基于PI3K/AKT/mTOR信号通路探讨二甲双胍对结肠癌HCT116细胞的作用

摘要 目的：研究二甲双胍通过磷脂酰肌醇3激酶（PI3K）/蛋白激酶 B(Akt)/哺乳动物雷帕霉素靶蛋白（mTOR）信号通路对结肠癌HCT116 细胞的作用。方法：体外培养结肠癌HCT116细胞,分别加入二甲双胍(20,40,80 μmol/L)处理HCT116细胞48 h,另设对照组。MTT法检测各组细胞增殖能力。Transwell实验检测各组细胞侵袭能力的变化。Annexin-FITC/PI 双染法分别检测各组处理48 h后细胞凋亡情况。免疫印迹法检测48 h后PI3K/Akt/mTOR通路蛋白表达水平。结果：相比于对照组,二甲双胍20,40,80 μmol/L各处理组对HCT116细胞的增殖具有明显的抑制作用,且呈浓度依赖效应,差异具有统计学意义(P＜0.05)。与对照组比较,二甲双胍20,40,80 μmol/L各处理组细胞凋亡率明显较高,且呈浓度依赖效应,差异具有统计学意义(P＜0.05)。相比于对照组,二甲双胍20,40,80 μmol/L各处理组HCT116细胞侵袭能力明显减弱,且呈浓度依赖效应,差异具有统计学意义(P <0.05)。与对照组比较,二甲双胍20,40,80 μmol/L各处理组Bax蛋白表达水平明显升高,而Bcl-2、p-Akt及p-mTOR蛋白表达水平明显降低,且呈浓度依赖效应,差异具有统计学意义(P＜0.05)。结论：二甲双胍在体外可抑制人结肠癌HCT-116细胞的增殖,促进其凋亡,抑制其侵袭能力,其抗肿瘤机制可能与抑制PI3K/Akt/mTOR 信号通路激活相关。     

四神丸对脾肾阳虚型溃疡性结肠炎模型大鼠结肠组织PI3K/Akt/mTOR信号通路的免疫组化影响

目的 本研究拟通过观察四神丸对脾肾阳虚型溃疡性结肠炎(UC)模型大鼠结肠组织病理特征和PI3K/Akt/mTOR信号通路相关蛋白免疫组化表达水平的影响,探讨溃疡性结肠炎发生的可能机制.方法 120只SPF级Wistar大鼠(雌雄各半)随机分出20只作为空白组,其余100只作为造模组,造模采用DNBS/乙醇溶液灌肠+皮下...     

PI3K/Akt信号通路的调控与肿瘤血管生成

肿瘤对人类的生存危害极大,恶性肿瘤的治疗一直是世界性的难题。肿瘤血管生成是肿瘤赖以生长、转移的基础,受多种因子的调节。目前发现有多条信号网络参与调控肿瘤血管生成,PI3K/Akt是其中比较重要的一条信号传导途径,该通路与肿瘤的发生发展密切相关。本文介绍了PI3K/Akt信号通路的结构组成与活性调控,并重点阐述PI3K/Akt信号途径与肿瘤血管生成的关系。     

PI3K/AKT通路在动物葡萄糖代谢中的研究进展

葡萄糖代谢稳态对维持动物健康水平至关重要.磷脂酰肌醇3-激酶(phosphoinositide 3-kinase,PI3K)是受体酪氨酸激酶(receptor tyrosine kinase,RTK)和G蛋白偶联受体(G protein-coupled receptor,GPCR)共同调控的下游效应因子.它能够磷酸化磷...     

PI3K/AKT通路在红细胞生成素肾保护中的作用

红细胞生成素作为临床上最常用的纠正贫血的药物,近年随着研究的不断深入,其非造血的组织器官保护作用逐渐被认识。PI3K/AKT通路作为介导红细胞生成素生物学作用的通路之一,在红细胞生成素对各种急慢性肾脏疾病的保护过程中占据重要地位。本文就PI3K/AKT通路在红细胞生成素肾保护中的作用方面的研究进展作一综述。     

