PMID- 21791089 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20111209 LR - 20211203 IS - 1476-4598 (Electronic) IS - 1476-4598 (Linking) VI - 10 DP - 2011 Jul 26 TI - Targeting renal cell carcinoma with NVP-BEZ235, a dual PI3K/mTOR inhibitor, in combination with sorafenib. PG - 90 LID - 10.1186/1476-4598-10-90 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Targeted therapies for metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC), including mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors and small-molecule multikinase inhibitors, have produced clinical effects. However, most patients acquire resistance over time. Thus, new therapeutic strategies need to be developed. Here, we evaluated the effect of the dual PI3K/mTOR inhibitor NVP-BEZ235, in combination with the multikinase inhibitor sorafenib on renal cancer cell proliferation and survival in vitro as well as on tumor growth in vivo. METHODS: The renal carcinoma cell lines 786-0 and Caki-1 were treated with NVP-BEZ235 or sorafenib, either alone or in combination. Tumor cell proliferation and apoptosis were investigated in vitro. The anticancer efficacy of NVP-BEZ235 alone, or in combination with sorafenib, was also evaluated on RCC xenografts in nude mice. RESULTS: Treatment of 786-0 and Caki-1 cells with NVP-BEZ235 or sorafenib resulted in reduced tumor cell proliferation and increased tumor cell apoptosis in vitro. The combination of NVP-BEZ235 and sorafenib was more effective than each compound alone. Similarly, in vivo, NVP-BEZ235 or sorafenib reduced the growth of xenografts generated from 786-0 or Caki-1 cells. The antitumor efficacy of NVP-BEZ235 in combination with sorafenib was superior to NVP-BEZ235 or sorafenib alone. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings indicate that the simultaneous use of NVP-BEZ235 and sorafenib has greater antitumor benefit compared to either drug alone and thus provides a treatment strategy in RCC. FAU - Roulin, Didier AU - Roulin D AD - Department of Visceral Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Pavillon 3, Av, de Beaumont, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland. FAU - Waselle, Laurent AU - Waselle L FAU - Dormond-Meuwly, Anne AU - Dormond-Meuwly A FAU - Dufour, Marc AU - Dufour M 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 DEP - 20110726 PL - England TA - Mol Cancer JT - Molecular cancer JID - 101147698 RN - 0 (Benzenesulfonates) RN - 0 (Imidazoles) RN - 0 (Phenylurea Compounds) RN - 0 (Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Protein Kinase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Pyridines) RN - 0 (Quinolines) RN - 25X51I8RD4 (Niacinamide) RN - 9ZOQ3TZI87 (Sorafenib) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - RUJ6Z9Y0DT (dactolisib) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/*therapeutic use MH - Benzenesulfonates/*administration & dosage MH - Carcinoma, Renal Cell/*drug therapy/pathology MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Imidazoles/*administration & dosage MH - Kidney Neoplasms/*drug therapy/pathology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Nude MH - Molecular Targeted Therapy MH - Niacinamide/analogs & derivatives MH - Phenylurea Compounds MH - Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors MH - Protein Kinase Inhibitors/administration & dosage MH - Pyridines/*administration & dosage MH - Quinolines/*administration & dosage MH - Sorafenib MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors MH - Treatment Outcome MH - Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays PMC - PMC3160413 EDAT- 2011/07/28 06:00 MHDA- 2011/12/14 06:00 PMCR- 2011/07/26 CRDT- 2011/07/28 06:00 PHST- 2010/12/17 00:00 [received] PHST- 2011/07/26 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2011/07/28 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/07/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/12/14 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2011/07/26 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 1476-4598-10-90 [pii] AID - 10.1186/1476-4598-10-90 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Mol Cancer. 2011 Jul 26;10:90. doi: 10.1186/1476-4598-10-90.