Drug repurposing and investigation of novel combinations for glioblastoma therapeutics using in vitro and zebrafish in vivo models

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2024-01

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Karakayalı, Özlen Konu

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Glioblastoma is the most common and aggressive brain cancer type with the survival rate less than 2 years after diagnosis. Yet, potent drug treatments used in patients are limited and the field is in need of development of new potential drugs. In this study, repurposing of approved drugs alone or in combination and novel drugs are investigated in terms of inhibition of cell viability, glial fluorescent signals and their effects on behavior in zebrafish larval models. The main aim of this study was to test whether phenothiazines, trifluoperazine and a novel molecule 10, could be repurposed for glioblastoma treatment with lower dosages and more potency when combined with Sorafenib, an approved drug, in glioblastoma cell lines and zebrafish larvae. Those drug combinations were not found as toxic in the dosages studied while acted on glia cells in zebrafish transgenic larval models. Last but not least, behavior and stress response of the wild type and heterozygous mutant ache larvae in comparison with homozygous siblings were tested upon drug administration to assess genotype by drug interactions. Combination treatments exhibited higher efficacies suggesting phenothiazines with sorafenib could have potential in glioblastoma treatment. Genotype specific effects of individual and combination treatments on larval light-dark behavior, stress response and recovery exhibited potential for passage of blood brain barrier by the tested drugs. The established protocols for genotype and drug interactions could be applied to other kinases in combination with phenothiazines.

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Molecular Biology and Genetics

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Master's

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MS (Master of Science)

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English

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