High-throughput compound screening identifies navitoclax combined with irradiation as a candidate therapy for HPV-negative head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Abstract Conventional chemotherapeutic agents are nonselective, often resulting in severe side effects and the development of resistance. Therefore, new molecular-targeted therapies are urgently needed to be integrated into existing treatment regimens. Here, we performed a high-throughput compound s...

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Autores principales: Katja Tuomainen, Aini Hyytiäinen, Ahmed Al-Samadi, Philipp Ianevski, Aleksandr Ianevski, Swapnil Potdar, Laura Turunen, Jani Saarela, Sergey Kuznetsov, Wafa Wahbi, Maija Risteli, Antti Mäkitie, Outi Monni, Tuula Salo
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:94f7ab850a6441f089e9e315a0b846672021-12-02T16:26:37ZHigh-throughput compound screening identifies navitoclax combined with irradiation as a candidate therapy for HPV-negative head and neck squamous cell carcinoma10.1038/s41598-021-94259-52045-2322https://doaj.org/article/94f7ab850a6441f089e9e315a0b846672021-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94259-5https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Conventional chemotherapeutic agents are nonselective, often resulting in severe side effects and the development of resistance. Therefore, new molecular-targeted therapies are urgently needed to be integrated into existing treatment regimens. Here, we performed a high-throughput compound screen to identify a synergistic interaction between ionizing radiation and 396 anticancer compounds. The assay was run using five human papillomavirus (HPV)-negative head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) cell lines cultured on the human tumor-derived matrix Myogel. Our screen identified several compounds with strong synergistic and antagonistic effects, which we further investigated using multiple irradiation doses. Navitoclax, which emerged as the most promising radiosensitizer, exhibited synergy with irradiation regardless of the p53 mutation status in all 13 HNSCC cell lines. We performed a live cell apoptosis assay for two representative HNSCC cell lines to examine the effects of navitoclax and irradiation. As a single agent, navitoclax reduced proliferation and induced apoptosis in a dose-dependent manner, whereas the navitoclax–irradiation combination arrested cell cycle progression and resulted in substantially elevated apoptosis. Overall, we demonstrated that combining navitoclax with irradiation resulted in synergistic in vitro antitumor effects in HNSCC cell lines, possibly indicating the therapeutic potential for HNSCC patients.Katja TuomainenAini HyytiäinenAhmed Al-SamadiPhilipp IanevskiAleksandr IanevskiSwapnil PotdarLaura TurunenJani SaarelaSergey KuznetsovWafa WahbiMaija RisteliAntti MäkitieOuti MonniTuula SaloNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021)
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Katja Tuomainen
Aini Hyytiäinen
Ahmed Al-Samadi
Philipp Ianevski
Aleksandr Ianevski
Swapnil Potdar
Laura Turunen
Jani Saarela
Sergey Kuznetsov
Wafa Wahbi
Maija Risteli
Antti Mäkitie
Outi Monni
Tuula Salo
High-throughput compound screening identifies navitoclax combined with irradiation as a candidate therapy for HPV-negative head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
description Abstract Conventional chemotherapeutic agents are nonselective, often resulting in severe side effects and the development of resistance. Therefore, new molecular-targeted therapies are urgently needed to be integrated into existing treatment regimens. Here, we performed a high-throughput compound screen to identify a synergistic interaction between ionizing radiation and 396 anticancer compounds. The assay was run using five human papillomavirus (HPV)-negative head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) cell lines cultured on the human tumor-derived matrix Myogel. Our screen identified several compounds with strong synergistic and antagonistic effects, which we further investigated using multiple irradiation doses. Navitoclax, which emerged as the most promising radiosensitizer, exhibited synergy with irradiation regardless of the p53 mutation status in all 13 HNSCC cell lines. We performed a live cell apoptosis assay for two representative HNSCC cell lines to examine the effects of navitoclax and irradiation. As a single agent, navitoclax reduced proliferation and induced apoptosis in a dose-dependent manner, whereas the navitoclax–irradiation combination arrested cell cycle progression and resulted in substantially elevated apoptosis. Overall, we demonstrated that combining navitoclax with irradiation resulted in synergistic in vitro antitumor effects in HNSCC cell lines, possibly indicating the therapeutic potential for HNSCC patients.
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author Katja Tuomainen
Aini Hyytiäinen
Ahmed Al-Samadi
Philipp Ianevski
Aleksandr Ianevski
Swapnil Potdar
Laura Turunen
Jani Saarela
Sergey Kuznetsov
Wafa Wahbi
Maija Risteli
Antti Mäkitie
Outi Monni
Tuula Salo
author_facet Katja Tuomainen
Aini Hyytiäinen
Ahmed Al-Samadi
Philipp Ianevski
Aleksandr Ianevski
Swapnil Potdar
Laura Turunen
Jani Saarela
Sergey Kuznetsov
Wafa Wahbi
Maija Risteli
Antti Mäkitie
Outi Monni
Tuula Salo
author_sort Katja Tuomainen
title High-throughput compound screening identifies navitoclax combined with irradiation as a candidate therapy for HPV-negative head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
title_short High-throughput compound screening identifies navitoclax combined with irradiation as a candidate therapy for HPV-negative head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
title_full High-throughput compound screening identifies navitoclax combined with irradiation as a candidate therapy for HPV-negative head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
title_fullStr High-throughput compound screening identifies navitoclax combined with irradiation as a candidate therapy for HPV-negative head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
title_full_unstemmed High-throughput compound screening identifies navitoclax combined with irradiation as a candidate therapy for HPV-negative head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
title_sort high-throughput compound screening identifies navitoclax combined with irradiation as a candidate therapy for hpv-negative head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
publisher Nature Portfolio
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/94f7ab850a6441f089e9e315a0b84667
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