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Mol Cancer Ther ; 16(11): 2351-2363, 2017 11.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28939558

RESUMO

Aberrant activation of signaling through the RAS-RAF-MEK-ERK (MAPK) pathway is implicated in numerous cancers, making it an attractive therapeutic target. Although BRAF and MEK-targeted combination therapy has demonstrated significant benefit beyond single-agent options, the majority of patients develop resistance and disease progression after approximately 12 months. Reactivation of ERK signaling is a common driver of resistance in this setting. Here we report the discovery of BVD-523 (ulixertinib), a novel, reversible, ATP-competitive ERK1/2 inhibitor with high potency and ERK1/2 selectivity. In vitro BVD-523 treatment resulted in reduced proliferation and enhanced caspase activity in sensitive cells. Interestingly, BVD-523 inhibited phosphorylation of target substrates despite increased phosphorylation of ERK1/2. In in vivo xenograft studies, BVD-523 showed dose-dependent growth inhibition and tumor regression. BVD-523 yielded synergistic antiproliferative effects in a BRAFV600E-mutant melanoma cell line xenograft model when used in combination with BRAF inhibition. Antitumor activity was also demonstrated in in vitro and in vivo models of acquired resistance to single-agent and combination BRAF/MEK-targeted therapy. On the basis of these promising results, these studies demonstrate BVD-523 holds promise as a treatment for ERK-dependent cancers, including those whose tumors have acquired resistance to other treatments targeting upstream nodes of the MAPK pathway. Assessment of BVD-523 in clinical trials is underway (NCT01781429, NCT02296242, and NCT02608229). Mol Cancer Ther; 16(11); 2351-63. ©2017 AACR.


Assuntos
Aminopiridinas/administração & dosagem , Melanoma/tratamento farmacológico , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/administração & dosagem , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas B-raf/genética , Pirróis/administração & dosagem , Animais , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , Resistencia a Medicamentos Antineoplásicos/genética , Humanos , Sistema de Sinalização das MAP Quinases/efeitos dos fármacos , Melanoma/genética , Melanoma/patologia , Camundongos , Mutação , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas B-raf/antagonistas & inibidores , Ensaios Antitumorais Modelo de Xenoenxerto
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PLoS One ; 9(8): e101708, 2014.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25093583

RESUMO

Approved drugs target approximately 400 different mechanisms of action, of which as few as 60 are currently used as anti-cancer therapies. Given that on average it takes 10-15 years for a new cancer therapeutic to be approved, and the recent success of drug repurposing for agents such as thalidomide, we hypothesized that effective, safe cancer treatments may be found by testing approved drugs in new therapeutic settings. Here, we report in-vivo testing of a broad compound collection in cancer xenograft models. Using 182 compounds that target 125 unique target mechanisms, we identified 3 drugs that displayed reproducible activity in combination with the chemotherapeutic temozolomide. Candidate drugs appear effective at dose equivalents that exceed current prescription levels, suggesting that additional pre-clinical efforts will be needed before these drugs can be tested for efficacy in clinical trials. In total, we suggest drug repurposing is a relatively resource-intensive method that can identify approved medicines with a narrow margin of anti-cancer activity.


Assuntos
Antineoplásicos/isolamento & purificação , Antineoplásicos/uso terapêutico , Aprovação de Drogas , Reposicionamento de Medicamentos/métodos , Neoplasias/tratamento farmacológico , Ensaios Antitumorais Modelo de Xenoenxerto , Animais , Benzimidazóis/uso terapêutico , Compostos de Bifenilo , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Dacarbazina/análogos & derivados , Dacarbazina/uso terapêutico , Ácido Etidrônico/análogos & derivados , Ácido Etidrônico/uso terapêutico , Feminino , Ensaios de Triagem em Larga Escala/métodos , Humanos , Masculino , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Nus , Camundongos Transgênicos , Ácido Risedrônico , Temozolomida , Tetrazóis/uso terapêutico
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Sci Transl Med ; 6(249): 249ra111, 2014 Aug 13.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25122639

