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ArticleOncotarget2016

High-throughput drug library screening identifies colchicine as a thyroid cancer inhibitor.

Le Zhang, Zhaoying Yang, Letizia Granieri, Adrian Pasculescu, Alessandro Datti, Sylvia L Asa, Zheli Xu, Shereen Ezzat

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Article in Oncotarget, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Case series of dabrafenib-trametinib-induced pyrexia successfully treated with colchicine.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2019
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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Le ZhangDepartment of Breast Surgery, China-Japan Union Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, P.R. China.
Zhaoying YangDepartment of Breast Surgery, China-Japan Union Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, P.R. China.
Letizia GranieriSMART Laboratory for High-Throughput Screening Programs, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Adrian PasculescuSMART Laboratory for High-Throughput Screening Programs, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Alessandro DattiSMART Laboratory for High-Throughput Screening Programs, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Sylvia L AsaOntario Cancer Institute and The Endocrine Oncology Site Group, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Zheli XuDepartment of Breast Surgery, China-Japan Union Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, P.R. China.
Shereen EzzatOntario Cancer Institute and The Endocrine Oncology Site Group, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We employed a high-throughput drug library screening platform to identify novel agents affecting thyroid cancer cells. We used human thyroid cancer cell lines to screen a collection of approximately 5200 small molecules with biological and/or pharmacologial properties. Parallel primary screens yielded a number of hits differentially active between thyroid and melanoma cells. Amongst compounds specifically targeting thyroid cancer cells, colchicine emerged as an effective candidate. Colchicine inhibited cell growth which correlated with G2 cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. These effects were hampered through inhibition of MEK1/2 and JNK. In contrast, inhibition of p38-MAPK had little effect, and AKT had no impact on colchicine action. Systemic colchicine inhibited thyroid cancer progression in xenografted mice. These findings demonstrate that our screening platform is an effective vehicle for drug reposition and show that colchicine warrants further attention in well-defined clinical niches such as thyroid cancer.

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High-Throughput Screening AssaysAnimalsApoptosisCell CycleColchicineHumansMiceMice, SCIDProtein Kinase InhibitorsSignal TransductionThyroid NeoplasmsTubulin ModulatorsTumor Cells, CulturedColchicineProtein Kinase InhibitorsTubulin ModulatorsBRAFBRAF resistancecolchicinehigh throughput drug screeningthyroid cancer

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PMID26942566
PMCPMC4991430

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