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A high-throughput image-based screen for the identification of Bax/Bak-independent caspase activators against drug-resistant cancer cells.
Seervi, Mahendra; Sobhan, Praveen K; Mathew, Krupa Ann; Joseph, Jeena; Pillai, Prakash Rajappan; Santhoshkumar, T R.
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  • Seervi M; Cancer Research Program-1, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Poojappura, Thycaud P.O, Thiruvananthapuram, 695 014, Kerala, India.
Apoptosis ; 19(1): 269-84, 2014 Jan.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24220853
ABSTRACT
Despite the use of new generation target specific drugs or combination treatments, drug-resistance caused by defective apoptosis signaling remains a major challenge in cancer treatment. A common apoptotic defect in drug-resistant tumor is the failure of cancer cells to undergo Bax/Bak-dependent mitochondrial permeabilization due to impaired signaling of Bcl-2 family proteins. Therefore, Bax and Bak-independent caspase-activating compounds appear to be effective in killing such tumor cells. An image-based cellular platform of caspase sensors in Bax and Bak deficient background allowed us to identify several potential Bax/Bak-independent caspase-activating compounds from a limited high-throughput compound screening. FRET-based caspase sensor probe targeted at the nucleus enabled accurate and automated segmentation, yielding a Z-value of 0.72. Some of the positive hits showed promising activity against drug-resistant human cancer cells expressing high levels of Bcl-2 or Bcl-xL. Using this approach, we describe thiolutin, CD437 and TPEN as the most potentially valuable drug candidates for addressing drug-resistance caused by aberrant expression of Bcl-2 family proteins in tumor cells. The screen also enables the quantification of multiparameter apoptotic events along with caspase activation in HTS manner in live mode, allowing characterization of non-classical apoptosis signaling.
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Texto completo: 1 Bases de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Ensayos de Selección de Medicamentos Antitumorales / Caspasas / Transferencia Resonante de Energía de Fluorescencia / Proteína X Asociada a bcl-2 / Proteína Destructora del Antagonista Homólogo bcl-2 / Ensayos Analíticos de Alto Rendimiento / Antineoplásicos Tipo de estudio: Diagnostic_studies / Evaluation_studies Límite: Animals / Humans Idioma: En Revista: Apoptosis Año: 2014 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: India

Texto completo: 1 Bases de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Ensayos de Selección de Medicamentos Antitumorales / Caspasas / Transferencia Resonante de Energía de Fluorescencia / Proteína X Asociada a bcl-2 / Proteína Destructora del Antagonista Homólogo bcl-2 / Ensayos Analíticos de Alto Rendimiento / Antineoplásicos Tipo de estudio: Diagnostic_studies / Evaluation_studies Límite: Animals / Humans Idioma: En Revista: Apoptosis Año: 2014 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: India