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* Unit of Physiopathology of Cell Signalling, and
Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Endocrinology, Department of Cell Biology and Oncology, Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, via Nazionale, 66030 Santa Maria Imbaro (Chieti), Italy;
Molecular Pharmacology Unit, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, via Eritrea, 62, 20157 Milan, Italy; and
§ Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Fondazione CARIPE, Pescara, Italy
2Correspondence: Unit of Physiopathology of Cell Signalling, Department of Cell Biology and Oncology, Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, via Nazionale, 66030 Santa Maria Imbaro (Chieti), Italy. E-mail: falasca{at}cmns.mnegri.it
New efforts in cancer therapy are being focused at various levels of signaling pathways. With phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3-K) potentially being necessary for a range of cancer-related functions, we have investigated the influence of selected inositol tris- to hexakisphosphates on cell growth and tumorigenicity. We show that micromolar concentrations of inositol 1,3,4,5,6-pentakisphosphate and inositol 1,4,5,6-tetrakisphosphate [Ins(1,4,5,6)P4] inhibit IGF-1-induced [3H]-thymidine incorporation in human breast cancer (MCF-7) cells and the ability to grow in liquid medium and form colonies in agarose semisolid medium by small cell lung cancer (SCLC) cells, a human cancer cell line containing a constitutively active PI3-K. In an ovarian cancer cell line that also contains a constitutively active PI3-K (SKOV-3 cells), Ins(1,4,5,6)P4 again inhibited liquid medium growth. Furthermore, when applied extracellularly, inositol 1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphate was shown indeed to enter SCLC cells. These effects appeared specifically related to PH domains known to bind to phosphatidylinositol 3,4-bisphosphate [PtdIns(3,4)P2] and phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate [PtdIns(3,4,5)P3], indicating involvement of the PI3-K downstream target protein kinase B (PKB/Akt). This was further supported by inhibition of PKB/Akt PH domain membrane targeting in COS-7 cells by Ins(1,4,5,6)P4. Thus, we propose that specific inositol polyphosphates inhibit PI3-K by competing with PtdIns(3,4,5)P3-binding PH domains and that this occurs mainly at the level of the downstream PI3-K target, PKB/Akt.Razzini, G., Berrie, C. P., Vignati, S., Broggini, M., Mascetta, G., Brancaccio, A., Falasca, M. Novel functional PI 3-kinase antagonists inhibit cell growth and tumorigenicity in human cancer cell lines.
Key Words: antitumor agents inositol polyphosphates PH domain-binding antagonists phosphatidylinositols
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