New technologies bloom together for bettering cancer drug conjugates

Y Jin, SE Zakeri, R Bahal, AJ Wiemer - Pharmacological reviews, 2022 - ASPET
Drug conjugates, including antibody-drug conjugates, are a step toward realizing Paul
Ehrlich's idea from over 100 years ago of a “magic bullet” for cancer treatment. Through …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting pan-essential pathways in cancer with cytotoxic chemotherapy: challenges and opportunities

SG Rudd - Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology, 2023 - Springer
Cytotoxic chemotherapy remains a key modality in cancer treatment. These therapies,
successfully used for decades, continue to transform the lives of cancer patients daily. With …

TOP1-DNA trapping by exatecan and combination therapy with ATR inhibitor

U Jo, Y Murai, KK Agama, Y Sun, LK Saha… - Molecular cancer …, 2022 - AACR
Exatecan and deruxtecan are antineoplastic camptothecin derivatives in development as
tumor-targeted-delivery warheads in various formulations including peptides, liposomes …

Improved therapeutic index of an acidic pH-selective antibody

PS Lee, KG MacDonald, E Massi, PV Chew, C Bee… - MAbs, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Although therapeutically efficacious, ipilimumab can exhibit dose-limiting toxicity that
prevents maximal efficacious clinical outcomes and can lead to discontinuation of treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Eradication of tumors and development of anti-cancer immunity using STINGa targeted by pHLIP

A Moshnikova, M DuPont, H Visca… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Despite significant progress in the development of novel STING agonists (STINGa),
applications appear to be challenged by the low efficiency and poor selectivity of these …

[HTML][HTML] Small molecule nitroalkenes inhibit RAD51-mediated homologous recombination and amplify triple-negative breast cancer cell killing by DNA-directed …

L Hong, DC Braden, Y Zhao, JJ Skoko, F Chang… - Redox Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Nitro fatty acids (NO 2-FAs) are endogenously generated lipid signaling mediators from
metabolic and inflammatory reactions between conjugated diene fatty acids and nitric oxide …

Targeting cancer cells in acidosis with conjugates between the carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1 inhibitor etomoxir and pH (low) insertion peptides

M Deskeuvre, J Lan, E Dierge, J Messens… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Targeting enzymes involved in tumor metabolism is a promising way to tackle cancer
progression. The inhibition of carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1 (CPT1) by etomoxir (Eto) …

Targeted delivery of doxorubicin into tumor cells to decrease the in vivo toxicity of glutathione-sensitive prodrug-poloxamer188-b-polycaprolactone nanoparticles and …

Y Shi, X Hou, SS Yu, X Pan, M Yang, J Hu… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Doxorubicin (DOX) is widely used in the treatment of many tumors, but the dose-dependent
toxicity limits its further application. In this study, a unique strategy was developed to improve …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor treatment by pHLIP-targeted antigen delivery

M DuPont, H Visca, A Moshnikova… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Targeted antigen delivery allows activation of the immune system to kill cancer cells. Here
we report the targeted delivery of various epitopes, including a peptide, a small molecule …

D-to-E and T19V Variants of the pH-Low Insertion Peptide and Their Doxorubicin Conjugates Interact with Membrane at Higher pH Ranges Than WT

FW Wachira, DC Githirwa, T McPartlon… - Biochemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
To improve targeted cargo delivery to cancer cells, pH-Low Insertion Peptide (pHLIP)
variants were developed to interact with the membrane at pH values higher than those of the …