scholarly journals Radiosensitization by Antisense Anti-MDM2 Mixed-Backbone Oligonucleotide in in Vitro and in Vivo Human Cancer Models

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1263-1273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhuo Zhang ◽  
Hui Wang ◽  
Gautam Prasad ◽  
Mao Li ◽  
Dong Yu ◽  
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Science ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 364 (6444) ◽  
pp. 952-955 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Tuveson ◽  
Hans Clevers

Organoids are microscopic self-organizing, three-dimensional structures that are grown from stem cells in vitro. They recapitulate many structural and functional aspects of their in vivo counterpart organs. This versatile technology has led to the development of many novel human cancer models. It is now possible to create indefinitely expanding organoids starting from tumor tissue of individuals suffering from a range of carcinomas. Alternatively, CRISPR-based gene modification allows the engineering of organoid models of cancer through the introduction of any combination of cancer gene alterations to normal organoids. When combined with immune cells and fibroblasts, tumor organoids become models for the cancer microenvironment enabling immune-oncology applications. Emerging evidence indicates that organoids can be used to accurately predict drug responses in a personalized treatment setting. Here, we review the current state and future prospects of the rapidly evolving tumor organoid field.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (Suppl 3) ◽  
pp. A631-A631
Author(s):  
Lino Torres-Dominguez ◽  
Lina Franco ◽  
Mario Abrantes ◽  
Benjamin Walker ◽  
Zachary Tacner ◽  
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BackgroundOncolytic Viruses (OV) selectively replicate in and lyse tumor cells and provide stimulation to the immune system. This represents a promising therapeutic option for cancer patients that do not respond well to treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors. Myxoma virus (MYXV) is a member of the Pox family of double stranded DNA viruses. The natural host of MYXV is a subset of rabbits and hares, but MYXV is able to infect cancer cell lines of humans and other species. The genome of MYXV is relatively large and is amenable to engineering for expression of transgenic proteins making it an excellent oncolytic virus for introduction of immunomodulatory proteins.MethodsThe current work describes the in vitro oncolytic activity and transgene production capability in human cancer cell lines, and in vivo activity of armed myxoma viruses in xenograft human cancer models.ResultsArmed Myxoma viruses demonstrate transgene production and oncolytic activity in multiple human cancer cell lines in vitro and in vivoConclusionsArmed Myxoma viruses present a novel oncolytic viral therapy with ability to modulate immune responses in human cancer modelsEthics ApprovalThis study was approved by OncoMyx Therapeutics and the TD2 IACUC


2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raul M Luque ◽  
Mario Duran-Prado ◽  
David Rincon-Fernandez ◽  
Marta Hergueta-Redondo ◽  
Michael D Culler ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (16) ◽  
pp. 8372
Author(s):  
Ana María Zárate ◽  
Christian Espinosa-Bustos ◽  
Simón Guerrero ◽  
Angélica Fierro ◽  
Felipe Oyarzún-Ampuero ◽  
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The Smoothened (SMO) receptor is the most druggable target in the Hedgehog (HH) pathway for anticancer compounds. However, SMO antagonists such as vismodegib rapidly develop drug resistance. In this study, new SMO antagonists having the versatile purine ring as a scaffold were designed, synthesised, and biologically tested to provide an insight to their mechanism of action. Compound 4s was the most active and the best inhibitor of cell growth and selectively cytotoxic to cancer cells. 4s induced cell cycle arrest, apoptosis, a reduction in colony formation and downregulation of PTCH and GLI1 expression. BODIPY-cyclopamine displacement assays confirmed 4s is a SMO antagonist. In vivo, 4s strongly inhibited tumour relapse and metastasis of melanoma cells in mice. In vitro, 4s was more efficient than vismodegib to induce apoptosis in human cancer cells and that might be attributed to its dual ability to function as a SMO antagonist and apoptosis inducer.


Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 930
Author(s):  
Donatella Delle Cave ◽  
Riccardo Rizzo ◽  
Bruno Sainz ◽  
Giuseppe Gigli ◽  
Loretta L. del Mercato ◽  
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Pancreatic cancer, the fourth most common cancer worldwide, shows a highly unsuccessful therapeutic response. In the last 10 years, neither important advancements nor new therapeutic strategies have significantly impacted patient survival, highlighting the need to pursue new avenues for drug development discovery and design. Advanced cellular models, resembling as much as possible the original in vivo tumor environment, may be more successful in predicting the efficacy of future anti-cancer candidates in clinical trials. In this review, we discuss novel bioengineered platforms for anticancer drug discovery in pancreatic cancer, from traditional two-dimensional models to innovative three-dimensional ones.


Author(s):  
Sabina Pozzi ◽  
Anna Scomparin ◽  
Sahar Israeli-Dangoor ◽  
Daniel Rodriguez ◽  
Paula Ofek ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Babita Shashni ◽  
Yukio Nagasaki

Elevated reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been implicated as significant for cancer survival by functioning as oncogene activators and secondary messengers. Hence, the attenuation of ROS-signaling pathways in cancer by antioxidants seems a suitable therapeutic regime for targeting cancers. Low molecular weight (LMW) antioxidants such as 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpyperidine-1-oxyl (TEMPO), although they are catalytically effective in vitro, exerts off-target effects in vivo due to their size, thus, limiting their clinical use. Here, we discuss the superior impacts of our TEMPO radical-conjugated self-assembling antioxidant nanoparticle (RNP) compared to the LMW counterpart in terms of pharmacokinetics, therapeutic effect, and adverse effects in various cancer models.


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