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What it does
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Where it participates (unsigned role)
The effective concentrations of mebendazole to inhibit GL261 glioblastoma cell viability, microtubule polymerization and metaphase arrest were very similar, and using mebendazole as a seed for the NCI COMPARE program revealed that the top-scoring drugs were highly enriched in microtubule-targeting drugs, indicating that the cell toxicity of mebendazole is indeed caused by inhibiting microtubule formation.
Experimental context and source evidence
- evidence_span
- {"source_cache": "artifacts/mebendazole-research/28386621.abstract.txt", "locator": "Indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "20ef610d6b4a341f8a0a3f731bbea5477badbee517062c303bbf1075f3a29865", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1788, "text_sha256": "20ef610d6b4a341f8a0a3f731bbea5477badbee517062c303bbf1075f3a29865"}
- experimental_model
- Concentration-matched comparison of viability, microtubule polymerisation and metaphase arrest, with NCI COMPARE analysis and a head-to-head animal comparison against vincristine
- exposure
- Mebendazole against vincristine close to its maximum tolerated dose in orthotopic GL261 tumours
- limitations
- Tests whether the anticancer effect is the microtubule effect by matching concentrations across three assays, which most repurposing studies do not do.
- nutrient_topic
- Mebendazole research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct clinical effect, and mebendazole is recorded separately from albendazole, from the benzimidazole class and from its own crystal forms. · Mebendazole
- organism
- Mouse
- plain_language
- The concentration that kills the cell is the concentration that blocks its microtubules, so it is the same mechanism.
- primary_references
- [mbz-p28386621] Repurposing Mebendazole as a Replacement for Vincristine for the Treatment of Brain Tumors. (2017). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28386621/ DOI: 10.2119/molmed.2017.00011
- tissue_or_cell_type
- Glioblastoma
AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Concentration-matched comparison of viability, microtubule polymerisation and metaphase arrest, with NCI COMPARE analysis and a head-to-head animal comparison against vincristine · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
### mbz-the-anticancer-effect-is-tubulin The effective concentrations of mebendazole to inhibit GL261 glioblastoma cell viability, microtubule polymerization and metaphase arrest were very similar, and using mebendazole as a seed for the NCI COMPARE program revealed that the top-scoring drugs were highly enriched in microtubule-targeting drugs, indicating that the cell toxicity of mebendazole is indeed caused by inhibiting microtubule formation. Condition category: normal nutrient_topic: Mebendazole research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct clinical effect, and mebendazole is recorded separately from albendazole, from the benzimidazole class and from its own crystal forms. plain_language: The concentration that kills the cell is the concentration that blocks its microtubules, so it is the same mechanism. organism: Mouse tissue_or_cell_type: Glioblastoma experimental_model: Concentration-matched comparison of viability, microtubule polymerisation and metaphase arrest, with NCI COMPARE analysis and a head-to-head animal comparison against vincristine limitations: Tests whether the anticancer effect is the microtubule effect by matching concentrations across three assays, which most repurposing studies do not do. exposure: Mebendazole against vincristine close to its maximum tolerated dose in orthotopic GL261 tumours evidence_span: {"source_cache": "artifacts/mebendazole-research/28386621.abstract.txt", "locator": "Indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "20ef610d6b4a341f8a0a3f731bbea5477badbee517062c303bbf1075f3a29865", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1788, "text_sha256": "20ef610d6b4a341f8a0a3f731bbea5477badbee517062c303bbf1075f3a29865"} [mbz-p28386621] Repurposing Mebendazole as a Replacement for Vincristine for the Treatment of Brain Tumors. (2017). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28386621/ DOI: 10.2119/molmed.2017.00011
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