Mouse models of thyroid cancer: Bridging pathogenesis and novel therapeutics

Mouse models of thyroid cancer: Bridging pathogenesis and novel therapeutics

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Abstract Due to a global increase in the incidence of thyroid cancer, numerous novel mouse models were established to reveal thyroid cancer pathogenesis and test promising therapeutic strategies, necessitating a comprehensive review of translational medicine that covers (i) the role of mouse models in the research of thyroid cancer pathogenesis, and (ii) preclinical testing of potential anti-thyroid cancer therapeutics. The present review article aims to: (i) describe the current approaches for mouse modeling of thyroid cancer, (ii) provide insight into the biology and genetics of thyroid cancers, and (iii) offer guidance on the use of mouse models for testing potential therapeutics in preclinical settings. Based on research with mouse models of thyroid cancer pathogenesis involving the RTK, RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK, PI3K/AKT/mTOR, SRC, and JAK-STAT signaling pathways, inhibitors of VEGFR, MEK, mTOR, SRC, and STAT3 have been developed as anti-thyroid cancer drugs for “bench-to-bedside” translation. In the future, mouse models of thyroid cancer will be designed to be ‘‘humanized” and “patient-like,” offering opportunities to: (i) investigate the pathogenesis of thyroid cancer through target screening based on the CRISPR/Cas system, (ii) test drugs based on new mouse models, and (iii) explore the underlying mechanisms based on multi-omics.

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Mouse Models of Thyroid Cancer: Bridging

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Pathogenesis and Novel Therapeutics

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Yuchen Jin1*, Min Liu1, 2*, Ri Sa1, Hao Fu1, Lin Cheng1, and Libo Chen1

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Shanghai 200233, People’s Republic of China.

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200032, China.

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E-mail addresses for authors:

Department of Nuclear Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital,

Department of Nuclear Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, 180 Fenglin Rd, Shanghai,

Yuchen Jin and Min Liu were the co-first authors.

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[email protected] (Yuchen Jin)

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[email protected] (Ri Sa)

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[email protected] (Hao Fu)

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[email protected] (Lin Cheng)

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[email protected] (Min Liu)

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[email protected] (Libo Chen)

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Addresses for correspondence:

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Professor Libo Chen, MD & PhD, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital, Shanghai 200233, People’s Republic of China.

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Telephone: +86-21-64369181

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Fax: +86-21-64844183

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E-mail: [email protected]

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Financial support and conflicts of interest: This study was sponsored by the National Natural

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Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 81671711 and 81701731) and Shanghai Key Discipline of

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Medical Imaging (Grant No. 2017ZZ02005). None of the authors has any conflict of interest to

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declare.

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Manuscript length: 4408 words (main text)

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Abstract: 199 words

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References: 259

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Figures: 4

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Tables: 5

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Abstract

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Due to a global increase in the incidence of thyroid cancer, numerous novel mouse models were established to

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reveal thyroid cancer pathogenesis and test promising therapeutic strategies, necessitating a comprehensive review

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of translational medicine that covers (i) the role of mouse models in the research of thyroid cancer pathogenesis,

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and (ii) preclinical testing of potential anti-thyroid cancer therapeutics. The present review article aims to: (i)

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describe the current approaches for mouse modeling of thyroid cancer, (ii) provide insight into the biology and

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genetics of thyroid cancers, and (iii) offer guidance on the use of mouse models for testing potential therapeutics in

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preclinical settings. Based on research with mouse models of thyroid cancer pathogenesis involving the RTK,

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RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK, PI3K/AKT/mTOR, SRC, and JAK-STAT signaling pathways, inhibitors of VEGFR, MEK,

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mTOR, SRC, and STAT3 have been developed as anti-thyroid cancer drugs for “bench-to-bedside” translation. In

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the future, mouse models of thyroid cancer will be designed to be ‘‘humanized” and “patient-like,” offering

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opportunities to: (i) investigate the pathogenesis of thyroid cancer through target screening based on the

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CRISPR/Cas system, (ii) test drugs based on new mouse models, and (iii) explore the underlying mechanisms

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based on multi-omics.

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Keywords: Thyroid cancer; Mouse model; Preclinical testing; Anti-cancer therapeutics 2

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Introduction

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Thyroid cancers are endocrine-related tumors, and their incidence is increasing globally [1].

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Surveillance and Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) indicated that the numbers of new cases of

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thyroid cancer and thyroid cancer-related deaths in the USA in 2019 were expected to reach 52,070

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and 2,170, respectively [2]. In China, there were about 90,000 new cases and 6,800 deaths in 2015

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[3]. By 2030, the incidence of thyroid cancer is expected to rank second among all tumors in women

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and ninth in men [4]. The most prevalent type of thyroid cancer, differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC),

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originates in follicular cells and accounts for 90,800 of the total number of cases [1]. Within 10 years

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after an initial operation, local recurrence and distant metastases occur in about 20% and 10% of

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DTC cases, respectively. Despite the availability of I-131 therapy, metastasectomy, and radiotherapy,

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only one-third of patients are identified as having a “complete response”; the remaining patients are

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refractory to I-131 and have a poor prognosis [5]. Medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) and anaplastic

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thyroid cancer (ATC) are rare forms that account for less than 2% of all thyroid cancers. However,

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50% to 80% of MTC patients have metastatic disease at the time of diagnosis, with a five-year

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survival of <50%; ATC is an extremely aggressive disease with a median overall survival of <1 year

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[6]. Therefore, preclinical translational studies on its pathogenesis and novel therapeutics using

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animal models of thyroid cancer are urgently needed.

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In the past decade, spontaneous and transplantation mouse models have been used to explore the

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biomedical features of thyroid cancer. These models produce thyroid tumors that resemble their

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counterparts in humans, both histologically and genetically [7]. Sequencing results for the mouse and

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human genomes have revealed the extent of their cross-species genomic similarity, indicating the

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value of mouse models in thyroid cancer research [8]. Currently, genetic manipulation techniques,

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such as conditional genetic recombination and the introduction of severe immunodeficiency, have

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allowed for the development of new mouse models of thyroid cancer to mimic complicated clinical

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settings, tumor heterogeneity, and disease status in thyroid cancer patients. Interestingly, such models 3

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provide insight into thyroid cancer pathogenesis and facilitate preclinical testing of anti-cancer drugs.

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Furthermore, mouse models are indispensable for elucidating the interaction of anti-cancer drugs

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with thyroid cancer cells, the screening of drugs before clinical trials, and the interpretation of drug

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efficacy and safety results for thyroid cancer patients in clinical trials [9].

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Given the increasing number of newly established thyroid cancer mouse models, recently

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discovered anti-thyroid cancer mechanisms, and potential anti-cancer therapeutics, we performed a

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review of the currently available literature, including established thyroid cancer mouse models,

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thyroid cancer pathogenesis, and new drugs for thyroid cancer therapy. We also discuss perspectives

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for further applications of thyroid cancer mouse models, highlighting techniques for such modeling,

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and provide guidance for the translation of anti-cancer drugs as individualized thyroid cancer

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therapeutics.

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Modeling

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Anti-cancer investigations can be performed by injecting cultured cell-derived xenografts into

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immunodeficient mice. Considerable work on drug testing relies on the use of these cell line-derived

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xenograft models (CDXMs). CDXMs, as well as patient-derived xenograft models (PDXMs) and

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genetically engineered models (GEMs), provide a basis to investigate thyroid cancer pathogenesis

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and the pharmacological mechanisms of anti-thyroid cancer therapeutics. These three models are

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described below.

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CDXMs

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The establishment of CDXMs is based on xenotransplants. Tumor cells can be engrafted

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subcutaneously, orthotopically, or metastatically. Such thyroid cancer models commonly have been

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built with authenticated cell lines (e.g., 8505C, TPC-1, FTC133) to investigate thyroid cancer-related

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phenomena, including invasion, metastasis, and angiogenesis.

