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  1. Article ; Online: Targeting GBM with an Oncolytic Picornavirus SVV-001 alone and in combination with fractionated Radiation in a Novel Panel of Orthotopic PDX models

    Huiyuan Zhang / Yuchen Du / Lin Qi / Sophie Xiao / Frank K. Braun / Mari Kogiso / Yulun Huang / Frank Huang / Aalaa Abdallah / Milagros Suarez / Sekar Karthick / Nabil M. Ahmed / Vita S. Salsman / Patricia A. Baxter / Jack M. Su / Daniel J. Brat / Paul L. Hellenbeck / Wan-Yee Teo / Akash J. Patel /
    Xiao-Nan Li

    Journal of Translational Medicine, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-

    2023  Volume 19

    Abstract: Abstract Background Animal models representing different molecular subtypes of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is desired for developing new therapies. SVV-001 is an oncolytic virus selectively targeting cancer cells. It’s capacity of passing through the ... ...

    Abstract Abstract Background Animal models representing different molecular subtypes of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is desired for developing new therapies. SVV-001 is an oncolytic virus selectively targeting cancer cells. It’s capacity of passing through the blood brain barrier makes is an attractive novel approach for GBM. Materials and methods 23 patient tumor samples were implanted into the brains of NOD/SCID mice (1 × 105 cells/mouse). Tumor histology, gene expression (RNAseq), and growth rate of the developed patient-derived orthotopic xenograft (PDOX) models were compared with the originating patient tumors during serial subtransplantations. Anti-tumor activities of SVV-001 were examined in vivo; and therapeutic efficacy validated in vivo via single i.v. injection (1 × 1011 viral particle) with or without fractionated (2 Gy/day x 5 days) radiation followed by analysis of animal survival times, viral infection, and DNA damage. Results PDOX formation was confirmed in 17/23 (73.9%) GBMs while maintaining key histopathological features and diffuse invasion of the patient tumors. Using differentially expressed genes, we subclassified PDOX models into proneural, classic and mesenchymal groups. Animal survival times were inversely correlated with the implanted tumor cells. SVV-001 was active in vitro by killing primary monolayer culture (4/13 models), 3D neurospheres (7/13 models) and glioma stem cells. In 2/2 models, SVV-001 infected PDOX cells in vivo without harming normal brain cells and significantly prolonged survival times in 2/2 models. When combined with radiation, SVV-001 enhanced DNA damages and further prolonged animal survival times. Conclusion A panel of 17 clinically relevant and molecularly annotated PDOX modes of GBM is developed, and SVV-001 exhibited strong anti-tumor activities in vitro and in vivo.
    Keywords Patient-derived orthotopic xenograft ; Glioblastoma ; Oncolytic virus ; SVV-001 ; Therapeutic efficacy ; Medicine ; R
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher BMC
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  2. Article ; Online: Spatial Dissection of Invasive Front from Tumor Mass Enables Discovery of Novel microRNA Drivers of Glioblastoma Invasion

    Yulun Huang / Lin Qi / Mari Kogiso / Yuchen Du / Frank K. Braun / Huiyuan Zhang / L. Frank Huang / Sophie Xiao / Wan‐Yee Teo / Holly Lindsay / Sibo Zhao / Patricia Baxter / Jack M. F. Su / Adekunle Adesina / Jianhua Yang / Sebastian Brabetz / Marcel Kool / Stefan M. Pfister / Murali Chintagumpala /
    Laszlo Perlaky / Zhong Wang / Youxin Zhou / Tsz‐Kwong Man / Xiao‐Nan Li

    Advanced Science, Vol 8, Iss 23, Pp n/a-n/a (2021)

    2021  

    Abstract: Abstract Diffuse invasion is the primary cause of treatment failure of glioblastoma (GBM). Previous studies on GBM invasion have long been forced to use the resected tumor mass cells. Here, a strategy to reliably isolate matching pairs of invasive ( ... ...

    Abstract Abstract Diffuse invasion is the primary cause of treatment failure of glioblastoma (GBM). Previous studies on GBM invasion have long been forced to use the resected tumor mass cells. Here, a strategy to reliably isolate matching pairs of invasive (GBMINV) and tumor core (GBMTC) cells from the brains of 6 highly invasive patient‐derived orthotopic models is described. Direct comparison of these GBMINV and GBMTC cells reveals a significantly elevated invasion capacity in GBMINV cells, detects 23/768 miRNAs over‐expressed in the GBMINV cells (miRNAINV) and 22/768 in the GBMTC cells (miRNATC), respectively. Silencing the top 3 miRNAsINV (miR‐126, miR‐369‐5p, miR‐487b) successfully blocks invasion of GBMINV cells in vitro and in mouse brains. Integrated analysis with mRNA expression identifies miRNAINV target genes and discovers KCNA1 as the sole common computational target gene of which 3 inhibitors significantly suppress invasion in vitro. Furthermore, in vivo treatment with 4‐aminopyridine (4‐AP) effectively eliminates GBM invasion and significantly prolongs animal survival times (P = 0.035). The results highlight the power of spatial dissection of functionally accurate GBMINV and GBMTC cells in identifying novel drivers of GBM invasion and provide strong rationale to support the use of biologically accurate starting materials in understanding cancer invasion and metastasis.
    Keywords 4‐aminopyridine ; glioblastoma ; KCNA1 ; miRNA ; patient derived orthotopic xenograft ; Science ; Q
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Wiley
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  3. Article ; Online: Epigenetic Alterations of Repeated Relapses in Patient-matched Childhood Ependymomas

