The Effect of LKB1 Activity on the Sensitivity to PI3K/mTOR Inhibition in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer |
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Authors: | Takehito Shukuya Tadaaki Yamada Michael J Koenig Jielin Xu Tamio Okimoto Fuhai Li Joseph M Amann David P Carbone |
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Institution: | 1. Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, James Thoracic Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio;2. Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan;3. Institute for Informatics, Washington University School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri;4. Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri |
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Abstract: | IntroductionLiver kinase B1 (LKB1), also called serine/threonine kinase 11 (STK11), is a tumor suppressor that functions as master regulator of cell growth, metabolism, survival, and polarity. Approximately 30% to 35% of patients with NSCLC possess inactivated liver kinase B1 gene (LKB1), and these patients respond poorly to anti–programmed cell death 1 (PD-1)/programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) immunotherapy. Therefore, novel therapies targeting NSCLC with LKB1 loss are needed.MethodsWe used a new in silico signaling analysis method to identify the potential therapeutic targets and reposition drugs by integrating gene expression data with the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes signaling pathways. LKB1 wild-type and LKB1-deficient NSCLC cell lines, including knockout clones generated by clustered regularly interspaced short pallindromic repeats–Cas9, were treated with inhibitors of mechanistic target of rapamycin kinase (mTOR) and phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase (PI3K) and a dual inhibitor.ResultsIn silico experiments showed that inhibition of both mTOR and PI3K can be synergistically effective in LKB1-deficient NSCLC. In vitro and in vivo experiments showed the synergistic effect of mTOR inhibition and PI3K inhibition in LKB1-mutant NSCLC cell lines. The sensitivity to dual inhibition of mTOR and PI3K is higher in LKB1-mutant cell lines than in wild-type cell lines. A higher compensatory increase in Akt phosphorylation after rapamycin treatment of LKB1-deficient cells than after rapamycin treatment of LKB1 wild-type cells is responsible for the synergistic effect of mTOR and PI3K inhibition. Dual inhibition of mTOR and PI3K resulted in a greater decrease in protein expression of cell cycle–regulating proteins in LKB1 knockout cells than in LKB1 wild-type cells.ConclusionDual molecular targeted therapy for mTOR and PI3K may be a promising therapeutic strategy in the specific population of patients with lung cancer with LKB1 loss. |
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Keywords: | Corresponding author Address for correspondence: David P Carbone MD PhD Division of Medical Oncology Department of Internal Medicine James Thoracic Center The Ohio State University 488 Biomedical Research Tower 460 West 12th Ave Columbus OH 43210 LKB1 mTOR PI3K Lung cancer Molecular targeted agent |
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