通过Galacto-modified PROTACs选择性消除衰老的癌细胞
Mengyang Chang1, Feng Gao2, Giri Gnawali2
1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States.
Journal of medicinal chemistry
|April 18, 2024
概括
研究人员开发了使用银河糖和蛋白质解析向仿真体 (PROTACs) 的新型老化前药物,以向老化癌细胞. 这些预药在临床前模型中显示出增强的疗效和降低的毒性,为癌症治疗提供了一个有前途的新策略.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 生物化学 生物化学
- 分子生物学分子生物学
背景情况:
- 选择性消除衰老的癌细胞是一个有前途的癌症治疗策略.
- 现有的老化药物,通常是分子抑制剂,可以导致药物耐药性.
- 与衰老相关的β-galactosidase (SA-β-gal) 是衰老细胞的一个生物标志物.
研究的目的:
- 开发一种新的老化前药物策略,用于在衰老的癌细胞中选择性降解标蛋白.
- 评估基于银河糖的新型PROTAC前药的老化疗效和毒性.
- 评估开发的前期药物的体内抗瘤疗效和毒性.
主要方法:
- 设计和合成与银河糖结合的蛋白质分解向化母 (PROTAC) 前药物 (Gal-ARV-771,Gal-MS99).
- 与原生PROTAC相比,对前药物的老化活性和老化指数的评估.
- 在活体中,使用人类肺部A549异种移植小鼠模型的疗效和毒性研究,该小鼠模型接受了以托波和Gal-ARV-771.1的治疗.
主要成果:
- -ARV-771和-MS99的老化指数高于它们各自的母PROTACs.
- 在人类肺A549异种移植小鼠模型中,以托波和Gal-ARV-771同时治疗显著抑制了瘤生长.
- 在体内研究中,联合治疗没有显示出显著的毒性.
结论:
- 基于银糖的PROTAC前药物代表了针对衰老的癌细胞的新有效策略.
- 与传统的PROTAC相比,这些前期药物提供了更好的老化疗效和降低了毒性.
- 埃托波西德和Gal-ARV-771的组合显示出作为安全有效的癌症治疗的潜力.
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