    Sibo Zhao / Jia Li / Huiyuan Zhang / Lin Qi / Yuchen Du / Mari Kogiso / Frank K. Braun / Sophie Xiao / Yulun Huang / Jianfang Li / Wan-Yee Teo / Holly Lindsay / Patricia Baxter / Jack M. F. Su / Adekunle Adesina / Miklós Laczik / Paola Genevini / Anne-Clemence Veillard / Sol Schvartzman /
    Geoffrey Berguet / Shi-Rong Ding / Liping Du / Clifford Stephan / Jianhua Yang / Peter J. A. Davies / Xinyan Lu / Murali Chintagumpala / Donald William Parsons / Laszlo Perlaky / Yun-Fei Xia / Tsz-Kwong Man / Yun Huang / Deqiang Sun / Xiao-Nan Li

    Nature Communications, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-

    2022  Volume 16

    Abstract: While recurrence is frequent in ependymoma, the underlying molecular mechanisms remain to be explored. Here, the authors investigate epigenetic, genetic and tumorigenic changes in 30 patient-matched repeated relapses over 13 years and identify distinct ... ...

    Abstract While recurrence is frequent in ependymoma, the underlying molecular mechanisms remain to be explored. Here, the authors investigate epigenetic, genetic and tumorigenic changes in 30 patient-matched repeated relapses over 13 years and identify distinct patterns of DNA methylation.
    Keywords Science ; Q
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Nature Portfolio
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    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  4. Article ; Online: Inhibition of methyltransferases accelerates degradation of cFLIP and sensitizes B-cell lymphoma cells to TRAIL-induced apoptosis.

    Frank K Braun / Rohit Mathur / Lalit Sehgal / Rachel Wilkie-Grantham / Joya Chandra / Zuzana Berkova / Felipe Samaniego

    PLoS ONE, Vol 10, Iss 3, p e

    2015  Volume 0117994

    Abstract: Non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHLs) are characterized by specific abnormalities that alter cell cycle regulation, DNA damage response, and apoptotic signaling. It is believed that cancer cells are particularly sensitive to cell death induced by tumor necrosis ... ...

    Abstract Non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHLs) are characterized by specific abnormalities that alter cell cycle regulation, DNA damage response, and apoptotic signaling. It is believed that cancer cells are particularly sensitive to cell death induced by tumor necrosis factor α-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL). However, many cancer cells show blocked TRAIL signaling due to up-regulated expression of anti-apoptotic factors, such as cFLIP. This hurdle to TRAIL's tumor cytotoxicity might be overcome by combining TRAIL-based therapy with drugs that reverse blockages of its apoptotic signaling. In this study, we investigated the impact of a pan-methyltransferase inhibitor (3-deazaneplanocin A, or DZNep) on TRAIL-induced apoptosis in aggressive B-cell NHLs: mantle cell, Burkitt, and diffuse large B-cell lymphomas. We characterized TRAIL apoptosis regulation and caspase activation in several NHL-derived cell lines pre-treated with DZNep. We found that DZNep increased cancer cell sensitivity to TRAIL signaling by promoting caspase-8 processing through accelerated cFLIP degradation. No change in cFLIP mRNA level indicated independence of promoter methylation alterations in methyltransferase activity induced by DZNep profoundly affected cFLIP mRNA stability and protein stability. This appears to be in part through increased levels of cFLIP-targeting microRNAs (miR-512-3p and miR-346). However, additional microRNAs and cFLIP-regulating mechanisms appear to be involved in DZNep-mediated enhanced response to extrinsic apoptotic stimuli. The capacity of DZNep to target cFLIP expression on multiple levels underscores DZNep's potential in TRAIL-based therapies for B-cell NHLs.
    Keywords Medicine ; R ; Science ; Q
    Language English
    Publishing date 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  5. Article ; Online: HMGB1 Promotes Mitochondrial Dysfunction-Triggered Striatal Neurodegeneration via Autophagy and Apoptosis Activation.

    Lin Qi / Xue Sun / Feng-E Li / Bao-Song Zhu / Frank K Braun / Zhi-Qiang Liu / Jin-Le Tang / Chao Wu / Fei Xu / Hui-Han Wang / Luis A Velasquez / Kui Zhao / Feng-Rui Lei / Ji-Gang Zhang / Yun-Tian Shen / Jian-Xuan Zou / Hui-Min Meng / Gang-Li An / Lin Yang /
    Xing-Ding Zhang

    PLoS ONE, Vol 10, Iss 11, p e

    2015  Volume 0142901

    Abstract: Impairments in mitochondrial energy metabolism are thought to be involved in many neurodegenerative diseases. The mitochondrial inhibitor 3-nitropropionic acid (3-NP) induces striatal pathology mimicking neurodegeneration in vivo. Previous studies showed ...

