oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:1040...
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
biorxiv
2023
09/08/2023
Nearly 30% of Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC)s exhibit a marked overexpression of Monocarboxylate Transporter 1 (MCT1) offering a unique opportunity for therapy.
However, biochemical inhibitors of MCT1 have proven unsuccessful in clinical trials.
In this study we present an alternative approach using 3-Bromopyruvate (3BP) to target MCT1 overexpressing PDACs.
3BP is a cytotoxic agent that is known to be transported into cells via MCT1, but its clinical usefulness has been hampered by difficulties in delivering the drug systemically.
We describe here a novel microencapsulated formulation of 3BP (ME3BP-7), that is effective against a variety of PDAC cells in vitro and remains stable in serum.
Furthermore, systemically administered ME3BP-7 significantly reduces pancreatic cancer growth and metastatic spread in multiple orthotopic models of pancreatic cancer with manageable toxicity.
ME3BP-7 is, therefore, a prototype of a promising new drug, in which the targeting moiety and the cytotoxic moiety are both contained within the same single small molecule.
ONE SENTENCE SUMMARY: ME3BP-7 is a novel formulation of 3BP that resists serum degradation and rapidly kills pancreatic cancer cells expressing high levels of MCT1 with tolerable toxicity in mice.
Rincon-Torroella, Jordina,Molin, Marco Dal,Mog, Brian,Han, Gyuri,Watson, Evangeline,Wyhs, Nicolas,Ishiyama, Shun,Ahmedna, Taha,Minn, Il,Azad, Nilofer S.,Bettegowda, Chetan,Papadopoulos, Nickolas,Kinzler, Kenneth W.,Zhou, Shibin,Vogelstein, Bert,Gabrielson, Kathleen,Sur, Surojit, 2023, ME3BP-7 is a targeted cytotoxic agent that rapidly kills pancreatic cancer cells expressing high levels of monocarboxylate transporter MCT1 , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory