NSC305787

Cell experiment:

Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs; 2.5 × 104/well) are seeded in a 96-well plate in endothelial growth media-2. Following formation of a confluent HUVEC monolayer (∼32 h), endothelial growth media-2 is aspirated and a layer of osteosarcoma (OS) cells (1.0 × 104 cells/well) is added to Dulbecco’s modified Eagle medium containing NSC305787. This specific time point is accepted as 0 h of treatment, and invasion is monitored during the subsequent 5 h by measuring changes in resistance at the cell-electrode interphase. The cell index is calculated according to the following formula: cell index = (Rt – R0)/F, where Rt is resistance at time point t, R0 is background resistance (measured with media alone, no cells) and F is frequency at which the measurement is taken (10 kHz)[1].

Animal experiment:

Mice[2]The Osx-Cre+p53fl/flpRBfl/fl transgenic mouse model of osteosarcoma is used in the assay. Mice are treated with 240 μg/kg/day NSC305787, 226 μg/kg/day NSC668394, or vehicle (DMSO, 1%) once daily, five times a week by i.p. injection in a volume of 100 μL. At the end of the study, lung and tumor samples are isolated upon necropsy. Half of each sample is flash frozen immediately in liquid nitrogen, and the other half is fixed in 10% formalin for 18-24 h, transferred to 70% ethanol, and stored at room temperature[2].

References:

[1]. Bulut G, et al. Small molecule inhibitors of ezrin inhibit the invasive phenotype of osteosarcoma cells. Oncogene. 2012 Jan 19;31(3):269-81.
[2]. Çelik H, et al. Ezrin Inhibition Up-regulates Stress Response Gene Expression. J Biol Chem. 2016 Jun 17;291(25):13257-70.