論文

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2022年2月2日

Novel Repositioning Therapy for Drug-Resistant Glioblastoma: In Vivo Validation Study of Clindamycin Treatment Targeting the mTOR Pathway and Combination Therapy with Temozolomide.

Cancers
  • Takeyoshi Eda
  • Masayasu Okada
  • Ryosuke Ogura
  • Yoshihiro Tsukamoto
  • Yu Kanemaru
  • Jun Watanabe
  • Jotaro On
  • Hiroshi Aoki
  • Makoto Oishi
  • Nobuyuki Takei
  • Yukihiko Fujii
  • Manabu Natsumeda
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記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.3390/cancers14030770

Multimodal therapy including surgery, radiation treatment, and temozolomide (TMZ) is performed on glioblastoma (GBM). However, the prognosis is still poor and there is an urgent need to develop effective treatments to improve survival. Molecular biological analysis was conducted to examine the signal activation patterns in GBM specimens and remains an open problem. Advanced macrolides, such as azithromycin, reduce the phosphorylation of p70 ribosomal protein S6 kinase (p70S6K), a downstream mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) effector, and suppress the proliferation of T-cells. We focused on its unique profile and screened for the antitumor activity of approved macrolide antibiotics. Clindamycin (CLD) reduced the viability of GBM cells in vitro. We assessed the effects of the candidate macrolide on the mTOR pathway through Western blotting. CLD attenuated p70S6K phosphorylation in a dose-dependent manner. These effects on GBM cells were enhanced by co-treatment with TMZ. Furthermore, CLD inhibited the expression of the O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) protein in cultured cells. In the mouse xenograft model, CLD and TMZ co-administration significantly suppressed the tumor growth and markedly decreased the number of Ki-67 (clone MIB-1)-positive cells within the tumor. These results suggest that CLD suppressed GBM cell growth by inhibiting mTOR signaling. Moreover, CLD and TMZ showed promising synergistic antitumor activity.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers14030770
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35159037
PubMed Central
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8833675
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.3390/cancers14030770
  • PubMed ID : 35159037
  • PubMed Central 記事ID : PMC8833675

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