A Novel Dual PI3K/mTOR Inhibitor, XIN-10, for the Treatment of Cancer

An imbalance in PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway signaling in humans often leads to cancer. Therefore, the investigation of anti-cancer medications that inhibit PI3K and mTOR has emerged as a significant area of research. The aim of this study was to explore the effect of XIN-10, a dual PI3K/mTOR inhibitor, on...

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Published in:	International journal of molecular sciences 2023-10, Vol.24 (19), p.14821
Main Authors:	Luo, Leixuan, Sun, Xin, Yang, Yang, Xia, Lulu, Wang, Shiyu, Fu, Yuxing, Zhu, Yuxuan, Xu, Shan, Zhu, Wufu
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	antitumor activity Apoptosis Cancer cancer treatment Care and treatment Cell cycle Cell growth Cytotoxicity Drug dosages Drug therapy Experiments Flow cytometry Kinases PI3Kα/mTOR dual inhibitor
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Summary:	An imbalance in PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway signaling in humans often leads to cancer. Therefore, the investigation of anti-cancer medications that inhibit PI3K and mTOR has emerged as a significant area of research. The aim of this study was to explore the effect of XIN-10, a dual PI3K/mTOR inhibitor, on the growth as well as antiproliferation of tumor cells and to investigate the anti-tumor mechanism of XIN-10 by further exploration. We screened three cell lines for more in-depth exploration by MTT experiments. From the AO staining, cell cycle and apoptosis, we found that XIN-10 had a more obvious inhibitory effect on the MCF-7 breast cancer cell line and used this as a selection for more in-depth experiments. A series of in vitro and in vivo experiments showed that XIN-10 has superior antiproliferative activity compared with the positive drug GDC-0941. Meanwhile, through the results of protein blotting and PCR experiments, we concluded that XIN-10 can block the activation of the downstream pathway of mTOR by inhibiting the phosphorylation of AKT(S473) as well as having significant inhibitory effects on the gene exons of PI3K and mTOR. These results indicate that XIN-10 is a highly potent inhibitor with low toxicity and has a strong potential to be developed as a novel PI3Kα/mTOR dual inhibitor candidate for the treatment of positive breast cancer.
ISSN:	1422-0067 1661-6596 1422-0067