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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-4-18
pubmed:abstractText
The serine/threonine kinase AKT and its downstream mediator mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) are activated in lung adenocarcinoma, and clinical trials are under way to test whether inhibition of mTOR is useful in treating lung cancer. Here, we report that mTOR inhibition blocked malignant progression in K-ras(LA1) mice, which undergo somatic activation of the K-ras oncogene and display morphologic changes in alveolar epithelial cells that recapitulate those of precursors of human lung adenocarcinoma. Levels of phospho-S6(Ser236/235), a downstream mediator of mTOR, increased with malignant progression (normal alveolar epithelial cells to adenocarcinoma) in K-ras(LA1) mice and in patients with lung adenocarcinoma. Atypical alveolar hyperplasia, an early neoplastic change, was prominently associated with macrophages and expressed high levels of phospho-S6(Ser236/235). mTOR inhibition in K-ras(LA1) mice by treatment with the rapamycin analogue CCI-779 reduced the size and number of early epithelial neoplastic lesions (atypical alveolar hyperplasia and adenomas) and induced apoptosis of intraepithelial macrophages. LKR-13, a lung adenocarcinoma cell line derived from K-ras(LA1) mice, was resistant to treatment with CCI-779 in vitro. However, LKR-13 cells grown as syngeneic tumors recruited macrophages, and those tumors regressed in response to treatment with CCI-779. Lastly, conditioned medium from primary cultures of alveolar macrophages stimulated the proliferation of LKR-13 cells. These findings provide evidence that the expansion of lung adenocarcinoma precursors induced by oncogenic K-ras requires mTOR-dependent signaling and that host factors derived from macrophages play a critical role in adenocarcinoma progression.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/MTOR protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein Kinase Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Sirolimus, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/mTOR protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/temsirolimus
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0008-5472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
65
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3226-35
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15833854-Adenocarcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:15833854-Adenoma, pubmed-meshheading:15833854-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15833854-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:15833854-Cell Transformation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:15833854-Disease Progression, pubmed-meshheading:15833854-Enzyme Activation, pubmed-meshheading:15833854-Genes, ras, pubmed-meshheading:15833854-Hyperplasia, pubmed-meshheading:15833854-Lung Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:15833854-Macrophages, Alveolar, pubmed-meshheading:15833854-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15833854-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:15833854-Precancerous Conditions, pubmed-meshheading:15833854-Protein Kinase Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:15833854-Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:15833854-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:15833854-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15833854-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, pubmed-meshheading:15833854-Pulmonary Alveoli, pubmed-meshheading:15833854-Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:15833854-Sirolimus, pubmed-meshheading:15833854-TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Inhibition of mammalian target of rapamycin reverses alveolar epithelial neoplasia induced by oncogenic K-ras.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural