| Literature DB >> 25282334 |
Vijay Ramakrishnan1, Teresa Kimlinger1, Michael Timm1, Jessica Haug1, S Vincent Rajkumar1, Shaji Kumar2.
Abstract
We examined the pre-clinical activity of pan-histone deacetylase inhibitor LBH589 in combination with mTORC1 inhibitor RAD001 and observed that the drug combination strongly synergized in inducing cytotoxicity in multiple myeloma (MM) cells. LBH589 caused an increase in acetylated histones and RAD001 inhibited mTORC1 activity. RAD001 caused potent G0/G1 arrest while LBH589 induced pronounced apoptosis, both of which were enhanced when the drugs were used in combination. LBH589/RAD001 combination led to down regulation of pStat3, cyclins, CDKs and XIAP and up regulation of pro-apoptotic Bcl-2 family proteins. A clinical trial is underway using LBH589/RAD001 combination in relapsed MM patients.Entities:
Keywords: Apoptosis; Histone deacetylase inhibitor; Multiple myeloma; Proliferation; mTOR inhibitor
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25282334 PMCID: PMC5645028 DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2014.09.004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Leuk Res ISSN: 0145-2126 Impact factor: 3.156