RESUMO

Species of Clostridium bacteria are notable for their ability to lyse tumor cells growing in hypoxic environments. We show that an attenuated strain of Clostridium novyi (C. novyi-NT) induces a microscopically precise, tumor-localized response in a rat orthotopic brain tumor model after intratumoral injection. It is well known, however, that experimental models often do not reliably predict the responses of human patients to therapeutic agents. We therefore used naturally occurring canine tumors as a translational bridge to human trials. Canine tumors are more like those of humans because they occur in animals with heterogeneous genetic backgrounds, are of host origin, and are due to spontaneous rather than engineered mutations. We found that intratumoral injection of C. novyi-NT spores was well tolerated in companion dogs bearing spontaneous solid tumors, with the most common toxicities being the expected symptoms associated with bacterial infections. Objective responses were observed in 6 of 16 dogs (37.5%), with three complete and three partial responses. On the basis of these encouraging results, we treated a human patient who had an advanced leiomyosarcoma with an intratumoral injection of C. novyi-NT spores. This treatment reduced the tumor within and surrounding the bone. Together, these results show that C. novyi-NT can precisely eradicate neoplastic tissues and suggest that further clinical trials of this agent in selected patients are warranted.


Assuntos
Clostridium/fisiologia , Injeções Intralesionais , Neoplasias/microbiologia , Neoplasias/terapia , Animais , Cães , Feminino , Humanos , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Necrose , Neoplasias/diagnóstico por imagem , Neoplasias/patologia , Ratos , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Sarcoma/diagnóstico por imagem , Sarcoma/patologia , Sarcoma/terapia , Esporos Bacterianos , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X , Resultado do Tratamento
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BMC Nephrol ; 14: 233, 2013 Oct 25.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24160989

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Given the large medical burden of polycystic kidney disease (PKD) and recent clinical trial failures, there is a need for novel, safe and effective treatments for the disorder. METHODS: In PCK rat and PKD2(ws25/w183) mouse models, entanercept was administered once every three days at 5 or 10 mg/kg, once daily. Mozavaptan was administered as a pilot control, provided continuously via milled chow at 0.1%. Animals were assessed for measures of pharmacodynamic response, and improvements in measures of polycystic kidney disease. RESULTS: Entanercept treatment modulated inflammatory markers, but provided limited therapeutic benefit in multiple animal models of established polycystic kidney disease. Kidney weight, cyst burden and renal function markers remained unchanged following administration of etanercept at various dose levels and multiple treatment durations. CONCLUSIONS: While it remains possible that TNF-α inhibition may be effective in truly preventative settings, our observations suggest this pathway is less likely to exhibit therapeutic or disease-modifying efficacy following the standard clinical diagnosis of disease.


Assuntos
Modelos Animais de Doenças , Imunoglobulina G/administração & dosagem , Doenças Renais Policísticas/tratamento farmacológico , Doenças Renais Policísticas/fisiopatologia , Receptores do Fator de Necrose Tumoral/administração & dosagem , Fator de Necrose Tumoral alfa/antagonistas & inibidores , Animais , Anti-Inflamatórios não Esteroides/administração & dosagem , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Etanercepte , Humanos , Testes de Função Renal , Doenças Renais Policísticas/diagnóstico , Ratos , Falha de Tratamento , Resultado do Tratamento
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Science ; 316(5829): 1331-6, 2007 Jun 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17463246

RESUMO

New strategies for prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes (T2D) require improved insight into disease etiology. We analyzed 386,731 common single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 1464 patients with T2D and 1467 matched controls, each characterized for measures of glucose metabolism, lipids, obesity, and blood pressure. With collaborators (FUSION and WTCCC/UKT2D), we identified and confirmed three loci associated with T2D-in a noncoding region near CDKN2A and CDKN2B, in an intron of IGF2BP2, and an intron of CDKAL1-and replicated associations near HHEX and in SLC30A8 found by a recent whole-genome association study. We identified and confirmed association of a SNP in an intron of glucokinase regulatory protein (GCKR) with serum triglycerides. The discovery of associated variants in unsuspected genes and outside coding regions illustrates the ability of genome-wide association studies to provide potentially important clues to the pathogenesis of common diseases.


