About the Authors

Maria Tsoli

Affiliations Experimental Therapeutics, Children’s Cancer Institute for Medical Research, Randwick, NSW, Australia, Cancer Pharmacology Unit, Anzac Research Institute, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord West, NSW, Australia

Martina Schweiger

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Anne S. Vanniasinghe

Affiliations Experimental Therapeutics, Children’s Cancer Institute for Medical Research, Randwick, NSW, Australia, Cancer Pharmacology Unit, Anzac Research Institute, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord West, NSW, Australia

Arran Painter

Affiliation Cancer Pharmacology Unit, Anzac Research Institute, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord West, NSW, Australia

Rudolf Zechner

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Stephen Clarke

Affiliation Northern Clinical School, University of Sydney, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW, Australia

Graham Robertson

g.robertson@garvan.org.au

Affiliations Cancer Pharmacology Unit, Anzac Research Institute, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord West, NSW, Australia, Tumorkine Research, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia

Competing Interests

Cachectic Colon 26 cells were kindly provided by AMGEN. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MT MS RZ SC GR. Performed the experiments: MT MS AV AP GR. Analyzed the data: MT MS GR. Wrote the paper: MT MS AV AP RZ SC GR.