PMID- 23307788 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130319 LR - 20211203 IS - 1945-7170 (Electronic) IS - 0013-7227 (Print) IS - 0013-7227 (Linking) VI - 154 IP - 2 DP - 2013 Feb TI - Combined inhibition of mTORC1 and mTORC2 signaling pathways is a promising therapeutic option in inhibiting pheochromocytoma tumor growth: in vitro and in vivo studies in female athymic nude mice. PG - 646-55 LID - 10.1210/en.2012-1854 [doi] AB - Several lines of evidence, including the recent discovery of novel susceptibility genes, point out an important role for the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway in the development of pheochromocytoma. Analyzing a set of pheochromocytomas from patients with different genetic backgrounds, we observed and confirmed a significant overexpression of key mTOR complex (mTORC) signaling mediators. Using selective ATP-competitive inhibitors targeting both mTORC1 and mTORC2, we significantly arrested the in vitro cell proliferation and blocked migration of pheochromocytoma cells as a result of the pharmacological suppression of the Akt/mTOR signaling pathway. Moreover, AZD8055, a selective ATP-competitive dual mTORC1/2 small molecular inhibitor, significantly reduced the tumor burden in a model of metastatic pheochromocytoma using female athymic nude mice. This study suggests that targeting both mTORC1 and mTORC2 is a potentially rewarding strategy and supports the application of selective inhibitors in combinatorial drug regimens for metastatic pheochromocytoma. FAU - Giubellino, Alessio AU - Giubellino A AD - Program in Reproductive and Adult Endocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. FAU - Bullova, Petra AU - Bullova P FAU - Nolting, Svenja AU - Nolting S FAU - Turkova, Hana AU - Turkova H FAU - Powers, James F AU - Powers JF FAU - Liu, Qingsong AU - Liu Q FAU - Guichard, Sylvie AU - Guichard S FAU - Tischler, Arthur S AU - Tischler AS FAU - Grossman, Ashley B AU - Grossman AB FAU - Pacak, Karel AU - Pacak K LA - eng GR - Intramural NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. DEP - 20130110 PL - United States TA - Endocrinology JT - Endocrinology JID - 0375040 RN - 0 (1-(4-(4-propionylpiperazin-1-yl)-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-9-(quinolin-3-yl)benzo(h)(1,6)naphthyridin-2(1H)-one) RN - 0 (Morpholines) RN - 0 (Naphthyridines) RN - 970JJ37FPW ((5-(2,4-bis((3S)-3-methylmorpholin-4-yl)pyrido(2,3-d)pyrimidin-7-yl)-2-methoxyphenyl)methanol) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (MTOR protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) SB - IM MH - Adrenal Gland Neoplasms/drug therapy/pathology MH - Animals MH - Cell Movement/drug effects MH - Cell Proliferation/drug effects MH - Female MH - Mice MH - Mice, Nude MH - Morpholines/pharmacology MH - Naphthyridines/pharmacology MH - Pheochromocytoma/drug therapy/secondary MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/*antagonists & inhibitors PMC - PMC3548182 EDAT- 2013/01/12 06:00 MHDA- 2013/03/21 06:00 PMCR- 2014/02/01 CRDT- 2013/01/12 06:00 PHST- 2013/01/12 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/01/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/03/21 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/02/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - en.2012-1854 [pii] AID - EN-12-1854 [pii] AID - 10.1210/en.2012-1854 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Endocrinology. 2013 Feb;154(2):646-55. doi: 10.1210/en.2012-1854. Epub 2013 Jan 10.