Objective
Translational research of childhood tumours to identify molecular targets for novel generation drugs is urgently needed. Nine European research centres devoted to molecular-biology and pharmacology studies of childhood cancers and two SMEs therefore engaged in the KidsCancer Kinome project. KidsCancer Kinome will make a comprehensive analysis of the human protein kinase family. Protein kinases are already excellent targets for many small inhibitory molecules and antibodies designed for adult tumours. Six aggressive childhood tumours (neuroblastoma, medulloblastoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, osteosarcoma, Ewing' tumour and acute lymphocytic leukaemia) will be addressed. These six tumours are responsible for 50% of childhood cancer deaths. Viral shRNA libraries will be applied to test the entire human kinase gene family for tumour-driving kinases in cell lines. They will subsequently be analyzed for mutations and functional parameters in large cohorts of tumour samples. siRNA mediated inactivation in larger cell line panels will critically validate suitable kinases as drug targets. Novel kinase inhibitors being developed for adult oncology will be tested for in vitro activity against the tumour-driving kinases. When no inhibitor is available, a novel generation of siRNA based nucleic acid drugs (LNAs) will be applied. Successful compounds will be taken further to in vivo validation in established xenograft models of the six childhood tumour types. KidsCancer Kinome will tribute to a better understanding of the unique paediatric tumour biology and to the development of new drugs.
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CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/euroscivoc.
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesbiochemistrybiomoleculesnucleic acids
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesbiochemistrybiomoleculesproteins
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesgeneticsmutation
- medical and health sciencesclinical medicineoncologyleukemia
- medical and health sciencesbasic medicinepharmacology and pharmacy
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Call for proposal
FP6-2005-LIFESCIHEALTH-6
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Funding Scheme
STREP - Specific Targeted Research ProjectCoordinator
VILLEJUIF
France