A Molecular Screening Approach to Identify and Characterize Inhibitors of Glioblastoma Stem Cells

作者：Visnyei, Koppany; Onodera, Hideyuki; Damoiseaux, Robert; Saigusa, Kuniyasu; Petrosyan, Syuzanna; De Vries, David; Ferrari, Denise; Saxe, Jonathan; Panosyan, Eduard H.; Masterman-Smith, Michael; Mottahedeh, Jack; Bradley, Kenneth A.; Huang, Jing; Sabatti, Chiara; Nakano, Ichiro; Kornblum, Harley I.^*

来源：Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, 2011, 10(10): 1818-1828.

DOI：10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-11-0268

• PROTEIN-KINASE-C
• INDUCED APOPTOSIS
• INITIATING CELLS
• BRAIN-TUMORS
• GLIOMA-CELLS
• CANCER
• IDENTIFICATION
• PROLIFERATION
• INVOLVEMENT
• CERAMIDE

Glioblastoma (GBM) is among the most lethal of all cancers. GBM consist of a heterogeneous population of tumor cells among which a tumor-initiating and treatment-resistant subpopulation, here termed GBM stem cells, have been identified as primary therapeutic targets. Here, we describe a high-throughput small molecule screening approach that enables the identification and characterization of chemical compounds that are effective against GBM stem cells. The paradigm uses a tissue culture model to enrich for GBM stem cells derived from human GBM resections and combines a phenotype-based screen with gene target-specific screens for compound identification. We used 31,624 small molecules from 7 chemical libraries that we characterized and ranked based on their effect on a panel of GBM stem cell-enriched cultures and their effect on the expression of a module of genes whose expression negatively correlates with clinical outcome: MELK, ASPM, TOP2A, and FOXM1b. Of the 11 compounds meeting criteria for exerting differential effects across cell types used, 4 compounds showed selectivity by inhibiting multiple GBM stem cells-enriched cultures compared with nonenriched cultures: emetine, N-arachidonoyl dopamine, N-oleoyldopamine (OLDA), and N-palmitoyl dopamine. ChemBridge compounds #5560509 and #5256360 inhibited the expression of the 4 mitotic module genes. OLDA, emetine, and compounds #5560509 and #5256360 were chosen for more detailed study and inhibited GBM stem cells in self-renewal assays in vitro and in a xenograft model in vivo. These studies show that our screening strategy provides potential candidates and a blueprint for lead compound identification in larger scale screens or screens involving other cancer types. Mol Cancer Ther; 10(10); 1818-28.

• 出版日期2011-10