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Cytotoxicity Effects and Apoptosis Induction by Bisbenzylisoquinoline Alkaloids from Triclisia subcordata (2016)
Journal Article
Uche, F., Drijfhout, F., McCullagh, J., Richardson, A., & Li, W. (2016). Cytotoxicity Effects and Apoptosis Induction by Bisbenzylisoquinoline Alkaloids from Triclisia subcordata. Phytotherapy Research, 1533-1539. https://doi.org/10.1002/ptr.5660

Triclisia subcordata Oliv (Menispermeaceae) is a medicinal plant traditionally used for the treatment of various diseases in West Africa. The ethanol extract of T.?subcordata and its fractions were screened for in vitro anti-ovarian cancer activities... Read More about Cytotoxicity Effects and Apoptosis Induction by Bisbenzylisoquinoline Alkaloids from Triclisia subcordata.

Cytotoxicity effects and apoptosis induction by cycleanine and tetrandrine (2016)
Journal Article
Li, W., & Richardson, A. (2016). Cytotoxicity effects and apoptosis induction by cycleanine and tetrandrine. Phytotherapy Research, 1533-1539. https://doi.org/10.1002/ptr.5660

Triclisia subcordata Oliv (Menispermeaceae) is a medicinal plant traditionally used for the treatment of various diseases in West Africa. The ethanol extract of T.?subcordata and its fractions were screened for in vitro anti-ovarian cancer activities... Read More about Cytotoxicity effects and apoptosis induction by cycleanine and tetrandrine.

Antagonism of Bcl-XL is necessary for synergy between carboplatin and BH3 mimetics in ovarian cancer cells (2016)
Journal Article
Abed, M., Abdullah, M., & Richardson, A. (2016). Antagonism of Bcl-XL is necessary for synergy between carboplatin and BH3 mimetics in ovarian cancer cells. Journal of Ovarian Research, 25 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13048-016-0234-y

BACKGROUND: BH3 mimetics are a class of drugs that antagonize the Bcl-2 family of apoptosis inhibitors. We have previously shown that these compounds can potentiate the activity of carboplatin against several ovarian cancer cell lines. However, recen... Read More about Antagonism of Bcl-XL is necessary for synergy between carboplatin and BH3 mimetics in ovarian cancer cells.

The BH3 Mimetic Obatoclax Accumulates in Lysosomes and Causes Their Alkalinization. (2016)
Journal Article
Stamelos, V. A., Fisher, N., Bamrah, H., Voisey, C., Price, J. C., Farrell, W. E., …Richardson, A. (in press). The BH3 Mimetic Obatoclax Accumulates in Lysosomes and Causes Their Alkalinization. PloS one, e0150696 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0150696

Obatoclax belongs to a class of compounds known as BH3 mimetics which function as antagonists of Bcl-2 family apoptosis regulators. It has undergone extensive preclinical and clinical evaluation as a cancer therapeutic. Despite this, it is clear that... Read More about The BH3 Mimetic Obatoclax Accumulates in Lysosomes and Causes Their Alkalinization..

Epidrug mediated re-expression of miRNA targeting the HMGA transcripts in pituitary cells (2015)
Journal Article
Kitchen, M. O., Yacqub-Usman, K., Emes, R. D., Richardson, A., Clayton, R. N., & Farrell, W. E. (2015). Epidrug mediated re-expression of miRNA targeting the HMGA transcripts in pituitary cells. Pituitary, 18(5), 674-684. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11102-014-0630-5

Introduction Transgenic mice overexpressing the high mobility group A (HMGA) genes, Hmga1 or Hmga2 develop pituitary tumours and their overexpression is also a frequent finding in human pituitary adenomas. In some cases, increased expression of HMGA... Read More about Epidrug mediated re-expression of miRNA targeting the HMGA transcripts in pituitary cells.

Virtual screening for novel Atg5–Atg16 complex inhibitors for autophagy modulation (2014)
Journal Article
Robinson, E., Leung, E., Matuszek, A. M., Krogsgaard-Larsen, N., Furkert, D. P., Brimble, M. A., …Reynisson, J. (in press). Virtual screening for novel Atg5–Atg16 complex inhibitors for autophagy modulation. MedChemComm, 6(1), 239-246. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4md00420e

Two hit compounds (14 and 62) were identified using virtual high throughput screening (vHTS) inhibiting the autophagy process in A2780 ovarian cancer cells. The expression levels of the LC3-II and p62 autophagy marker proteins were monitored using We... Read More about Virtual screening for novel Atg5–Atg16 complex inhibitors for autophagy modulation.

Anti-ovarian cancer activities of alkaloids from Triclisia subcordata olive (Menispermecaea) (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Uche, F., Li, W., Richardson, A., & Greenhough, T. Anti-ovarian cancer activities of alkaloids from Triclisia subcordata olive (Menispermecaea). . https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0034-1382585

This study investigates the anticancer activities of Triclisia subcordata, identifies and elucidates the structure(s) of the bioactive anticancer compound. The evaluation of anticancer activity was done by in vitro sulforhodamine B dye method using A... Read More about Anti-ovarian cancer activities of alkaloids from Triclisia subcordata olive (Menispermecaea).

