Mechanism of inhibiting the rad iosensitization of IGF-1R on laryngeal carcinoma Hep-2 cells
Objective:To explore the mechanism of tyrosine kinase inhibitor(TKI)Linsitinib enhance the radio-sensitivity in larngeal carcinoma cell line.Methods:We examined the effect of Linsitinib on cell proliferation by MTT test.Then,the activation of AKT and ERK1/2 which were downstream of IGF-1R,were detected after X-ray irradi-ation(IR)and Linsitinib addition by Western blot.The cell cycle was examined by flow cytometry.The expression of Bax,Bcl-xl protein was assayed by Western blot.The survival fraction of Hep-2 was measured by clonogenic assay.Finally,Western blot analysis was performed to detect the expression level of DNA damage-related protein γ-H2AX.Results:Linsitinib,significantly suppressed Hep-2 cell proliferation.X-ray radiation can activate IGF-1R/AKT and IGF-1R/ERK signaling pathways,but both IGF-1R/AKT and IGF-1R/ERK signaling pathways were suppressed by Linsitinib,but Linsitinib combined with IR further inhibited the activation of IGF-1R/AKT and IGF-1R/ERK signaling pathways.Linsitinib induced Hep-2 cell cycle arrest in G2/M phase.Linsitinib combined with IR can increase the expression level of pro-apoptotic protein Bax and decrease the expression level of anti-ap-optotic protein Bcl-xl.The results of cell cloning suggested that Linsitinib increased the radiosensitivity of IR cells.Western blot assay showed that Linsitinib increased the expression of γ-H2AX protein in X-ray irradiated cells.Conclusion:Linsitinib may increase the radiotherapy sensitivity of laryngeal cancer cells,and its mechanism may be related to inhibiting the activation of PI3K/AKT and Ras/MAPK cell proliferation signaling pathway,changing cell cycle,promoting cell apoptosis,and inducing genomic instability.