PMID- 22299028 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120705 LR - 20220129 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 7 IP - 1 DP - 2012 TI - The PI3-kinase/mTOR-targeting drug NVP-BEZ235 inhibits growth and IgE-dependent activation of human mast cells and basophils. PG - e29925 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0029925 [doi] LID - e29925 AB - The phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3-kinase) and the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) are two major signaling molecules involved in growth and activation of mast cells (MC) and basophils (BA). We examined the effects of the dual PI3-kinase/mTOR blocker NVP-BEZ235 on growth of normal and neoplastic BA and MC as well as immunoglobulin E (IgE)-dependent cell activation. Growth of MC and BA were determined by measuring (3)H-thymidine uptake and apoptosis. Cell activation was determined in histamine release experiments and by measuring upregulation of CD63 and CD203c after challenging with IgE plus anti-IgE or allergen. We found that NVP-BEZ235 exerts profound inhibitory effects on growth of primary and cloned neoplastic MC. In the MC leukemia cell line HMC-1, NVP-BEZ235 showed similar IC(50) values in the HMC-1.1 subclone lacking KIT D816V (0.025 microM) and the HMC-1.2 subclone expressing KIT D816V (0.005 microM). Moreover, NVP-BEZ235 was found to exert strong growth-inhibitory effects on neoplastic MC in a xenotransplant-mouse model employing NMR1-Foxn1(nu) mice. NVP-BEZ235 also exerted inhibitory effects on cytokine-dependent differentiation of normal BA and MC, but did not induce growth inhibition or apoptosis in mature MC or normal bone marrow cells. Finally, NVP-BEZ235 was found to inhibit IgE-dependent histamine release in BA and MC (IC(50) 0.5-1 microM) as well as anti-IgE-induced upregulation of CD203c in BA and IgE-dependent upregulation of CD63 in MC. In summary, NVP-BEZ235 produces growth-inhibitory effects in immature neoplastic MC and inhibits IgE-dependent activation of mature BA and MC. Whether these potentially beneficial drug effects have clinical implications is currently under investigation. FAU - Blatt, Katharina AU - Blatt K AD - Division of Hematology and Hemostaseology, Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. FAU - Herrmann, Harald AU - Herrmann H FAU - Mirkina, Irina AU - Mirkina I FAU - Hadzijusufovic, Emir AU - Hadzijusufovic E FAU - Peter, Barbara AU - Peter B FAU - Strommer, Sabine AU - Strommer S FAU - Hoermann, Gregor AU - Hoermann G FAU - Mayerhofer, Matthias AU - Mayerhofer M FAU - Hoetzenecker, Konrad AU - Hoetzenecker K FAU - Klepetko, Walter AU - Klepetko W FAU - Ghanim, Viviane AU - Ghanim V FAU - Marth, Katharina AU - Marth K FAU - Fureder, Thorsten AU - Fureder T FAU - Wacheck, Volker AU - Wacheck V FAU - Valenta, Rudolf AU - Valenta R FAU - Valent, Peter AU - Valent P LA - eng GR - F 4605/FWF_/Austrian Science Fund FWF/Austria PT - Evaluation Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20120127 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 RN - 0 (Imidazoles) RN - 0 (Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Quinolines) RN - 37341-29-0 (Immunoglobulin E) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (MTOR protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - RUJ6Z9Y0DT (dactolisib) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Aged, 80 and over MH - Animals MH - Antibody-Dependent Cell Cytotoxicity/*drug effects MH - Basophils/*drug effects/immunology MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Proliferation/*drug effects MH - Down-Regulation/drug effects MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Imidazoles/adverse effects/*pharmacology MH - Immunoglobulin E/immunology/metabolism/pharmacology/*physiology MH - Male MH - Mast Cells/*drug effects/immunology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Nude MH - Middle Aged MH - Molecular Targeted Therapy/adverse effects MH - Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors MH - Quinolines/adverse effects/*pharmacology MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors MH - Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays PMC - PMC3267720 COIS- Competing Interests: The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Dr. Valent received a research grant from Novartis. The authors declare no other conflict of interest. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. EDAT- 2012/02/03 06:00 MHDA- 2012/07/06 06:00 PMCR- 2012/01/27 CRDT- 2012/02/03 06:00 PHST- 2011/07/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2011/12/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/02/03 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/02/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/07/06 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2012/01/27 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PONE-D-11-12882 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0029925 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - PLoS One. 2012;7(1):e29925. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029925. Epub 2012 Jan 27.