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Subcutaneous tumor models are established by inoculating Matrigel-suspended thyroid tumor cells

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into immunodeficient mice [10]. Although the progression of tumors can be monitored easily, the 4

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models fail to imitate the microenvironment, invasional type, and metastatic patterns of thyroid

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cancer, and thus may not be adequate for the prediction of clinical anti-cancer responses [11]. In fact,

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in immunodeficient mice, subcutaneously transplanted thyroid cancer cells rarely metastasize, failing

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to mimic the thyroid tumor microenvironment [12,13]. In contrast, thyroid cancer models involving

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orthotropic transplants simulate the microenvironment, morphology, growth, and metastatic patterns,

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thereby reflecting the clinical spectrum of thyroid cancer. Orthotropic transplants are established by

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injecting thyroid tumor cells into the thyroid glands of immunodeficient mice under surgery, with or

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without ultrasound examination [14]. Mouse models of metastatic thyroid cancer, established in

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severely immunodeficient mice, mimic the metastatic patterns of thyroid cancers in human patients.

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After intravenous or intraventricular injection with as few as 30,000 thyroid cancer cells, metastases

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develop rapidly in the lungs and bones of these mice [15].

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Approaches involving cell lines result in rapid development of thyroid tumors, generating cohorts

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for preclinical investigation. However, CDXMs suffer from several drawbacks. First, cell lines may

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have incurred changes in their microenvironment, especially after many passages, which may alter

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the DNA structure, RNA/protein expression, and the status of thyroid cancer differentiation, thereby

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decreasing the reliability of the experiments [16]. Second, in CDXMs, the tumor microenvironment,

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including stroma and the immune system, is lacking [17]. Finally, tumor cell implantation is

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accomplished through a wound and therefore may not accurately mimic local invasion through the

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thyroid capsule [18]. In this respect, in preclinical experiments, their resemblance to thyroid cancers

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in patients may not be adequate. However, because their experimental repeatability is excellent,

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CDXMs have been widely used.

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PDXMs

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PDXMs are established by transplanting tissue or cells from tumors of patients into immunodeficient

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mice. The growth of patient-derived tumor fragments creates a stroma-based tumor environment,

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which is of value for investigating thyroid cancer pathogenesis, evaluating drug efficacy and safety,

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and exploring tumor heterogeneity; for thyroid cancer patients, they allow individualization of drug

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management [16].

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NOD.Cg-PrkdcscidIl-2rgtm1Wjl/SzJ mice are more commonly used than nude mice [12].

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Patient-derived thyroid tumor fragments are required for the establishment of PDXMs. After

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resection of thyroid tumors is performed, tumors are divided into several fragments. Next, the

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fragments are digested into single-cell suspensions and injected into immunodeficient mice [19]. In

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these fragments, cell–cell interactions and some tissue architecture of the original thyroid cancer

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remain; therefore, these models mimic the thyroid tumor microenvironment [20].

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PDXMs allow the real-time investigation of novel anti-thyroid cancer drugs [21] (Figure 1). Up to

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date, multiple tumor PDXMs have been established and tested in preclinical trials, yielding

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promising results [22–24]; Yet none of thyroid cancer PDXM has been applied in clinical trials,

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which should be regarded as a gateway, inspiring the translational studies. So far, only vemurafenib

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[25], obatoclax [25], LOXO-292 [26], Sorafeinib [27], Lenvatinib [27], PLX51107 [28], PD0325901

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[28], and cabozantinib [29] were tested in thyroid cancer PDXM-based preclinical trials. Although

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no evidence showed therapeutic drugs effective in thyroid cancer PDXMs could be also effective in

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corresponding patients; According to stably maintained pathology [30], and genome [31] of patient

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tumors in thyroid cancer PDXMs, PDXM-based pre-clinical trials may still show meaningful

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benefits for finding and testing potential anti-thyroid cancer drugs. Based on the individualized

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molecular pathogenesis of thyroid cancer, the application of PDXM may precisely reflect biological

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characteristics of the disease in patient individuals and firmly accelerate the clinical translation

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process of anti-thyroid cancer therapeutics. One minor problem——despite PDXMs overcome the

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lack of a tumor microenvironment in CDXMs, implantation is still accomplished through a wound.

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GEMs

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Differing from mouse models involving grafts, GEMs are established by genome alterations using

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genetic engineering tools [32]. GEMs are increasingly utilized for thyroid cancer investigations, for

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these models offer the possibility to generate gene mutations, amplifications, deletions, and

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translocations, allowing researchers to turn on/off oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes [7].

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To evade normal cellular control systems, GEMs target genes that can be altered by Cre-mediated

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gene recombination [33]. The expression of oncogenes caused by mutations, amplifications,

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deletions, and translocations can be temporally or spatially controlled with promoters specific for

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thyroid tissue (e.g., promoters for thyroglobulin, thyroid peroxidase, or calcitonin) (Figure 2)

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[33–35].

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Two important factors may influence the choice for the use of thyroid cancer GEMs. First, GEMs,

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which exhibit the characteristic development of a thyroid tumor, circumvent most problems

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associated with grafted models and meet the need for exploring the interactions between tumor cells,

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the tumor microenvironment, and the immune system [36]. Second, however, the microenvironment

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and the immune system remain based on mouse DNA, RNA, and proteins, and the thyroid cancer

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phenotype may be different from that of thyroid cancer patients [37].

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Translation

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By use of the above mouse models, various biological systems and events that are involved in

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thyroid cancer dedifferentiation, proliferation, and metastasis have been described, providing

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potential targets for anti-thyroid cancer targeted therapy (Figure 3). To lay a foundation for potential

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bench-to-bedside translation of targeted therapy, thyroid cancer mouse models are of value to

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understand the specific mechanisms how thyroid cancers derived pathologically. Identification of the

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genetic and molecular alterations in thyroid cancer cells has advanced our knowledge about thyroid

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cancer pathogenesis, which involves the RTK, RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK, PI3K/AKT/mTOR, SRC, and

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JAK-STAT signaling pathways. Activation of RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK pathway are tend to transfer

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follicular cells into PTC; Upregulated PI3K/AKT/mTOR changes the follicular cells into FTC; And 7

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dysfunctional RTK pathway are prone to be observed in MTC, indicating that thyroid cancer patients

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should be personally treated with specific anti-pathway drugs [38,39]. Necessarily, these potential

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drugs should be tested in mouse models to evaluate the efficacy and safety of anti-thyroid cancer

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therapeutics.

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RTK Signaling Pathway

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RTKs include 20 different surface receptor families, i.e., those of EGF, insulin, PDGF, VEGF, FGF,

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CCK, NGF, HGF, Eph, AXL, TIE, RYK, DDR, RET, ROS, LTK, ROR, MuSK, LMR, and an

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undetermined family, which act through growth factors, hormones, and other extracellular molecules

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[40,41]. Mutations in RTKs are often found in thyroid cancers of patients. RET mutations are

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commonly present in MTCs, including sporadic MTCs, familial MTCs, and multiple endocrine

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neoplasia 2 (MEN2) syndromes [38,42]. RET/PTC, a rearranged form of RET, was the first genetic

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alteration identified in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) [43].

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Thyroid cancer models with RET-PTC1 and RET-PTC3 gene rearrangements have been created by

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using the Cre–loxP system. In GEMs, tumors with RET-PTC1 and RET-PTC3 develop into

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non-invasive PTCs. RET/PTC rearrangements are early events in thyroid carcinogenesis and are

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specific for dedifferentiation [44]. Based on the corresponding thyroid cancer mouse models, the

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RTK signaling pathway has been identified as a controller of angiogenesis, proliferation, and

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metastasis. In the process of thyroid cancer progression, RTKs, activated after ligand binding with

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extracellular molecules, phosphorylate PI3K and MAPK, leading to activation of the

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PI3K/AKT/mTOR and RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK pathways. The RTK signaling pathway and

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subsequently the phenotypes of cell proliferation, dedifferentiation, survival, migration, and tumor

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angiogenesis in thyroid tumors have been validated with both CDXMs and GEMs [43,45,46].

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RTK inhibitors, including cabozantinib, gefitinib, imatinib, lenvatinib, motesanib, pazopanib,

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sorafenib, sunitinib, and vandetanib, have been evaluated in preclinical studies and clinical trials,

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which have yielded some promising results (Table 1). Some recently developed RTK inhibitors,

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including anlotinib, apatinib, nintedanib, ponatinib, and regorafenib, which inhibit the

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anti-angiogenesis-related targets of VEGFR, PDGFR, FGFR, KIT, and RET, have been tested in

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mice and are being translated into clinical settings (Table 2). Other preclinically tested RTK

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inhibitors, such as LIF, AEE788, CUDC-101, PD173074, tetraiodothyroacetic acid, CLM3,

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withaferin A, Pulsatilla koreana extract, and crizotinib, have been tested in mouse models as

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potential candidates for anti-thyroid cancer therapy (Table 3). Targeting RET and E2F1, LIF shows a

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capacity for decreasing tumor burdens; tumor weights are reduced by 50–70% compared to the

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control group, showing potential value for translation. AEE788 and CUDC-101, which inhibit EGFR,

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show anti-proliferative activity in ATC/FTC-derived CDXMs [47–49]. Agents targeting RTKs have

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been applied for redifferentiation of radioiodine-refractory DTCs. There is an inverse relationship

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between PDGFRα activation and the transcriptional activity of thyroid transcription factor-1 (TTF1).

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PDGFRα blockade promotes expression of sodium/iodide symporter (NIS), restoring iodine

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transport in a thyroid cancer mouse model [50]. VEGF inhibitors include antibodies against VEGF

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(bevacizumab) and VEGFR-2 (ramucirumab) and recombinant fusion protein against VEGF-A

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(aflibercept). However, despite the positive results obtained with thyroid cancer CDXMs, for many

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patients, VEGF-targeted therapy fails to show appreciable clinical benefit [27,51]. The observation

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that sorafenib and lenvatinib are effective inhibitors of radioiodine-refractory PTCs in individual, but

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not all, mice indicates that individualized therapeutics are of high value [27].

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RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK Signaling Pathway

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Components of the RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK signaling pathway are RAS and the downstream kinases

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RAF, MEK, and ERK. RET, RAS, BRAF, and TERT mutations are mainly related to the Ras signaling

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pathway [52]. The prevalence of RAS mutations is 18–55% in PDTCs, 45% in FTCs, 35% in

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follicular variant-PTCs, and 4–60% in ATCs [53]. BRAFV600E is commonly detected in thyroid

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cancers, especially in PTCs; the incidence of BRAFV600E varies from 29 to 70% in PTCs [38]. TERT

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mutations usually accompany BRAFV600E mutations; most are found in aggressive, dedifferentiated

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thyroid cancers, accounting for about 7–10% in PTCs [54].

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K-RasG12D, N-RASQ61K, RET-PTC1, RET-PTC3, and BRAFV600E mice have been created using the

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Cre–loxP system. In these models, H-RAS and K-RAS are responsible for hyperplasia [55,56]. In

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GEMs, tumors with RET-PTC1, RET-PTC3, and BRAFV600E develop into non-invasive PTCs.

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RET/PTC rearrangements are early events in thyroid carcinogenesis and are specific for

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dedifferentiation [57]. In K-RASG12D, N-RASQ61K, and BRAFV600E GEMs, RAS mutations and

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BRAFV600E lead to constitutive activation of RAS and BRAF, inducing thyroid cancer

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dedifferentiation and proliferation [58]. In general, RAS mutations are associated with thyroid tumor

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progression. However, thyroid carcinogenesis and dedifferentiation are not necessarily only driven

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by RAS mutations; the combination of BRAF mutations and RAS mutations may be involved in

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thyroid cancer formation and progression. The activated RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK signaling pathway

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induces matrix degrading proteases, including MMP-1, -2, -3, and -9, and overexpression of

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urokinase plasminogen activator (uPa). RAS (H-, K-, and N-RAS) and its downstream targets

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promote migration of thyroid tumor cells [38,46]. Moreover, BRAFV600E-induced dedifferentiation is

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associated with dysfunction of NIS. BRAFV600E causes poor radioiodine uptake in thyroid tumors and

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may lead to therapeutic resistance to radioiodine therapy, which has been observed in thyroid cancer

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GEMs exposed to radioiodine [59,60].

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Some molecular therapeutics target the RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK signaling cascade. Inhibitors of the

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RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK signaling pathway, including vemurafenib, selumetinib, dabrafenib, and

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trametinib, have been investigated in thyroid cancer clinical trials, revealing promising results [9,61]

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(Table 1). The allosteric MEK inhibitor CH5126766 is a candidate for clinical translation. In the

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BRAFV600E GEM, CH5126766 induces a five-fold increase in NIS expression in thyroid cancer cells,

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and reuptake radioiodine accumulation is twice as high as that observed after selumetinib treatment.

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In addition, CH5126766 treatment prior to radioiodine delivery decreases thyroid tumor size

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compared to radioiodine delivery without pretreatment [59].

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PI3K/AKT/mTOR Signaling Pathway

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The PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway is involved in thyroid cancer proliferation and in survival

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and angiogenesis of tumor cells [62]. In thyroid cancer cells, PIK3CA mutations commonly exist in

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FTCs, PDTCs, and ATCs [36].

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In GEMs, activation of PIK3CA may lead to poor differentiation and rapid progression. In

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addition, in FTC GEMs, amplification or mutation of PIK3CA, which encodes the catalytic subunit

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of the PI3K converting PIP2 to PIP3, activates mTOR [38,63]. Higher mTOR levels lead to

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downstream activation of S6K1 and 4E-BP1, which induce migration and invasion of thyroid tumor

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cells. The matrix remodeling enzymes MMP-2/-9, uPa, and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1)

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are upregulated, resulting in invasiveness [64]. If mTOR is inhibited by stress signals, such as low

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oxygen tension or low glucose in a low-pH extracellular setting, the beclin 1/PI3K complex is

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activated, which enhances autophagy to overcome the hostile microenvironment and sustain tumor

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proliferation [65]. In addition, with a transgenic mouse model of thyroid cancer, PI3K acts as a

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negative controller of NIS, and PTEN as a positive regulator of TTF1 and NIS expression, balancing

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differentiation and dedifferentiation [66].

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therapeutic

targets.

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PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway inhibitors, including everolimus, temsirolimus, torin2, CUDC-907,

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PP121, GDC-0941, LY294002, IC87114, and AZD8055, have been tested preclinically and/or

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clinically (Tables 1 and 3). Torin2, discovered through screening of compound libraries (3282 drugs),

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suppresses thyroid tumor cell proliferation and, in CDXMs, inhibits thyroid tumor growth and

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metastasis [67].

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SRC Signaling Pathway

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SRC family kinases (SFKs), which include SRC, FYN, YES, BLK, FGR, HCK, LCK, YRK, and

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LYN, are non-receptor tyrosine kinases. Tyrosine kinase, G protein-coupled receptors, steroid

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receptors, and Signal Transducers and Activators of Transcription (STAT) are activators of SFK,

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which is involved in cell proliferation, motility, invasion, and angiogenesis [68].

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Only a few studies have focused on the SRC pathway in thyroid cancer cells or in mouse models

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of thyroid cancer. In CDXMs with a RET/PTC1 rearrangement, the SRC inhibitor dasatinib

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suppresses tumor volume, suggesting that the SRC pathway is involved in regulating growth of

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thyroid cancers [69]. In mice with ThrbPV/PVPten+/- thyroid cancer, SKI-606, an SRC/ABL dual

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inhibitor, reduces tumor growth, invasion, and metastasis, effects that are related to inhibition of the

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SRC pathway and the epithelial–mesenchymal transition [70]. These results suggest that the SRC

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pathway influences the invasion and metastasis of thyroid cancer and that the activated SRC pathway

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subsequently activates the MAPK, PI3K, FAK, and STAT pathways, promoting the progression of

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thyroid cancers [69][69–72].

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JAK-STAT Signaling Pathway

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The JAK family includes JAK1, JAK2, JAK3, and TYK2, and the STAT family includes STAT1,

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STAT2, STAT3, STAT4, STAT5a, STAT5b, and STAT6. JAK is activated by a combination of

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cytokines or growth factors and their corresponding receptors, and activated JAK in turn activates

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STAT, which can interact with DNA and regulate translation of various genes [73,74].

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A high-fat diet induces the expression of STAT3, cyclin D1, and phosphorylated retinoblastoma

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protein through the JAK2-STAT3 pathway, which leads to the development of ATCs in mice with

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ThrbPV/PVPten+/- thyroid cancer. This suggests that, in these mice, STAT3 boosts the effects of a

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high-fat diet by inducing development and progression of thyroid cancers [75]. Despite preclinical

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results showing that the efficacies of cucurbitacin I, metformin, and S3I-201 are limited, the response

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to the JAK1/2 inhibitor AZD1480 in PTC CDXMs is extensive (Table 3). These results indicate that

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the JAK-STAT3 pathway may be involved in the development, progression, and metastasis of

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thyroid tumors. However, other researchers have obtained opposite results, i.e., that STAT3 may be a

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negative regulator of thyroid tumor growth, suggesting that the JAK-STAT3 pathway may inhibit

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rather than promote thyroid cancer [76,77].

