PMID- 20392999 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100518 LR - 20211203 IS - 1791-7530 (Electronic) IS - 0250-7005 (Linking) VI - 30 IP - 3 DP - 2010 Mar TI - Rapamycin-mediated FOXO1 inactivation reduces the anticancer efficacy of rapamycin. PG - 799-804 AB - BACKGROUND: Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors such as rapamycin have shown modest effects in cancer therapy due in part to the removal of a negative feedback loop leading to the activation of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt (PI3K/Akt) signaling pathway. In this report, we have investigated the role of FOXO1, a downstream substrate of the PI3K/Akt pathway in the anticancer efficacy of rapamycin. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Colon cancer cells were treated with rapamycin and FOXO1 phosphorylation was determined by Western blot. Colon cancer cells transfected with a constitutively active mutant of FOXO1 or a control plasmid were treated with rapamycin and the antiproliferative efficacy of rapamycin was monitored. RESULTS: Rapamycin induced the phosphorylation of FOXO1 as well as its translocation from the nucleus to the cytoplasm, leading to FOXO1 inactivation. The expression of an active mutant of FOXO1 in colon cancer cells potentiated the antiproliferative efficacy of rapamycin in vitro and its antitumor efficacy in vivo. CONCLUSION: Taken together these results show that rapamycin-induced FOXO1 inactivation reduces the antitumor efficacy of rapamycin. FAU - Abdelnour-Berchtold, Etienne AU - Abdelnour-Berchtold E AD - Department of Visceral Surgery, University Hospital of Lausanne, Pavillon 3/CHUV, Av de Beaumont, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland. FAU - Cerantola, Yannick AU - Cerantola Y FAU - Roulin, Didier AU - Roulin D FAU - Dormond-Meuwly, Anne AU - Dormond-Meuwly A FAU - Demartines, Nicolas AU - Demartines N FAU - Dormond, Olivier AU - Dormond O LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Greece TA - Anticancer Res JT - Anticancer research JID - 8102988 RN - 0 (Antibiotics, Antineoplastic) RN - 0 (FOXO1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Forkhead Box Protein O1) RN - 0 (Forkhead Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (Multiprotein Complexes) RN - 0 (Proteins) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - W36ZG6FT64 (Sirolimus) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antibiotics, Antineoplastic/*pharmacology MH - Cell Growth Processes/drug effects MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Colonic Neoplasms/*drug therapy/genetics/metabolism/pathology MH - Female MH - Forkhead Box Protein O1 MH - Forkhead Transcription Factors/*antagonists & inhibitors/biosynthesis/genetics/metabolism MH - HT29 Cells MH - Humans MH - Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1 MH - Mice MH - Mice, Nude MH - Multiprotein Complexes MH - Proteins MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/genetics/metabolism MH - Sirolimus/*pharmacology MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases MH - Transcription Factors/antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism MH - Transfection MH - Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays EDAT- 2010/04/16 06:00 MHDA- 2010/05/19 06:00 CRDT- 2010/04/16 06:00 PHST- 2010/04/16 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/04/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/05/19 06:00 [medline] AID - 30/3/799 [pii] PST - ppublish SO - Anticancer Res. 2010 Mar;30(3):799-804.