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Cytotherapy ; 24(3): 334-343, 2022 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35063359

RESUMO

Our center performs experimental clinical studies with advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs) based on polyclonal T cells, all of which are currently expanded in standard T-flasks. Given the need to increase the efficiency and safety of large-scale T cell expansion for clinical use, we have optimized the method to expand in G-Rex devices both cytokine-induced killer cells (CIKs) from peripheral or cord blood and blinatumomab-expanded T cells (BETs). We show that the G-Rex reproducibly allowed the expansion of >30 × 106 CD3+ cells/cm2 of gas-permeable membrane in a mean of 10 to 11 days in a single unit, without manipulation, except for addition of cytokines and sampling of supernatant for lactate measurement every 3 to 4 days. In contrast, 21 to 24 days, twice-weekly cell resuspension and dilution into 48 to 72 T-flasks were required to complete expansions using the standard method. We show that the CIKs produced in G-Rex (CIK-G) were phenotypically very similar, for a large panel of markers, to those expanded in T-flasks, although CIK-G products had lower expression of CD56 and higher expression of CD27 and CD28. Functionally, CIK-Gs were strongly cytotoxic in vitro against the NK cell target K562 and the REH pre-B ALL cell line in the presence of blinatumomab. CIK-Gs also showed therapeutic activity in vivo in the Ph+ pre-B ALL-2 model in mice. The expansion of both CIKs and BETs in G-Rex was validated in good manufacturing practices (GMP) conditions, and we plan to use G-Rex for T cell expansion in future clinical studies.


Assuntos
Células Matadoras Induzidas por Citocinas , Leucemia-Linfoma Linfoblástico de Células Precursoras B , Animais , Proliferação de Células , Citotoxicidade Imunológica , Células Matadoras Naturais , Camundongos , Leucemia-Linfoma Linfoblástico de Células Precursoras B/metabolismo , Linfócitos T
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Cytotherapy ; 24(2): 161-171, 2022 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34538717

RESUMO

BACKGROUND AIMS: The authors describe here a novel therapeutic strategy combining a bispecific antibody (bsAb) with cytokine-induced killer (CIK) cells. METHODS: The authors have designed, produced and purified a novel tetravalent IgG1-like CD20 × CD5 bsAb called BL-01. The bsAb is composed of a fused heavy chain and two free light chains that pair correctly to the heavy chain sequences thanks to complementary mutations in the monoclonal antibody 2 CH1/CL sequences. RESULTS: The authors show that BL-01 can bind specifically to CD20 and CD5 with an affinity of 4-6 nM, demonstrating correct pairing of two light chains to the fused heavy chain. The CD20 × CD5 BL-01 bsAb has a functional human IgG1 Fc and can induce up to 65% complement-dependent cytotoxicity of a CD20+ lymphoma cell line in the presence of human complement, similar to anti-CD20 rituximab. The bsAb also induces significant natural killer cell activation and antibody-dependent cytotoxicity of up to 25% as well as up to 65% phagocytosis by human macrophages in the presence of CD20+ tumor cells. The BL-01 bsAb binds to CD20 and CD5 simultaneously and can redirect CIK cells in vitro to kill CD20+ targets, increasing the cytotoxicity of CIK cells by about 3-fold. The authors finally show that the CD20 × CD5 BL-01 bsAb synergizes with CIK cells in vivo in controlling tumor growth and prolonging survival of nonobese diabetic/severe combined immunodeficiency mice inoculated with a patient-derived, aggressive diffuse large B-cell lymphoma xenograft. CONCLUSIONS: The authors suggest that the efficacy of bsAb in vivo is due to the combined activation of innate immunity by Fc and redirection of CIK cells to kill the tumor target.


Assuntos
Anticorpos Biespecíficos , Células Matadoras Induzidas por Citocinas , Neoplasias , Animais , Anticorpos Monoclonais , Antígenos CD20 , Humanos , Camundongos
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Invest New Drugs ; 36(1): 85-95, 2018 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28726132

