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  2. The tyrphostin NT157 suppresses insulin receptor substrates and augments therapeutic response of prostate cancer

The tyrphostin NT157 suppresses insulin receptor substrates and augments therapeutic response of prostate cancer

  • Mol Cancer Ther. 2014 Dec;13(12):2827-39. doi: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-13-0842.
Naokazu Ibuki 1 Mazyar Ghaffari 2 Hadas Reuveni 3 Mitali Pandey 4 Ladan Fazli 4 Haruhito Azuma 5 Martin E Gleave 6 Alexander Levitzki 7 Michael E Cox 8
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 The Vancouver Prostate Centre, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Department of Urology, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan.
  • 2 The Vancouver Prostate Centre, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  • 3 TyrNovo Ltd., Herzliya, Israel. Unit of Cellular Signaling, Department of Biological Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, Israel.
  • 4 The Vancouver Prostate Centre, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  • 5 Department of Urology, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan.
  • 6 The Vancouver Prostate Centre, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Department of Urologic Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  • 7 Unit of Cellular Signaling, Department of Biological Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, Israel.
  • 8 The Vancouver Prostate Centre, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Department of Urologic Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. mcox@prostatecentre.com.
Abstract

Insulin-like growth factor (IGF) signaling is associated with castrate-resistant prostate Cancer (CRPC) progression. Insulin Receptor substrates 1 and 2 (IRS1/2) mediate mitogenic and antiapoptotic signaling from IGF1 receptor (IGF1R), Insulin Receptor, and other oncoproteins. This study demonstrates that IRS1/2 expression is increased in prostate Cancer, and persists in CRPC. Furthermore, this study assesses the Anticancer activity of NT157, a small molecule tyrphostin targeting IRS proteins, using androgen-responsive (LNCaP) and -independent (PC3) prostate Cancer cells in vitro and in vivo. NT157 treatment resulted in dose-dependent inhibition of IGF1R activation, suppression of IRS protein expression, inhibition of IGF1-induced Akt activation, but increased ERK activation in NT157-treated cells in vitro. These effects were correlated with decreased proliferation and increasing Apoptosis of LNCaP cells and increasing G2-M arrest in PC3 cells. NT157 also suppressed androgen-responsive growth, delayed CRPC progression of LNCaP xenografts, and suppressed PC3 tumor growth alone and in combination with docetaxel. This study reports the first preclinical proof-of-principle data that this novel small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor suppresses IRS1/2 expression, delays CRPC progression, and suppresses growth of CRPC tumors in vitro and in vivo. Demonstration that IRS expression can be increased in response to a variety of stressors that may lead to resistance or reduced effect of the therapies indicate that NT157-mediated IRS1/2 downregulation is a novel therapeutic approach for management of advanced prostate Cancer.

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