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Alshaker, Heba, Wang, Qi, Kawano, Yoshiaki, Arafat, Tawfiq, Böhler, Torsten, Winkler, Mathias, Cooper, Colin 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2013-8042 and Pchejetski, Dmitri
(2016)
Everolimus (RAD001) sensitizes prostate cancer cells to docetaxel by down-regulation of HIF-1α and sphingosine kinase 1.
Oncotarget, 7 (49).
pp. 80943-80956.
ISSN 1949-2553
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Abstract
Resistance to docetaxel is a key problem in current prostate cancer management. Sphingosine kinase 1 (SK1) and phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathways have been implicated in prostate cancer chemoresistance. Here we investigated whether their combined targeting may re-sensitize prostate cancer cells to docetaxel. In hormone-insensitive PC-3 and DU145 prostate cancer cells the mTOR inhibitor everolimus (RAD001) alone did not lead to significant cell death, however, it strongly sensitized cells to low levels (5 nM) of docetaxel. We show that mTOR inhibition has led to a decrease in hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) protein levels and SK1 mRNA. HIF-1α accumulation induced by CoCl2 has led to a partial chemoresistance to RAD001/docetaxel combination. SK1 overexpression has completely protected prostate cancer cells from RAD001/docetaxel effects. Using gene knockdown and CoCl2 treatment we showed that SK1 mRNA expression is downstream of HIF-1α. In a human xenograft model in nude mice single RAD001 and docetaxel therapies induced 23% and 15% reduction in prostate tumor volume, respectively, while their combination led to a 58% reduction. RAD001 alone or in combination with docetaxel has suppressed intratumoral mTOR and SK1 signaling, however as evidenced by tumor size, it required docetaxel for clinical efficacy. Combination therapy was well tolerated and had similar levels of toxicity to docetaxel alone. Overall, our data demonstrate a new mechanism of docetaxel sensitization in prostate cancer. This provides a mechanistic basis for further clinical application of RAD001/docetaxel combination in prostate cancer therapy.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | prostate cancer,everolimus (rad001),mtor,docetaxel,chemosensitization,sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Cancer Studies Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Metabolic Health |
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| Depositing User: | Pure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Nov 2016 00:01 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Nov 2023 17:25 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/61514 |
| DOI: | 10.18632/oncotarget.13115 |
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