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Other Signaling Pathways

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Other signaling pathways may be related to the progression of thyroid tumors. The

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RASSF1-MST1-FOXO3 pathway may be regulated by BRAFV600E gene mutations [78]; the activated

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C-MET pathway may promote the growth, invasion, and metastasis of thyroid tumors [79,80]; and

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the hedgehog pathway may be associated with the progression and metastasis of thyroid cancer

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[38,81]. The corresponding therapeutics tested in preclinical settings are listed in Table 3.

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Perspectives

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Despite broad use of mouse models in thyroid cancer research, a certain amount of skepticism about

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their relevance with human thyroid cancer and their value for clinical translation is presented in the

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field of thyroid cancer research [11]. This is likely due to the differences between mice and humans,

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but also to the fact that some clinical trials still fail despite the use of mouse models in the preceding

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discovery research phases. According to Tables 1–4, the translational rate was only about 4–5%,

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raising the awareness that thyroid cancer mouse models need to be further refined. Given the

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increasing kinds of PDXMs and humanized PDXMs for thyroid cancer research, these best

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approaches may facilitate in vivo drug tests and consequently accelerate the bench to bedside

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translation. In the future, the ever-evolving establishment of thyroid cancer mouse models may solve

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the significant issue that some therapeutic drug effective in mouse models but invalid in thyroid

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cancer patients.

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The dawn of a new century has witnessed not only the establishment of CDXMs, PDXMs, and

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GEMs of thyroid cancer, but also the increasing applications of these models. To better translate

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novel therapeutics into clinical settings, further advanced studies are essential in the areas of mouse

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modeling, drug testing, target screening, and mechanism identification.

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Mouse Modeling Based on Humanization

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Humanized mice are now used as PDXMs in biological and medical research on thyroid cancer.

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Severe combined immunodeficient mice that are highly deficient in T, B, and NK cells support the 13

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engraftment of functional human immune cells [17,37]. These cells migrate into thyroid tumors and

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replicate their natural microenvironment [37]. With the ongoing progress in immunology, scientists

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are increasingly aware that the therapeutic effects of anti-cancer therapeutics are inseparable from

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the role of the anti-tumor immune system. Anti-thyroid therapeutics applied systemically, especially

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MEK inhibitors, CDK inhibitors, and PD1/PDL1 inhibitors, influence the immune system.

329

Consequently, the role and pharmacological mechanism of anti-apoptosis therapy, redifferentiation

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therapy, and immunotherapy should be tested in the environment of a humanized immune system.

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The humanized mouse model may lead to a revolution in mouse modeling. The newly established

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mouse models may be “patient-like” and “humanized,” and may provide new, efficacious ways for

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testing drugs for treatment of thyroid cancers.

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Drug Testing Based on New Mouse Models

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Dedifferentiated and highly aggressive thyroid cancers present challenges in the translation of

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therapeutics into clinical applications. As shown in Table 1, most results of clinical trials match the

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conclusions derived from preclinical studies, showing that the efficacy and safety of anti-thyroid

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cancer drugs may be predicted from the data derived in preclinical studies. In clinical trials,

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promising drugs, such as anlotinib, apatinib, nintedanib, ponatinib, regorafenib, and tipifarnib, may

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be translated into clinical applications (Table 2). Future studies, many involving the use of thyroid

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cancer mouse models, will continue to focus on “bench-to-bedside” translation. To date, numerous

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drugs have been designed and tested in mouse models; promising drugs are listed in Table 3.

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Additionally, drug combinations are of interest for the treatment of thyroid cancer; these are listed in

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Table 4.

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Target Screening Based on the CRISPR/Cas System

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CRISPR is a method for gene editing derived from the bacterial anti-viral defense system. With the

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intracellular delivery of Cas9 nuclease and synthetic guide RNA (sgRNA), genes can be cut at

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desired positions [82]. The designed sgRNAs can be included in sgRNA libraries by

14

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adeno-associated virus (AAV), which offers an alternative approach to screen anti-thyroid cancer

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targets. For lung cancers and glioblastomas, AAV encoding sgRNA libraries are delivered to the

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lungs and brains of mice expressing Cas9. As a result, the pathogenesis of cancers and anti-tumor

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targets can be analyzed [83,84]. Target screens by delivery of sgRNA libraries can be performed with

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thyroid tissue and could clarify the role of genes associated with thyroid cancer.

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Mechanism Exploring Based on Multi-Omics

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Omics methods involve high-throughput investigations of the genome, epigenome, transcriptome,

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proteome, and metabolome. These methods are used to understand thyroid cancer pathogenesis, to

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find the underlying molecular characteristics of thyroid tumors, and to reveal the phenotypes of

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thyroid cancers [85]. With multi-omics analysis of thyroid cancer mouse models, the link between

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genomic alterations and mRNAs, proteins, and metabolites in relation to thyroid cancer may be

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revealed. Based on mouse models of thyroid cancer, the next phase of multi-omics analysis will

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focus on dealing with thousands of mRNAs and proteins to reveal changes in the thyroid cancer

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omics in a dynamic manner. For the biologic analysis of thyroid cancer, it will be highly desirable to

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develop PDXMs that are useful in the development of drugs for precision therapy based on

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personalized multi-omics data. Moreover, driven by such data, analysis of thyroid cancer GEMs is

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likely to make large contributions to the research on thyroid cancer pathogenesis and to the

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development of novel drugs [86].

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Summary

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Mouse models of thyroid cancer are of high importance for the development of therapeutic

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interventions. In our opinion, CDXMs, PDXMs, and GEMs are all effective approaches for the

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analysis of pathogenesis and for drug evaluations. CDXMs, as a flexible tool, have mostly been

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utilized in thyroid cancer research, especially in tests of anti-thyroid cancer drugs. With CDXMs,

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mechanisms of tumor differentiation, vascularization, proliferation, and metastasis have been

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explored. GEMs have mainly been used for investigating effects of gene alterations, tumorigenesis, 15

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confirming anti-thyroid cancer targets, and for investigating pharmacological mechanisms of

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anti-thyroid cancer drugs. They have yielded specific targets and mechanism-based drugs for clinical

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translation. Differing from CDXMs and GEMs, PDXMs are used in preclinical trials and for

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screening drugs for individual patients. However, the development of PDXMs for thyroid cancer

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investigations remains insufficient. Ideal thyroid cancer models will mimic thyroid cancer biology

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and facilitate drug translation in cancer therapy. Therefore, advanced mouse models will be

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necessary in cross-linking basic researches on thyroid cancer mechanisms and clinical studies on

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potential anti-thyroid cancer therapeutics (Figure 4). The literature reveals that thyroid cancer mouse

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models tend to be ‘‘humanized” and “patient-like.” They will offer opportunities to investigate

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thyroid cancer mechanisms and to optimize anti-cancer drugs for “bench-to-bedside” translation.

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Studies using thyroid cancer mouse models have provided information on the pathogenesis and

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tumorigenesis of thyroid cancer and have been useful for both fundamental research and clinical

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studies. The roles of signaling pathways, such as RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK and PI3K/AKT/mTOR, in

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thyroid tumors have been analyzed using mouse models. In thyroid cancer GEMs, several gene

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alterations, including RET/PTC rearrangements and the BRAFV600E mutation, have proved to be

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oncogenic, validating the relevance of MAPK signaling pathways in PTC. In addition, RAS

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mutations are involved in the development of PTCs and FTCs. Mice with overactivation of the

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PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway develop FTCs. Other signaling pathways, including the SRC,

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JAK-STAT, RASSF1-MST1-FOXO3, C-MET, and sonic hedgehog pathways, are studied as

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potential targets for anti-thyroid cancer drugs. These studies have revealed mechanisms of thyroid

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tumorigenesis and progression and have led to the development, testing, and translation of

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anti-thyroid cancer drugs into clinical settings. Mouse models have confirmed the pathogenesis of

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thyroid cancer and have led to the availability of new drugs for the treatment of thyroid cancer.

