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ArticlePloS one2013

In vivo detection of human TRPV6-rich tumors with anti-cancer peptides derived from soricidin.

Chris V Bowen, Drew DeBay, H Stephen Ewart, Pamela Gallant, Sean Gormley, T Toney Ilenchuk, Umar Iqbal, Tyler Lutes, Marzia Martina, Geoffrey Mealing and 6 more

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Article in PloS one, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers.

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59citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

59 citing papers in PubMed, 111 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chris V BowenNational Research Council of Canada, Institute for Biodiagnostics (Atlantic)-Neuroimaging Research Laboratory, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Drew DeBay
H Stephen Ewart
Pamela Gallant
Sean Gormley
T Toney Ilenchuk
Umar Iqbal
Tyler Lutes
Marzia Martina
Geoffrey Mealing
Nadine Merkley
Sandra Sperker
Maria J Moreno
Christopher Rice
Raymond T Syvitski
John M Stewart
Institute for Marine Biosciences · CANational Research Council Institute for Biodiagnostics · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Soricidin is a 54-amino acid peptide found in the paralytic venom of the northern short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda) and has been found to inhibit the transient receptor potential of vallinoid type 6 (TRPV6) calcium channels. We report that two shorter peptides, SOR-C13 and SOR-C27, derived from the C-terminus of soricidin, are high-affinity antagonists of human TRPV6 channels that are up-regulated in a number of cancers. Herein, we report molecular imaging methods that demonstrate the in vivo diagnostic potential of SOR-C13 and SOR-C27 to target tumor sites in mice bearing ovarian or prostate tumors. Our results suggest that these novel peptides may provide an avenue to deliver diagnostic and therapeutic reagents directly to TRPV6-rich tumors and, as such, have potential applications for a range of carcinomas including ovarian, breast, thyroid, prostate and colon, as well as certain leukemia's and lymphomas.

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AnimalsCell Line, TumorFemaleFluorescent DyesGene ExpressionHEK293 CellsHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiceMolecular ConformationMolecular ImagingNeoplasmsNuclear Magnetic Resonance, BiomolecularOptical ImagingPeptidesFluorescent DyesPeptidesTRPV6 channelTRPV Cation Channels

Identifiers

PMID23554944
PMCPMC3598914
OpenAlexW2071145060

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