Abstract
Background
New drug strategies are urgently needed to improve radioiodine uptake and efficiently ablate thyroid cancer cells thereby minimising the risk of recurrent disease. High-throughput screening (HTS) offers a promising approach to identify new candidate drugs that induce sodium iodide symporter (NIS) function to promote iodide uptake. However, significant progress has been limited by a lack of thyroid cell-based assays amenable to HTS.
Methods
Here, we investigated a thyroid cancer cell reporter consisting of a modified version of the yellow fluorescent protein (YFP-H148Q/I152L/F46L) as a biosensor of intracellular iodide. Iodide uptake was monitored by quenching of YFP-H148Q/I152L/F46L fluorescence using a HTS reader PHERAstar FSX.
Results
We generated a panel of human thyroid cancer cell lines with stable overexpression of YFP-H148Q/I152L/F46L either alone or together with NIS. Importantly, the YFP cell-based assay was sensitive towards iodide uptake and robust with a Z’ value of 0.82 (e.g. maximal 12% YFP reduction at 8mM dose versus 40% YFP reduction at 68mM dose after 10 minutes). Kinetic measurements demonstrated that iodide uptake was rapid within 2 minutes with maximal quenching at 5-10 minutes depending on thyroid cancer cell type. Further, we validated the assay with a panel of reference compounds, which showed that the Src inhibitor PP1 was the most potent in enhancing iodide uptake, followed by selumetinib and SAHA.
Conclusions
In summary, we have developed a robust thyroid cell reporter assay that is amenable for HTS. Enhancement of iodide uptake is currently being evaluated utilizing this assay and a library of ~5300 well-annotated drugs.
New drug strategies are urgently needed to improve radioiodine uptake and efficiently ablate thyroid cancer cells thereby minimising the risk of recurrent disease. High-throughput screening (HTS) offers a promising approach to identify new candidate drugs that induce sodium iodide symporter (NIS) function to promote iodide uptake. However, significant progress has been limited by a lack of thyroid cell-based assays amenable to HTS.
Methods
Here, we investigated a thyroid cancer cell reporter consisting of a modified version of the yellow fluorescent protein (YFP-H148Q/I152L/F46L) as a biosensor of intracellular iodide. Iodide uptake was monitored by quenching of YFP-H148Q/I152L/F46L fluorescence using a HTS reader PHERAstar FSX.
Results
We generated a panel of human thyroid cancer cell lines with stable overexpression of YFP-H148Q/I152L/F46L either alone or together with NIS. Importantly, the YFP cell-based assay was sensitive towards iodide uptake and robust with a Z’ value of 0.82 (e.g. maximal 12% YFP reduction at 8mM dose versus 40% YFP reduction at 68mM dose after 10 minutes). Kinetic measurements demonstrated that iodide uptake was rapid within 2 minutes with maximal quenching at 5-10 minutes depending on thyroid cancer cell type. Further, we validated the assay with a panel of reference compounds, which showed that the Src inhibitor PP1 was the most potent in enhancing iodide uptake, followed by selumetinib and SAHA.
Conclusions
In summary, we have developed a robust thyroid cell reporter assay that is amenable for HTS. Enhancement of iodide uptake is currently being evaluated utilizing this assay and a library of ~5300 well-annotated drugs.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - 15 May 2018 |
| Event | The 66th British Thyroid Association Annual Meeting - ELGAR CONCERT HALL, BRAMALL MUSIC BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM, , Birmingham, United Kingdom Duration: 14 May 2018 → 15 May 2018 http://www.british-thyroid-association.org/sandbox/bta2016/bta_trainee_day__conference_may_14-15_2018_.pdf |
Conference
| Conference | The 66th British Thyroid Association Annual Meeting |
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| Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
| City | Birmingham |
| Period | 14/05/18 → 15/05/18 |
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