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Table 2 Summary of mTOR inhibitors in combination with other antitumor drugs

From: mTOR signaling pathway and mTOR inhibitors in cancer: progress and challenges

mTOR inhibitors

Combined drug

Applied tumor

The effect

References

Everolimus

VEGF inhibitor lenvatinib

RCC

Progression-free survival is significantly extended compared to using them separately

Motzer et al. [75]

PF-384

MEK inhibitor PD-901

HNSCC

They inhibit the production of IL-8 and VEGF and the activation of NF-κB and AP-1

Mohan et al. [76]

AZD8055

HSP90 inhibitor AUY922

Breast cancer

AZD8055 inhibits the upregulation of HSP70 and HSP27 induced by AUY922, while AUY922 blocks the activation of PI3K/Akt induced by AZD805

Chen et al. [78]

Rapamycin

AR inhibitor enzalutamide

HCC

Rapamycin inhibits the AKT/mTOR signaling pathway activated by enzalutamide, while enzalutamide inhibits the up-regulation of AR expression caused by rapamycin

Zhang et al. [77]

Everolimus

Carboplatin and paclitaxel

LCNEC

They improve the overall response rate and disease control rate

Christopoulos et al. [79]

AZD2014

Wee1 inhibitor AZD1775

NSCLC

AZD2014 enhances the effect of AZD1775 by reducing cyclin D1 to enhance DNA damage

Hai et al. [80]

  1. AP-1 activator protein 1, AR androgen receptor, HCC hepatic cell carcinoma, HNSCC head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, HSP90 heat shock protein 90, IL-8 interleukin-8, LCNEC large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma, MEK MAPK/ERK kinase, NSCLC non-small cell lung cancer, RCC renal cell carcinoma, VEGF vascular growth factor