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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2014

The role of PI3K/AKT-related PIP5K1α and the discovery of its selective inhibitor for treatment of advanced prostate cancer.

Julius Semenas, Andreas Hedblom, Regina R Miftakhova, Martuza Sarwar, Rikard Larsson, Liliya Shcherbina, Martin E Johansson, Pirkko Härkönen, Olov Sterner, Jenny L Persson

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 83 papers.

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83 citing papers in PubMed, 116 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Julius SemenasDivision of Experimental Cancer Research, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Research Center.
Andreas HedblomDivision of Experimental Cancer Research, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Research Center.
Regina R MiftakhovaDivision of Experimental Cancer Research, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Research Center.
Martuza SarwarDivision of Experimental Cancer Research, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Research Center.
Rikard LarssonCenter for Analysis and Synthesis, Lund University, 22100, Lund, Sweden; and.
Liliya ShcherbinaDivision of Experimental Cancer Research, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Research Center, Division of Neuroendocrine Cell Biology, Department of Clinical Science, Clinical Research Center, and.
Martin E JohanssonDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, 20502, Malmö, Sweden;
Pirkko HärkönenInstitute of Biomedicine, Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland.
Olov SternerCenter for Analysis and Synthesis, Lund University, 22100, Lund, Sweden; and.
Jenny L PerssonDivision of Experimental Cancer Research, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Research Center, jenny_l.persson@med.lu.se.
Cancer Research Center · USLund University · SEUniversity of Turku · FI

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds are an important class of molecules that are commonly used for the synthesis of candidate drugs. Phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 5-kinase-α (PIP5Kα) is a lipid kinase, similar to PI3K. However, the role of PIP5K1α in oncogenic processes and the development of inhibitors that selectively target PIP5K1α have not been reported. In the present study we report that overexpression of PIP5K1α is associated with poor prognosis in prostate cancer and correlates with an elevated level of the androgen receptor. Overexpression of PIP5K1α in PNT1A nonmalignant cells results in an increased AKT activity and an increased survival, as well as invasive malignant phenotype, whereas siRNA-mediated knockdown of PIP5K1α in aggressive PC-3 cells leads to a reduced AKT activity and an inhibition in tumor growth in xenograft mice. We further report a previously unidentified role for PIP5K1α as a druggable target for our newly developed compound ISA-2011B using a high-throughput KINOMEscan platform. ISA-2011B was discovered during our synthetic studies of C-1 indol-3-yl substituted 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolines via a Pictet-Spengler approach. ISA-2011B significantly inhibits growth of tumor cells in xenograft mice, and we show that this is mediated by targeting PIP5K1α-associated PI3K/AKT and the downstream survival, proliferation, and invasion pathways. Further, siRNA-mediated knockdown of PIP5K1α exerts similar effects on PC3 cells as ISA-2011B treatment, significantly inhibiting AKT activity, increasing apoptosis and reducing invasion. Thus, PIP5K1α has high potential as a drug target, and compound ISA-2011B is interesting for further development of targeted cancer therapy.

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AnimalsApoptosisCell ProliferationCell SurvivalDiketopiperazinesDisease Models, AnimalDrug DiscoveryHumansIndolesIsoquinolinesMaleMiceNeoplasm InvasivenessPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesPhosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)Prostatic Neoplasms1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline1-phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 5-kinaseAKT1 protein, humanDiketopiperazinesIndolesISA-2011BIsoquinolinesPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesPhosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktTetrahydroisoquinolinescancer metastasisdrug discoverykinase inhibitortargeted therapy

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PMID25071204
PMCPMC4156761
OpenAlexW2014454127

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