RESUMO

Background Pharmacological inhibition of polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1) represents a new approach for the treatment of solid tumors. This study was aimed at determining the first cycle dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs) and related maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of NMS-1286937, a selective ATP-competitive PLK1-specific inhibitor. Secondary objectives included evaluation of its safety and pharmacokinetic (PK) profile in plasma, its antitumor activity, and its ability to modulate intracellular targets in biopsied tissue. Methods This was a Phase I, open-label, dose-escalation trial in patients with advanced/metastatic solid tumors. A treatment cycle comprised 5 days of oral administration followed by 16 days of rest, for a total of 21 days (3-week cycle). Results Nineteen of 21 enrolled patients with confirmed metastatic disease received study medication. No DLTs occurred at the first 3 dose levels (6, 12, and 24 mg/m2/day). At the subsequent dose level (48 mg/m2/day), 2 of 3 patients developed DLTs. An intermediate level of 36 mg/m2/day was therefore investigated. Four patients were treated and two DLTs were observed. After further cohort expansion, the MTD and recommended phase II dose (RP2D) were determined to be 24 mg/m2/day. Disease stabilization, observed in several patients, was the best treatment response observed. Hematological toxicity (mostly thrombocytopenia and neutropenia) was the major DLT. Systemic exposure to NMS-1286937 increased with dose and was comparable between two cycles of treatment following oral administration of the drug. Conclusions This study successfully identified the MTD and DLTs for NMS-1286937 and characterized its safety profile.


Assuntos
Antineoplásicos , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/antagonistas & inibidores , Neoplasias/tratamento farmacológico , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinases/antagonistas & inibidores , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/antagonistas & inibidores , Administração Oral , Idoso , Antineoplásicos/administração & dosagem , Antineoplásicos/efeitos adversos , Antineoplásicos/farmacocinética , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Dose Máxima Tolerável , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Neoplasias/metabolismo , Neoplasias/patologia , Neutropenia/induzido quimicamente , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/administração & dosagem , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/efeitos adversos , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/farmacocinética , Trombocitopenia/induzido quimicamente , Resultado do Tratamento , Quinase 1 Polo-Like
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Cytotherapy ; 20(8): 1077-1088, 2018 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30093325

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Cytokine-induced killer cells (CIKs) are an advanced therapeutic medicinal product (ATMP) that has shown therapeutic activity in clinical trials but needs optimization. We developed a novel strategy using CIKs from banked cryopreserved cord blood units (CBUs) combined with bispecific antibody (BsAb) blinatumomab to treat CD19+ malignancies. METHODS: CB-CIKs were expanded in vitro and fully characterized in comparison with peripheral blood (PB)-derived CIKs. RESULTS: CB-CIKs, like PB-CIKs, were mostly CD3+ T cells with mean 45% CD3+CD56+ and expressing mostly TCR(T cell receptor)αß with a TH1 phenotype. CB-CIK cultures had, however, a larger proportion of CD4+ cells, mostly CD56-, as well as a greater proportion of naïve CCR7+CD45RA+ and a lower percentage of effector memory cells, compared with PB-CIKs. CB-CIKs were very similar to PB-CIKs in their expression of a large panel of co-stimulatory and inhibitory/exhaustion markers, except for higher CD28 expression among CD8+ cells. Like PB-CIKs, CB-CIKs were highly cytotoxic in vitro against natural killer (NK) cell targets and efficiently lysed CD19+ tumor cells in the presence of blinatumomab, with 30-60% lysis of target cells at very low effector:target ratios. Finally, both CB-CIKs and PB-CIKs, combined with blinatumomab, showed significant therapeutic activity in an aggressive PDX Ph+ CD19+ acute lymphoblastic leukemia model in NOD-SCID mice, without sign of toxicity or graft-versus-host disease. The improved expansion protocol was finally validated in good manufacturing practice conditions, showing reproducible expansion of CIKs from cryopreserved cord blood units with a median of 28.8 × 106 CIK/kg. DISCUSSION: We conclude that CB-CIKs, combined with bispecific T-cell-engaging antibodies, offer a novel, effective treatment strategy for leukemia.


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Anticorpos Biespecíficos/uso terapêutico , Células Matadoras Induzidas por Citocinas/citologia , Células Matadoras Induzidas por Citocinas/transplante , Sangue Fetal/citologia , Neoplasias/terapia , Animais , Antígenos CD19/metabolismo , Antineoplásicos Imunológicos/uso terapêutico , Linfócitos T CD8-Positivos/citologia , Linfócitos T CD8-Positivos/transplante , Terapia Combinada , Células Matadoras Induzidas por Citocinas/imunologia , Citotoxicidade Imunológica/efeitos dos fármacos , Citotoxicidade Imunológica/fisiologia , Feminino , Sangue Fetal/imunologia , Humanos , Imunoterapia Adotiva/métodos , Recém-Nascido , Células K562 , Células Matadoras Naturais/citologia , Células Matadoras Naturais/transplante , Masculino , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos NOD , Camundongos SCID , Camundongos Transgênicos , Neoplasias/metabolismo , Neoplasias/patologia , Resultado do Tratamento
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J Immunol ; 193(9): 4739-47, 2014 Nov 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25267972

