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The Regulation of Growth and Survival in Human Multiple Myeloma Cells by IGF-I Receptor Signaling
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- Strömberg, Thomas, 1965- (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för genetik och patologi
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Jernberg Wiklund, Helena (thesis advisor)
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Nilsson, Kenneth (thesis advisor)
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- Waage, Anders, Professor (opponent)
- Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim
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- ISBN 9155457401
- Uppsala : Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2003
- English 69 s.
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Series: Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine, 0282-7476 ; 1289
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- Multiple myeloma (MM) is an incurable B-cell malignancy mainly localized to the bone marrow. Our aim was to examine the growth- and survival-promoting role of the IGF-IR and its downstream signaling components in MM cells to identify potential targets for therapy. Octreotide, a somatostatin analog that has been demonstrated to interfere with the actions of IGF-I, induced growth inhibition in both IL-6-dependent and IL-6-independent MM cell lines expressing the somatostatin receptors sst2, sst3 and sst5. Additionally, a slight pro-apoptotic effect could be observed in a few cell lines. In primary MM cells octreotide induced apoptosis, an effect that was abrogated by exogenously added IGF-I, but not by IL-6.Inhibition of IGF-I signaling in Karpas 707 cells, using either the anti-IGF-IR antibody αIR3 or the PI 3-K inhibitors LY294002 and wortmannin, increased sensitivity to apoptosis induced by dexamethasone. Exogenously added IGF-I prevented dexamethasone-induced apoptosis, an effect that could partly be mimicked by the pharmacological GSK-3β inhibitors LiCl and SB415286. Thus, we suggest the GSK-3β as an important mediator of the anti-apoptotic effects of IGF-IR signaling in MM.Using rapamycin we selectively inhibited mTOR, a phosphoprotein downstream of the IGF-IR. In MM cell lines rapamycin induced G0/G1-arrest, an effect being associated with an increase of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27 and a decrease of the cyclins D2, D3 and E. Interestingly, in primary MM cells rapamycin induced apoptosis. Moreover, rapamycin potentiated dexamethasone-induced apoptosis, an effect that was associated with a downregulation of the anti-apoptotic protein survivin. Strikingly, the combinatorial treatment with rapamycin and dexamethasone suppressed the anti-apoptotic effects of exogenously added IGF-I and IL-6, thus suggesting this drug-combination to be active also in vivo. Two newly developed, selective IGF-I RTK inhibitors proved to be very effective in MM cell lines and in primary MM cells providing 50-90% growth inhibition within 48 h of incubation. The inhibitors induced massive apoptosis together with a prominent cell cycle arrest in the G2/M-phase. Importantly, the IGF-I RTK inhibitors downregulated the tyrosine phosphorylation of the IGF-IR β-chain but not of the insulin receptor β-chain. In conclusion, the IGF-IR potently promotes growth and survival of MM cells. Therefore, interfering with the IGF-IR signaling pathway might be a suitable strategy to improve MM treatment.
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper -- Cell- och molekylärbiologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Basic Medicine -- Cell and Molecular Biology (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Pathology
- Multiple myeloma
- IGF-IR
- apoptosis
- somatostatin
- octreotide
- dexamethasone
- GSK-3
- mTOR
- rapamycin
- RTK inhibitor
- Patologi
- Pathology
- Patologi
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- vet (subject category)
- dok (subject category)
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