PMID- 23331792 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130705 LR - 20211021 IS - 1531-5037 (Electronic) IS - 0022-3468 (Print) IS - 0022-3468 (Linking) VI - 48 IP - 1 DP - 2013 Jan TI - Rapamycin increases neuroblastoma xenograft and host stromal derived osteoprotegerin inhibiting osteolytic bone disease in a bone metastasis model. PG - 47-55 LID - S0022-3468(12)00871-8 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2012.10.043 [doi] AB - PURPOSE: Osteoprotegerin (OPG) is a decoy receptor for the Receptor of NF-kappaB (RANK) ligand that can inhibit osteoclastogenesis. Previous studies have suggested that Mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) inhibition upregulates OPG production. We tested the hypothesis that the mTOR inhibitor rapamycin could inhibit neuroblastoma bone metastases through its action on OPG. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: An orthotopic model of bone metastasis was established. Mice with established disease were subsequently treated with rapamycin (5mg/kg IP daily) or vehicle control (DMSO 1:1000). X-rays were obtained twice a week to detect pathologic fractures. Serum OPG levels were measured by ELISA after two weeks of treatment. RESULTS: Mice with bone disease receiving rapamycin had increased serum levels of OPG in the CHLA-20 mice compared to controls (36.89 pg/mL +/- 3.90 vs 18.4 pg/mL +/- 1.67, p=0.004) and NB1691 tumor-bearing groups (46.03 +/- 2.67 pg/mL vs 17.96 +/- 1.84pg/mL, p=0.001), and a significantly longer median time to pathologic fractures with CHLA-20 (103 days vs 74.5 days, p=0.014) and NB1691 xenografts. CONCLUSION: In a xenograft model, increased OPG expression correlated with a delay to pathologic fracture suggesting a potential role for mTOR inhibitors in the treatment of neuroblastoma bone metastases. CI - Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Hartwich, Joseph E AU - Hartwich JE AD - Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, USA. FAU - Orr, W Shannon AU - Orr WS FAU - Ng, Catherine Y AU - Ng CY FAU - Spence, Yunyu AU - Spence Y FAU - McLaughlin, Jillian M AU - McLaughlin JM FAU - Furman, Wayne L AU - Furman WL FAU - McGregor, Lisa M AU - McGregor LM FAU - Davidoff, Andrew M AU - Davidoff AM LA - eng GR - P01 CA023099/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 CA021765/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R25 CA023944/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Evaluation Study PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - J Pediatr Surg JT - Journal of pediatric surgery JID - 0052631 RN - 0 (Antibiotics, Antineoplastic) RN - 0 (Biomarkers) RN - 0 (Osteoprotegerin) RN - W36ZG6FT64 (Sirolimus) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antibiotics, Antineoplastic/*therapeutic use MH - Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/therapeutic use MH - Biomarkers/blood MH - Bone Neoplasms/blood/complications/*drug therapy/*secondary MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Drug Administration Schedule MH - Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay MH - Fractures, Spontaneous/etiology/prevention & control MH - Humans MH - Injections, Intraperitoneal MH - Mice MH - Mice, SCID MH - Neuroblastoma/blood/complications/*drug therapy/*secondary MH - Osteoprotegerin/*blood MH - Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Sirolimus/*therapeutic use MH - Treatment Outcome PMC - PMC3584337 MID - NIHMS417712 EDAT- 2013/01/22 06:00 MHDA- 2013/07/06 06:00 PMCR- 2014/01/01 CRDT- 2013/01/22 06:00 PHST- 2012/09/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/10/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/01/22 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/01/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/07/06 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0022-3468(12)00871-8 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2012.10.043 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Pediatr Surg. 2013 Jan;48(1):47-55. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2012.10.043.