About the Authors

Kelly Coffey

Affiliation Solid Tumour Target Discovery Laboratory, Newcastle Cancer Centre, Northern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

Timothy J. Blackburn

Affiliations Drug Discovery and Imaging Group, Newcastle Cancer Centre, Northern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom, Research and School of Chemistry, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

Susan Cook

Affiliation Solid Tumour Target Discovery Laboratory, Newcastle Cancer Centre, Northern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

Bernard T. Golding

Affiliations Drug Discovery and Imaging Group, Newcastle Cancer Centre, Northern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom, Research and School of Chemistry, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

Roger J. Griffin

Affiliations Drug Discovery and Imaging Group, Newcastle Cancer Centre, Northern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom, Research and School of Chemistry, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

Ian R. Hardcastle

Affiliations Drug Discovery and Imaging Group, Newcastle Cancer Centre, Northern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom, Research and School of Chemistry, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

Lorraine Hewitt

Affiliation Solid Tumour Target Discovery Laboratory, Newcastle Cancer Centre, Northern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

Kety Huberman

Affiliation OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Farmingdale, New York, United States of America

Hesta V. McNeill

Affiliation Solid Tumour Target Discovery Laboratory, Newcastle Cancer Centre, Northern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

David R. Newell

Affiliation Drug Discovery and Imaging Group, Newcastle Cancer Centre, Northern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

Celine Roche

Affiliations Drug Discovery and Imaging Group, Newcastle Cancer Centre, Northern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom, Research and School of Chemistry, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

Claudia A. Ryan-Munden

Affiliation Solid Tumour Target Discovery Laboratory, Newcastle Cancer Centre, Northern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

Anna Watson

Affiliations Drug Discovery and Imaging Group, Newcastle Cancer Centre, Northern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom, Research and School of Chemistry, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

Craig N. Robson

c.n.robson@ncl.ac.uk

Affiliation Solid Tumour Target Discovery Laboratory, Newcastle Cancer Centre, Northern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

KH was employed by OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Compounds discussed in this article are not patented, in development or being marketed by this company. 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: KC IRH RJG BTG CNR. Performed the experiments: LH HVM SC KC TJB BTG RJG IRH KH CR AW DRN CARM. Analyzed the data: KC CNR. Wrote the paper: KC TJB BTG RJG IRH DRN CNR KC.