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- Title
Novel Brain-Penetrant, Small-Molecule Tubulin Destabilizers for the Treatment of Glioblastoma.
- Authors
Patrón, Lilian A.; Yeoman, Helen; Wilson, Sydney; Tang, Nanyun; Berens, Michael E.; Gokhale, Vijay; Suzuki, Teri C.
- Abstract
Glioblastoma (GB) is the most lethal brain cancer in adults, with a 5-year survival rate of 5%. The standard of care for GB includes maximally safe surgical resection, radiation, and temozolomide (TMZ) therapy, but tumor recurrence is inevitable in most GB patients. Here, we describe the development of a blood–brain barrier (BBB)-penetrant tubulin destabilizer, RGN3067, for the treatment of GB. RGN3067 shows good oral bioavailability and achieves high concentrations in rodent brains after oral dosing (Cmax of 7807 ng/mL (20 μM), Tmax at 2 h). RGN3067 binds the colchicine binding site of tubulin and inhibits tubulin polymerization. The compound also suppresses the proliferation of the GB cell lines U87 and LN-18, with IC50s of 117 and 560 nM, respectively. In four patient-derived GB cell lines, the IC50 values for RGN3067 range from 148 to 616 nM. Finally, in a patient-derived xenograft (PDX) mouse model, RGN3067 reduces the rate of tumor growth compared to the control. Collectively, we show that RGN3067 is a BBB-penetrant small molecule that shows in vitro and in vivo efficacy and that its design addresses many of the physicochemical properties that prevent the use of microtubule destabilizers as treatments for GB and other brain cancers.
- Subjects
TUBULINS; GLIOBLASTOMA multiforme; BRAIN cancer; SMALL molecules; BLOOD-brain barrier; TUMOR growth
- Publication
Biomedicines, 2024, Vol 12, Issue 2, p406
- ISSN
2227-9059
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/biomedicines12020406