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Consistent with the results on tumor pathogenesis, drugs such as MLN8054 (aurora kinase inhibitor),

398

radicicol (HSP90 inhibitor), HNHA (HDAC inhibitor), and PD-L1 antibody have been tested in

16

399

mouse models.

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There remains a need for new screening methods to evaluate potential thyroid cancer therapeutics.

401

The development of mouse models, the understanding of the pathogenesis of thyroid cancer, and the

402

discovery of anti-thyroid cancer therapeutics will help in establishing individualized therapy. The

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next step will be the discovery of drug response-related biomarkers, which will aid in the prediction

404

of the results of anti-tumor therapy and help in the management of thyroid cancer.

405

Abbreviations

406

See Table 5.

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Acknowledgments

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This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.

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81671711 and 81701731) and the Shanghai Key Discipline of Medical Imaging (Grant No.

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2017ZZ02005). We thank LetPub (www.letpub.com) for their linguistic assistance during the

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preparation of this manuscript.

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Conflict of interest

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The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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Legends

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Figure 1. Establishment and testing of drugs in PDXMs. Tumor fragments were obtained from

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thyroid cancer patients. The clinical-histopathologic parameters and genomic profiling by the

1385

next-generation sequencing of these specimens were analyzed for drug candidates. Non-necrotic

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areas of these tumors were incubated as organoids and implanted subcutaneously into

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immunodeficient mice. Genome and pathology of thyroid tumor cells from patients remain stable in

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PDXMs and patient-derived organoid. After tumor establishment and growth, biological assays of

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drug efficacy and biomarker prediction for targeted therapies were conducted. If the drugs showed

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efficacy in PDXMs, they could be developed for patients. PDXM, patient-derived xenograft model.

1391 1392

Figure 2. Examples of constructed GEMs with a thyroid-specific promoter and Cre recombinase.

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The oncogene could be placed downstream of a stop signal gene that is inserted between two loxP

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sites. The stop cassette prevents oncogene expression, and thyroid-specific promoter activates Cre

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recombinase targets the stop cassette to allow oncogene gene expression only in the thyroid.

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Similarly, under control of a thyroid-specific promoter, the Cre recombinase also targets the stop

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cassette, resulting in knock-out of tumor suppressor genes in the thyroid. Consequently, the

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recombinated gene alterations facilitate the carcinogenesis in thyroid. KI, knock in; KO, knock out;

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PTC, papillary thyroid cancer; FTC, follicular thyroid cancer; ATC, anaplastic thyroid cancer. Red

1400

arrow-head, loxp position; Green arrow, gene expression.

1401 1402

Figure 3. Primary signaling pathways in thyroid cancer and molecular targeted agents tested in

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mouse models. Ligand-mediated activation of RTK results in activation of the PI3K/AKT/mTOR

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and RAS/RAF/MAPK/ERK pathways [38,87]. This leads to initiation of tumor dedifferentiation,

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migration, survival, proliferation, and angiogenesis. Moreover, molecular inhibitors and their targets

1406

of action are shown. PI3K, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase; PIP2, phosphatidylinositol 4,5-biphosphate; 57

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PIP3, phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-triphosphate; PTEN, phosphatase and tensin homologue; PDK-1,

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3-Phosphoinositide Dependent Protein Kinase 1; AKT, V-Akt Murine Thymoma Viral Oncogene

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Homolog 1; STAT3, Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3; MSK, mitogen- and

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stress-activated protein kinase; mTOR, mammalian target of rapamycin; S6K, Ribosomal Protein S6

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Kinase I; CDK, Cyclin Dependent Kinase; RAS, rat sarcoma viral oncogene homologue; NF1,

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neurofribomin 1; ARAF, V-Raf Murine Sarcoma 3611 Viral Oncogene Homolog 1; BRAF, V-Raf

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Murine Sarcoma Viral Oncogene Homolog B; CRAF, V-Raf-1 Murine Leukemia Viral Oncogene

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Homolog 1; MEK, mitogen-activated protein kinase; ERK, extracellular signal-regulated kinase;

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Vinexin, Sorbin and SH3 Domain Containing 3; ETS1, ETS Proto-Oncogene 1; MMP2, Matrix

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Metallopeptidase 2.

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Figure 4. An example of mouse models bridging bench and bedside via translational research of

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thyroid cancer treatment. During the process of Sorafenib translation, the drug was initially tested in

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mouse model trials, and the preclinical results were well interpreted on basic aspect and in the field

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of potential clinical application. The interpretation on pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, and

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pharmacodynamics of Sorafenib built the footstone for clinical trials and the probability for potential

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translation. After phase II and III trials, the efficacy and safety of Sorafenib was confirmed and then

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the drug was approved for clinical application. In the stage of post-market, amelioration around

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Sorafenib have been still simultaneously researching in thyroid cancer mouse models and real-world

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clinical settings. As the results, drug resistant mechanisms and drug combinations were obtained,

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inspiring the future translational studies. DTC, differentiated thyroid cancer; ATC, anaplastic thyroid

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cancer; RRDTC, radioiodine refractory thyroid cancer. CDXMs, cell line-derived xenograft models;

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PDXM, patient-derived xenograft model.

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Table 1. Outcomes of thyroid cancer mouse model-based preclinical studies on agents with completed clinical trials. Drug Targets Pre-clinical study Clinical trial Ref. Tumor Mice Survival Tumor Body Arm, phase Tumor Type Burden* Weight (Reference) Type Cabozantinib VEGFR, [42] MTC CDXM NR ↓50 – 80% Stable RCT, III [88] MTC PDGFR, RET PDXM NR ↓55 – 60% NR Everolimus

mTOR

[65,89,90]

DTC

GEM

Gefitinib Imatinib

EGFR [92,93] ABL, c-kit, [94,95] PDGF-R VEGFR, [27,97,98] FGFR, c-Kit, RET, PDGFR VEGFR, RET, [100] PDGFR, c-Kit VEGFR, [102,103] PDGFR, c-Kit

ATC ATC ATC

Selumetinib

MEK1

Sorafenib

VEGFR, [30,108–115] PDGFR, c-Kit, RET, RAF VEGFR, [103,117–121] PDGFR, c-Kit, RET, FLT3 VEGFR, [30,32,47,124–1 EGFR, RET 30]

Lenvatinib

Motesanib Pazopanib

Sunitinib

Vandetanib

Vemurafenib Pan-Raf

Depsipeptide HDAC1, 2

[59]

↑ 28%

Enrolled Median Median CR,% PR,% n OS, mo PFS, mo 330 26.6 11.2 ORR: 28%

SD,%

PD,%

Main adverse events (Grade ≥ 3)

NR

NR

Diarrhea (21.5%), HFSR (12.6%), hypocalcemia (10.7%), decreased weight (9.8%), fatigue (9.8%), hypertension (8.9%), asthenia (6.5%) Mucositis (15%), diarrhea (10%), neutropenia (5%), hypertriglyceridemia (5%) Anorexia (11%), diarrhea (4%), rash (7%) Lymphopenia (45.5%), edema (25%), anemia (18.2%), fatigue (12.5%), hyponatremia (12.5%) Hypertension (10-41.8%), diarrhea (8-10%), fatigue or asthenia (9.2%), decreased weight (9.6-12%), proteinuria (10%) Hypertension (25%), diarrhea (13%), weight loss (5%), abdominal pain (5%) Hypertension (13%), pharyngo-laryngeal pain (13%), raised ALT concentration (10.8%), lower-gastrointestinal haemorrhage (8.1%) Rash (18%), fatigue (8%), diarrhea (5%), peripheral edema (5%) HFSR (16-44.1%), weight loss (8.4%-11.5%), hypertension (9.7-16.1%), rash (16.1%)

↓50 – 75% Stable

Single, II [91] RRDTC 28

NR

11.8

0

10

66

18

CDXM NR CDXM NR

↓30–>90% NR ↓12 – 25% Stable

Single, II [81] RRDTC 27 Single, II [96] ATC 11

27.4 NR

3.9 NR

0 0

12 25

NR 50

38 12.5

CDXM NR PDXM NR

↓60–>90% Stable ↓50 – 60% ↓ 5–10%

RCT, III [99]

NE

18.3

1.5

63.2

23

6.9

MTC CDXM ↑ 33%

↓30 – 50% Stable

Single, II [101] RRDTC 93

NE

9.2

0

14

67

8

DTC ATC

GEM ↑ 21% CDXM NR

↓ 20% ↓ 5% ↓25 – 50% Stable

ATC

CDXM NR

↓30 – 70% NR

Single, II [104] Single, II [105] Single, II [106] Single, II [107]

NE 3.7 19.9 NR

11.7 2.1 9.4 7.4

0 NE 0 0

49 NE 14.3 3

NR NE 57.1 54

NR NE 17.1 28

ATC

CDXM ↑ 18% GEM NR PDXM NR

↓20 – 30% Stable ↓ 66% NR ↓50 – 60% ↓ 5–10%

RCT, III [116] RRDTC 417

NE

10.8

NR

12.2

41.8

NR

↓ 10% ↓ 10% ↓10 – 50% Stable

Single, II [122] RRDTC 35 Single, II [123] RRDTC 23

NE 56.5

NR 8

1 0

28 26

46 57

17 4

Neutropenia (34%), leukopenia (13-31%), diarrhea (17%), HFSR (17%), hypertension (13%), fatigue (11%)

↓50 – 80% ↓ 5% ↓ 5-30% Stable ↓50 – >80% ↓ 17% ↓30 – 50% NR No effect NR ↓50% NR ↓80 – 90% NR ↓25 – 30% NR

RCT, II [131] RRDTC 145 RCT, III [132] MTC 331

NR NR

11.1 19.3

NR 0

1 45

54 42

44 13

Diarrhea (10%), asthenia (7%), fatigue (5%).

DTC GEM ↑ 33% MTC CDXM NR

DTC ATC MTC [15,25,133–138] PTC ATC ATC PTC [139–141] MTC

PDXM ↑ 15% CDXM NR CDXM NR GEMs NR GEMs ↑ 75% CDXM NR PDXM NR GEM NR

RRDTC 382

RRDTC ATC MTC RRDTC

39 15 35 39

Single, II [102] RRDTC 51 (C1: NE 26, C2: (C1) 25) NE (C2) Single, II [142] RRDTC 20 33.2

15.1 (C1) 0 (C1) 38.5 (C1) 57.7 (C1) 3.8 (C1) Weight loss (5%), abdominal pain (5%) 8.9 (C2) 0 (C2) 27.3 (C2) 63.6 (C2) 4.5 (C2)

NR

0

0

65

35

Thrombosis/thrombus/embolism (5%), fatigue (5%), dysphagia (5%), dyspnea (5%), lymphopenia (5%), prolonged QTc interval (5%) *Tumor burden was evaluated according to the tumor weight/volume/activity data at day 10 and/or day 20 post drug delivery; NR, not reported; NE, not estimable; CI, confidence interval; CR, complete response; OS, overall survival; PD, progressive disease; PFS, progression-free survival; PR, partial response; DTC, differentiated thyroid cancer; PTC, papillary thyroid cancer; ATC, anaplastic thyroid cancer; MTC, medullary thyroid cancer; RRDTC, radioiodine refractory thyroid cancer; CDXM, cell line-derived xenograft model; PDXM, patient-derived xenograft model; GEM, genetically engineered model; RCT, randomized controlled trial; RECIST, response evaluation criteria in solid tumors; SD, stable disease; FGFR, fibroblast growth factor receptor; FLT3, Fms-like tyrosine kinase 3; MEK1, MAPK/ERK kinase 1; mTOR, mammalian target of rapamycin; PDGFR, platelet-derived growth factor receptor; RAF, rapidly accelerating fibrosarcoma; RET, glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor receptor; VEGFR, vascular endothelial growth factor receptor; c-kit, stem cell factor receptor; EGFR, epidermal growth factor receptor; HFSR, hand-foot-skin reaction; HDAC, histone deacetylase. C1: Cohort 1, patients never received multikinase inhibitors; C2: Cohort 2 patients previously received multikinase inhibitors.

Table 2. Outcomes of thyroid cancer mouse model-based preclinical studies on agents with ongoing clinical trials. Drug

Action

Pre-clinical study Ref.

Tumor

Mice

Survival

Apatinib

Nintedanib

VEGFR2

VEGFR2

RTK

[143]

[144]

[145]

Phase

Tumor Type

Status

Body *

Type Anlotinib

Tumor

Clinical Trial No. Burden

Weight

ATC

CDXM

NR

↓ 60 – >90%

Stable

NCT02586337

II/ III

DTC

Recruiting

MTC

CDXM

NR

↓ 50 – 60%

Stable

NCT02586350

II/ III

MTC

Recruiting

ATC

CDXM

NR

↓ 10 – 60%

NR

NCT03199677

II

TC

Recruiting

NCT03167385

II

DTC

Recruiting

NCT03048877

III

DTC

Recruiting

NCT03300765

II

TC

Recruiting

NCT01788982

II

MTC/DTC

Active,

MTC

GEM

NR

↓ 50 – 60%

NR

not

recruiting Ponatinib

RTK

[146]

MTC

CDXM

NR

↓ > 90%

↓ < 10%

NCT03838692

II

MTC

Not recruiting

Regorafenib

RTK

[147]

ATC

GEM

NR

↓ 65%

NR

NCT02657551

II

TC

Recruiting

Tipifarnib

FTase

[46]

DTC

GEM

↑ 200%

↓ 50%

↓ < 10%

NCT02383927

II

TC

Recruiting

*Tumor burden was evaluated according to the tumor weight/volume/activity data on day 10 and/or day 20 post drug delivery; NR, not reported; VEGFR2, vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2; RTK, receptor tyrosine kinase; Ftase, farnesyltransferase; DTC, differentiated thyroid cancer; PTC, papillary thyroid cancer; ATC, anaplastic thyroid cancer; MTC, medullary thyroid cancer; TC, thyroid cancer; CDXM, cell line-derived xenograft model; GEM, genetically engineered model.

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Table 3. Thyroid cancer mouse model-based preclinical studies on single-drug therapeutics with potential translation into clinical trials. No. Drug Target Tumor Mice Survival Tumor Body Weight No. Drug Target Type Burden* Chemotherapy NF-κB signaling pathway inhibitors 1 Docetaxel [94,148] Microtubule assembly ATC CDXM NR ↓ 30 – 50% Stable 1 DHMEQ [149,150] NF-κB 2 Cisplatin [121] DNA crosslinking ATC CDXM NR ↓ 20 – 50% Stable 2 Triptolide [151,152] NF-κB 3 TSH-SiO2-Doxorubicin [153] DNA topoisomerase II FTC CDXM NR ↓ 50 – 75% Stable JAK/STAT signaling pathway inhibitors 4 5FU [154] DNA synthesis MTC CDXM NR ↓ 20 – 40% NR 1 Cucurbitacin I [155] STAT3 RTK signaling pathway inhibitors 2 Metformin [156–158] STAT3

Mice

Survival Tumor Burden*

ATC ATC

CDXM NR CDXM NR

↓70–80% ↓ 50%

Stable NR

ATC FTC ATC FTC PTC

CDXM GEM CDXM GEM CDXM

↓5– 30% No effect ↓25-50% ↓5– 10% ↓ > 80%

NR Stable NR NR NR

ATC PTC

CDXM NR CDXM NR PDXM NR

↓ 5-30% ↓50–60% NR

Stable Stable NR

FTC PTC ATC

GEM ↑ 40% CDXM NR CDXM NR

↓ 30% ↓30–40% ↓20–30%

Stable NR NR

↑ 25-35% NE NR ↑ 20% NR

Body Weight

1 2 3 4 5

LIF [127,159] AEE788 [48,49,161] CUDC-101 [163,164] PD173074 [165,166] Tetraiodothyroacetic Acid [168]

RET, E2F1 EGFR/VEGFR EGFR and HDAC FGFR VEGF

MTC ATC/FTC ATC DTC/ATC ATC

CDXM CDXM CDXM CDXM CDXM

↓ 50 – 70% ↓ 50 – 80% ↓ 50 – 60% ↓ 50% ↓ 50 – 70%

↓ 9% Stable Stable Stable NR

3 S3I-201 [160] STAT3 4 AZD1480 [162] JAK1/2 Apoptosis signaling pathway inhibitors 1 Reversine [167] Apoptosis pathway 2 Obatoclax [169–171] Bcl-2

6 8 9

CLM3 [172,173] Withaferin A [174,175] Pulsatilla koreana extract [176]

Angiogenesis RET Angiogenesis

ATC MTC ATC

CDXM NR ↓ 40 – 50% CDXM ↑ > 30% ↓ 50 – 60% CDXM NR ↓ 50 – 60%

Stable ↑ 10% Stable

SRC signaling pathway inhibitors 1 SKI-606 [70] SRC 2 Dasatinib [69,71,72] SRC

c-MET

ATC

CDXM NR

↓ 5 – 20%

NR

BRAF MEK RAF MEK MEK MEK

ATC ATC PTC ATC ATC PTC

↑ 40% NR NR ↑ 80% NR ↑ 50% NR NR NR NR

↓ 50 – 70% ↓ 50 – 70% ↓ 50 – 85% ↓ 95% ↓ 25% ↓ 60 – 90% ↓ 80 – 90% ↓ 50% ↓ 50% ↓ 10 – 30%

↑ 50% NR Stable NR Stable NR NR NR Stable NR

Proteosome PPARγ COX-2 P2R Carcinoembryonic antigen Aurora kinase PLK1

ATC DTC MTC PTC MTC ATC ATC

CDXM GEM CDXM CDXM CDXM CDXM CDXM

↑ 25% NR NR NR NR NR NR

↓20–30% ↓50–>90% ↓ 50% ↓50–80% ↓50–80% ↓50 –80% ↓60–70%

Stable NR NR Stable ↓ < 8% Stable ↓ 7%

ATC ATC

CDXM CDXM CDXM CDXM CDXM CDXM PDXM GEM CDXM CDXM

Other drugs 1 Carfilzomib [163,179] 2 Rosiglitazone [190,191] 3 Celecoxib [193,194] 4 Clodronate [195,196] 5 I-131-F6 [197] 6 MLN8054 [30,198,199] 7 GSK461364A [201]

PTC ATC FTC ATC FTC FTC PTC PTC FTC ATC ATC

CDXM CDXM CDXM CDXM CDXM CDXM CDXM CDXM CDXM CDXM CDXM

NR ↑ 16% NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

↓ 30 – 50% ↓ 50% ↓ 50 – 70% ↓ 25 – 60% ↓ 30 – 40% ↓ 60% ↓ 20% ↓ 50% ↓ 80 – 85% ↓ 30% ↓ 30 – 70%

NR Stable Stable Stable Stable NR NR NR NR NR NR

8 9 10 11

Oct-CL [203] Thiostrepton [205] 17-AAG [206] PLX6134 [208]

p70S6K and TOPO 1 FoxM1 HIF-1a and HSP90 c-FMS/CSF1-R kinase

MTC PTC PTC PTC

CDXM CDXM CDXM GEM

↑ 50% NR NR NR

↓ > 70% ↓50–75% ↓80% ↓15%

Stable NR NR NR

12 13 14 15

Tolfenamic acid [210] Reparixin [148] Dinaciclib [214] Quinacrine [110]

NAG-1 CXCR1 and CXCR2 CDK Phospholipase A2

ATC ATC ATC ATC

CDXM CDXM CDXM CDXM

NR NR NR ↑ 45%

↓50-60% ↓60–70% ↓30–50% NE

NR Stable ↓ 7-8.1% NR

16 cD-tboc [218] 17 Ganetespib [221]

Estrogen pathway HSP90

18 YM155 [223,224] 19 AG-IR820 [225] 20 Lexatumumab [182]

Survivin and claspin Glucose metabolism TRAIL-R2

ATC ATC MTC ATC MTC PTC

CDXM CDXM CDXM CDXM CDXM CDXM

NR NR NR ↑ 119.0% NR NR

↓50-60% ↓ 60% ↓50–60% ↓ > 90% ↓60–70% ↓ 70%

Stable ↓ 4.5% ↓ 9.5% Stable Stable Stable

10 Crizotinib [177,178] MAPK signaling pathway inhibitors 1 PLX4720 [180–189] 2 Trametinib [192] 3 LY3009120 [169] 4 PA-L1/LF [115] 5 SL327 [117] 6 PD0325901 [28,181,200]

7 Colchicine [202] MEK1/2 and JNK 8 Salirasib [204] RAS mTOR signaling pathway inhibitors 1 Torin2 [65,67,207] mTOR 2 3 4 5

CUDC-907 [164,209] PP121 [211] GDC-0941 [212,213] LY294002 [182,215,216]

PI3K and HDAC PI3K/Akt PI3K, mTOR and HIF-1α PI3K

7 8

IC87114 [217] Temsirolimus [219,220]

PI3K mTOR

9 AZD8055 [222] mTOR HDAC signaling pathway inhibitors 1 HNHA [226,227] HDAC

NR NR NR NR NR

Tumor Type

PTC CDXM ↑ 175% ↓ 50% Stable ATC CDXM ↑ 186% ↓ 50% Stable 2 PXD101 [228] HDAC ATC CDXM NR ↓ 30 – 50% Stable 21 PF-271 [229] FAK PTC CDXM NR ↓ 50% NR 3 SAHA [230] HDAC FTC GEM NR ↑ 61.8% NR 22 JQ1 [157,231,232] BET FTC GEM ↑ 50% ↓ 60% Stable PTC CDXM ↑ 50% ↓ 30% Stable ATC CDXM ↑ 115% ↓ 30% Stable 4 Panobinostat [233] HDAC ATC CDXM NR ↓ 50 – 60% ↓5–13% *Tumor burden was evaluated according to the tumor weight/volume/activity data on day 10 and/or day 20 post drug delivery; NR, not reported; NE, not estimable; PTC, papillary thyroid cancer; ATC, anaplastic thyroid cancer; MTC, medullary thyroid cancer; CDXM, cell line-derived xenograft model; PDXM, patient-derived xenograft model; GEM, genetically engineered model; SD, stable disease; MEK, MAPK/ERK kinase; mTOR, mammalian target of rapamycin; RAF, rapidly accelerating fibrosarcoma; RET, glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor receptor; VEGFR, vascular endothelial growth factor receptor; c-kit, stem cell factor receptor; EGFR, epidermal growth factor receptor; HDAC, histone deacetylase; NF-κB, nuclear factor kappa B; STAT3, Signal Transducer And Activator Of Transcription 3; JAK1/2, Janus Kinase 1/2; Bcl-2, B-Cell CLL/Lymphoma 2; SRC, V-Src Avian Sarcoma (Schmidt-Ruppin A-2) Viral Oncogene Homolog; PPARγ, Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma; COX-2, cyclooxygenase-2; P2R, P2 receptor; PLK1, Polo Like Kinase 1; p70S6K, 70 KDa Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinase 1; TOPO 1, Topoisomerase I; FoxM1, Forkhead Box M1; HIF-1a, Hypoxia Inducible Factor 1 Subunit Alpha; c-FMS/CSF1-R, Colony Stimulating Factor 1 Receptor; NAG-1, Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug-Activated Gene-1; CXCR1, C-X-C Motif Chemokine Receptor 1; CXCR2, C-X-C Motif Chemokine Receptor 2; CDK, Cyclin Dependent Kinase; HSP90, Heat Shock Protein 90; TRAIL-R2, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand Receptor 2; FAK, Focal Adhesion Kinase; BET, bromodomain and extra terminal; SAHA, Suberoylanilide Hydroxamic Acid; DHMEQ, Dehydroxymethylepoxyquinomicin.