Assuntos
Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/genética , Predisposição Genética para Doença , Genoma Humano , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único , Triglicerídeos/sangue , Proteínas Adaptadoras de Transdução de Sinal/genética , Idoso , Alelos , Glicemia/análise , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Mapeamento Cromossômico , Cromossomos Humanos Par 9/genética , Feminino , Marcadores Genéticos , Genótipo , Haplótipos , Humanos , Resistência à Insulina/genética , Proteínas de Ligação a Fator de Crescimento Semelhante a Insulina/genética , Íntrons , Masculino , Metanálise como Assunto , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Característica Quantitativa Herdável
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Nat Genet ; 37(1): 48-55, 2005 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15608639

RESUMO

Using advanced gene targeting methods, generating mouse models of cancer that accurately reproduce the genetic alterations present in human tumors is now relatively straightforward. The challenge is to determine to what extent such models faithfully mimic human disease with respect to the underlying molecular mechanisms that accompany tumor progression. Here we describe a method for comparing mouse models of cancer with human tumors using gene-expression profiling. We applied this method to the analysis of a model of Kras2-mediated lung cancer and found a good relationship to human lung adenocarcinoma, thereby validating the model. Furthermore, we found that whereas a gene-expression signature of KRAS2 activation was not identifiable when analyzing human tumors with known KRAS2 mutation status alone, integrating mouse and human data uncovered a gene-expression signature of KRAS2 mutation in human lung cancer. We confirmed the importance of this signature by gene-expression analysis of short hairpin RNA-mediated inhibition of oncogenic Kras2. These experiments identified both a pattern of gene expression indicative of KRAS2 mutation and potential effectors of oncogenic KRAS2 activity in human cancer. This approach provides a strategy for using genomic analysis of animal models to probe human disease.


Assuntos
Adenocarcinoma/metabolismo , Expressão Gênica/fisiologia , Neoplasias Pulmonares/metabolismo , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/genética , Proteínas ras/genética , Adenocarcinoma/etiologia , Animais , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica , Neoplasias Pulmonares/etiologia , Camundongos , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/metabolismo , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas p21(ras) , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Via Transcriptase Reversa , Especificidade da Espécie , Proteínas ras/metabolismo
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Mol Cell Biol ; 24(3): 1096-105, 2004 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-14729956

RESUMO

Genetic studies using a set of overlapping deletions centered at the piebald locus on distal mouse chromosome 14 have defined a genomic region associated with respiratory distress and lethality at birth. We have isolated and characterized the candidate gene Phr1 that is located within the respiratory distress critical genomic interval. Phr1 is the ortholog of the human Protein Associated with Myc as well as Drosophila highwire and Caenorhabditis elegans regulator of presynaptic morphology 1. Phr1 is expressed in the embryonic and postnatal nervous system. In mice lacking Phr1, the phrenic nerve failed to completely innervate the diaphragm. In addition, nerve terminal morphology was severely disrupted, comparable with the synaptic defects seen in the Drosophila hiw and C. elegans rpm-1 mutants. Although intercostal muscles were completely innervated, they also showed dysmorphic nerve terminals. In addition, sensory neuron terminals in the diaphragm were abnormal. The neuromuscular junctions showed excessive sprouting of nerve terminals, consistent with inadequate presynaptic stimulation of the muscle. On the basis of the abnormal neuronal morphology seen in mice, Drosophila, and C. elegans, we propose that Phr1 plays a conserved role in synaptic development and is a candidate gene for respiratory distress and ventilatory disorders that arise from defective neuronal control of breathing.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Membrana/genética , Insuficiência Respiratória/genética , Sinapses/genética , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Mapeamento Cromossômico , Sequência Conservada , Embrião de Mamíferos/metabolismo , Evolução Molecular , Imunofluorescência , Proteínas de Membrana/metabolismo , Camundongos , Sistema Nervoso/embriologia , Sistema Nervoso/metabolismo , Piebaldismo/genética , Insuficiência Respiratória/metabolismo , Deleção de Sequência , Sinapses/metabolismo
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Trends Cell Biol ; 13(8): 393-6, 2003 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12888289

RESUMO

Chromosomes are non-randomly positioned in the mammalian interphase nucleus. It is not known how patterns of chromosome positions are established or to what degree spatial arrangements of chromosomes change during the cell cycle, especially during mitosis. Two reports have applied in vivo microscopy to track chromosomes in space and time. The results highlight the inherently imperfect and probabilistic nature of chromosome positioning in the cell nucleus.


