Growth factor receptors signaling in glioblastoma cells: therapeutic implications.

Abstract

In this study, we investigated the protein expression of platelet-derived growth factor receptor (PDGFR), insulin like growth factor-1 receptor (IGF-1R), phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3-K) and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK1/2) in five primary glioblastoma (GB), with a view to their possible use as therapeutic targets. Our results demonstrated that appreciable levels of these proteins could be detected in the analysed GB cell lines, except for a low level of PDGFR and ERK1/2 expression in one GB cell line. The small molecule inhibitors towards IGF-1R, PDGFR, PI3-K and ERK1/2 respectively, have only modest or no anti-tumour activity on GB cells and therefore their combination with other therapy modalities was analysed. The interaction between small inhibitors and radiation was mostly additive or sub-additive; synergistic interaction was found in five of forty analysed combinations. Our results showed that GB cells are in general resistant to treatment and illustrate the difficulties in predicting the treatment response in malignant gliomas.

• Authors: Mia Carapancea, Oana Alexandru, Ani S Fetea, Laura Dragutescu, Juan Castro, Ada Georgescu, A Popa-Wagner, Magnus L Bäcklund, Rolf Lewensohn, Anica Dricu
• Journal: Journal of neuro-oncology (J Neurooncol) Vol. 92 Issue 2 Pg. 137-47 (Apr 2009) ISSN: 1573-7373 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 19043776 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Antineoplastic Agents
• Receptors, Growth Factor
• Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases
• Receptor, IGF Type 1
• Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor
• Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1
• Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3

Topics

• Antineoplastic Agents (pharmacology)
• Blotting, Western
• Brain Neoplasms (metabolism)
• Cell Line, Tumor
• Cell Proliferation (drug effects, radiation effects)
• Flow Cytometry
• Glioblastoma (metabolism)
• Humans
• Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 (drug effects, metabolism, radiation effects)
• Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3 (drug effects, metabolism, radiation effects)
• Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases (drug effects, metabolism, radiation effects)
• Receptor, IGF Type 1 (drug effects, metabolism, radiation effects)
• Receptors, Growth Factor (drug effects, metabolism, radiation effects)
• Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor (drug effects, metabolism, radiation effects)
• Signal Transduction (drug effects, physiology, radiation effects)