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Osteosarcoma (OS) is an aggressive mesenchymal cell tumor that carries a poor long-term prognosis. Despite definitive surgery for the primary tumor and adjuvant chemotherapy, pulmonary metastasis is common and is the primary cause of morbidity. To improve outcomes for patients, we have developed and optimized a phenotypic screen for drugs that may target OS disseminated tumor cells (DTCs) and inhibit their metastatic outbreak rather than merely screening for cytotoxic activity against proliferating cells, as is commonly conducted in conventional drug discovery approaches. We report on the validation of a previously described 3D reconstituted basement membrane extract (3D BME) model system for tumor dormancy and metastatic outgrowth adapted to clonal pairs of high and low metastatic OS cells. A post-hoc validation of the assay was possible by comparing the activity of a drug in our assay with early evidence of activity in human OS clinical trials (regorafenib and saracatinib). In this validation, we found concordance between our assay and human clinical trial experience We then explored an approved veterinary small molecule inhibitor of Janus kinase-1 (oclacitinib) as a potential drug candidate to take advantage of the high prevalence of OS in pet dogs and its translational value to humans. Despite the biological rationale, we found no evidence to support the use of oclacitinib as an antimetastatic agent in OS. The findings support our 3D BME assay as a highly efficient method to examine drugs for activity in targeting OS DTCs.

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Date Presented Accepted for AOTA INSPIRE 2021 but unable to be presented due to online event limitations. This study will provide knowledge for OTs in the United States about how OTs can potentially assist survivors to reintegrate into society as well as how OT can contribute to the prevention efforts in the antitrafficking movement. Increased understanding of OTs' role in providing services to human-trafficking survivors will contribute to the advancement of care provision to human-trafficking survivors overall. Primary Author and Speaker: Sarbinaz Bekmuratova Contributing Authors: Nicole Amato, Taran Pottebaum, Amanda Ruether, Madeline Smith, and Monica Williams