Pub Date : 2021-07-01DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.AM2021-927
C. Gomez-Manzano, Natalie M. Meléndez-Vázquez, Teresa T. Nguyen, Ashley Ossimetha, Hong Jiang, J. Fueyo, F. Godoy-Vitorino
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Pub Date : 2021-07-01DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.AM2021-LB136
Kyle Medley, Zhaoliang Li, D. Yan, U. Swami, N. Agarwal, H. Vankayalapati
In patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancers (mCRPC) who have previously been treated with abiraterone or enzalutamide, the median overall survival is only 14 months. Unlike many other cancers, immunotherapies have had limited successes, due to the fact that there are very few T cells in the tumor microenvironment of prostate cancer (PC) patients. Identifying ways to boost immunotherapy responses could change the paradigm of mCRPC, a disease still difficult to treat. The highly proliferative nature of tumor cells, along with infiltration of myeloid cells into the tumors, leads to depletion of nutrients such as functional/natural amino acids. This metabolically stressful milieu causes activation of nutrient stress pathways, autophagy, and repressed immune responses. A key meditator of this nutrient stress pathway is a cytoplasmic Ser/Thr protein kinase called General Control Nonderepressible 2 (GCN2), also called EIF2AK4. GCN2 switches on by a reduction of amino acids, and its activity results in T cell inactivation, T cell death, regulatory T cell expansion, and the potentiation of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs). We have developed and synthesized a series of novel small molecule immunotherapeutic agents that reversibly bind to GCN2 kinase, competitively block the ATP site, and elicit pharmacological responses in immune cells. GCN2 cell-free kinase binding, kinome selectivity, pGCN2, pEIF2α, ATF-4 phosphorylation inhibition assays were performed and confirmed it9s on-target efficacy and potency of lead GCN2 inhibitor HCI-1046. In these studies, our lead GCN2 kinase inhibitor HCI-1046 demonstrated potent activity with an IC50 of 36 nM in inhibiting GCN2. GCN2 expression has been detected in PC-3, DU-145, and LNCap cell lines, and HCI-1046 exhibited cellular efficacy with an IC50 of 0.9 to 8 μM range, reduced phosphorylation of GCN2, ATF-4 significantly and its downstream target eIF2α. HCI-1046 inhibited pGCN2 and pEIF2α in human prostate cancer clinical patient samples derived MDSC cultured in amino-acid starved conditions. HCI-1046, in a dose-dependent fashion, restored CD8+ T cell proliferation and function in clinical samples of PC patients. Our preliminary results support the hypothesis that inhibition of GCN2 reinstates anti-tumor immunity and blocks tumor progression in PC cellular models. In vivo PK studies of HCI-1046 in rodent species showed excellent PK properties; 55% oral bioavailability, low clearance, and >5 hours half-life. HCI-1046 is nominated as a pre-clinical agent. Additional 3D cellular efficacy studies, FACS for cellular apoptosis, cell migration, live PC cells including immuno-ELISA, ELISpot experimental results for MDSCs suppressive function of T cells, and restoration by HCI-1046 will be presented at the conference. PC mouse model efficacy studies will also be discussed. Citation Format: Kyle Medley, Zhaoliang Li, Dongqing Yan, Umang Swami, Neeraj Agarwal, Hariprasad Vankayalapati. Targeting G
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Pub Date : 2021-07-01DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.AM2021-1455
