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ArticleEndocrine2016

Preclinical testing of selective Aurora kinase inhibitors on a medullary thyroid carcinoma-derived cell line.

Chiara Tuccilli, Enke Baldini, Natalie Prinzi, Stefania Morrone, Salvatore Sorrenti, Angelo Filippini, Antonio Catania, Stefania Alessandrini, Roberta Rendina, Carmela Coccaro and 2 more

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Article in Endocrine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Chiara TuccilliDepartment of Experimental Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Viale Regina Elena, 324, 00161, Rome, Italy.
Enke BaldiniDepartment of Experimental Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Viale Regina Elena, 324, 00161, Rome, Italy.
Natalie PrinziDepartment of Experimental Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Viale Regina Elena, 324, 00161, Rome, Italy.
Stefania MorroneDepartment of Experimental Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Viale Regina Elena, 324, 00161, Rome, Italy.
Salvatore SorrentiDepartment of Surgical Sciences, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Angelo FilippiniDepartment of Surgical Sciences, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Antonio CataniaDepartment of Surgical Sciences, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Stefania AlessandriniDepartment of Experimental Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Viale Regina Elena, 324, 00161, Rome, Italy.
Roberta RendinaDepartment of Experimental Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Viale Regina Elena, 324, 00161, Rome, Italy.
Carmela CoccaroDepartment of Experimental Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Viale Regina Elena, 324, 00161, Rome, Italy.
Massimino D'ArmientoDepartment of Experimental Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Viale Regina Elena, 324, 00161, Rome, Italy.
Salvatore UlisseDepartment of Experimental Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Viale Regina Elena, 324, 00161, Rome, Italy. salvatore.ulisse@uniroma1.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7573-0759
Sapienza University of Rome · IT

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Abstract

Deregulated expression of the Aurora kinases (Aurora-A, B, and C) is thought to be involved in cell malignant transformation and genomic instability in several cancer types. Over the last decade, a number of small-molecule inhibitors of Aurora kinases have been developed, which have proved to efficiently restrain malignant cell growth and tumorigenicity. Regarding medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC), we previously showed the efficacy of a pan-Aurora kinase inhibitor (MK-0457) in impairing growth and survival of the MTC-derived cell line TT. In the present study, we sought to establish if one of the Aurora kinases might represent a preferential target for MTC therapy. The effects of selective inhibitors of Aurora-A (MLN8237) and Aurora-B (AZD1152) were analyzed on TT cell proliferation, apoptosis, cell cycle, and ploidy. The two inhibitors reduced TT cell proliferation in a time- and dose-dependent manner, with IC50 of 19.0 ± 2.4 nM for MLN8237 and 401.6 ± 44.1 nM for AZD1152. Immunofluorescence experiments confirmed that AZD1152 inhibited phosphorylation of histone H3 (Ser10) by Aurora-B, while it did not affect Aurora-A autophosphorylation. MLN8237 inhibited Aurora-A autophosphorylation as expected, but at concentrations required to achieve the maximum antiproliferative effects it also abolished H3 (Ser10) phosphorylation. Cytofluorimetry experiments showed that both inhibitors induced accumulation of cells in G2/M phase and increased the subG0/G1 fraction and polyploidy. Finally, both inhibitors triggered apoptosis. We demonstrated that inhibition of either Aurora-A or Aurora-B has antiproliferative effects on TT cells, and thus it would be worthwhile to further investigate the therapeutical potential of Aurora kinase inhibitors in MTC treatment.

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Aurora Kinase AAurora Kinase BAzepinesCarcinoma, NeuroendocrineCell CycleCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationDrug Screening Assays, AntitumorHumansOrganophosphatesPyrimidinesQuinazolinesThyroid Neoplasms2-((3-((4-((5-(2-((3-fluorophenyl)amino)-2-oxoethyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-yl)amino)quinazolin-7-yl)oxy)propyl)(ethyl)amino)ethyl dihydrogen phosphateAurora Kinase AAurora Kinase BAzepinesMLN 8237OrganophosphatesPyrimidinesQuinazolinesAurora kinase inhibitorsAZD1152Cell cycleMedullary thyroid cancerMLN8237TT cell line

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