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An integrated in vitro and in vivo high-throughput screen identifies treatment leads for ependymoma.

ABSTRACT: Using a mouse model of ependymoma-a chemoresistant brain tumor-we combined multicell high-throughput screening (HTS), kinome-wide binding assays, and in vivo efficacy studies, to identify potential treatments with predicted toxicity against neural stem cells (NSC). We identified kinases within the insulin signaling pathway and centrosome cycle as regulators of ependymoma cell proliferation, and their corresponding inhibitors as potential therapies. FDA approved drugs not currently used to treat ependymoma were also identified that posses selective toxicity against ependymoma cells relative to normal NSCs both in vitro and in vivo, e.g., 5-fluorouracil. Our comprehensive approach advances understanding of the biology and treatment of ependymoma including the discovery of several treatment leads for immediate clinical translation.

SUBMITTER: Atkinson JM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3172881 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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An integrated in vitro and in vivo high-throughput screen identifies treatment leads for ependymoma.

Atkinson Jennifer M JM Shelat Anang A AA Carcaboso Angel Montero AM Kranenburg Tanya A TA Arnold Leggy A LA Boulos Nidal N Wright Karen K Johnson Robert A RA Poppleton Helen H Mohankumar Kumarasamypet M KM Féau Clementine C Phoenix Timothy T Gibson Paul P Zhu Liqin L Tong Yiai Y Eden Chris C Ellison David W DW Priebe Waldemar W Koul Dimpy D Yung W K Alfred WK Gajjar Amar A Stewart Clinton F CF Guy R Kiplin RK Gilbertson Richard J RJ

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Using a mouse model of ependymoma-a chemoresistant brain tumor-we combined multicell high-throughput screening (HTS), kinome-wide binding assays, and in vivo efficacy studies, to identify potential treatments with predicted toxicity against neural stem cells (NSC). We identified kinases within the insulin signaling pathway and centrosome cycle as regulators of ependymoma cell proliferation, and their corresponding inhibitors as potential therapies. FDA approved drugs not currently used to treat ...[more]

PMID: 21907928

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An integrated in vitro and in vivo high-throughput screen identifies treatment leads for ependymoma.

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