Journal: Translational Oncology
Article Title: The highly selective and oral phosphoinositide 3-kinase delta (PI3K-δ) inhibitor roginolisib induces apoptosis in mesothelioma cells and increases immune effector cell composition
doi: 10.1016/j.tranon.2023.101857
Figure Lengend Snippet: Roginolisib impairs mesothelioma cell viability and induces apoptotic cell death. (A) MPM cell lines PXF698, PXF1118 and PXF1752 were exposed to the indicated concentrations of roginolisib. The viability of the cells was measured after 72 h of treatment by a MTT cytotoxicity assay. Data points, mean ± SD of independent triplicate experiments. Immunohistochemistry analysis of PI3K-δ protein expression in PXF698, PXF1118 and PXF1752 cells. Scale, 50 µm. (B) PXF698 cells were exposed to roginolisib (100 µM), paclitaxel (400 nM) or DMSO in the presence of the RealTime-Glo Annexin V Apoptosis and Necrosis Assay. Luminescence (phosphatidylsprrerine:annexin V binding – apoptosis; solid line) and fluorescence (loss of membrane integrity – necrosis; dashed line) were recorded for 40 h at the indicated time points. A clear temporal lag between phosphatidylserine exposure and lack of membrane integrity is indicative of apoptotic cell death leading to secondary necrosis. Data points, mean of duplicate samples, representative of independent duplicate experiments. (C) Caspase-3/7 activity after treatment of cells with 100 µM roginolisib or 0.1% DMSO for 24 h. Data points, mean ± SD of independent triplicate experiments. 2way ANOVA test (Dunnett‘s multiple comparison); ****, p<0.0001; ***, p=0.0002. (D) Apoptotic membrane blebbing after treatment of PXF698 cells with 100 µM roginolisib for 24 h, detected by phase-contrast microscopy. (E) PARP cleavage and levels of Mcl-1 and BIM in PXF698 and PXF1752 cells after 100 µM roginolisib treatment at 0, 4, 24 h. (F) Immunoblotting shows the levels of p-AKT (S473) and p-ERK1/2 (T202/204) in PXF1118 and PXF1752 cells after 100 µM roginolisib treatment at 0, 4, 24 h. Bar graphs represent semi-quantitative analysis of phospho-protein expression relative to total protein, normalized to protein levels at 0 h. (G) Schematic illustration of PI3K/AKT/mTOR and ERK signaling.
Article Snippet: MPM patient-derived xenograft (PDX) cell lines PXF698 and PXF1118 (both from epithelioid tumors) and PXF1752 (from sarcomatoid MPM) were from Charles River Germany GmbH (Freiburg, Germany) and cultured in RPMI medium supplemented with 10% Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) (Biochrom AG, Berlin, Germany).
Techniques: Cytotoxicity Assay, Immunohistochemistry, Expressing, Binding Assay, Fluorescence, Membrane, Activity Assay, Comparison, Microscopy, Western Blot