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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-2-9
pubmed:abstractText
PURPOSE Perivascular epithelioid cell tumors (PEComas) represent a family of mesenchymal neoplasms, mechanistically linked through activation of the mTOR signaling pathway. There is no known effective therapy for PEComa, and the molecular pathophysiology of aberrant mTOR signaling provided us with a scientific rationale to target this pathway therapeutically. On this mechanistic basis, we treated three consecutive patients with metastatic PEComa with an oral mTOR inhibitor, sirolimus. PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients with advanced PEComa were treated with sirolimus and consented to retrospective collection of data from their medical records and analysis of archival tumor specimens. Tumor response was determined by computed tomography scans obtained at the clinical discretion of the treating physicians. Tumors were assessed for immunohistochemical evidence of mTORC1 activation and genetic evidence of alterations in TSC1 and TSC2. Results Radiographic responses to sirolimus were observed in all patients. PEComas demonstrated loss of TSC2 protein expression and evidence of baseline mTORC1 activation. Homozygous loss of TSC1 was identified in one PEComa. CONCLUSION Inhibition of mTORC1, pathologically activated by loss of the TSC1/TSC2 tumor suppressor complex, is a rational mechanistic target for therapy in PEComas. The clinical activity of sirolimus in PEComa additionally strengthens the pathobiologic similarities linking PEComas to other neoplasms related to the tuberous sclerosis complex.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antibiotics, Antineoplastic, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Intracellular Signaling Peptides..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/MTOR protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Sirolimus, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tumor Suppressor Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/mTORC1 complex, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/tuberous sclerosis complex 1 protein, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/tuberous sclerosis complex 2 protein
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1527-7755
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
10
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
835-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20048174-Administration, Oral, pubmed-meshheading:20048174-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:20048174-Antibiotics, Antineoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:20048174-Female, pubmed-meshheading:20048174-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:20048174-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:20048174-In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:20048174-Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20048174-Male, pubmed-meshheading:20048174-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:20048174-Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:20048174-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:20048174-Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20048174-Sirolimus, pubmed-meshheading:20048174-TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:20048174-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:20048174-Tomography, X-Ray Computed, pubmed-meshheading:20048174-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:20048174-Treatment Outcome, pubmed-meshheading:20048174-Tumor Suppressor Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20048174-United States
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Clinical activity of mTOR inhibition with sirolimus in malignant perivascular epithelioid cell tumors: targeting the pathogenic activation of mTORC1 in tumors.
pubmed:affiliation
Center for Sarcoma and Bone Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney St, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Andrew_Wagner@dfci.harvard.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Multicenter Study