Journal
RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY
Volume 108, Issue 3, Pages 548-553Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2013.06.027
Keywords
Radiotherapy; Metastasis; PI3K; HIF-1; Rho-GTPases; GDC-0941
Funding
- Cancer Research UK grant [C7820/A8696]
- EU [222741]
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Background and purpose: Undifferentiated follicular and anaplastic thyroid tumours often respond poorly to radiotherapy and show increased metastatic potential. We evaluated radiation-induced effects on metastasis in thyroid carcinoma cells and tumours, mechanistically focusing on phosphatidylinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) and associated pathways. Material and methods: Migration was analysed in follicular (FTC133) and anaplastic (8505c) cells following radiotherapy (0-6 Gray) with concomitant pharmacological (GDC-0941) or genetic inhibition of PI3K. Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1)-activity was measured using luciferase reporter assays and was inhibited using a dominant-negative variant. Activation and subcellular localisation of target proteins were assessed via Western blot and immunofluorescence. In vivo studies used FTC133 xenografts with metastatic lung dissemination assessed ex vivo. Results: Radiation induced migration in a HIF-dependent manner in FTC133 cells but decreased migration in 8505c's. Post-radiation HIF-activity correlated with migratory phenotype. PI3KL-targeting inhibited migration under basal and irradiated conditions through inhibition of HIF-1 alpha, Rho-GTPase expression/activity and localisation whilst having little effect on src/FAK. In vivo, radiation induced PI3K, HIF, Rho-GTPases and src but only PI3K, HIF and Rho-GTPases were inhibited by GDC-0941. Co-treatment with GDC-0941 and radiation significantly reduced metastatic dissemination versus radiotherapy alone. Conclusions: Radiation modifies metastatic characteristics of thyroid carcinoma cells, which can be successfully inhibited by targeting PI3K using GDC-0941 in vitro and in vivo. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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