Assuntos
Ciclo Celular/fisiologia , Posicionamento Cromossômico/fisiologia , Espaço Intranuclear/fisiologia , Animais , Ciclo Celular/genética , Divisão Celular/genética , Centrômero/fisiologia , Cromatina/fisiologia , Recuperação de Fluorescência Após Fotodegradação , Humanos , Interfase/genética , Proteínas Luminescentes/análise , Microscopia de Fluorescência , Mitose/genética , Modelos Biológicos
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Nat Genet ; 34(3): 287-91, 2003 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12808455

RESUMO

Cancer cells frequently have disease-specific chromosome rearrangements. It is poorly understood why translocations between chromosomes recur at specific breakpoints in the genome. Here we provide evidence that higher-order spatial genome organization is a contributing factor in the formation of recurrent translocations. We show that MYC, BCL and immunoglobulin loci, which are recurrently translocated in various B-cell lymphomas, are preferentially positioned in close spatial proximity relative to each other in normal B cells. Loci in spatial proximity are non-randomly positioned towards the nuclear interior in normal B cells. This locus proximity is the consequence of higher-order genome structure rather than a property of individual genes. Our results suggest that the formation of specific translocations in human lymphomas, and perhaps other tissues, is determined in part by higher-order spatial organization of the genome.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/genética , Rearranjo Gênico de Cadeia Pesada de Linfócito B/genética , Genes myc/genética , Cadeias Pesadas de Imunoglobulinas/genética , Linfoma de Células B/genética , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/genética , Fatores de Transcrição/genética , Translocação Genética/genética , Humanos , Hibridização in Situ Fluorescente , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-bcl-6 , Receptores de Fatores de Crescimento Transformadores beta/genética
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Histochem Cell Biol ; 118(2): 105-16, 2002 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12189514

RESUMO

Post-genome era experimental strategies seek to understand cellular pathways globally rather than through examination of individual components. Genomics and proteomics provide the experimental tools to establish the framework of gene and protein pathways present in a cell. These methods are complemented by emerging in vivo microscopy approaches, which permit placement of pathways within the architectural context of the cell. Analysis of dynamic live cell microscopy data combined with computational analyses finally allows the quantitative, mechanistic description of protein properties and pathways operating in living cells. Here we discuss how genomics and proteomics are changing the study of the cell nucleus and how in vivo microscopy methods have contributed to our changing conceptual and mechanistic understanding of nuclear architecture and function. Mapping of gene loci and genome regions are beginning to reveal organizational principles of the genome within the cell nucleus, proteomic analysis of subnuclear compartments and the gene expression machinery is providing insights into the molecular nature of nuclear events, and in vivo microscopy is illuminating the dynamic nature of nuclear organization. Initial findings from these efforts make clear that nuclear and cellular behavior can not be described by linear pathways. New tools such as computational modeling are providing evidence that emerging concepts such as network organizations and stochastic interactions are crucially important for cellular function and organization. These insights are changing our view of the nucleus and the cell as a whole.


Assuntos
Núcleo Celular , Animais , Núcleo Celular/química , Núcleo Celular/genética , Núcleo Celular/ultraestrutura , Difusão , Genoma , Genômica/métodos , Humanos , Ligação Proteica , Proteoma/metabolismo , Proteômica/métodos
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Genomics ; 80(2): 172-84, 2002 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12160731

RESUMO

Several developmentally important genomic regions map within the piebald deletion complex on distal mouse chromosome 14. We have combined computational gene prediction and comparative sequence analysis to characterize an approximately 4.3-Mb segment of the piebald region to identify candidate genes for the phenotypes presented by homozygous deletion mice. As a result we have ordered 13 deletion breakpoints, integrated the sequence with markers from a bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) physical map, and identified 16 known or predicted genes and >1500 conserved sequence elements (CSEs) across the region. The candidate genes identified include Phr1 (formerly Pam) and Spry2, which are mouse homologs of genes required for development in Drosophila melanogaster. Gene content, order, and position are highly conserved between mouse chromosome 14 and the orthologous region of human chromosome 13. Our studies combining computational gene prediction with genetic and comparative genomic analyses provide insight regarding the functional composition and organization of this defined chromosomal region.


Assuntos
Mapeamento Cromossômico , Deleção de Genes , Piebaldismo/genética , Animais , Camundongos , Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso/genética , Receptor de Endotelina B , Receptores de Endotelina/genética , Análise de Sequência de DNA
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