大蒜素通过抑制PI3K/Akt通路保护结核分枝杆菌感染小鼠模型免疫功能的机制

探讨大蒜素（allicin,ALC）通过磷脂酰肌醇-3-激酶（PI3K）/蛋白激酶B（AKT）通路对结核分枝杆菌感染小鼠模型（PTB）的影响。

将54只SPF级小鼠随机分为对照组（CK组）、PTB组、低剂量ALC组（ALC-L组,2 mg/kg）、高剂量ALC组（ALC-H组,5 mg/kg）、阳性对照异烟肼组（INH组,5 mg/kg）和ALC-H+740 Y-P（PI3K激活剂）组（5 mg/kg+0.02 mg/kg）,每组9只。除CK组外,其他组小鼠均通过尾静脉注射0.25 mL标准人型结核分枝杆菌菌株H37Rv悬液构建PTB模型,建模成功24 h后,进行给药处理,1次/d,持续30 d。分别在给药第1、15、30天时记录各组小鼠的体质量;计数肺组织中结核分枝杆菌数量;采用HE染色检测小鼠肺组织病理变化;采用ELISA法检测小鼠肺组织中炎症因子肿瘤坏死因子-α（TNF-α）、白细胞介素-6（IL-6）及IL-10水平;采用流式细胞术检测小鼠外周血中T淋巴细胞亚群CD3⁺、CD4⁺、CD8⁺水平以及CD4⁺/CD8⁺比值;采用Western Blot检测p-PI3K、p-Akt及p-mTOR蛋白表达。

与CK组比较,PTB组小鼠体质量（给药第15、30天）减轻,结核分枝杆菌数量增多,肺组织病理损伤严重,TNF-α、IL-6、CD8⁺水平以及p-PI3K、p-Akt、p-mTOR蛋白表达升高,IL-10、CD3⁺、CD4⁺水平以及CD4⁺/CD8⁺比值降低（均P＜0.05）;与PTB组比较,ALC-L组、ALC-H组和INH组小鼠对应变化趋势与上述相反（均P＜0.05）;740 Y-P减弱了高剂量ALC对PTB小鼠炎症反应的抑制作用以及免疫功能的改善作用。

ALC可能通过抑制PI3K/Akt通路保护结核分枝杆菌感染小鼠模型的免疫功能。

     

PI3K/AKT信号通路与心力衰竭

丝氨酸/苏氨酸激酶(serine/threonine kinase,AKT)是真核细胞中参与细胞信号转导的关键分子。目前已经证实PI3K(phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase,PI3K)/AKT信号通路在人类肿瘤、代谢紊乱、肾脏疾病以及精神障碍等疾病中发挥着重要的作用。近年来的研究还发现PI3K/AKT信号通路的激活会对心肌细胞的生长、代谢以及凋亡等活动产生影响,且该通路及其中的很多受体、激酶被证实与心力衰竭关系密切,这使该信号通路在心力衰竭的发病机制、诊断及治疗等方面的研究日益受到重视。总结PI3K/AKT的结构特点、相关信号转导机制及其与心力衰竭的关系将有利于更好地理解心力衰竭的发病机制。     

硫辛酸通过激活PI3K/Akt通路保护帕金森小鼠神经元的作用研究

目的:明确硫辛酸(lipoic acid,LA)是否通过活化脂酰肌醇3-激酶/蛋白激酶B(Phosphoinositide 3-kinases/Protein kinase B,PI3K/Akt)通路保护小鼠帕金森(Parkinson's disease,PD)神经元损伤。方法:将130只健康C57BL雄性小鼠随机分为PD模型组(A组)、PD模型自然恢复组(B组)、硫辛酸干预组(C组)、硫辛酸加阻滞剂干预组(D组),对照组(E组)。采用免疫组化方法检测黑质内酪氨酸羟化酶(Tyrosine hydroxylase,TH)阳性细胞数,Western Blot方法检测中脑TH、总Akt和p-Akt蛋白表达,相应试剂盒检测中脑内GSH(Glutathione)和MDA(Malondialdehyde)的含量。结果:(1)与E组比较,A组TH阳性细胞数显著减少(P0.01),B组、D组明显减少(P0.05),C组无明显统计学意义(P0.05)。(2)与E组比较,A组、B组TH蛋白表达显著减少(P0.01),C组、D组TH表达明显减少(P0.05);分别与A组、B组比较,C组TH表达显著增多(P0.01),D组无明显统计学意义(P0.05)。(3)与E组比较,A组、B组、D组中脑内p-AKT表达显著减少(P0.01),C组差异无明显统计学意义(P0.05);分别与A组、B组比较,C组pAkt表达显著增多(P0.01),D差异无明显统计学意义(P0.05)。(4)与E组比较,C组中脑GSH水平明显增加(P0.05),A组、B组明显减少(P0.05),D组差异无统计学意义(P0.05;与E组比较,A组、B组MDA表达显著增加(P0.01),C组、D组差异无统计学意义(P0.05)。结论:硫辛酸可能通过激活PI3K/Akt通路,减轻氧化应激损伤,进而发挥其保护神经元的作用。     

