PMID- 28718972 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20171005 LR - 20211204 IS - 1349-7006 (Electronic) IS - 1347-9032 (Print) IS - 1347-9032 (Linking) VI - 108 IP - 10 DP - 2017 Oct TI - Enhancement of mTOR signaling contributes to acquired X-ray and C-ion resistance in mouse squamous carcinoma cell line. PG - 2004-2010 LID - 10.1111/cas.13323 [doi] AB - Our aim was to evaluate whether repetition of C-ion (carbon ion beam) irradiation induces radioresistance as well as repeated X-ray irradiation in cancer cell lines, and to find the key molecular pathway for radioresistance by comparing radioresistant cancer cells with their parental cells. A mouse squamous cell carcinoma cell line, NR-S1, and radioresistant cancer cells, NR-S1-C30 (C30) and NR-S1-X60 (X60), established by repetition of C-ion and X-ray irradiation, respectively, were used. X-ray and C-ion sensitivity, changes in lysosome, mitochondria, intracellular ATP and reactive oxygen species (ROS) level, and mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling were evaluated. Moreover, the effect of rapamycin on radioresistance was also assessed. X-ray and C-ion resistance of C30 cells was moderate, and the resistance of X60 cells was the highest in this study. In X60 cells, the amount of lysosome, mitochondria, intracellular ATP and ROS level were significantly increased, and mTOR and p70S6K (ribosomal protein S6 kinase p70) phosphorylation were enhanced compared with C30 and NR-S1 cells. The inhibition of mTOR signaling was effective for X-ray and C-ion radiosensitization in both cell lines, especially in X60 cells in which X-ray and C-ion resistance was decreased to the same level as that in NR-S1 cells. Our results indicated that the contribution to generate X-ray and C-ion resistance was less for repeated C-ion irradiations compared with repeated X-ray irradiation. Moreover, we found that activated mTOR signaling contributes to X-ray and C-ion resistance in the X60 cancer cells. CI - (c) 2017 The Authors. Cancer Science published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Japanese Cancer Association. FAU - Sato, Katsutoshi AU - Sato K AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9666-9742 AD - Cancer Metastasis Research Team, Advanced Radiation Biology Research Program, Research Center for Charged Particle Therapy, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan. AD - Clinical Genetic Oncology, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Azuma, Rikako AU - Azuma R AD - Cancer Metastasis Research Team, Advanced Radiation Biology Research Program, Research Center for Charged Particle Therapy, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan. AD - Department of Biomolecular Science, Graduate School of Science, Toho University, Chiba. FAU - Imai, Takashi AU - Imai T AD - National Institute of Radiological Sciences, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Chiba, Japan. FAU - Shimokawa, Takashi AU - Shimokawa T AD - Cancer Metastasis Research Team, Advanced Radiation Biology Research Program, Research Center for Charged Particle Therapy, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan. LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170909 PL - England TA - Cancer Sci JT - Cancer science JID - 101168776 RN - 0 (Reactive Oxygen Species) RN - 8L70Q75FXE (Adenosine Triphosphate) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (mTOR protein, mouse) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - W36ZG6FT64 (Sirolimus) SB - IM MH - Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/drug therapy/*metabolism/radiotherapy MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Heavy Ion Radiotherapy MH - Mice MH - Mitochondria/metabolism/radiation effects MH - Phosphorylation/radiation effects MH - *Radiation Tolerance MH - Reactive Oxygen Species/*metabolism MH - Signal Transduction MH - Sirolimus/*pharmacology MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/*metabolism MH - X-Ray Therapy MH - Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays PMC - PMC5623753 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Acquired radioresistance OT - energy metabolism OT - mTOR signaling OT - rapamycin OT - repeated X-ray and C-ion irradiations EDAT- 2017/07/19 06:00 MHDA- 2017/10/06 06:00 PMCR- 2017/10/01 CRDT- 2017/07/19 06:00 PHST- 2017/03/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/07/11 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/07/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/07/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/10/06 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/07/19 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/10/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - CAS13323 [pii] AID - 10.1111/cas.13323 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cancer Sci. 2017 Oct;108(10):2004-2010. doi: 10.1111/cas.13323. Epub 2017 Sep 9.