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Targeting the PI3K/Akt pathway in murine MDS/MPN driven by hyperactive Ras.


ABSTRACT: Chronic and juvenile myelomonocytic leukemias (CMML and JMML) are myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasia (MDS/MPN) overlap syndromes that respond poorly to conventional treatments. Aberrant Ras activation because of NRAS, KRAS, PTPN11, CBL and NF1 mutations is common in CMML and JMML. However, no mechanism-based treatments currently exist for cancers with any of these mutations. An alternative therapeutic strategy involves targeting Ras-regulated effector pathways that are aberrantly activated in CMML and JMML, which include the Raf/MEK/ERK and phosphoinositide-3'-OH kinase (PI3K)/Akt cascades. Mx1-Cre, Kras(D12) and Mx1-Cre, Nf1(flox/)(-) mice accurately model many aspects of CMML and JMML. Treating Mx1-Cre, Kras(D12) mice with GDC-0941 (also referred to as pictilisib), an orally bioavailable inhibitor of class I PI3K isoforms, reduced leukocytosis, anemia and splenomegaly while extending survival. However, GDC-0941 treatment attenuated activation of both PI3K/Akt and Raf/MEK/ERK pathways in primary hematopoietic cells, suggesting it could be acting through suppression of Raf/MEK/ERK signals. To interrogate the importance of the PI3K/Akt pathway specifically, we treated mice with the allosteric Akt inhibitor MK-2206. This compound had no effect on Raf/MEK/ERK signaling, yet it also induced robust hematologic responses in Kras and Nf1 mice with MPN. These data support investigating PI3K/Akt pathway inhibitors as a therapeutic strategy in JMML and CMML patients.

SUBMITTER: Akutagawa J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4889473 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Targeting the PI3K/Akt pathway in murine MDS/MPN driven by hyperactive Ras.

Akutagawa J J   Huang T Q TQ   Epstein I I   Chang T T   Quirindongo-Crespo M M   Cottonham C L CL   Dail M M   Slusher B S BS   Friedman L S LS   Sampath D D   Braun B S BS  

Leukemia 20160212 6


Chronic and juvenile myelomonocytic leukemias (CMML and JMML) are myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasia (MDS/MPN) overlap syndromes that respond poorly to conventional treatments. Aberrant Ras activation because of NRAS, KRAS, PTPN11, CBL and NF1 mutations is common in CMML and JMML. However, no mechanism-based treatments currently exist for cancers with any of these mutations. An alternative therapeutic strategy involves targeting Ras-regulated effector pathways that are aberrantly activ  ...[more]

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