PMID- 18332865 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20080807 LR - 20211203 IS - 1476-5594 (Electronic) IS - 0950-9232 (Print) IS - 0950-9232 (Linking) VI - 27 IP - 29 DP - 2008 Jul 3 TI - Suppression of PTEN function increases breast cancer chemotherapeutic drug resistance while conferring sensitivity to mTOR inhibitors. PG - 4086-95 LID - 10.1038/onc.2008.49 [doi] AB - Ectopic expression of mutant forms of phosphatase and tensin homologue deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN) lacking lipid (G129E) or lipid and protein (C124S) phosphatase activity decreased sensitivity of MCF-7 breast cancer cells, which have wild-type PTEN, to doxorubicin and increased sensitivity to the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor rapamycin. Cells transfected with a mutant PTEN gene lacking both lipid and protein phosphatase activities were more resistant to doxorubicin than cells transfected with the PTEN mutant lacking lipid phosphatase activity indicating that the protein phosphatase activity of PTEN was also important in controlling the sensitivity to doxorubicin, while no difference was observed between the lipid (G129E) and lipid and protein (C124S) phosphatase PTEN mutants in terms of sensitivity to rapamycin. A synergistic inhibitory interaction was observed when doxorubicin was combined with rapamycin in the phosphatase-deficient PTEN-transfected cells. Interference with the lipid phosphatase activity of PTEN was sufficient to activate Akt/mTOR/p70S6K signaling. These studies indicate that disruption of the normal activity of the PTEN phosphatase can have dramatic effects on the therapeutic sensitivity of breast cancer cells. Mutations in the key residues which control PTEN lipid and protein phosphatase may act as dominant-negative mutants to suppress endogenous PTEN and alter the sensitivity of breast cancer patients to chemo- and targeted therapies. FAU - Steelman, L S AU - Steelman LS AD - Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA. FAU - Navolanic, P M AU - Navolanic PM FAU - Sokolosky, M L AU - Sokolosky ML FAU - Taylor, J R AU - Taylor JR FAU - Lehmann, B D AU - Lehmann BD FAU - Chappell, W H AU - Chappell WH FAU - Abrams, S L AU - Abrams SL FAU - Wong, E W T AU - Wong EW FAU - Stadelman, K M AU - Stadelman KM FAU - Terrian, D M AU - Terrian DM FAU - Leslie, N R AU - Leslie NR FAU - Martelli, A M AU - Martelli AM FAU - Stivala, F AU - Stivala F FAU - Libra, M AU - Libra M FAU - Franklin, R A AU - Franklin RA FAU - McCubrey, J A AU - McCubrey JA LA - eng GR - G9403619/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom GR - R01 CA098195/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01CA098195/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20080310 PL - England TA - Oncogene JT - Oncogene JID - 8711562 RN - 0 (Antibiotics, Antineoplastic) RN - 80168379AG (Doxorubicin) RN - EC 2.7.- (Protein Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (MTOR protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 70-kDa) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 3.1.3.67 (PTEN Phosphohydrolase) RN - EC 3.1.3.67 (PTEN protein, human) RN - W36ZG6FT64 (Sirolimus) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Substitution MH - Antibiotics, Antineoplastic/agonists/pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - Breast Neoplasms/drug therapy/*enzymology/genetics MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Doxorubicin/agonists/pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - *Drug Resistance, Neoplasm/drug effects/genetics MH - Drug Synergism MH - Female MH - Gene Expression MH - Humans MH - *Mutation, Missense MH - PTEN Phosphohydrolase/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/*metabolism MH - Protein Kinases/genetics/*metabolism MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/genetics/metabolism MH - Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 70-kDa/genetics/metabolism MH - *Signal Transduction/drug effects/genetics MH - Sirolimus/agonists/pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases MH - Transfection PMC - PMC3836277 MID - NIHMS527893 EDAT- 2008/03/12 09:00 MHDA- 2008/08/08 09:00 PMCR- 2013/11/21 CRDT- 2008/03/12 09:00 PHST- 2008/03/12 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2008/08/08 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2008/03/12 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/11/21 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - onc200849 [pii] AID - 10.1038/onc.2008.49 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Oncogene. 2008 Jul 3;27(29):4086-95. doi: 10.1038/onc.2008.49. Epub 2008 Mar 10.