87 cell line (IC: 78 μM for STX-0119, 30.5 μM for rapamycin and 11.3 μM for combination of the two). Western blotting analysis demonstrated that the inhibitory effect of STX-0119 on S6 and 4E-BP1 activation through regulation of YKL-40 expression occurred in addition to the inhibitory effect of rapamycin against the mTOR pathway.
These results suggest that the STAT3 pathway is associated with the mTOR downstream pathway mediated by YKL-40 protein, and the combination therapy of the STAT3 inhibitor and rapamycin could be worth developing as a novel therapeutic approach against TMZ-resistant relapsed gliomas.
耐替莫唑胺(TMZ-R)的胶质母细胞瘤极难治疗,因此需要一种新的方法来克服耐药性。
研究了STAT3抑制剂STX-0119与雷帕霉素联合治疗对我们建立的耐TMZ的U87细胞系的疗效。
联合治疗对TMZ-R U87细胞系具有显著的生长抑制作用(IC:STX-0119为78μM,雷帕霉素为30.5μM,两者联合为11.3μM)。蛋白质印迹分析表明,除了雷帕霉素对mTOR途径的抑制作用外,STX-0119通过调节YKL-40表达对S6和4E-BP1激活也有抑制作用。
这些结果表明,STAT3途径与由YKL-40蛋白介导的mTOR下游途径相关,STAT3抑制剂与雷帕霉素的联合治疗作为一种针对耐TMZ复发胶质瘤的新治疗方法可能值得开发。