RESUMO

Current treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) patients often results in life-threatening immunosuppression. Furthermore, CLL is still an incurable disease due to the persistence of residual leukemic cells. These patients may therefore benefit from immunotherapy approaches aimed at immunoreconstitution and/or the elimination of residual disease following chemotherapy. For these purposes, we designed a simple GMP-compliant protocol for ex vivo expansion of normal T cells from CLL patients' peripheral blood for adoptive therapy, using bispecific Ab blinatumomab (CD3 × CD19), acting both as T cell stimulator and CLL depletion agent, and human rIL-2. Starting from only 10 ml CLL peripheral blood, a mean 515 × 10(6) CD3(+) T cells were expanded in 3 wk. The resulting blinatumomab-expanded T cells (BET) were polyclonal CD4(+) and CD8(+) and mostly effector and central memory cells. The Th1 subset was slightly prevalent over Th2, whereas Th17 and T regulatory cells were <1%. CMV-specific clones were detected in equivalent proportion before and after expansion. Interestingly, BET cells had normalized expression of the synapse inhibitors CD272 and CD279 compared with starting T cells and were cytotoxic against CD19(+) targets in presence of blinatumomab in vitro. In support of their functional capacity, we observed that BET, in combination with blinatumomab, had significant therapeutic activity in a systemic human diffuse large B lymphoma model in NOD-SCID mice. We propose BET as a therapeutic tool for immunoreconstitution of heavily immunosuppressed CLL patients and, in combination with bispecific Ab, as antitumor immunotherapy.


Assuntos
Anticorpos Biespecíficos/farmacologia , Técnicas de Cultura de Células , Imunoterapia Adotiva , Subpopulações de Linfócitos T/efeitos dos fármacos , Subpopulações de Linfócitos T/imunologia , Animais , Antígenos de Superfície/metabolismo , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Citotoxicidade Imunológica , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Feminino , Humanos , Imunofenotipagem , Interleucina-2/farmacologia , Leucemia Linfocítica Crônica de Células B/imunologia , Leucemia Linfocítica Crônica de Células B/mortalidade , Leucemia Linfocítica Crônica de Células B/terapia , Camundongos , Fenótipo , Receptor de Morte Celular Programada 1/metabolismo , Subpopulações de Linfócitos T/metabolismo
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Am J Pathol ; 184(4): 1050-1061, 2014 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24508126

RESUMO

Vascular endothelial growth factor C (VEGFC) has been reported to promote tumor progression in several tumor types, mainly through the stimulation of lymphangiogenesis and lymphatic metastasis. However, the expression and biological significance of the VEGFC/VEGF receptor (VEGFR)-3 pathway in ovarian cancer growth and dissemination are unclear, and have been investigated in this study. Soluble VEGFC was detected in the plasma and ascites of patients with ovarian carcinoma, and VEGFR3 expression was found in their tumor tissues. In human ovarian carcinoma xenograft models, high levels of soluble VEGFC in ascites and serum were detected, in association with disease progression, tumor burden, and volume of ascites. Peak VEGFC expression preceded para-aortic lymph node infiltration by HOC8 neoplastic cells. Histological detection of tumor cells in blood and lymphatic vessels indicated both hematogenous and lymphatic dissemination. Overexpression of VEGFC in the VEGFR3-positive and luciferase-expressing IGROV1 cells promoted carcinoma dissemination after orthotopic transplantation in the ovary of immunodeficient mice. In vitro, VEGFC released by the tumor cells stimulated tumor cell migration in an autocrine manner. Cediranib, an inhibitor of VEGFR1-3 and c-kit, inhibited in vivo metastasis of VEGFC-overexpressing IGROV1 and in vitro autocrine effects. These findings suggest that the VEGFC/VEGFR3 pathway acts as an enhancer of ovarian cancer progression through autocrine and paracrine mechanisms, hence offering a potential target for therapy.


