PUBLICATION
In vivo screening and discovery of novel candidate thalidomide analogs in the zebrafish embryo and chicken embryo model systems
- Authors
- Beedie, S.L., Rore, H.M., Barnett, S., Chau, C.H., Luo, W., Greig, N.H., Figg, W.D., Vargesson, N.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-160428-1
- Date
- 2016
- Source
- Oncotarget 7(22): 33237-45 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Keywords
- angiogenesis, cancer, inflammation, teratogenesis, thalidomide
- MeSH Terms
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- Risk Assessment
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Zebrafish/embryology*
- Zebrafish/genetics
- Zebrafish/metabolism
- Neovascularization, Physiologic/drug effects
- Abnormalities, Drug-Induced/etiology
- Anti-Inflammatory Agents/pharmacology*
- Anti-Inflammatory Agents/toxicity
- High-Throughput Screening Assays*
- Green Fluorescent Proteins/biosynthesis
- Green Fluorescent Proteins/genetics
- Thalidomide/analogs & derivatives
- Thalidomide/pharmacology*
- Thalidomide/toxicity
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Drug Discovery/methods*
- Chick Embryo/drug effects*
- Neutrophil Infiltration/drug effects
- Angiogenesis Inhibitors/pharmacology*
- Angiogenesis Inhibitors/toxicity
- Animals
- Workflow
- PubMed
- 27120781 Full text @ Oncotarget
Citation
Beedie, S.L., Rore, H.M., Barnett, S., Chau, C.H., Luo, W., Greig, N.H., Figg, W.D., Vargesson, N. (2016) In vivo screening and discovery of novel candidate thalidomide analogs in the zebrafish embryo and chicken embryo model systems. Oncotarget. 7(22):33237-45.
Abstract
Thalidomide, a drug known for its teratogenic side-effects, is used successfully to treat a variety of clinical conditions including leprosy and multiple myeloma. Intense efforts are underway to synthesize and identify safer, clinically relevant analogs. Here, we conduct a preliminary in vivo screen of a library of new thalidomide analogs to determine which agents demonstrate activity, and describe a cohort of compounds with anti-angiogenic properties, anti-inflammatory properties and some compounds which exhibited both. The combination of the in vivo zebrafish and chicken embryo model systems allows for the accelerated discovery of new, potential therapies for cancerous and inflammatory conditions.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping