• Cancer letters · Mar 2012

    HS-116, a novel phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibitor induces apoptosis and suppresses angiogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma through inhibition of the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway.

    • Kyung Hee Jung, Myung-Joo Choi, Seunghee Hong, Hyunseung Lee, Sang-Won Hong, Hong-Mei Zheng, Hee-Seung Lee, Sungwoo Hong, and Soon-Sun Hong.
    • Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Inha University, Sinheung-dong, Jung-gu, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
    • Cancer Lett. 2012 Mar 28; 316 (2): 187-95.

    AbstractThe phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway plays a central role in cell proliferation and survival of human cancers. As PI3K is active in many cancer patients, resulting in cancer development and progression, we developed an azaindole derivative, HS-116 as a novel PI3K inhibitor. This study aimed to clarify the anticancer effect of HS-116 in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). To identify the effect of HS-116 on HCC cells, a PI3K assay, 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay, flow cytometry, and Western blotting were conducted. IC(50) of HS-116 for PI3Kα was 31nM, and it effectively suppressed the phosphorylation of PI3K downstream factors such as AKT, mTOR, p70S6K, and 4EBP1. Also, HS-116 induced apoptosis by increasing the proportion of sub-G1 apoptotic cells from 1.8% to 35% and increasing the expressions of Bax, cleaved-caspase-3, and cleaved-PARP as well as decreasing the expression of Bcl-2. In addition, chromatin condensation and apoptotic bodies were detected in HS-116-treated HCC cells. Furthermore, HS-116 decreased protein expression of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and inhibited the tube formation and migration of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). In vivo, the ability of mice to vascularize subcutaneously implanted Matrigel plugs was diminished when the mice were treated with HS-116. These results show that HS-116 inhibits the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway via apoptosis and anti-angiogenesis in HCC cells. We suggest that HS-116 may be an effective novel therapeutic candidate against HCC.Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

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