Jessica B Casaletto, Dejan Maglic, B. Touré, Alex Taylor, Heike Schoenherr, Brandi Hudson, Kamil Bruderek, Songping Zhao, Patrick J O'Hearn, Nastaran Gerami-Moayed, D. Moustakas, R. Valverde, Lindsey Foster, H. Gunaydin, P. Ayaz, D. Sharon, D. Bergstrom, J. Watters
FGFR2 fusions, amplifications, and mutations are oncogenic drivers that occur across multiple tumor types. Clinical efficacy observed with pan-FGFR inhibitors has validated the driver status of FGFR2 in FGFR2 fusion-positive intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC), however, FGFR1-mediated toxicities (hyperphosphatemia, tissue mineralization) and the emergence of on-target FGFR2 resistance mutations limit the efficacy of pan-FGFR inhibitors. To overcome these limitations, we designed RLY-4008, a potent and highly selective, FGFR2 inhibitor. Despite significant investment in traditional structure-based drug design, selective targeting of FGFR2 has not been achieved. We leveraged differences in conformational dynamics between FGFR2 and other FGFR isoforms observed through molecular dynamics simulations to enable the design of RLY-4008. RLY-4008 inhibits FGFR2 with low nanomolar potency and demonstrates > 200-fold selectivity over FGFR1, and > 80- and > 5000-fold selectivity over FGFR3 and FGFR4, respectively, in biochemical assays. Additionally, RLY-4008 demonstrates high kinome selectivity for FGFR2 against a panel of > 400 human kinases. RLY-4008 has strong activity against primary and acquired FGFR2 resistance mutations in cellular assays, and potent antiproliferative effects on FGFR2-altered human tumor cell lines. In vivo, RLY-4008 demonstrates dose-dependent FGFR2 inhibition and induces regression in multiple human xenograft tumor models, including FGFR2 fusion-positive ICC, gastric, and lung cancers, FGFR2-amplified gastric cancer, and FGFR2-mutant endometrial cancer. Strikingly, RLY-4008 induces regression in an FGFR2 fusion-positive ICC model harboring the FGFR2V564F gatekeeper mutation and an endometrial cancer model harboring the FGFR2N549K mutation, two mutations that drive clinical progression on current pan-FGFR inhibitors. In the FGFR2V564F model, pan-FGFR inhibitors are ineffective, even at maximally tolerated doses. Notably, treatment of these tumors with RLY-4008 induces rapid regression and restores body weight. In rat and dog toxicology studies, RLY-4008 is well tolerated and is not associated with hyperphosphatemia or tissue mineralization at exposures significantly above those required to induce regression in all models. In contrast to pan-FGFR inhibitors, RLY-4008 is highly selective for FGFR2 and demonstrates strong activity against FGFR2 resistance mutations, suggesting that RLY-4008 may have broader therapeutic potential via preventing and overcoming therapeutic resistance. Together, these data and the favorable pharmaceutical properties of RLY-4008 strongly support its clinical development in FGFR2-altered tumors. Citation Format: Jessica Casaletto, Dejan Maglic, B. Barry Toure, Alex Taylor, Heike Schoenherr, Brandi Hudson, Kamil Bruderek, Songping Zhao, Patrick O9Hearn, Nastaran Gerami-Moayed, Demetri Moustakas, Roberto Valverde, Lindsey Foster, Hakan Gunaydin, Pelin Ayaz, Dina Sharon, Donald Bergstrom, James Watters. RLY-4
