Treatment of HIV-1 infected macrophages with Miltefosine inhibits the recruitment of PH-AktGFP to the plasma membrane. Since Miltefosine inhibits Akt through mimicry of the PH domain, it is likely that Miltefosine binds to PIP3, blocking the recruitment of PH-Akt to the membrane. Miltefosine (HePC) inhibits protein kinase C (PKC) from NIH3T3 cells in cell-free extracts with a IC50 of about 7 μM. Inhibition is competitive with regard to phosphatidylserine with a Ki of 0.59 μM. Miltefosine is an alkylphospholipid that inhibit activation of Akt. Miltefosine is a direct inhibitor of Akt, and induces dose-dependent inhibition of primary effusion lymphoma (PEL) in culture and also inhibits the downstream targets of Akt, such as mTOR, leading to reduced phosphorylation and activation of S6K and S6. Importantly, Miltefosine also inhibits Akt targets that are not part of the mTOR pathway, eg, FOXO1, and are therefore expected to have a greater therapeutic impact than mTORC1 inhibitors alone.
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