Assuntos
Comunicação Autócrina/fisiologia , Neoplasias Epiteliais e Glandulares/metabolismo , Neoplasias Epiteliais e Glandulares/patologia , Neoplasias Ovarianas/metabolismo , Neoplasias Ovarianas/patologia , Comunicação Parácrina/fisiologia , Fator C de Crescimento do Endotélio Vascular/metabolismo , Receptor 3 de Fatores de Crescimento do Endotélio Vascular/metabolismo , Animais , Carcinoma Epitelial do Ovário , Progressão da Doença , Ensaio de Imunoadsorção Enzimática , Feminino , Xenoenxertos , Humanos , Imuno-Histoquímica , Camundongos , Camundongos Nus , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase em Tempo Real
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Nat Chem Biol ; 4(6): 357-65, 2008 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18469809

RESUMO

Cdc7 is an essential kinase that promotes DNA replication by activating origins of replication. Here, we characterized the potent Cdc7 inhibitor PHA-767491 (1) in biochemical and cell-based assays, and we tested its antitumor activity in rodents. We found that the compound blocks DNA synthesis and affects the phosphorylation of the replicative DNA helicase at Cdc7-dependent phosphorylation sites. Unlike current DNA synthesis inhibitors, PHA-767491 prevents the activation of replication origins but does not impede replication fork progression, and it does not trigger a sustained DNA damage response. Treatment with PHA-767491 results in apoptotic cell death in multiple cancer cell types and tumor growth inhibition in preclinical cancer models. To our knowledge, PHA-767491 is the first molecule that directly affects the mechanisms controlling initiation as opposed to elongation in DNA replication, and its activities suggest that Cdc7 kinase inhibition could be a new strategy for the development of anticancer therapeutics.


Assuntos
Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/antagonistas & inibidores , Replicação do DNA/efeitos dos fármacos , DNA/efeitos dos fármacos , Piperidonas/farmacologia , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/farmacologia , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinases/antagonistas & inibidores , Pirróis/farmacologia , Animais , Antineoplásicos/química , Ciclo Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/química , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/genética , Morte Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , DNA/biossíntese , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Fibroblastos/efeitos dos fármacos , Células HeLa , Humanos , Camundongos , Camundongos Nus , Camundongos SCID , Componente 2 do Complexo de Manutenção de Minicromossomo , Estrutura Molecular , Proteínas Nucleares/antagonistas & inibidores , Proteínas Nucleares/química , Fosforilação , Piperidonas/química , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/química , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinases/química , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinases/genética , Pirróis/química , Ratos , Bibliotecas de Moléculas Pequenas , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Ensaios Antitumorais Modelo de Xenoenxerto
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Bioorg Med Chem ; 18(5): 1844-53, 2010 Mar 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20153204

RESUMO

We have recently reported CDK inhibitors based on the 6-substituted pyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrazole core structure. Improvement of inhibitory potency against multiple CDKs, antiproliferative activity against cancer cell lines and optimization of the physico-chemical properties led to the identification of highly potent compounds. Compound 31 (PHA-793887) showed good efficacy in the human ovarian A2780, colon HCT-116 and pancreatic BX-PC3 carcinoma xenograft models and was well tolerated upon daily treatments by iv administration. It was identified as a drug candidate for clinical evaluation in patients with solid tumors.


Assuntos
Antineoplásicos/química , Quinases Ciclina-Dependentes/antagonistas & inibidores , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/química , Pirazóis/química , Pirróis/química , Animais , Antineoplásicos/síntese química , Antineoplásicos/farmacocinética , Sítios de Ligação , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Cristalografia por Raios X , Quinases Ciclina-Dependentes/metabolismo , Células HCT116 , Humanos , Injeções Intravenosas , Camundongos , Camundongos Nus , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/síntese química , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/farmacocinética , Pirazóis/síntese química , Pirazóis/farmacocinética , Pirróis/síntese química , Pirróis/farmacocinética , Ensaios Antitumorais Modelo de Xenoenxerto
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J Natl Cancer Inst ; 108(1)2016 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26563355

RESUMO

In metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC), actionable genetic lesions represent potential clinical opportunities. NTRK1, 2, and 3 gene rearrangements encode oncogenic fusions of the tropomyosin-receptor kinase (TRK) family of receptor tyrosine kinases in different tumor types. The TPM3-NTRK1 rearrangement is a recurring event in CRC that renders tumors sensitive to TRKA kinase inhibitors in preclinical models. We identified abnormal expression of the TRKA protein in tumor and liver metastases of a CRC patient refractory to standard therapy. Molecular characterization unveiled a novel LMNA-NTRK1 rearrangement within chromosome 1 with oncogenic potential, and the patient was treated with the pan-TRK inhibitor entrectinib, achieving partial response with decrease in hepatic target lesions from 6.8 and 8.2cm in longest diameter to 4.7 and 4.3cm, respectively. To our knowledge, this is the first clinical evidence of efficacy for therapeutic inhibition of TRKA in a solid tumor, illuminating a genomic-driven strategy to identify CRCs reliant on this oncogene to be clinically targeted with entrectinib.