FGFR2融合、扩增和突变是多种肿瘤类型的致癌驱动因素。使用泛fgfr抑制剂观察到的临床疗效证实了FGFR2在FGFR2融合阳性肝内胆管癌(ICC)中的驱动地位,然而,fgfr1介导的毒性(高磷血症、组织矿化)和靶向FGFR2耐药突变的出现限制了泛fgfr抑制剂的疗效。为了克服这些限制,我们设计了RLY-4008,一种有效的高选择性FGFR2抑制剂。尽管在传统的基于结构的药物设计上投入了大量资金,但FGFR2的选择性靶向尚未实现。我们利用分子动力学模拟观察到的FGFR2和其他FGFR异构体之间构象动力学的差异来设计RLY-4008。RLY-4008对FGFR2具有低纳摩尔的抑制作用,在生化分析中,RLY-4008对FGFR1的选择性为200倍以上,对FGFR3和FGFR4的选择性分别为80倍和5000倍以上。此外,RLY-4008对超过400种人类激酶显示出FGFR2的高激酶组选择性。在细胞检测中,RLY-4008对原代和获得性FGFR2耐药突变具有很强的活性,对FGFR2改变的人肿瘤细胞系具有强大的抗增殖作用。在体内,RLY-4008在多种人类异种移植肿瘤模型(包括FGFR2融合阳性ICC、胃癌和肺癌、FGFR2扩增型胃癌和FGFR2突变型子宫内膜癌)中表现出剂量依赖性的FGFR2抑制作用,并诱导肿瘤消退。引人注目的是,RLY-4008在含有FGFR2V564F门房突变的FGFR2融合阳性ICC模型和含有FGFR2N549K突变的子宫内膜癌模型中诱导消退,这两种突变驱动当前泛fgfr抑制剂的临床进展。在FGFR2V564F模型中,即使在最大耐受剂量下,泛fgfr抑制剂也是无效的。值得注意的是,用RLY-4008治疗这些肿瘤可诱导快速消退并恢复体重。在大鼠和狗的毒理学研究中,RLY-4008耐受性良好,在所有模型中,暴露量明显高于诱导回归所需的暴露量时,与高磷血症或组织矿化无关。与泛fgfr抑制剂相比,RLY-4008对FGFR2具有高度选择性,并且对FGFR2耐药突变具有很强的活性,这表明RLY-4008可能通过预防和克服治疗耐药而具有更广泛的治疗潜力。总之,这些数据和RLY-4008良好的药物特性有力地支持了其在fgfr2改变肿瘤中的临床开发。引文格式:Jessica Casaletto, Dejan Maglic, B. Barry Toure, Alex Taylor, Heike Schoenherr, Brandi Hudson, Kamil Bruderek, Songping Zhao, Patrick O9Hearn, Nastaran Gerami-Moayed, Demetri Moustakas, Roberto Valverde, Lindsey Foster, Hakan Gunaydin, Pelin Ayaz, Dina Sharon, Donald Bergstrom, James Watters。RLY-4008,一种针对FGFR2驱动的癌症的新型精确疗法,旨在有效和选择性地抑制FGFR2和FGFR2耐药突变[摘要]。见:美国癌症研究协会2021年年会论文集;2021年4月10日至15日和5月17日至21日。费城(PA): AACR;癌症杂志,2021;81(13 -增刊):1455。
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Pub Date : 2021-07-01DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.AM2021-1376
Alessio Fiascarelli, G. Merlino, S. Capano, A. Bressan, M. Bigioni, A. Pellacani, M. Binaschi, Massimiliano Salerno
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Pub Date : 2021-07-01DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.AM2021-1153
Er Yue, Guangchao Yang, Yuanfei Yao, Guangyu Wang, Yanqiao Zhang, E. Wang
CA125 coded by MUC16 gene is highly expressed in most ovarian cancer cells and serves as a tumor marker to monitor disease progression or response to treatment of ovarian cancer patients. However, targeting CA125 for ovarian cancer treatment has never been successful. We performed multiple steps of high-fidelity PCR and obtained a 4.2kb DNA fragment upstream of the human MUC16 gene, which included a region upstream from the transcription start site (TSS) and a region downstream from the TSS that contains both the 59 untranslated region and the first 136bp of the open reading frame. Reporter assays showed that this DNA fragment possesses strong transactivation activity in CA125-high cancer cells, but not in CA125-low cells, indicating that the DNA fragment we cloned contains the transactivation region that controls specific expression of MUC16 gene in ovarian cancer cells. We further refined the promoter and found a 1040bp fragment with similar transcriptional activity and specificity. We used this refined MUC16 promoter to replace the E1A promoter in the adenovirus type 5 genome DNA to control expression of E1A, an essential gene for adenovirus replication, and successfully generated a conditionally replication-competent adenovirus that can replicate in and lyse CA125-high-expressing cancer cells, including CAOV3, Kuramochi, MADH2774, OVCAR3, OVCAR4, and TOV112D cells, but not in CA125-low or -negative cancer cell lines, such as A2780, OVCAR5, PEO4, or SKOV3 cells. In vivo studies showed that intraperitoneal virus injection prolonged survival of NSG mice inoculated intraperitoneally with MADH2774 cells. Preliminary experiment showed that a mouse ovarian cancer cell line, ID8, infected with the virus might elicit a protective immune response to rechallenge of parental cancer cells. Our data indicate that targeting MUC16 transactivation for ovarian cancer treatment by conditionally replicative adenovirus development is feasible and practical. Citation Format: Er Yue, Guangchao Yang, Yuanfei Yao, Guangyu Wang, Yanqiao Zhang, Edward W. Wang. Targeting CA125 transcription for ovarian cancer treatment [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2021; 2021 Apr 10-15 and May 17-21. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2021;81(13_Suppl):Abstract nr 1153.
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Pub Date : 2021-07-01DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.AM2021-1080
Wilhelmina E. van Riel, Janneke J. Melis, Demi H. J. Vogels, W. Mulder, J. Kooijman, R. Buijsman, G. Zaman
The fibroblast growth factor receptors (FGFRs) 1-4 are receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) involved in activation of essential cellular processes such as differentiation, proliferation and migration. Since alterations in FGFRs are common in multiple cancers, including breast cancer, non-small cell lung cancer and endometrial cancer, several kinase inhibitors targeting FGFRs are in clinical development. Erdafitinib, a pan-FGFR inhibitor, has been approved as second-line treatment of locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma harboring genetic FGFR2 or FGFR3 alterations. Although erdafitinib is very effective against these tumors, progression-free survival lasts only a few months, indicating that resistance also develops fast. Insight into the evolved resistance mechanism is crucial for the development of improved therapies. In this study we generated cell lines resistant to erdafitinib by prolonged culturing of the endometrial carcinoma cell line AN3 CA, harboring FGFR2 gain-off-function mutation N549K, to increasing doses of erdafitinib. To gain insight into the developed resistance, the expression of genes that have previously been reported to be involved in resistance against FGFR inhibitors was analyzed by qPCR and immunoblot. In addition, anti-proliferative effects of target inhibition by small molecules was evaluated. To get an unbiased view on altered gene expression, RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) was performed, followed by Gene-Set-Enrichment Analysis (GSEA). Alterations in FGFR1-4 and cancer hotspot gene sequences were detected by DNA sequencing. Occurrence of resistance to erdafitinib was confirmed in proliferation assays by a decreased response of the erdafitinib-resistant cell lines compared to the parental line. In addition, cross-resistance to other FGFR inhibitors infigratinib, pemigatinib, derazantinib and AZD4547 was observed. Although mRNA expression was altered for several RTKs previously reported to be involved in resistance to FGFR inhibitors, such as EGFR, ERBB2/3 and c-MET, involvement in resistance to erdafitinib could be excluded, as no change in response was observed in proliferation assays with their associated targeted inhibitors. RNA-seq and GSEA indicated upregulation of c-Myc target genes in erdafitinib-resistant cell lines. The involvement of c-Myc in the developed resistance was further confirmed by increased response to BET-bromodomain inhibitors JQ1 and I-BET-762, which indirectly target c-Myc. Furthermore, DNA sequencing identified novel mutations in coding regions of FGFR1 and KRAS genes. In conclusion, we show that multiple factors contribute to the development of resistance against erdafitinib in an FGFR2-mutant endometrial carcinoma cell line. BET-bromodomain inhibitors are of potential interest as therapeutic agents to overcome resistance against FGFR inhibitors. Citation Format: Wilhelmina E VAN RIEL, Janneke J. Melis, Demi H. Vogels, Winfried R. Mulder, Jeffrey J. Kooijman, Rogier C. Buijsman, Guido J. Z
成纤维细胞生长因子受体(FGFRs) 1-4是受体酪氨酸激酶(RTKs),参与细胞分化、增殖和迁移等基本细胞过程的激活。由于fgfr的改变在多种癌症中很常见,包括乳腺癌、非小细胞肺癌和子宫内膜癌,因此一些靶向fgfr的激酶抑制剂正在临床开发中。Erdafitinib是一种泛fgfr抑制剂,已被批准作为含有FGFR2或FGFR3基因改变的局部晚期或转移性尿路上皮癌的二线治疗药物。尽管埃尔达非替尼对这些肿瘤非常有效,但无进展生存期仅持续几个月,这表明耐药性也迅速发展。深入了解进化的耐药机制对于改进治疗方法的发展至关重要。在这项研究中,我们通过延长子宫内膜癌细胞系AN3 CA的培养,产生了对厄达非替尼耐药的细胞系,该细胞系含有FGFR2获得功能关闭突变N549K,增加剂量的厄达非替尼。为了深入了解已发展的耐药性,通过qPCR和免疫印迹分析了先前报道的参与对FGFR抑制剂耐药的基因的表达。此外,还对小分子靶向抑制的抗增殖作用进行了评价。为了获得对改变基因表达的公正看法,进行了RNA测序(RNA-seq),然后进行了基因集富集分析(GSEA)。通过DNA测序检测FGFR1-4和癌症热点基因序列的改变。在增殖试验中,与亲代细胞系相比,厄达非替尼耐药细胞系的反应降低,证实了对厄达非替尼耐药的发生。此外,还观察到对其他FGFR抑制剂(infigratinib、pemigatinib、derazantinib和AZD4547)的交叉耐药。尽管先前报道的与FGFR抑制剂(如EGFR、ERBB2/3和c-MET)耐药有关的几个rtk的mRNA表达发生了改变,但可以排除与埃达非替尼耐药有关的rtk,因为在与相关靶向抑制剂的增殖试验中没有观察到反应的变化。RNA-seq和GSEA显示耐厄达非替尼细胞系中c-Myc靶基因上调。通过对间接靶向c-Myc的β -溴域抑制剂JQ1和i - β -762的反应增加,进一步证实了c-Myc参与了耐药性的发展。此外,DNA测序还发现了FGFR1和KRAS基因编码区的新突变。总之,我们发现在fgfr2突变的子宫内膜癌细胞系中,多种因素促进了对厄达非替尼的耐药性的发展。β -溴域抑制剂是潜在的兴趣作为治疗药物克服对FGFR抑制剂的耐药性。引用格式:Wilhelmina E VAN RIEL, Janneke J. Melis, Demi H. Vogels, Winfried R. Mulder, Jeffrey J. Kooijman, Rogier C. bujsman, Guido J. Zaman。靶向c-Myc的β -溴域抑制剂JQ1和i - β -762在厄达非替尼耐药子宫内膜癌细胞系AN3 CA中的应答改变[摘要]。见:美国癌症研究协会2021年年会论文集;2021年4月10日至15日和5月17日至21日。费城(PA): AACR;癌症杂志,2021;81(13 -增刊):第1080期。
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Pub Date : 2021-07-01DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.AM2021-1023
Tianyuan Zhou, M. Qing, Yann Abraham, T. Perova, C. Sweeney, M. Krevvata
{"title":"Abstract 1023: Understanding the anti-tumor activities of daratumumab in natural killer/T cell lymphoma (NKTCL)","authors":"Tianyuan Zhou, M. Qing, Yann Abraham, T. Perova, C. Sweeney, M. Krevvata","doi":"10.1158/1538-7445.AM2021-1023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1158/1538-7445.AM2021-1023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12258,"journal":{"name":"Experimental and Molecular Therapeutics","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89516550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-07-01DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.AM2021-1056
Shi Zhe, Jifang Weng, Xiaochong Fan, Qing-Fang Zhu, Emily Robb, A. Moriarty, M. Wick, Jiang Yueheng, Ling Zhang, D. Xing, Wang Yaolin
{"title":"Abstract 1056: Potentin vivoanti-tumor activity of D-1553 as a single agent and in combination with targeted therapeutics in a broad spectrum of patient-derived xenograft tumor models with KRas G12C mutation","authors":"Shi Zhe, Jifang Weng, Xiaochong Fan, Qing-Fang Zhu, Emily Robb, A. Moriarty, M. Wick, Jiang Yueheng, Ling Zhang, D. Xing, Wang Yaolin","doi":"10.1158/1538-7445.AM2021-1056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1158/1538-7445.AM2021-1056","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12258,"journal":{"name":"Experimental and Molecular Therapeutics","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89667889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-07-01DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.AM2021-43
Lawrence Snyder, T. Neklesa, Xin Chen, Hanqing Dong, C. Ferraro, D. Gordon, Jennifer Macaluso, J. Pizzano, Jing Wang, Ryan R. Willard, N. Vitale, R. Peck, Marcia Dougan Moore, C. Crews, J. Houston, A. Crew, I. Taylor
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Pub Date : 2021-07-01DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.AM2021-930
Hariprasad Thangavel, Ying Zhu, K. Christensen, Xiaoyong Fu, D. Edwards, R. Schiff, Meghana V. Trivedi
{"title":"Abstract 930: Production of functionally active recombinant FOXA1: The first step towards targeted drug discovery","authors":"Hariprasad Thangavel, Ying Zhu, K. Christensen, Xiaoyong Fu, D. Edwards, R. Schiff, Meghana V. Trivedi","doi":"10.1158/1538-7445.AM2021-930","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1158/1538-7445.AM2021-930","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12258,"journal":{"name":"Experimental and Molecular Therapeutics","volume":"188 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76881214","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}