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ArticleDrug design, development and therapy2019

Mifepristone inhibits IGF-1 signaling pathway in the treatment of uterine leiomyomas.

Qi Shen, Shuangwei Zou, Bo Sheng, Menghuang Zhao, Lu-Zhe Sun, Xueqiong Zhu

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Article in Drug design, development and therapy, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Qi ShenDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, People's Republic of China.
Shuangwei ZouDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, People's Republic of China.
Bo ShengDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, People's Republic of China.
Menghuang ZhaoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, People's Republic of China.
Lu-Zhe SunDepartment of Cell Systems and Anatomy, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7117-4559
Xueqiong ZhuDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-8389-928X
Wenzhou Medical University · CNThe University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · US

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Abstract

purposeTo investigate the role of IGF-1 signaling pathway in the treatment of uterine leiomyomas with mifepristone. PATIENTS AND

methodsFrom October 2015 to December 2018, 50 patients with uterine leiomyoma were included in this study. Overexpression or siRNA of IGF-1 in primary human uterine leiomyoma cells were treated with or without mifepristone. MTT was used to evaluate cell viability in assays of cell proliferation and cytotoxicity. IGF-1 expression in the cells was measured with real-time RT-PCR and Western blotting and manipulated with lentivirus ectopic overexpression or siRNA silencing.

resultsInhibition of cell viability by mifepristone was found dependent on drug concentration and treatment time. IGF-1 and phosphorylation-ERK1/2 expression were decreased, while phosphorylation-AKT expression was increased after mifepristone treatment. IGF-1 significantly promoted cell growth, while IGF-1 knockdown and mifepristone showed synergistic inhibition effects on cell growth. The overexpression of IGF-1 reversed the inhibition of cell growth and ERK1/2 phosphorylation but showed no effect on AKT phosphorylation.

conclusionOur study for the first time demonstrated that IGF-1 signaling via ERK1/2 appears to be an important target of mifepristone in the treatment of uterine leiomyomas, which may provide a new approach to avoid leiomyoma re-growth after cessation of mifepristone.

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AdultAntineoplastic AgentsCell ProliferationCell SurvivalDrug Screening Assays, AntitumorFemaleHumansInsulin-Like Growth Factor ILeiomyomaMifepristoneSignal TransductionTumor Cells, CulturedUterine NeoplasmsAntineoplastic AgentsIGF1 protein, humanInsulin-Like Growth Factor IMifepristoneIGF-1mifepristonesignal pathwayuterine leiomyomas

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