TY - JOUR AB - Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) is an extremely aggressive human malignancy characterized by a marked degree of invasiveness, absense of features of thyroid differentiation and resistance to current medical treatment. It is well known that ATCs are characterized by deregulation of genes related to cell cycle regulation, i.e., cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) and endogenous cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors (CDKIs). Therefore, in the present study, the effect of a novel exogenous cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor, BP-14, was investigated in three human ATC cell lines. The ATC-derived cell lines FRO, SW1736 and 8505C were treated with BP-14 alone or in combination with the mTOR inhibitor everolimus. In all ATC cell lines, treatment with BP-14 decreased cell viability and, in two of them, BP-14 modified expression of genes involved in epithelial-mesenchymal transition. Thus, our data indicate that BP-14 is a potential new compound effective against ATC. Combined treatment with BP-14 and the mTOR inhibitor everolimus had a strong synergistic effect on cell viability in all three cell lines, suggesting that the combined used of CDK and mTOR inhibitors may be a useful strategy for ATC treatment. AD - Department of Medical and Biological Sciences, University of Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy Department of Health Sciences, University ‘Magna Graecia’ of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Center of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Palacký University and Institute of Experimental Botany AS CR, CZ-77111 Olomuc, Czech Republic AU - Allegri,Lorenzo AU - Baldan,Federica AU - Mio,Catia AU - Puppin,Cinzia AU - Russo,Diego AU - Kryštof,Vladimir AU - Damante,Giuseppe DA - 2016/04/01 DO - 10.3892/or.2016.4614 EP - 2418 IS - 4 JO - Oncol Rep KW - mTOR thyroid cancer cell proliferation synergy CDK inhibitors PY - 2016 SN - 1021-335X 1791-2431 SP - 2413 ST - Effects of BP-14, a novel cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor, on anaplastic thyroid cancer cells T2 - Oncology Reports TI - Effects of BP-14, a novel cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor, on anaplastic thyroid cancer cells UR - https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2016.4614 VL - 35 ER -