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Targeting survivin via PI3K but not c-akt/PKB by anticancer drugs in immature neutrophils

Oncogene volume 25, pages 6915–6923 (2006)Cite this article

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Myelosuppression is the most common unwanted side effect associated with the administration of anticancer drugs, and infections remain a common cause of death in chemotherapy-treated patients. Several mechanisms of the cytotoxicity of these drugs have been proposed and may synergistically operate in a given cell. Survivin expression has been associated with cancer, but recent reports suggest that this molecule is also expressed in several immature and mature hematopoietic cells. Here, we provide evidence that treatment of immature neutrophils with anticancer drugs reduced endogenous survivin levels causing apoptosis. The anticancer drugs did not directly target survivin, instead they blocked the activity of phosphatidylinositol-3-OH kinase, which regulated survivin expression and apoptosis in these cells. Strikingly, and in contrast to other cells, this pathway did not involve the serine/threonine kinase c-akt/PKB. Moreover, in combination with anticancer drug therapy, rapamycin did not induce increased myelosuppression in an experimental lymphoma mouse model. These data suggest that drugs that block either c-akt/PKB or signaling molecules located distal to c-akt/PKB may preferentially induce apoptosis of cancer cells as they exhibit no cytotoxicity for immature neutrophils.

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This work was supported by grants from the Swiss National Science Foundation (Grant No. 310000-107526), Bernische Krebsliga (Bern) and Stiftung zur Krebsbekämpfung (Zurich).

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  1. Department of Pharmacology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

    S Martinelli, G Kostylina, S Yousefi & H-U Simon

  2. Department of Pathology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

    V Niggli

  3. Institute of Medical Oncology, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

    C Baumann & M F Fey

  4. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, NY, USA

    H-G Wendel & S W Lowe

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Martinelli, S., Kostylina, G., Niggli, V. et al. Targeting survivin via PI3K but not c-akt/PKB by anticancer drugs in immature neutrophils. Oncogene 25, 6915–6923 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.onc.1209692

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