PMID- 23085766 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130611 LR - 20220727 IS - 1573-7217 (Electronic) IS - 0167-6806 (Linking) VI - 136 IP - 3 DP - 2012 Dec TI - Investigational drug MLN0128, a novel TORC1/2 inhibitor, demonstrates potent oral antitumor activity in human breast cancer xenograft models. PG - 673-82 LID - 10.1007/s10549-012-2298-8 [doi] AB - Aberrant activation of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling plays an important role in breast cancer progression and represents a potential therapeutic target for breast cancer. In this study, we report the impact of the investigational drug MLN0128, a potent and selective small molecule active-site TORC1/2 kinase inhibitor, on tumor growth and metastasis using human breast cancer xenograft models. We assessed in vitro antiproliferative activity of MLN0128 in a panel of breast cancer cell lines. We next evaluated the impact of MLN0128 on tumor growth, angiogenesis and metastasis using mammary fat pad xenograft models of a non-VEGF (ML20) and a VEGF-driven (MV165) MCF-7 sublines harboring PIK3CA mutations. MLN0128 potently inhibited cell proliferation in various breast cancer cell lines harboring PIK3CA (IC(50): 1.5-53 nM), PTEN (IC(50): 1-149 nM), KRAS, and/or BRAF mutations (IC(50): 13-162 nM), and in human endothelial cells (IC(50): 33-40 nM) in vitro. In vivo, MLN0128 decreased primary tumor growth significantly in both non-VEGF (ML20; p = 0.05) and VEGF-driven MCF-7 (MV165; p = 0.014) xenograft models. MLN0128 decreased the phosphorylation of Akt, S6, 4E-BP1, and NDRG1 in both models. In contrast, rapamycin increased Akt activity and failed to reduce the phosphorylation of 4E-BP1, PRAS40, and NDRG1. VEGF-induced lung metastasis in MV165 is inhibited by MLN0128 and rapamycin. In conclusion, MLN0128 inhibits TORC1/2-dependent signaling in preclinical models of breast cancer. MLN0128 appears to be superior in blocking mTORC1/2 signaling in contrast to rapamycin. Our findings support the clinical research of MLN0128 in patients with breast cancer and metastasis. FAU - Gokmen-Polar, Yesim AU - Gokmen-Polar Y AD - Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Walther Hall, 980 W Walnut Street, Building R3, Room C230, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA. ypolar@iupui.edu FAU - Liu, Yi AU - Liu Y FAU - Toroni, Rachel A AU - Toroni RA FAU - Sanders, Kerry L AU - Sanders KL FAU - Mehta, Rutika AU - Mehta R FAU - Badve, Sunil AU - Badve S FAU - Rommel, Christian AU - Rommel C FAU - Sledge, George W Jr AU - Sledge GW Jr LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20121021 PL - Netherlands TA - Breast Cancer Res Treat JT - Breast cancer research and treatment JID - 8111104 RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (Benzoxazoles) RN - 0 (Multiprotein Complexes) RN - 0 (Protein Kinase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Proteins) RN - 0 (Pyrimidines) RN - 0 (Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A) RN - EC 2.7.1.137 (Class I Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.1.137 (PIK3CA protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (BRAF protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 2) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) 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 - JGH0DF1U03 (sapanisertib) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antineoplastic Agents/blood/*pharmacology MH - Benzoxazoles/*pharmacology MH - Breast Neoplasms/*drug therapy/genetics/pathology MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Proliferation/drug effects MH - Class I Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases MH - Endothelial Cells/drug effects/metabolism MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Lung Neoplasms/pathology/secondary MH - Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1 MH - Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 2 MH - Mice MH - Mice, Nude MH - Multiprotein Complexes/*antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism MH - Mutation MH - Neovascularization, Pathologic/drug therapy MH - PTEN Phosphohydrolase/genetics MH - Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/genetics MH - Phosphorylation/drug effects MH - Protein Kinase Inhibitors/blood/*pharmacology MH - Proteins/*antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf/genetics MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/metabolism MH - Pyrimidines/*pharmacology MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/*antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism MH - Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/metabolism/pharmacology MH - Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays EDAT- 2012/10/23 06:00 MHDA- 2013/06/12 06:00 CRDT- 2012/10/23 06:00 PHST- 2012/05/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/10/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/10/23 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/10/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/06/12 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1007/s10549-012-2298-8 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2012 Dec;136(3):673-82. doi: 10.1007/s10549-012-2298-8. Epub 2012 Oct 21.