Early and delayed intervention with Rapamycin prevents NNK-induced lung adenocarcinoma in A/J mice

  • Authors:
    • Jagan M.R. Patlolla
    • Levy Kopelovich
    • Li Qian
    • Yuting Zhang
    • Gaurav Kumar
    • Venkateshwar Madka
    • Altaf Mohammed
    • Laura Biddick
    • Michael Sadeghi
    • Stan Lightfoot
    • Chinthalapally V. Rao
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  • Published online on: September 16, 2015     https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2015.4277
  • Pages: 2925-2934
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Abstract

In tobacco-associated lung cancers, the protein kinase B/mammalian target of rapamycin (Akt/mTOR) pathway frequently is activated by nicotine and its metabolite 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK). The aim of the present study was to examine the effects of early or late intervention with rapamycin in NNK-induced lung adenoma and progression to adenocarcinoma in female A/J mice. At 7 weeks of age, 40 mice/each carcinogen group received one dose of 10 μmol NNK i.p. Three weeks later, the early intervention groups (25/group) were fed diets containing 0, 8 or 16 ppm rapamycin. The mice were sacrificed after 17 or 34 weeks of drug exposure and tumors were evaluated via histopathology. For late intervention (late adenoma and adenocarcinoma stage), groups of 15 mice were administered diets containing 8 or 16 ppm rapamycin starting 20 weeks after NNK treatment and continuing for 17 weeks before evaluation of tumor progression. Administration of 8 or 16 ppm rapamycin as an early or a late stage intervention significantly suppressed lung adenoma and adenocarcinoma formation (p<0.01-0.0001) after 17 or 34 weeks of exposure. The effect was more pronounced (>50‑60% tumor inihibition; p<0.0001) at the early intervention and the size of NNK-induced tumors decreased from >2.10 to <~0.75 mm3 (p=0.0056). Lung tumors harvested from mice exposed to rapamycin showed a significant decrease in p-mTOR, p-S6K1, PCNA and Bcl-xL as compared with controls in the early and late stage intervention studies. These observations suggest that rapamycin is highly effective even with administration after dysplastic adenoma or early adenocarcinoma stages and is useful for high-risk lung cancer patients.
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Patlolla JM, Kopelovich L, Qian L, Zhang Y, Kumar G, Madka V, Mohammed A, Biddick L, Sadeghi M, Lightfoot S, Lightfoot S, et al: Early and delayed intervention with Rapamycin prevents NNK-induced lung adenocarcinoma in A/J mice. Oncol Rep 34: 2925-2934, 2015
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Patlolla, J.M., Kopelovich, L., Qian, L., Zhang, Y., Kumar, G., Madka, V. ... Rao, C.V. (2015). Early and delayed intervention with Rapamycin prevents NNK-induced lung adenocarcinoma in A/J mice. Oncology Reports, 34, 2925-2934. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2015.4277
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Patlolla, J. M., Kopelovich, L., Qian, L., Zhang, Y., Kumar, G., Madka, V., Mohammed, A., Biddick, L., Sadeghi, M., Lightfoot, S., Rao, C. V."Early and delayed intervention with Rapamycin prevents NNK-induced lung adenocarcinoma in A/J mice". Oncology Reports 34.6 (2015): 2925-2934.
Chicago
Patlolla, J. M., Kopelovich, L., Qian, L., Zhang, Y., Kumar, G., Madka, V., Mohammed, A., Biddick, L., Sadeghi, M., Lightfoot, S., Rao, C. V."Early and delayed intervention with Rapamycin prevents NNK-induced lung adenocarcinoma in A/J mice". Oncology Reports 34, no. 6 (2015): 2925-2934. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2015.4277