New strategies for the treatment of ovarian cancer (2014)
Journal Article
Robinson, E., Fisher, N., Stamelos, V., Redman, C., & Richardson, A. (2014). New strategies for the treatment of ovarian cancer. Biochemical Society Transactions, 42(1), 125-129. https://doi.org/10.1042/bst20130203

Ovarian cancer usually responds well to chemotherapy, but once the disease becomes resistant to chemotherapy, the treatment options available are inadequate. A number of strategies are currently undergoing clinical evaluation, among which angiogenesi... Read More about New strategies for the treatment of ovarian cancer.

Exploiting the synergy between carboplatin and ABT-737 in the treatment of ovarian carcinomas (2014)
Journal Article
Jain, H., Richardson, A., Meyer-Hermann, M., & Byrne, H. (2014). Exploiting the synergy between carboplatin and ABT-737 in the treatment of ovarian carcinomas. PloS one, e81582 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0081582

Platinum drug-resistance in ovarian cancers mediated by anti-apoptotic proteins such as Bcl-xL is a major factor contributing to the chemotherapeutic resistance of recurrent disease. Consequently, concurrent inhibition of Bcl-xL in combination with c... Read More about Exploiting the synergy between carboplatin and ABT-737 in the treatment of ovarian carcinomas.

Dendrimer Conjugate of [4-(Tetradecanoylamino)benzyl]phosphonic Acid (S32826) as an Autotaxin Inhibitor. (2013)
Journal Article
Fisher, N., Hilton-Bolt, T., G Edwards, M., J Haxton, K., McKenzie, M., Allin, S. M., & Richardson, A. (2014). Dendrimer Conjugate of [4-(Tetradecanoylamino)benzyl]phosphonic Acid (S32826) as an Autotaxin Inhibitor. ACS medicinal chemistry letters, 5(1), 34-39. https://doi.org/10.1021/ml4003106

Autotaxin is an extracellular phospholipase D that catalyzes the hydrolysis of lysophosphatidyl choline (LPC) to bioactive lipid lysophosphatidic acid (LPA). LPA has been implicated in many pathological processes relevant to cancer, including cell mi... Read More about Dendrimer Conjugate of [4-(Tetradecanoylamino)benzyl]phosphonic Acid (S32826) as an Autotaxin Inhibitor..

Anti-cancer thymoquinone from Nigella sativa (2013)
Journal Article
Li, W., Rosa, J., Siddique, M., Bajana, B., Sulé-Suso, J., & Richardson, A. Anti-cancer thymoquinone from Nigella sativa. Planta Medica, 79(13), https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0033-1351896

Quinones and phenolic compounds are important bioactive natural products in medicinal and dietary plants [1 – 3]. For example, thymoquinone (2-isopropyl-6-methyl-1,4-benzoquinone, TQ) is the main bioactive compound from Nigella sativa (black cumin) (... Read More about Anti-cancer thymoquinone from Nigella sativa.

Chairs, bells and students – a novel method to simulate and teach molecular interactions in pharmacology (2013)
Journal Article
Maddock, K., & Richardson, A. (2013). Chairs, bells and students – a novel method to simulate and teach molecular interactions in pharmacology. Pharmacy Education, 36 - 39 (4)

Background: Pharmacy education requires an understanding of the fundamental principles of molecular pharmacology. Among these, abstract concepts such as affinity, association and dissociation rates and partial agonism may be difficult to demonstrate... Read More about Chairs, bells and students – a novel method to simulate and teach molecular interactions in pharmacology.

Use of a Three-Dimensional Virtual Environment to Teach Drug-Receptor Interactions (2013)
Journal Article
Richardson, A., Bracegirdle, L., McLachlan, S. I., & Chapman, S. R. (2013). Use of a Three-Dimensional Virtual Environment to Teach Drug-Receptor Interactions. American journal of pharmaceutical education, 77(1), 11. https://doi.org/10.5688/ajpe77111

Objective. To determine whether using 3-dimensional (3D) technology to teach pharmacy students about the molecular basis of the interactions between drugs and their targets is more effective than traditional lecture using 2-dimensional (2D) graphics.... Read More about Use of a Three-Dimensional Virtual Environment to Teach Drug-Receptor Interactions.

Preclinical evaluation of statins as a treatment for ovarian cancer (2013)
Journal Article
Robinson, E., Nandi, M., Wilkinson, L. L., Arrowsmith, D. M., Curtis, A. D., & Richardson, A. (2013). Preclinical evaluation of statins as a treatment for ovarian cancer. Gynecologic Oncology, 129(2), 417-424. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygyno.2013.02.003

Objective To evaluate the potential for statins to treat ovarian cancer. Methods The sensitivity of 7 ovarian cancer cell lines to either statins or statins combined with either carboplatin or paclitaxel was assessed using monolayer cultures. Se... Read More about Preclinical evaluation of statins as a treatment for ovarian cancer.

Understanding sensitivity to BH3 mimetics: ABT-737 as a case study to foresee the complexities of personalized medicine. (2012)
Journal Article
Richardson, A., Stamelos, V., & Redman, C. (2012). Understanding sensitivity to BH3 mimetics: ABT-737 as a case study to foresee the complexities of personalized medicine. Journal of Molecular Signaling, 12 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/1750-2187-7-12

BH3 mimetics such as ABT-737 and navitoclax bind to the BCL-2 family of proteins and induce apoptosis through the intrinsic apoptosis pathway. There is considerable variability in the sensitivity of different cells to these drugs. Understanding the m... Read More about Understanding sensitivity to BH3 mimetics: ABT-737 as a case study to foresee the complexities of personalized medicine..