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ArticleCancer letters2016

GSK-3 inhibition overcomes chemoresistance in human breast cancer.

Andrey Ugolkov, Irina Gaisina, Jin-San Zhang, Daniel D Billadeau, Kevin White, Alan Kozikowski, Sarika Jain, Massimo Cristofanilli, Francis Giles, Thomas O'Halloran and 2 more

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Article in Cancer letters, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 49 papers.

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49citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03678883 phase2active not recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2019, after this paper: background citation

Phase 1/2 Study of 9-ING-41, a Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3 Beta (GSK-3β) Inhibitor, as a Single Agent and Combined With Chemotherapy, in Patients With Refractory Hematologic Malignancies or Solid Tumors

TypeinterventionalSponsorActuate Therapeutics Inc.Ran2019 to 2026Enrolled350ConditionsCancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Sarcoma, Renal CancerArms9-ING-41, Gemcitabine - 21 day cycle, Doxorubicin., Lomustine, Carboplatin.
NCT04218071 phase2completednot on this mapstarted 2020, after this paper: background citation

Phase 2 Study of 9-ING-41, a Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 Beta (GSK 3β) Inhibitor, as a Single Agent or Combined With Ruxolitinib, in Patients With Myelofibrosis

TypeinterventionalSponsorActuate Therapeutics Inc.Ran2020 to 2024Enrolled17ConditionsMyelofibrosisArmsRuxolitinib, 9-ING-41
NCT04239092 phase1terminatednot on this mapstarted 2020, after this paper: background citation

Phase 1 Study of 9-ING-41, a Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 Beta (GSK 3β) Inhibitor, as a Single Agent or With Irinotecan, Irinotecan Plus Temozolomide, or With Cyclophosphamide Plus Topotecan in Pediatric Patients With Refractory Malignancies.

TypeinterventionalSponsorActuate Therapeutics Inc.Ran2020 to 2025Enrolled40ConditionsRefractory Cancer, Refractory Neoplasm, Cancer Pediatric, Refractory TumorArms9-ING-41, Irinotecan, Temozolomide, Cyclophosphamide, Topotecan
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed, 83 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

Andrey UgolkovCenter for Developmental Therapeutics, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, 2170 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208, USA; Division of Hematology Oncology, Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Galter Suite 3-150, 251 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; Chemistry of Life Processes Institute, Northwestern University, 2170 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA.
Irina GaisinaDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, University of Illinois at Chicago, 833 South Wood Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Jin-San ZhangDivision of Oncology Research, Schulze Center for Novel Therapeutics, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st St SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
Daniel D BilladeauDivision of Oncology Research, Schulze Center for Novel Therapeutics, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st St SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
Kevin WhiteInstitute of Genomics and Systems Biology, University of Chicago, 900 East 57th Street, KCBD 10100A, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Alan KozikowskiDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, University of Illinois at Chicago, 833 South Wood Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Sarika JainDivision of Hematology Oncology, Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Galter Suite 3-150, 251 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; Northwestern Medicine Developmental Therapeutics Institute, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, Olson Pavilion, 233 East Superior Street, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Massimo CristofanilliDivision of Hematology Oncology, Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Galter Suite 3-150, 251 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; Northwestern Medicine Developmental Therapeutics Institute, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, Olson Pavilion, 233 East Superior Street, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Francis GilesDivision of Hematology Oncology, Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Galter Suite 3-150, 251 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; Northwestern Medicine Developmental Therapeutics Institute, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, Olson Pavilion, 233 East Superior Street, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Thomas O'HalloranChemistry of Life Processes Institute, Northwestern University, 2170 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA.
Vincent L CrynsDepartment of Medicine, University of Wisconin Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 1685 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705, USA.
Andrew P MazarCenter for Developmental Therapeutics, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, 2170 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208, USA; Chemistry of Life Processes Institute, Northwestern University, 2170 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA; Northwestern Medicine Developmental Therapeutics Institute, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, Olson Pavilion, 233 East Superior Street, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; Department of Pharmacology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Searle Building 8-510, 320 East Superior Street, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. Electronic address: a-mazar@northwestern.edu.
Northwestern University · USNorthwestern Medicine · USUniversity of Illinois Chicago · USMayo Clinic · USNovel (United States) · USUniversity of Chicago · USUniversity of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center · US

Funding

Tumor Environment and Metastasis (TEAM) Research ProgramP30CA060553 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Daniela E Matei · 1993 to 2026
$153.9M
Tissue CoreP50CA102701 · NCI · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI PETERSEN, GLORIA M. · 2004 to 2018
$32.7M
Tumor Targeted Nanobins for the Treatment of Metastatic Breast and Ovarian CancerU01CA151461 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI O'HALLORAN, THOMAS V · 2010 to 2014
$2.2M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA060553NCI NIH HHS P50 CA102701NCI NIH HHS U01 CA151461
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3β (GSK-3β), a serine/threonine protein kinase, is an emerging therapeutic target in the treatment of human breast cancer. In this study, we demonstrate that the pharmacological inhibition of GSK-3 by two novel small molecule GSK-3 inhibitors, 9-ING-41 and 9-ING-87, reduced the viability of breast cancer cells but had little effect on non-tumorigenic cell growth. Moreover, treatment with 9-ING-41 enhanced the antitumor effect of irinotecan (CPT-11) against breast cancer cells in vitro. We next established two patient-derived xenograft tumor models (BC-1 and BC-2) from metastatic pleural effusions obtained from patients with progressive, chemorefractory breast cancer and demonstrated that 9-ING-41 also potentiated the effect of the chemotherapeutic drug CPT-11 in vivo, leading to regression of established BC-1 and BC-2 tumors in mice. Our results suggest that the inhibition of GSK-3 is a promising therapeutic approach to overcome chemoresistance in human breast cancer, and identify the GSK-3 inhibitor 9-ING-41 as a candidate targeted agent for metastatic breast cancer therapy.

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AnimalsAntineoplastic Agents, PhytogenicAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBreast NeoplasmsCamptothecinCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationCell SurvivalDose-Response Relationship, DrugDrug DesignDrug Resistance, NeoplasmFemaleGlycogen Synthase Kinase 3 betaHumansIndolesIrinotecan3-(5-fluorobenzofuran-3-yl)-4-(5-methyl-5H-(1,3)dioxolo(4,5-f)indol-7-yl)-pyrrole-2,5-dioneAntineoplastic Agents, PhytogenicCamptothecinGlycogen Synthase Kinase 3 betaGSK3B protein, humanIndolesIrinotecanMaleimidesProtein Kinase Inhibitors9-ING-41Breast cancerChemoresistanceDrug developmentGSK-3

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