Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
2113279 Cancer Letters 2012 12 Pages PDF
Abstract

Mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) is frequently activated in human cancers; however, clinical trials of rapalog (the mTORC1 inhibitors) have shown that pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas (PDACs) resist to the treatment. Rapalog treatment activated the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) pathway in K-Ras mt PDAC cells. K-Ras knockdown abolished the insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1)-induced ERK pathway in the K-Ras mt PDAC cells and enhanced the therapeutic efficacy of everolimus in treating K-Ras mt PDAC cells-derived mouse xenografts. The results indicate that targeting of K-Ras mutation may lead to the development of therapies that overcome rapalog resistance in PDAC.

Related Topics
Life Sciences Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology Cancer Research
Authors
, , , , , , , , , ,