PMID- 32878796 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200918 LR - 20200918 IS - 1791-7530 (Electronic) IS - 0250-7005 (Linking) VI - 40 IP - 9 DP - 2020 Sep TI - Novel Imidazo[2,1-b]oxazole Derivatives Inhibit Epithelial Cell Transformation and Triple Negative Breast Cancer Tumorigenesis. PG - 5081-5090 LID - 10.21873/anticanres.14511 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND/AIM: Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive type of breast cancer with limited targets for chemotherapy. This study evaluated the inhibitory effects of novel imidazo[2,1-b]oxazole-based rapidly accelerated fibrosarcoma (RAF) inhibitors, KIST0215-1 and KIST0215-2, on epithelial cell transformation and TNBC tumorigenesis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Immunoblotting, BrdU incorporation assay, reporter gene assay, and soft agar assay analyses were performed. In vivo effects were studied using the BALB/c mouse xenograft model. RESULTS: KIST0215-1 and KIST0215-2 inhibited the RAFs-MEK1/2-ERK1/2 signalling pathway induced by EGF in MDA-MB-231 cells, which inhibited c-fos transcriptional activity and activator protein-1 transactivation activity. KIST0215-1 and KIST0215-2 also prevented neoplastic transformation of JB6 C141 mouse epidermal cells induced by EGF and consistently suppressed the growth of tumours formed by 4T1 cells in BALB/c mice. CONCLUSION: Inhibition of RAF kinases using KIST0215-1 and KIST0215-2 is a promising chemotherapeutic strategy to treat TNBC. CI - Copyright(c) 2020, International Institute of Anticancer Research (Dr. George J. Delinasios), All rights reserved. FAU - Bhattarai, Poshan Yugal AU - Bhattarai PY AD - College of Pharmacy, Chosun University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea. FAU - Oh, Chang-Hyun AU - Oh CH AD - Department Centre for Biomaterials, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Republic of Korea. FAU - Kim, Garam AU - Kim G AD - College of Pharmacy, Chosun University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea. FAU - Kim, Min Soo AU - Kim MS AD - College of Pharmacy, Chosun University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea. FAU - Lee, Bong Sang AU - Lee BS AD - CTCScience Inc., Hwaseong, Republic of Korea. FAU - Choi, Hong Seok AU - Choi HS AD - College of Pharmacy, Chosun University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea chs@chosun.ac.kr. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Greece TA - Anticancer Res JT - Anticancer research JID - 8102988 RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (Imidazoles) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antineoplastic Agents/*pharmacology MH - Apoptosis/drug effects MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Proliferation/drug effects MH - Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/*drug effects/genetics/metabolism MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition/*drug effects/genetics MH - Female MH - Genes, Reporter MH - Humans MH - Imidazoles/chemistry/*pharmacology MH - Mice MH - Molecular Structure MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects MH - Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms/*etiology/*metabolism/pathology MH - Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays OTO - NOTNLM OT - Imidazo[2,1-b]oxazole derivatives OT - RAF inhibitors OT - TNBC OT - chemotherapy EDAT- 2020/09/04 06:00 MHDA- 2020/09/20 06:00 CRDT- 2020/09/04 06:00 PHST- 2020/05/15 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/06/25 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/06/30 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/09/04 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/09/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/09/20 06:00 [medline] AID - 40/9/5081 [pii] AID - 10.21873/anticanres.14511 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Anticancer Res. 2020 Sep;40(9):5081-5090. doi: 10.21873/anticanres.14511.