Journal
CANCER LETTERS
Volume 416, Issue -, Pages 138-148Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2017.11.041
Keywords
Glioblastoma; Osmium(VI); Patient-derived models; In vivo efficacy
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- NCI [R01 CA166172, CA034492]
- Fulbright Scholar Grant
- Belgian American Educational Foundation
- Cancer Center Support (core) Grant [P30-CA14051]
- DFCI translational neurooncology core
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Glioblastoma is the most prevalent and lethal primary intrinsic brain tumor with a median patient survival of less than two years, even with the optimal standard of care, namely, surgical resection followed by radiotherapy with adjuvant temozolomide chemotherapy. Long-term survival is extremely rare and there is a tremendous need for novel GBM therapies. Following our prior reports on the anticancer activity of osmium(VI) nitrido compounds and their effectiveness against cancer initiating cells, we investigated the efficacy of Os(VI) on GBM initiating cells in vitro and in vivo. Conventional MTT and 3D cytotoxicity assays revealed that patient-derived GBM models were sensitive to cisplatin, TMZ, and two Os(IV) derivatives. Rapid cell death occurred at low micromolar concentrations of the Os(IV) compounds. Cell cycle analysis, Os uptake studies, and cellular distribution experiments provided further insight into the anticancer properties of these compounds, indicating differential uptake for both compounds and a modest G(2)/M arrest after treatment. Moreover, in vivo experiments showed a significant increase in survival after a single intracranial chemotherapeutic injection, results that warrant further studies using this approach. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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