Table 4. Thyroid cancer mouse model-based preclinical studies on combined therapeutics with potential translation into clinical trials. No Drug Target Tumor Type Mice Survival Tumor Burden* Body Weight . 1 Imatinib and docetaxel [94] RTK, microtubule assembly ATC CDXM NR ↓ 60-70% Stable 2 MV-NIS and I-131 [234] NIS ATC CDXM NR ↓ 50-60% NR 3 Bay 11-7082 and I-131 [235] NF-κB and isotope therapy PTC CDXM NR ↓ 40-50% NR 4 Dasatinib and Trametinib [236] SRC and MEK ATC CDXM NR ↓ 50-70% NR 5 TRAIL and Bortezomib [237] ROS PTC CDXM NR ↓ 30-50% NR 6 TRAIL and Valproic Acid [138] ROS, HDAC PTC CDXM ↑ 45% ↓ > 90% NR 7 Vemurafenib and Bortezomib [137] BRAF and proteasome PTC CDXM NR ↓ 70% NR 8 Ribavirin and Paclitaxel [238] eIF4E-β-catenin axis ATC CDXM NR ↓ 70% Stable 9 Sorafenib and quinacrine [110] RTK and phospholipase A2 ATC CDXM ↑ 243.2% NE ↓ 15% 10 Embelin and LY294002 [216] PI3K, XIAP PTC CDXM NR ↓ 30-60% NR 11 SL327 and Sunitinib [117] MEK, RTK ATC CDXM NR ↓ 50% Stable 12 2ME2 and Cabozantinib [29] HIF, VEGFR MTC CDXM NR ↓ 60-80% Stable PDXM NR ↓ 60-80% Stable 13 PLX4032 and PHA665752 [80] c-MET ATC CDXM NR ↓ 80% Stable 14 RDEA119 and Temsirolimus [229] MEK and mTOR FTC CDXM NR ↓ 90% NR 15 Sorafenib and CQ [204] RTK and autophagy ATC CDXM NR ↓ 50-80% NR FTC CDXM NR ↓ 60-80% NR 16 PD-325901 and GDC-0941 [212] MEK and Pi3K PTC GEM NR ↓ 30-50% NR 17 10F.9G2 and PLX4720 [239] PDL-1 and BRAF ATC CDXM NR ↓ 80% NR 18 AZD8055 and AZD6244 [222] mTOR MEK ATC CDXM NR ↓ 60-90% NR 19 dl922-947 and Olaparib [240] PARP/pRb ATC CDXM NR ↓ 40-60% Stable 20 HCQ and Vemurafenib [133] Autophagy, BRAF ATC CDXM NR ↓ 60% Stable 21 Neoadjuvant therapy with PLX4720 [241] BRAF ATC CDXM ↑ > 40% ↓ > 90% ↓ 5-30% *Tumor burden was evaluated according to the tumor weight/volume/activity data on day 10 and/or day 20 post drug delivery; MV-NIS, measles virus encoding the human thyroidal sodium iodide symporter; TRAIL, tumor necrosis factor–related apoptosis-inducing ligand; 2ME2, 2-methoxyestradiol; CQ, chloroquine; HCQ, hydroxychloroquine; RTK, receptor tyrosine kinase; NIS, Na+/I− Symporter; NF-κB, nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells; SRC, Rous sarcoma oncogene; MEK, MAP kinase-ERK kinase; ROS, transcriptional regulator; HDAC, histone deacetylase; BRAF, v-Raf murine sarcoma viral oncogene homolog B; mTOR, mammalian target of rapamycin; PI3K, Phosphoinositide 3-kinases; XIAP, X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein; HIF, hypoxia inducible factor; VEGFR, vascular endothelial growth factor receptor; EGFR, epidermal growth factor receptor, PDL-1, programmed death-ligand 1; PRPP, poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase; ATC, anaplastic thyroid cancer; PTC, papillary thyroid cancer; MTC, medullary thyroid cancer; FTC, follicular thyroid cancer; CDXM, cell line-derived xenograft model; GEM, genetically engineered model; NR, not reported; NE, not estimable.

Table 5. List of abbreviations. Abbreviation

Full Name

ABL

Abelson Tyrosine-Protein Kinase 1

AKT

Rac-Alpha Serine/Threonine-Protein Kinase

ATC

Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer

AXL

Tyrosine-Protein Kinase Receptor UFO

BRAF

V-Raf Murine Sarcoma Viral Oncogene Homolog B

c-kit

Stem Cell Factor Receptor

CCK

Cholecystokinin

CCND1

Cyclin D1

CDK

Cyclin Dependent Kinase

CDXM

Cell Line-Derived Xenograft Model

CI

Confidence Interval

C-MET

Hepatocyte Growth Factor Receptor

CR

Complete Response

Cre

Cyclization Recombination Enzyme

loxP

Locus of X-Over P1 Bacteriophage; The Recognition Sites for Cre Recombinase

DDR

Discoidin Domain Receptor Tyrosine Kinase

DNA

Deoxyribonucleic Acid

DTC

Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

EGF

Epidermal Growth Factor

EGFR

Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor

Eph

Ephrin

ERK

Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1

FAK

Protein Tyrosine Kinase 2

FGF

Fibroblast Growth Factor

FGFR

Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor

FLT3

Fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3

FOXO3

Forkhead Box O3

GEM

Genetically Engineered Model

HDAC

Histone Deacetylase

HGF

Hepatocyte Growth Factor

HNHA

High Mobility Group Box 1

HSP90

Heat Shock Protein 90 Alpha Family Class A Member 1

IL-2Rγ

Interleukin 2 Receptor Subunit Gamma

JAK

Janus Kinase

KIT

Tyrosine-Protein Kinase Kit

LMR

Lemur Tyrosine Kinase

LTK

Leukocyte Receptor Tyrosine Kinase

MEK

Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinase 1

MEN2

Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia 2

MMP

Matrix Metallopeptidase

mRNA

Messenger RNA

MST1

Macrophage Stimulating 1

MTC

Medullary Thyroid Cancer

mTOR

Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Kinase

MuSK

Muscle Associated Receptor Tyrosine Kinase

NE

Not Estimable

NGF

Nerve Growth Factor

NIS

Sodium/Iodide Symporter

NOD

Non Obese Diabetic Mouse Model

NR

Not Reported

ORR

Overall Response Rate

OS

Overall Survival

PAI-1

Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1

PD

Progressive Disease

PD1

Programmed Cell Death 1

PDGF

Platelet-Derived Growth Factor

PDGFR

Platelet Derived Growth Factor Receptor

PDGFRα

Platelet Derived Growth Factor Receptor Alpha

PDL1

Programmed Cell Death 1 Ligand 1

PDTC

Poorly Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

PDXM

Patient-Derived Xenograft Model

PFS

Progression-Free Survival

pH

Potential of Hydrogen

PI3K

Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-Bisphosphate 3-Kinase Catalytic Subunit Delta

PIK3CA

Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-Bisphosphate 3-Kinase Catalytic Subunit Alpha

PIP2

Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Biphosphate

PIP3

Phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-Trisphosphate

PR

Partial Response

PTC

Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

PTC1

Protein Patched Homolog 1

PTC3

Protein Patched Homolog 3

Pten

Phosphatase and Tensin Homolog

QTc

Corrected QT Interval

RAF

Murine Leukemia Viral Oncogene Homolog

RAS

Rat Sarcoma Viral Oncogene Homolog

RASSF1

Ras Association Domain Family Member 1

RCT

Randomized Controlled Trial

RECIST

Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors

RET

Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Receptor;

RNA

Ribonucleic Acid

ROR

Rar Related Orphan Receptor

ROS

Transmembrane Tyrosine-Specific Protein Kinase

RRDTC

Radioiodine Refractory Thyroid Cancer

RTK

Receptor Tyrosine Kinase

RYK

Receptor Like Tyrosine Kinase

S6K1

Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinase B1

scid

The Severe Combined Immunodeficiency

SD

Stable Disease

SEER

Surveillance and Epidemiology and End Results

SFK

Src Family Kinases

sgRNA

Single Guide RNA

SRC

V-Src Avian Sarcoma (Schmidt-Ruppin A-2) Viral Oncogene Homolog

STAT

Signal Transducers and Activators of Transcription

TERT

Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase

TIE

Tyrosine Kinase With Immunoglobulin Like and EGF Like Domains

TTF1

Thyroid Transcription Factor-1

TYK2

Tyrosine Kinase

uPa

Urokinase Plasminogen Activator

VEGF

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor

VEGFR

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor

Highlights 1. Traditional cell line-derived xenograft models and genetically engineered models have been modified, and innovative patient-derived xenograft models (PDXMs), including humanized PDXMs, have been established to accelerate the translation of anti-thyroid cancer therapeutics.

2. Experiments in thyroid cancer mouse models have dynamically revealed the ever-changing thyroid cancer

pathogenesis-related

signaling

pathways,

including

the

RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK,

PI3K/AKT/mTOR, SRC, and JAK-STAT pathways.

3. Novel inhibitors of VEGFR, MEK, mTOR, SRC, and STAT3 have been discovered and tested in multiple thyroid cancer mouse models, showing the potential for “bench-to-bedside” translation.

4. The future establishment of thyroid cancer mouse models may lay the foundation for comprehensive investigations in the field of thyroid cancer research through CRISPR/Cas-mediated target screening, humanized model-based drug testing, and multi-omics-associated mechanism exploring.

Conflict of Interest Statement The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.