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ArticleOncogene2025

AVJ16 inhibits lung carcinoma by targeting IGF2BP1.

Nadav Wallis, Tehila Gershon, Sojod Shaaby, Froma Oberman, Myriam Grunewald, Deborah Duran, Amandeep Singh, Gilad Vainer, Vladimir S Spiegelman, Arun K Sharma and 1 more

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Article in Oncogene, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. The cellular landscape of druggable RNA-binding proteins.Nature reviews. Drug discovery · 2026
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  6. RNA-Binding Proteins: Modulators of Canonical Wnt Signaling Pathway.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Nadav WallisDepartment of Developmental Biology and Cancer Research, Institute for Medical Research - Israel-Canada, Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel. nadavwallis@gmail.com.
Tehila GershonDepartment of Developmental Biology and Cancer Research, Institute for Medical Research - Israel-Canada, Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.
Sojod ShaabyDepartment of Developmental Biology and Cancer Research, Institute for Medical Research - Israel-Canada, Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.
Froma ObermanDepartment of Developmental Biology and Cancer Research, Institute for Medical Research - Israel-Canada, Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.
Myriam GrunewaldHadassah Organoid Center, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
Deborah DuranHadassah Organoid Center, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
Amandeep SinghThe Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Department of Molecular and Precision Medicine, Penn State Cancer Institute, Hershey, PA, USA.
Gilad VainerDepartment of Pathology, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
Vladimir S SpiegelmanDivision of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4847-155X
Arun K SharmaThe Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Department of Molecular and Precision Medicine, Penn State Cancer Institute, Hershey, PA, USA.
Joel K YisraeliDepartment of Developmental Biology and Cancer Research, Institute for Medical Research - Israel-Canada, Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel. joel.yisraeli@mail.huji.ac.il.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6538-6686

Funding

Targeting ß-TrCP regulators to improve CRC response to chemotherapyR01CA288849 · NCI · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI Serge Y Fuchs, Vladimir S. Spiegelman · 2024 to 2026
$2.0M
Role and mechanisms of IGF2BP1 in melanoma pathogenesisR01CA243167 · NCI · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI SPIEGELMAN, VLADIMIR S. · 2020 to 2024
$1.8M
The Role of CRD-BP-regulated mRNA Stability in Colorectal CancersR01CA121851 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI SPIEGELMAN, VLADIMIR S. · 2007 to 2011
$1.4M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA121851NCI NIH HHS R01 CA243167NCI NIH HHS R01 CA288849U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (NCI) CA243167U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (NCI) CA288849
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

IGF2BP1 is an oncofoetal RNA binding protein (RBP) expressed in many tumors. Interest has focused of late on the role of RBPs in cancer, although their mechanism of action is not always well understood. Using a newly described small molecule inhibitor of IGF2BP1, termed AVJ16, we have analyzed the effects of this inhibition on RNA binding, RNA expression, and protein expression. AVJ16 treatment downregulates RNAs encoding members of several pro-oncogenic signaling pathways, including Hedgehog, Wnt, and PI3K-Akt, and there is a strong correlation between IGF2BP1 RNA binding, RNA expression, and protein expression. At the cellular level, colony formation, invasion, and spheroid growth are all strongly reduced by exposure to AVJ16, while apoptosis and cell death are enhanced. All of these effects are limited to cells expressing IGF2BP1. In syngeneic LUAD xenografts in mice, IP injection of AVJ16 prevents tumor growth, and incubation with AVJ16 induces cell death in human organoids derived from IGF2BP1-expressing LUADs but not from healthy lung tissue. These results demonstrate that AVJ16 is a promising candidate for targeted therapy directed against tumors expressing IGF2BP1.

Indexed as

Lung NeoplasmsRNA-Binding ProteinsAnimalsApoptosisCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMiceSignal TransductionXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysIGF2BP1 protein, humanRNA-Binding Proteins

Identifiers

PMID40629079
PMCPMC12375500

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