Inibição da via PI3K-Akt em gliomas

• Autor(a) principal: Fedrigo, Carlos Alexandre
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da PUC_RS
• Texto Completo: http://tede2.pucrs.br/tede2/handle/tede/1696
• topic: MEDICINA; NEOPLASIAS DO SISTEMA NERVOSO CENTRAL; GLIOMA; RADIOTERAPIA; QUIMIOTERAPIA; ANTINEOPLÁSICOS; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::MEDICINA

Glioblastoma multiforme (GMB) is the most malignant and common type of all astrocytic tumours. Current standard treatment for GBM patients involves maximum surgical resection of the tumour, followed by radiotherapy and chemotherapy, usually containing the alkylating agent Temozolomide (TMZ). Despite this aggressive combination therapy, the survival rate of GBM patients is still low. This work consisted in investigating the cytotoxic effects of Akt-inhibition by MK-2206 with irradiation (RT) and TMZ on in vitro human malignant glioma. Seven malignant glioma cell lines were cultured and tested for clonogenic survival, invasion inhibition, tumour spheroid growth and proliferation. The Akt-inhibitor MK-2206 and TMZ were added at different time treatments and in varying doses. Cultures were irradiated with single dose and with fractionated γ-irradiation. Cellular modulation of Akt and p-Akt were assessed by Western blot analysis. MK-2206 reduced the levels of phospho- Akt key protein in the PI3Kinase-Akt pathway, decreased cell survival, and inhibited invasion, proliferation and cell growth. The combination of MK-2206 and RT lead to enhanced inhibition of cell proliferation and invasion, which is not observed with RT alone. The radioenhancing effect of MK-2206 was most striking in inhibition of spheroid volume growth by fractionated RT; the radiosensitizing effect of MK-2206 was stronger than that of TMZ. MK-2206 enhanced the in vitro effects of RT and TMZ in terms of decreased cell survival, invasion, proliferation and growth in malignant glioma. Effects could be ascribed to inhibition of PI3K-Akt pathway