    Abstract Impairments in mitochondrial energy metabolism are thought to be involved in many neurodegenerative diseases. The mitochondrial inhibitor 3-nitropropionic acid (3-NP) induces striatal pathology mimicking neurodegeneration in vivo. Previous studies showed that 3-NP also triggered autophagy activation and apoptosis. In this study, we focused on the high-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) protein, which is important in oxidative stress signaling as well as in autophagy and apoptosis, to explore whether the mechanisms of autophagy and apoptosis in neurodegenerative diseases are associated with metabolic impairment. To elucidate the role of HMGB1 in striatal degeneration, we investigated the impact of HMGB1 on autophagy activation and cell death induced by 3-NP. We intoxicated rat striata with 3-NP by stereotaxic injection and analyzed changes in expression HMGB1, proapoptotic proteins caspase-3 and phospho-c-Jun amino-terminal kinases (p-JNK). 3-NP-induced elevations in p-JNK, cleaved caspase-3, and autophagic marker LC3-II as well as reduction in SQSTM1 (p62), were significantly reduced by the HMGB1 inhibitor glycyrrhizin. Glycyrrhizin also significantly inhibited 3-NP-induced striatal damage. Neuronal death was replicated by exposing primary striatal neurons in culture to 3-NP. It was clear that HMGB1 was important for basal autophagy which was shown by rescue of cells through HMGB1 targeting shRNA approach.3-NP also induced the expression of HMGB1, p-JNK, and LC3-II in striatal neurons, and p-JNK expression was significantly reduced by shRNA knockdown of HMGB1, an effect that was reversed by exogenously increased expression of HMGB1. These results suggest that HMGB1 plays important roles in signaling for both autophagy and apoptosis in neurodegeneration induced by mitochondrial dysfunction.
    Keywords Medicine ; R ; Science ; Q
    Language English
    Publishing date 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  6. Article ; Online: Genomic Profiling of Childhood Tumor Patient-Derived Xenograft Models to Enable Rational Clinical Trial Design

    Jo Lynne Rokita / Komal S. Rathi / Maria F. Cardenas / Kristen A. Upton / Joy Jayaseelan / Katherine L. Cross / Jacob Pfeil / Laura E. Egolf / Gregory P. Way / Alvin Farrel / Nathan M. Kendsersky / Khushbu Patel / Krutika S. Gaonkar / Apexa Modi / Esther R. Berko / Gonzalo Lopez / Zalman Vaksman / Chelsea Mayoh / Jonas Nance /
    Kristyn McCoy / Michelle Haber / Kathryn Evans / Hannah McCalmont / Katerina Bendak / Julia W. Böhm / Glenn M. Marshall / Vanessa Tyrrell / Karthik Kalletla / Frank K. Braun / Lin Qi / Yunchen Du / Huiyuan Zhang / Holly B. Lindsay / Sibo Zhao / Jack Shu / Patricia Baxter / Christopher Morton / Dias Kurmashev / Siyuan Zheng / Yidong Chen / Jay Bowen / Anthony C. Bryan / Kristen M. Leraas / Sara E. Coppens / HarshaVardhan Doddapaneni / Zeineen Momin / Wendong Zhang / Gregory I. Sacks / Lori S. Hart / Kateryna Krytska

    Cell Reports, Vol 29, Iss 6, Pp 1675-1689.e

    2019  Volume 9

    Abstract: Summary: Accelerating cures for children with cancer remains an immediate challenge as a result of extensive oncogenic heterogeneity between and within histologies, distinct molecular mechanisms evolving between diagnosis and relapsed disease, and ... ...

    Abstract Summary: Accelerating cures for children with cancer remains an immediate challenge as a result of extensive oncogenic heterogeneity between and within histologies, distinct molecular mechanisms evolving between diagnosis and relapsed disease, and limited therapeutic options. To systematically prioritize and rationally test novel agents in preclinical murine models, researchers within the Pediatric Preclinical Testing Consortium are continuously developing patient-derived xenografts (PDXs)—many of which are refractory to current standard-of-care treatments—from high-risk childhood cancers. Here, we genomically characterize 261 PDX models from 37 unique pediatric cancers; demonstrate faithful recapitulation of histologies and subtypes; and refine our understanding of relapsed disease. In addition, we use expression signatures to classify tumors for TP53 and NF1 pathway inactivation. We anticipate that these data will serve as a resource for pediatric oncology drug development and will guide rational clinical trial design for children with cancer. : Rokita et. al provide an extensively annotated genomic dataset of somatic oncogenic regulation across 37 distinct pediatric malignancies. The 261 patient-derived xenograft models are available to the scientific community, and the genomic annotations will enable rational preclinical agent prioritization and acceleration of therapeutic targets for early-phase pediatric oncology clinical trials. Keywords: pediatric cancer, patient-derived xenograft, relapse, whole-exome sequencing, transcriptome sequencing, copy number profiling, preclinical testing, classifier
    Keywords Biology (General) ; QH301-705.5
    Subject code 610
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Elsevier
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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