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Table 2 Evolving compounds and reagents regulating or inhibiting mTOR signaling, and its associated components, in various cancers

From: Recent advances and limitations of mTOR inhibitors in the treatment of cancer

Tested compounds

Preclinical study/mechanisms

Refs.

RMC-4627

In vitro

models of B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

RMC-4627

BCR-ABL

↓4E-BP1 phosphorylation

↓ cancer cells progression

↓viability

↓ cancer cell survival

[55]

1,4-O-diferuloylsecoisolariciresinol

(IM-1)

In vitro

mice embryonic fibroblast cells

↑nuclear translocation

↑S6K kinase

↑4E-BP1

↑cytotoxicity

↑apoptosis

[116]

Pierreione B (IM-2)

DL001

In vitro

PC3 cells

MEFs mice embryonic fibroblasts

↓hyperactive mTORC1

In vivo

C57BL/6J mice

↓side effects of rapalogs

[85]

DHM25

In vitro

triple-negative breast cancer cells

↓Akt phosphorylation

[35]

3HOI-BA-01

In vitro

non-small cell lung cancer cells

↓mTOR kinase

In vivo

mice

↓tumor growth

[113]

PF-5212384

PD-901

In vitro

14 HNSCC cell lines

↑ cells in G0-/G1 phase

↓PI3K/mTOR

↓NF-κB, ↓AP-1, ↓IL8

↓cells proliferation, ↓apoptosis, ↓angiogenesis

[63]

P529

In vitro

GBM cells

↓AKT (Ser-473),↓NDRG1 (Thr-346) ↓PKCα (Ser-657)

↓cancer cells growth, ↓invasiveness

In vivo

Mice GBM xenograft

↓Tumor groth

[18]

JR-AB2-011 (Palomid 529)

In vitro

LLC-PK1, LLC-Mdr1a, LLC-MDR1

↓ cancer cells’ growth

In vivo

WT and KO mice with gliomas

↑ blood brain passage

[56]

W922

In vitro

HCT116, MCF-7, A549

↓cancer cells viability

In vivo

mice xenograft model

↑ cell cycle arrest in G0-G1 phase

↑ apoptosis

[111]