PMID- 16546986 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20060526 LR - 20200930 IS - 1535-7163 (Print) IS - 1535-7163 (Linking) VI - 5 IP - 3 DP - 2006 Mar TI - Spectrum of activity and molecular correlates of response to phosphatidylinositol ether lipid analogues, novel lipid-based inhibitors of Akt. PG - 713-22 AB - The serine/threonine kinase Akt is a promising target in cancer. We previously identified five phosphatidylinositol ether lipid analogues (PIA) that inhibited Akt activation and selectively killed lung and breast cancer cells with high levels of Akt activity. To assess the spectrum of activity in other cell types and to compare PIAs with other inhibitors of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway, we compared growth inhibition by PIAs against the PI3K inhibitors LY294002 and wortmannin and the mTOR inhibitor rapamycin in the NCI60 cell line panel. Although each of these compounds inhibited the growth of all the cell lines, distinct patterns were observed. The PIAs were the least potent but the most cytotoxic. The broad spectrum of activity of PIAs was confirmed in vivo in hollow fiber assays. The response to PIAs was significantly correlated with levels of active but not total Akt in the NCI60, as assessed using COMPARE analysis. However, a number of molecular targets were identified whose expression was more highly correlated with sensitivity to PIAs than active Akt. Expression of these molecular targets did not overlap with those that correlated with sensitivity to LY294002, wortmannin, or rapamycin. A COMPARE analysis of the National Cancer Institute chemical screening database revealed that the patterns of activity of PIAs correlated best with patterns of activity of other lipid-based compounds. These studies show that although PIAs are widely active in cancer cells, which correlates with the presence of its intended target, active Akt, PIAs are biologically distinct from other known inhibitors of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway. FAU - Gills, Joell J AU - Gills JJ AD - Medical Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Building 8, Room 5101, 8901 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20889, USA. FAU - Holbeck, Susan AU - Holbeck S FAU - Hollingshead, Melinda AU - Hollingshead M FAU - Hewitt, Stephen M AU - Hewitt SM FAU - Kozikowski, Alan P AU - Kozikowski AP FAU - Dennis, Phillip A AU - Dennis PA LA - eng GR - N01-CO-12400/CO/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PL - United States TA - Mol Cancer Ther JT - Molecular cancer therapeutics JID - 101132535 RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (Chromones) RN - 0 (Morpholines) RN - 0 (Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates) RN - 0 (Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Protein Kinase Inhibitors) RN - 31M2U1DVID (2-(4-morpholinyl)-8-phenyl-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) SB - IM MH - Antineoplastic Agents/*therapeutic use MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Proliferation/drug effects MH - Chromones/pharmacology MH - Humans MH - Morpholines/pharmacology MH - Neoplasms/*drug therapy/enzymology MH - Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates/chemistry/pharmacology/*therapeutic use MH - Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors MH - Protein Kinase Inhibitors/chemistry/pharmacology/*therapeutic use MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/*antagonists & inhibitors EDAT- 2006/03/21 09:00 MHDA- 2006/05/27 09:00 CRDT- 2006/03/21 09:00 PHST- 2006/03/21 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2006/05/27 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2006/03/21 09:00 [entrez] AID - 5/3/713 [pii] AID - 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-05-0484 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Cancer Ther. 2006 Mar;5(3):713-22. doi: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-05-0484.