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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-2-7
pubmed:abstractText
Despite advancements in therapies developed for the treatment of cancer, patient prognosis and mortality rates have improved minimally, and metastasis remains the primary cause of cancer mortality worldwide. An underlying mechanism promoting metastasis in many types of cancer is epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). Here the authors report a novel 3D model of EMT and metastatic breast cancer suitable for high-throughput screening (HTS) drug discovery. The primary assay incorporates the expression of the prognostic biomarker vimentin, as a luciferase reporter of EMT, in basil-like/triple-negative MDA-MB-231 breast carcinoma spheroids. Using this model, the authors developed a number of known antitumor agents as control modulators of EMT. U0126, PKC412, PF2341066, dasatinib, and axitinib downregulated vimentin expression by 70% to 90% as compared to untreated spheroids. Counterassays were developed to measure spheroid viability and the invasive potential of MDA-MB-231 spheroids after small-molecule treatment and used to confirm hits from primary screening. Finally, the authors conducted a pilot screen to validate this model for HTS using a purified library of marine secondary metabolites. From 230 compounds screened, they obtained a Z' score of 0.64, indicative of an excellent assay, and confirmed 4 hits, including isonaamidine B, papuamine, mycalolide E, and jaspamide. This HTS model demonstrates the potential to identify small-molecule modulators of EMT that could be used to discover novel antimetastatic agents for the treatment of cancer.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1552-454X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
141-54
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21297102-Antineoplastic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:21297102-Biological Agents, pubmed-meshheading:21297102-Breast Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:21297102-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:21297102-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:21297102-Depsipeptides, pubmed-meshheading:21297102-Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor, pubmed-meshheading:21297102-Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition, pubmed-meshheading:21297102-Female, pubmed-meshheading:21297102-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:21297102-HEK293 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:21297102-High-Throughput Screening Assays, pubmed-meshheading:21297102-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21297102-Imidazoles, pubmed-meshheading:21297102-Models, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:21297102-Neoplasm Metastasis, pubmed-meshheading:21297102-Oxazoles, pubmed-meshheading:21297102-Small Molecule Libraries, pubmed-meshheading:21297102-Spheroids, Cellular, pubmed-meshheading:21297102-Vimentin
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
3D models of epithelial-mesenchymal transition in breast cancer metastasis: high-throughput screening assay development, validation, and pilot screen.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medial Center, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Validation Studies