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CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY AND PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 83, Issue 3, Pages 451-461Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00280-018-3746-x
Keywords
Oral cancer; PI3K signaling; PI3K inhibitors; PI-103; PI-828; PX-866; Apoptosis; NF-B; Autophagy
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- Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India
- Department of Science and Technology (DST)
- Department of Biotechnology, Government of India
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PurposeThe phosphoinositide-3-kinase (PI3K) pathway is the frequently altered in human cancer. This has led to the development and study of novel PI3K inhibitors for targeted therapy and also to overcome resistance to radiotherapy.MethodThe anti-tumour effects of PI3K inhibitors (PI-828, PI-103 and PX-866) in terms of cell proliferation, colony formation, induction of apoptosis, cell cycle arrest, invasion, autophagy, and pNF-B/p65 translocation in SCC-4, SCC-9 and SCC-25 cells were studied by performing MTT, clonogenic, DAPI staining, propidium iodide staining, annexin-V binding, matrigel invasion, acridine orange staining and immuno-fluorescence assay. Western blot assay was performed to assess the alteration in the expression of various proteins.ResultPI-828 and PI-103 treatment exhibited dose-dependent inhibition of growth and proliferation of OSCC cells with a concomitant induction of apoptosis, altered cell cycle regulation and decreased invasiveness (p<0.01). PX-866 induced apoptosis, cell cycle arrest, autophagy and a significant decrease in the invasiveness of oral cancer cells as compared to untreated cells (p<0.01). These compounds significantly reduced expression of COX-2, cyclin-D1 and VEGF in the treated cells besides cytoplasmic accumulation of pNF-B/p65 protein. In addition to PI3K, inactivation of downstream components, i.e. Akt and mTOR was seen.ConclusionPI3K inhibitors such as PI-103, PI-828 and PX-866 may be developed as potential therapeutic agents for effective treatment of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) patients, associated with activated PI3K/Akt pathway.
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