Endocrine Abstracts

NVP-BEZ235 is an orally available ATP competitive inhibitor of class I PI3K and mTOR. As such it suppresses Akt phosphorylation downstreams to PI3K and to mTOR complex 2 in addition to p70/S6K1 phosphorylation downstreams to mTOR complex 1 and displays potent antiproliferative activity in tumors with dysregulated the PI3K/Akt pathway. Administration of NVP-BEZ235 in human nonfunctioning pituitary tumors in primary cell culture suppressed cell viability by more than 50% in 37 o...

IGF-I receptors (IGF-IR) and their aberrant signaling cascade contribute to the pathogenesis of several solid cancers. Pituitary adenomas express IGF-IR and present with overactivation of the IGF-IR pathway. The aim of the study was to identify the potential antiproliferative action of the small molecule IGF-IR inhibitor NVP-TAE226 on acromegalic (n=11) and nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas (NFPA; n=15) in primary cell culture. Changes in cell viability were dete...