Abstract

High-throughput screening (NTS) is a means of rapidly assessing the ability of hundreds of thousands of chemical compounds to affect biological systems for the purpose of accelerating medical research. We propose an HTS core the goal of which is to enable Gl SPORE investigators to discover chemical tools to promote better understanding of colorectal cancer physiology and potentially to help reveal novel targets and therapeutic opportunities. Using state-of-the-art HTS technologies and working with Gl SPORE investigators, the Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology's HTS facility has developed and validated HTS-compatible assays aimed at discovering chemical tools relevant to: 1) E-cadherin regulation in the human colon cancer cell line, SW620; 2) axin and (3-catenin stability in a novel in vitro assay system; and 3) p120's role in modulating E-cadherin activity and adherens junction formation in the Colo205 cell line. We present data demonstrating our ability to perform the HTS assays, discover compounds that affect the systems noted above, and we detail our plans to use the products of the HTS to further the aims of the Gl SPORE.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Type
Specialized Center (P50)
Project #
5P50CA095103-07
Application #
7620044
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZCA1)
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
2008-05-01
Budget End
2009-04-30
Support Year
7
Fiscal Year
2008
Total Cost
$99,828
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Department
Type
DUNS #
004413456
City
Nashville
State
TN
Country
United States
Zip Code
37212

  Publications

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Schulte, Michael L; Fu, Allie; Zhao, Ping et al. (2018) Pharmacological blockade of ASCT2-dependent glutamine transport leads to antitumor efficacy in preclinical models. Nat Med 24:194-202
Zhao, Shilin; Li, Chung-I; Guo, Yan et al. (2018) RnaSeqSampleSize: real data based sample size estimation for RNA sequencing. BMC Bioinformatics 19:191
Wang, Yang; Vnencak-Jones, Cindy L; Cates, Justin M et al. (2018) Deciphering Elevated Microsatellite Alterations at Selected Tetra/Pentanucleotide Repeats, Microsatellite Instability, and Loss of Heterozygosity in Colorectal Cancers. J Mol Diagn 20:366-372
Banerjee, Amrita; McKinley, Eliot T; von Moltke, Jakob et al. (2018) Interpreting heterogeneity in intestinal tuft cell structure and function. J Clin Invest 128:1711-1719

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