mTOR信号通路与肾上腺肿瘤发生发展的关系进展

哺乳动物雷帕霉素靶蛋白(mammalian target of rapamycin,m TOR)是一种丝/苏氨酸蛋白激酶,是细胞内调控生长、增殖的中心信号分子,与肿瘤发生、发展关系密切.近年发现,m TOR信号通路在肾上腺肿瘤的发生发展中扮演重要角色.许多研究证实,PI3K/Akt/m TOR信号通路的关键蛋白Akt、m TOR、S6K1、4EB-P1的磷酸化水平在肾上腺皮质癌(adrenocortical carcinoma,ACC)和嗜铬细胞瘤(pheochromocytomas,PCC)中均明显高于正常肾上腺组织,且可能与肾上腺肿瘤的恶性转化相关.胰岛素样生长因子2基因的杂合性缺失、PTEN的生殖系突变、微小RNA表达异常均可激活PI3K/Akt/m TOR信号通路,使得血管内皮生长因子、细胞周期蛋白等分子过表达,从而产生抑凋亡、促增殖、促血管形成等效应,使组织呈现出肿瘤特征,并促进肿瘤的侵袭和转移.目前,细胞和动物模型研究已证实m TOR抑制剂对ACC与PCC有良好的疗效,且联合其他抗癌药物治疗效果更佳,这给肾上腺肿瘤患者的治疗带来了新的希望.本文总结了近年来m TOR信号通路与肾上腺肿瘤发生、发展的关系进展,希望为肾上腺肿瘤的机制研究及临床治疗提供实验室依据.     

mTOR信号通路与调节

哺乳动物雷帕霉素靶蛋白mTOR是一种非典型丝氨酸／苏氨酸蛋白激酶,可整合细胞外信号,磷酸化下游靶蛋白核糖体p70S6激酶,如S6K1及4E—BP1,影响转录与翻译,从而参与调控细胞生长、增殖等过程。近年来研究发现,调控mTOR通路可以干预某些疾病的病理过程。mTOR研究的新发现,可望为今后相关疾病的治疗提供新的靶点。     

The Therapeutic Potential of PI3K/Akt/mTOR Inhibitors in Breast Cancer: Rational and Progress

Breast cancer (BC) is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women. The PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway is among the most frequently dysregulated pathways in patients with BC. The activation of this pathway is associated with increased cell growth and clinical outcome, and its overexpression is associated with a poor prognosis. It has been proposed that it may be of importance as a potential therapeutic target in the treatment of BC. The aim of current review is to provide an overview of the potential utility of PI3K/Akt/mTOR inhibitors in patients with BC, with particular emphasis on recent preclinical and clinical studies. J. Cell. Biochem. 119: 213–222, 2018. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Virtual screening of naphthoquinone analogs for potent inhibitors against the cancer-signaling PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway

The PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway is one of the most commonly disrupted signaling pathways that plays a role in the development and pathogenicity of multiple cancers. Therefore, the critical proteins of this pathway have been targeted for anticancer therapy. The scientific community has increasingly been realizing the anti-cancer therapeutic potential of naphthoquinone analogs. These compounds constitute a major class of diverse sets of plant metabolites, which include various natural products and synthetic compounds with proven anticancer activity. The current study involved structural computational biology approaches to explore compounds from a diverse pool of naphthoquinone analogs that can inhibit key cancer-signaling proteins phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K), protein kinase B, PKB (AKT), and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR). The novel compound identified commonly among the top 10 dock score lists of PI3K, AKT, and mTOR was selected for further study and proposed as a potential inhibitor of the 3 cancer-signaling proteins and an anticancer agent. Further, to check the docking accuracy and potential of the compound, post docking analyses, namely, binding comparison with the native ligand, the role of the interacting residue role in binding, predicted binding energy and dissociation constant calculations, etc., were performed. All these measures showed good-quality binding, and thus provide weight to our prediction of the novel compound as a pan PI3K/AKT/mTOR inhibitor and an anticancer agent. Finally, to compare the binding and similarity in the active sites of the 3 protein kinases, a ligand-based active site alignment was performed and analyzed. Thus, the study proposed a novel naphthoquinone analog as a potential anticancer drug, and provided comparative structural insight into its binding to the 3 protein kinases.     

PI3K/AKT/mTOR信号通路及其在卵巢癌治疗中的应用

卵巢癌是女性生殖系统常见的恶性肿瘤,发病率居于妇科恶性肿瘤第三位,死亡率居于妇科恶性肿瘤之首。目前对卵巢癌的标准治疗包括肿瘤细胞减灭术及卡铂和紫杉醇的联合化疗。PI3K/AKT/mTOR信号通路在卵巢癌的细胞增殖、侵袭、细胞周期进展、血管生成及耐药中发挥重要作用,是卵巢癌中最常发生改变的细胞内途径。本文对PI3K/AKT/mTOR信号通路及其在卵巢癌增殖和进展中的影响、PI3K/AKT/mTOR信号通路抑制剂在卵巢癌中的治疗应用做简要综述。     

Melatonin protects against methotrexate hepatotoxicity in young rats: Impact of PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling

With the improvement in children's acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) care, the survival rate in children ALL has improved much. Methotrexate (MTX) plays an essential role in the success of children's ALL treatment. Since hepatotoxicity is commonly reported in individuals treated with intravenous or oral MTX, our study further examined the hepatic effect following intrathecal MTX treatment, which is an essential treatment for leukemia patients. Specifically, we examined the pathogenesis of MTX hepatotoxicity in young rats and explored the impact of melatonin treatment in protection against MTX hepatotoxicity. Successfully, we found that melatonin was able to protect against MTX hepatotoxicity.     

Duvelisib attenuates bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis via inhibiting the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signalling pathway

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic progressive interstitial lung disease that seriously threatens the health of patients. The pathogenesis of IPF is still unclear, and there is a lack of effective therapeutic drugs. Myofibroblasts are the main effector cells of IPF, leading to excessive deposition of extracellular matrix (ECM) and promoting the progression of fibrosis. Inhibiting the excessive activation and relieving autophagy blockage of myofibroblasts is the key to treat IPF. PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway plays a key regulatory role in promoting fibroblast activation and autophagy inhibition in lung fibrosis. Duvelisib is a PI3K inhibitor that can simultaneously inhibit the activities of PI3K-δ and PI3K-γ, and is mainly used for the treatment of relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) and small lymphocytic lymphoma tumour (SLL). In this study, we aimed to examine the effects of Duvelisib on pulmonary fibrosis. We used a mouse model of bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis to evaluate the effects of Duvelisib on pulmonary fibrosis in vivo and further explored the potential pharmacological mechanisms of Duvelisib in lung fibroblasts in vitro. The in vivo experiments showed that Duvelisib significantly alleviated bleomycin-induced collagen deposition and improved pulmonary function. In vitro and in vivo pharmacological experiments showed that Duvelisib dose-dependently suppressed lung fibroblast activation and improved autophagy inhibition by inhibiting the phosphorylation of PI3K, Akt and mTOR. Our results indicate that Duvelisib can alleviate the severity of pulmonary fibrosis and provide potential drugs for the treatment of pulmonary fibrosis.     

RhoGDI2与PI3K/Akt/mTOR信号通路在肺癌细胞中的相关性研究

目的探讨肿瘤转移相关因子RhoGDI2与PI3K/Akt/mTOR信号通路在肺癌侵袭转移过程中的作用及相关机制。方法利用PI3K/Akt/mTOR信号通路上特异性的抑制剂,采用MTT法,伤口愈合实验及侵袭实验观察不同浓度药物对肺癌95D细胞生长侵袭转移能力的影响,通过Western Blot方法观察RhoGDI2蛋白水平的变化。结果PI3K抑制剂LY294002及mTOR抑制剂Rapamycin都能抑制肺癌细胞95D的侵袭转移能力,联合应用抑制作用更强。PI3K抑制剂LY294002处理组RhoGDI2蛋白的表达量增加,且随浓度增加RhoGDI2蛋白表达也增加。mTOR抑制剂Rapamycin组,在低浓度时增加RhoGDI2蛋白的表达,但增大Rapamycin的浓度,RhoGDI2蛋白的表达反而降低。低浓度LY294002组和Rapa-mycin组联合应用可以明显增加RhoGDI2蛋白的表达。结论PI3K/Akt/mTOR信号通路中Akt的活化与RhoGDI2密切相关,RhoGDI2可能直接或间接通过与Akt的相互作用参与调节肺癌的侵袭转移的过程。