Assuntos
Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Neoplasias Colorretais/tratamento farmacológico , Fusão Gênica , Rearranjo Gênico , Lamina Tipo A/genética , Neoplasias Hepáticas/tratamento farmacológico , Proteínas/genética , Receptor trkA/genética , Idoso , Quinase do Linfoma Anaplásico , Antineoplásicos/administração & dosagem , Neoplasias Colorretais/genética , Neoplasias Colorretais/metabolismo , Neoplasias Colorretais/patologia , Esquema de Medicação , Feminino , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Imuno-Histoquímica , Hibridização in Situ Fluorescente , Lamina Tipo A/antagonistas & inibidores , Neoplasias Hepáticas/secundário , Terapia de Alvo Molecular , Proteínas Tirosina Quinases/antagonistas & inibidores , Proteínas/antagonistas & inibidores , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/antagonistas & inibidores , Receptores Proteína Tirosina Quinases/antagonistas & inibidores , Receptor trkA/antagonistas & inibidores
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J Med Chem ; 48(8): 2944-56, 2005 Apr 21.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15828833

RESUMO

Inhibitors of cyclin-dependent kinases (CDK) such as CDK2/cyclin A-E are currently undergoing clinical trials to verify their potential as new anticancer agents. In a previous article we described the lead discovery process of a 3-aminopyrazole class of CDK2/cyclin A-E inhibitors. The endpoint of this process was PNU-292137, a compound endowed with in vivo antitumor activity in a mouse tumor xenograft model. We optimized this lead compound to improve some physicochemical properties, notably solubility and plasma protein binding. This lead optimization process brought us to the discovery of (2S)-N-(5-cyclopropyl-1H-pyrazol-3-yl)-2-[4-(2-oxo-1-pyrrolidinyl)phenyl]propanamide (PHA-533533, 13), a compound with a balanced activity vs druglike profile. Compound 13 inhibited CDK2/cyclin A with a K(i) of 31 nM, counteracting tumor cell proliferation of different cell lines with an IC(50) in the submicromolar range. Solubility was improved more than 10 times over the starting lead, while plasma protein binding was decreased from 99% to 74%. With exploitation of this globally enhanced in vitro profile, 13 was more active than PNU-292137 in vivo in the A2780 xenograft model showing a tumor growth inhibition of 70%. Proof of mechanism of action was obtained in vivo by immunohistochemical analysis of tumor slices of 13-treated vs untreated animals.


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Antineoplásicos/síntese química , Quinases relacionadas a CDC2 e CDC28/antagonistas & inibidores , Ciclina A/antagonistas & inibidores , Pirazóis/síntese química , Pirrolidinonas/síntese química , Animais , Antineoplásicos/farmacocinética , Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Proteínas Sanguíneas/metabolismo , Células CACO-2 , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , Quinase 2 Dependente de Ciclina , Ensaios de Seleção de Medicamentos Antitumorais , Células HT29 , Hepatócitos/metabolismo , Humanos , Técnicas In Vitro , Camundongos , Camundongos Nus , Modelos Moleculares , Permeabilidade , Fosforilação , Ligação Proteica , Pirazóis/farmacocinética , Pirazóis/farmacologia , Pirrolidinonas/farmacocinética , Pirrolidinonas/farmacologia , Ratos , Proteína do Retinoblastoma/metabolismo , Solubilidade , Estereoisomerismo , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Transplante Heterólogo
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Mol Oncol ; 8(8): 1495-507, 2014 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24962792

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The NTRK1 gene encodes Tropomyosin-related kinase A (TRKA), the high-affinity Nerve Growth Factor Receptor. NTRK1 was originally isolated from a colorectal carcinoma (CRC) sample as component of a somatic rearrangement (TPM3-NTRK1) resulting in expression of the oncogenic chimeric protein TPM3-TRKA, but there has been no subsequent report regarding the relevance of this oncogene in CRC. The KM12 human CRC cell line expresses the chimeric TPM3-TRKA protein and is hypersensitive to TRKA kinase inhibition. We report the detailed characterization of the TPM3-NTRK1 genomic rearrangement in KM12 cells and through a cellular screening approach, the identification of NMS-P626, a novel highly potent and selective TRKA inhibitor. NMS-P626 suppressed TPM3-TRKA phosphorylation and downstream signaling in KM12 cells and showed remarkable antitumor activity in mice bearing KM12 tumors. Finally, using quantitative reverse transcriptase PCR and immunohistochemistry (IHC) we identified the TPM3-NTRK1 rearrangement in a CRC clinical sample, therefore suggesting that this chromosomal translocation is indeed a low frequency recurring event in CRC and that such patients might benefit from therapy with TRKA kinase inhibitors.


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Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/farmacologia , Receptor trkA/antagonistas & inibidores , Receptor trkA/metabolismo , Tropomiosina/metabolismo , Animais , Western Blotting , Linhagem Celular , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , Humanos , Imunoprecipitação , Técnicas In Vitro , Camundongos , Ligação Proteica/efeitos dos fármacos
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PLoS One ; 8(3): e58424, 2013.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23520509

RESUMO

CD56 is expressed in 15-20% of acute myeloid leukaemias (AML) and is associated with extramedullary diffusion, multidrug resistance and poor prognosis. We describe the establishment and characterisation of a novel disseminated model of AML (AML-NS8), generated by injection into mice of leukaemic blasts freshly isolated from a patient with an aggressive CD56(+) monoblastic AML (M5a). The model reproduced typical manifestations of this leukaemia, including presence of extramedullary masses and central nervous system involvement, and the original phenotype, karyotype and genotype of leukaemic cells were retained in vivo. Recently Polo-Like Kinase 1 (PLK1) has emerged as a new candidate drug target in AML. We therefore tested our PLK1 inhibitor NMS-P937 in this model either in the engraftment or in the established disease settings. Both schedules showed good efficacy compared to standard therapies, with a significant increase in median survival time (MST) expecially in the established disease setting (MST = 28, 36, 62 days for vehicle, cytarabine and NMS-P937, respectively). Importantly, we could also demonstrate that NMS-P937 induced specific biomarker modulation in extramedullary tissues. This new in vivo model of CD56(+) AML that recapitulates the human tumour lends support for the therapeutic use of PLK1 inhibitors in AML.


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Antígeno CD56 , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/antagonistas & inibidores , Leucemia Mieloide Aguda/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias Experimentais/tratamento farmacológico , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/farmacologia , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinases/antagonistas & inibidores , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/antagonistas & inibidores , Pirazóis/farmacologia , Quinazolinas/farmacologia , Adulto , Animais , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/metabolismo , Humanos , Leucemia Mieloide Aguda/enzimologia , Leucemia Mieloide Aguda/patologia , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos NOD , Camundongos SCID , Neoplasias Experimentais/enzimologia , Neoplasias Experimentais/patologia , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinases/metabolismo , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/metabolismo , Células Tumorais Cultivadas , Ensaios Antitumorais Modelo de Xenoenxerto , Quinase 1 Polo-Like
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Mol Cancer Ther ; 11(4): 1006-16, 2012 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22319201

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Polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1) is a serine/threonine protein kinase considered to be the master player of cell-cycle regulation during mitosis. It is indeed involved in centrosome maturation, bipolar spindle formation, chromosome separation, and cytokinesis. PLK1 is overexpressed in a variety of human tumors and its overexpression often correlates with poor prognosis. Although five different PLKs are described in humans, depletion or inhibition of kinase activity of PLK1 is sufficient to induce cell-cycle arrest and apoptosis in cancer cell lines and in xenograft tumor models. NMS-P937 is a novel, orally available PLK1-specific inhibitor. The compound shows high potency in proliferation assays having low nanomolar activity on a large number of cell lines, both from solid and hematologic tumors. NMS-P937 potently causes a mitotic cell-cycle arrest followed by apoptosis in cancer cell lines and inhibits xenograft tumor growth with clear PLK1-related mechanism of action at well-tolerated doses in mice after oral administration. In addition, NMS-P937 shows potential for combination in clinical settings with approved cytotoxic drugs, causing tumor regression in HT29 human colon adenocarcinoma xenografts upon combination with irinotecan and prolonged survival of animals in a disseminated model of acute myelogenous leukemia in combination with cytarabine. NMS-P937, with its favorable pharmacologic parameters, good oral bioavailability in rodent and nonrodent species, and proven antitumor activity in different preclinical models using a variety of dosing regimens, potentially provides a high degree of flexibility in dosing schedules and warrants investigation in clinical settings.


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Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/antagonistas & inibidores , Neoplasias Colorretais/tratamento farmacológico , Leucemia/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias Ovarianas/tratamento farmacológico , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/farmacologia , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinases/antagonistas & inibidores , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/antagonistas & inibidores , Pirazóis/farmacologia , Quinazolinas/farmacologia , Administração Oral , Animais , Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , Neoplasias Colorretais/genética , Neoplasias Colorretais/metabolismo , Cães , Feminino , Células HL-60 , Haplorrinos , Humanos , Leucemia/genética , Leucemia/metabolismo , Leucemia/patologia , Camundongos , Camundongos Nus , Camundongos SCID , Neoplasias Ovarianas/genética , Neoplasias Ovarianas/metabolismo , Ratos , Ensaios Antitumorais Modelo de Xenoenxerto , Quinase 1 Polo-Like
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Exp Hematol ; 38(4): 259-269.e2, 2010 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20167248

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OBJECTIVE: The aim of the work was to determine and characterize, in vitro and in vivo, the therapeutic activity of PHA-793887, a new potent pan-cdk inhibitor, in the context of hematopoietic neoplasms. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Thirteen leukemic cell lines bearing different cytogenetic abnormalities and normal hematopoietic cells were used in cytotoxicity and colony assays. The drug activity at the molecular level was analyzed by Western blotting. PHA-793887 was also tested in vivo in several leukemia xenograft models. RESULTS: PHA-793887 was cytotoxic for leukemic cell lines in vitro, with IC(50) ranging from 0.3 to 7 microM (mean: 2.9 microM), regardless of any specific chromosomal aberration. At these doses, the drug was not cytotoxic for normal unstimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells or CD34(+) hematopoietic stem cells. Interestingly, in colony assays PHA-793887 showed very high activity against leukemia cell lines, with an IC(50) <0.1 microM (mean: 0.08 microM), indicating that it has efficient and prolonged antiproliferative activity. PHA-793887 induced cell-cycle arrest, inhibited Rb and nucleophosmin phosphorylation, and modulated cyclin E and cdc6 expression at low doses (0.2-1 microM) and induced apoptosis at the highest dose (5 microM). It was also effective in vivo in both subcutaneous xenograft and primary leukemic disseminated models that better mimic naturally occurring human disease. Interestingly, in one disseminated model derived from a relapsed Philadelphia-positive acute lymphoid leukemia patient, PHA-793887 showed strong therapeutic activity also when treatment was started after establishment of high disease burden. CONCLUSIONS: We conclude that PHA-793887 has promising therapeutic activity against acute leukemias in vitro and in vivo.


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Antineoplásicos/uso terapêutico , Quinases Ciclina-Dependentes/antagonistas & inibidores , Leucemia/tratamento farmacológico , Animais , Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Apoptose , Western Blotting , Ciclo Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Ensaios de Seleção de Medicamentos Antitumorais , Humanos , Imuno-Histoquímica , Concentração Inibidora 50 , Camundongos , Camundongos SCID
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Mol Cancer Ther ; 9(3): 673-81, 2010 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20197397

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K-ras is the most frequently mutated oncogene in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the most common form of lung cancer. Recent studies indicate that NSCLC patients with mutant K-ras do not respond to epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors. In the attempt to find alternative therapeutic regimes for such patients, we tested PHA-848125, an oral pan cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor currently under evaluation in phase II clinical trial, on a transgenic mouse model, K-Ras(G12D)LA2, which develops pulmonary cancerous lesions reminiscent of human lung adenocarcinomas. We used magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography to follow longitudinally disease progression and evaluate therapeutic efficacy in this model. Treatment of K-Ras(G12D)LA2 mice with 40 mg/kg twice daily for 10 days with PHA-848125 induced a significant tumor growth inhibition at the end of treatment (P < 0.005) and this was accompanied by a reduction in the cell membrane turnover, as seen by 11C-Choline-positron emission tomography (P < 0.05). Magnetic resonance imaging data were validated versus histology and the mechanism of action of the compound was verified by immunohistochemistry, using cyclin-dependent kinase-related biomarkers phospho-Retinoblastoma and cyclin A. In this study, multimodality imaging was successfully used for the preclinical assessment of PHA-848125 therapeutic efficacy on a lung adenocarcinoma mouse model. This compound induced a volumetric and metabolic anticancer effect and could represent a valid therapeutic approach for NSCLC patients with mutant K-ras.


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Adenocarcinoma/tratamento farmacológico , Antineoplásicos/uso terapêutico , Quinases Ciclina-Dependentes/antagonistas & inibidores , Diagnóstico por Imagem/métodos , Neoplasias Pulmonares/tratamento farmacológico , Pirazóis/uso terapêutico , Quinazolinas/uso terapêutico , Adenocarcinoma/diagnóstico , Adenocarcinoma/genética , Adenocarcinoma/patologia , Substituição de Aminoácidos/genética , Substituição de Aminoácidos/fisiologia , Animais , Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Ácido Aspártico/genética , Diagnóstico por Imagem/veterinária , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Avaliação Pré-Clínica de Medicamentos , Genes ras , Glicina/genética , Humanos , Neoplasias Pulmonares/diagnóstico , Neoplasias Pulmonares/genética , Neoplasias Pulmonares/patologia , Camundongos , Camundongos Transgênicos , Proteínas Mutantes/genética , Pirazóis/farmacologia , Quinazolinas/farmacologia , Resultado do Tratamento
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Anticancer Res ; 30(12): 4973-85, 2010 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21187478

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Polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1) is the master regulator of mitosis and a target for anticancer therapy. To develop a marker of PLK1 activity in cells and tumour tissues, this study focused on translational controlled tumour protein (TCTP) and identified serine 46 as a site phosphorylated by PLK1 in vitro. Using an antibody raised against phospho-TCTP-Ser46, it was demonstrated that phosphorylation at this site correlates with PLK1 level and kinase activity in cells. Moreover, PLK1 depletion by siRNA or inactivation by specific inhibitors caused a correspondent decrease in phospho-TCTP-Ser46 signal validating this site as a direct marker of PLK1. Using this marker, the study characterized PLK1 inhibitors in cells by setting up a high-content assay and finally immunohistochemical assay suitable for following inhibitor activity in preclinical tumour models and possibly in clinical studies was developed.


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Biomarcadores Tumorais/metabolismo , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/metabolismo , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinases/metabolismo , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/metabolismo , Animais , Neoplasias Ósseas/enzimologia , Neoplasias Ósseas/metabolismo , Ciclo Celular/fisiologia , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/antagonistas & inibidores , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/genética , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Núcleo Celular/metabolismo , Feminino , Células HCT116 , Humanos , Camundongos , Camundongos Nus , Osteossarcoma/enzimologia , Osteossarcoma/metabolismo , Neoplasias Ovarianas/enzimologia , Neoplasias Ovarianas/metabolismo , Fosforilação , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinases/antagonistas & inibidores , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinases/deficiência , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinases/genética , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/antagonistas & inibidores , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/deficiência , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/genética , RNA Interferente Pequeno/administração & dosagem , RNA Interferente Pequeno/genética , Proteína Tumoral 1 Controlada por Tradução , Quinase 1 Polo-Like
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Mol Cancer Ther ; 9(8): 2243-54, 2010 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20682657

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Altered expression and activity of cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) and tropomyosin receptor kinase (TRK) families are observed in a wide variety of tumors. In those malignancies with aberrant CDK activation, the retinoblastoma protein (pRb) pathway is deregulated, leading to uncontrolled cell proliferation. Constitutive activation of TRKs is instead linked to cancer cell survival and dissemination. Here, we show that the novel small-molecule PHA-848125, a potent dual inhibitor of CDKs and TRKs, possesses significant antitumor activity. The compound inhibits cell proliferation of a wide panel of tumoral cell lines with submicromolar IC(50). PHA-848125-treated cells show cell cycle arrest in G(1) and reduced DNA synthesis, accompanied by inhibition of pRb phosphorylation and modulation of other CDK-dependent markers. The compound additionally inhibits phosphorylation of TRKA and its substrates in cells, which functionally express this receptor. Following oral administration, PHA-848125 has significant antitumor activity in various human xenografts and carcinogen-induced tumors as well as in disseminated primary leukemia models, with plasma concentrations in rodents in the same range as those found active in inhibiting cancer cell proliferation. Mechanism of action was also confirmed in vivo as assessed in tumor biopsies from treated mice. These results show that the dual CDK-TRK inhibitor PHA-848125 has the potential for being a novel and efficacious targeted drug for cancer treatment.


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Antineoplásicos/administração & dosagem , Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Quinases Ciclina-Dependentes/antagonistas & inibidores , Família Multigênica , Proteínas Quinases/metabolismo , Pirazóis/administração & dosagem , Pirazóis/farmacologia , Quinazolinas/administração & dosagem , Quinazolinas/farmacologia , Administração Oral , Animais , Antineoplásicos/química , Antineoplásicos/farmacocinética , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , Quinases Ciclina-Dependentes/metabolismo , Humanos , Camundongos , Fosforilação/efeitos dos fármacos , Pirazóis/química , Pirazóis/farmacocinética , Quinazolinas/química , Quinazolinas/farmacocinética , Ratos , Resultado do Tratamento , Ensaios Antitumorais Modelo de Xenoenxerto
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