Authors
Shanshan Zhang, Xinhua Song, Dan Cao, Zhong Xu, Biao Fan, Li Che, Junjie Hu, Bin Chen, Mingjie Dong, Maria G Pilo, Antonio Cigliano, Katja Evert, Silvia Ribback, Frank Dombrowski, Rosa M Pascale, Antonio Cossu, Gianpaolo Vidili, Alberto Porcu, Maria M Simile, Giovanni M Pes, Gianluigi Giannelli, John Gordan, Lixin Wei, Matthias Evert, Wenming Cong, Diego F Calvisi, Xin Chen
Publication date
2017/12/1
Journal
Journal of hepatology
Volume
67
Issue
6
Pages
1194-1203
Publisher
Elsevier
Description
Background & Aims
Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) is a lethal malignancy without effective treatment options. MLN0128, a second generation pan-mTOR inhibitor, shows efficacy for multiple tumor types. We evaluated the therapeutic potential of MLN0128 vs. gemcitabine/oxaliplatin in a novel ICC mouse model.
Methods
We established a novel ICC mouse model via hydrodynamic transfection of activated forms of AKT (myr-AKT) and Yap (YapS127A) protooncogenes (that will be referred to as AKT/YapS127A). Genetic approaches were applied to study the requirement of mTORC1 and mTORC2 in mediating AKT/YapS127A driven tumorigenesis. Gemcitabine/oxaliplatin and MLN0128 were administered in AKT/YapS127A tumor-bearing mice to study their anti-tumor efficacy in vivo. Multiple human ICC cell lines were used for in vitro experiments. Hematoxylin and eosin staining, immunohistochemistry and …
Scholar articles
S Zhang, X Song, D Cao, Z Xu, B Fan, L Che, J Hu… - Journal of hepatology, 2017