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ArticleAmerican journal of cancer research2021

THZ1, a covalent CDK7 inhibitor, enhances gemcitabine-induced cytotoxicity via suppression of Bcl-2 in urothelial carcinoma.

Kuan-Lin Kuo, Wei-Chou Lin, Shing-Hwa Liu, Fu-Shun Hsu, Yu Kuo, Shih-Ming Liao, Shao-Ping Yang, Zuo-He Wang, Chen-Hsun Hsu, Kuo-How Huang

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Article in American journal of cancer research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kuan-Lin KuoGraduate Institute of Toxicology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University Taipei, Taiwan.
Wei-Chou LinDepartment of Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital Taipei, Taiwan.
Shing-Hwa LiuGraduate Institute of Toxicology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University Taipei, Taiwan.
Fu-Shun HsuDepartment of Urology, Yang Ming Branch of Taipei City Hospital Taipei, Taiwan.
Yu KuoDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital Taipei, Taiwan.
Shih-Ming LiaoDepartment of Urology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University and National Taiwan University Hospital Taipei, Taiwan.
Shao-Ping YangDepartment of Urology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University and National Taiwan University Hospital Taipei, Taiwan.
Zuo-He WangDepartment of Urology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University and National Taiwan University Hospital Taipei, Taiwan.
Chen-Hsun HsuDepartment of Urology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University and National Taiwan University Hospital Taipei, Taiwan.
Kuo-How HuangDepartment of Urology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University and National Taiwan University Hospital Taipei, Taiwan.
National Taiwan University · TWNational Taiwan University Hospital · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chemotherapy with gemcitabine plus cisplatin remains the mainstay of treatment for metastatic urothelial carcinoma (UC); however, drug resistance occurs in most patients and eventually leads to treatment failure. In this study, we investigated the role of cyclin-dependent kinase 7 (CDK7) regulation in the treatment of human UCs. Moreover, we studied the effect of THZ1, a CDK7 inhibitor, alone and in combination with gemcitabine, on UCs and explored the underlying mechanism. Immunohistochemical staining showed that CDK7 expression was significantly higher in UC tumors than in counterpart urothelium. THZ1 elicited dose-dependent cytotoxicity and apoptosis in two high-grade UC cells (BFTC905 and T24). THZ1 co-treatment potentiated gemcitabine-induced cytotoxicity with suppression of B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2). Studies with a xenograft nude mouse model also confirmed that THZ1 enhanced the antitumor effect of gemcitabine on UC. These findings provide important pilot data to target CDK7 or Bcl-2 for the treatment of UCs and for overcoming chemoresistance in UCs.

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Bcl-2CDK7gemcitabineTHZ1Urothelial carcinoma

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PMID33520367
PMCPMC7840706
OpenAlexW3127521473

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