Nature Communications (Jun 2018)

Precision therapeutic targeting of human cancer cell motility

  • Li Xu,
  • Ryan Gordon,
  • Rebecca Farmer,
  • Abhinandan Pattanayak,
  • Andrew Binkowski,
  • Xiaoke Huang,
  • Michael Avram,
  • Sankar Krishna,
  • Eric Voll,
  • Janet Pavese,
  • Juan Chavez,
  • James Bruce,
  • Andrew Mazar,
  • Antoinette Nibbs,
  • Wayne Anderson,
  • Lin Li,
  • Borko Jovanovic,
  • Sean Pruell,
  • Matias Valsecchi,
  • Giulio Francia,
  • Rick Betori,
  • Karl Scheidt,
  • Raymond Bergan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04465-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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In this study, the authors identify and validate a halogen-substituted isoflavanone able to inhibit prostate cancer cell motility, invasion and metastasis in vitro and in vivo. They demonstrate its ability to selectively inhibit activation of client proteins that stimulate cell motility.