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ArticleScientific reports2017

Combination of RAD001 (everolimus) and docetaxel reduces prostate and breast cancer cell VEGF production and tumour vascularisation independently of sphingosine-kinase-1.

Heba Alshaker, Qi Wang, Torsten Böhler, Robert Mills, Mathias Winkler, Tawfiq Arafat, Yoshiaki Kawano, Dmitri Pchejetski

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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21citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Heba AlshakerSchool of Medicine, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. halshaker@uop.edu.jo.
Qi WangSchool of Medicine, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
Torsten BöhlerDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Robert MillsNorfolk & Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich, UK.
Mathias WinklerDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Tawfiq ArafatFaculty of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of Petra, Amman, Jordan.
Yoshiaki KawanoDepartment of Urology, University of Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan.
Dmitri PchejetskiSchool of Medicine, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. d.pshezhetskiy@uea.ac.uk.
University of East Anglia · GBImperial College London · GBNorfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · GBPetra University · JO

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Resistance to docetaxel is a key problem in current prostate and breast cancer management. We have recently discovered a new molecular mechanism of prostate cancer docetaxel chemoresistance mediated by the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)/sphingosine-kinase-1 (SK1) pathway. Here we investigated the influence of this pathway on vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) production and tumour vascularisation in hormone resistant prostate and breast cancer models. Immunofluorescent staining of tumour sections from human oestrogen receptor (ER)-negative breast cancer patients showed a strong correlation between phosphorylated P70S6 kinase (mTOR downstream target), VEGF and SK1 protein expression. In hormone-insensitive prostate (PC3) and breast (MDA-MB-231 and BT-549) cancer cell lines the mTOR inhibitor RAD001 (everolimus) has significantly inhibited SK1 and VEGF expression, while low dose (5 nM) docetaxel had no significant effect. In these cell lines, SK1 overexpression slightly increased the basal levels of VEGF, but did not block the inhibitory effect of RAD001 on VEGF. In a human prostate xenograft model established in nude mice, RAD001 alone or in combination with docetaxel has suppressed tumour growth, VEGF expression and decreased tumour vasculature. Overall, our data demonstrate a new mechanism of an independent regulation of SK1 and VEGF by mTOR in hormone-insensitive prostate and breast cancers.

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AnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsBreast NeoplasmsDocetaxelEverolimusFemaleHumansMaleMechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1Mice, Inbred BALB CMice, NudePC-3 CellsPhosphorylationPhosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)Prostatic NeoplasmsSphingosine KinaseAntineoplastic AgentsDocetaxelEverolimusMechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)Sphingosine KinaseVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AVEGFA protein, human

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PMID28615679
PMCPMC5471177
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