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High-content screening with siRNA optimizes a cell biological approach to drug discovery: defining the role of P53 activation in the cellular response to anticancer drugs.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  15475475     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Deciphering the effects of compounds on molecular events within living cells is becoming an increasingly important component of drug discovery. In a model application of the industrial drug discovery process, the authors profiled a panel of 22 compounds using hierarchical cluster analysis of multiparameter high-content screening measurements from nearly 500,000 cells per microplate. RNAi protein knockdown methodology was used with high-content screening to dissect the effects of 2 anticancer drugs on multiple target activities. Camptothecin activated p53 in A549 lung carcinoma cells pretreated with scrambled siRNA, exhibited concentration-dependent cell cycle blocks, and induced moderate microtubule stabilization. Knockdown of camptothecin-induced p53 protein expression with p53 siRNA inhibited the G1/S blocking activity of the drug and diminished its microtubule-stabilizing activity. Paclitaxel activated p53 protein at low concentrations but exhibited G2/M cell cycle blocking activity at higher concentrations where microtubules were stabilized. In cells treated with p53 siRNA, paclitaxel failed to activate p53 protein, but the knockdown did not have a significant effect on the ability of paclitaxel to stabilize microtubules or induce a G2/M cell cycle block. Thus, this model application of the use of RNAi technology within the context of high-content screening shows the potential to provide massive amounts of combinatorial cell biological information on the temporal and spatial responses that cells mount to treatment by promising therapeutic candidates.
Authors:
Kenneth A Giuliano; Yih-Tai Chen; D Lansing Taylor
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of biomolecular screening     Volume:  9     ISSN:  1087-0571     ISO Abbreviation:  J Biomol Screen     Publication Date:  2004 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2004-10-11     Completed Date:  2005-08-25     Revised Date:  2011-05-23    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9612112     Medline TA:  J Biomol Screen     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  557-68     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / pharmacology
Camptothecin / pharmacology
Cell Cycle / drug effects
Cluster Analysis
DNA / analysis
Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor / methods*
Fluorescent Antibody Technique
Humans
Models, Biological
Paclitaxel / pharmacology
RNA, Small Interfering / metabolism*
Tumor Cells, Cultured
Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / drug effects,  metabolism*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; 0/RNA, Small Interfering; 0/Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; 33069-62-4/Paclitaxel; 7689-03-4/Camptothecin; 9007-49-2/DNA

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