PO.ET09.09 · 实验与分子治疗
新型PDE10抑制剂ADT-030通过阻断RAS和beta-catenin信号传导并克服对RAS选择性抑制剂的耐药性,增强化疗和免疫治疗的疗效,展现出稳健而持久的抗肿瘤活性
Robust and durable antitumor activity of a novel PDE10 inhibitor, ADT-030, that enhances the efficacy of chemotherapy and immunotherapy by blocking RAS and beta-catenin signaling and overcoming resistance to RAS-selective inhibitors
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中文摘要
未受抑制的非突变RAS异构体通过代偿性激活MAPK/AKT信号传导而导致对突变型或异构体特异性KRAS抑制剂产生耐药,这支持了泛RAS抑制剂的开发。然而,继发性突变或其他致癌通路(例如Wnt/APC/beta-catenin)的异常激活可能导致对泛RAS抑制剂的耐药。我们和其他人已报道,环核苷酸磷酸二酯酶10A(PDE10)同工酶在癌细胞系和肿瘤中过表达,但在中枢神经系统(CNS)以外的组织中表达低且无已知功能。研究发现PDE10特异性抑制剂和基因沉默可选择性地抑制癌细胞的生长。为治疗CNS疾病而开发的PDE10抑制剂在脑内可达到高浓度,但在外周组织中浓度低。因此,我们设计了一种新型、口服生物可利用的PDE10抑制剂ADT-030,其在全身可达到超过抑制重组PDE10所需的高浓度,但不产生传统PDE10抑制剂所导致的主要副作用(镇静)。ADT-030与PDE10结合并在癌细胞中激活蛋白激酶G,其浓度范围与抑制大量组织学类型多样的癌细胞系增殖并诱导凋亡的浓度范围相同。这些效应也发生在ADT-030抑制RAS介导的MAPK/AKT信号传导并选择性降解beta-catenin致癌(转录活性)库的相同浓度范围内。值得注意的是,对泛RAS、泛KRAS或突变特异性KRAS抑制剂产生耐药的癌细胞系仍保持对ADT-030的完全敏感性。ADT-030在结肠癌、肺癌、乳腺癌和胰腺癌的小鼠模型中以耐受良好的剂量强效抑制肿瘤生长。胰腺癌模型对ADT-030尤为敏感,导致肿瘤消退、转移抑制和生存期延长。ADT-030还在肺癌小鼠模型中提高了生存期并抑制了转移,其持久反应远超治疗期,最终实现治愈。ADT-030还在肺癌、结肠癌和乳腺癌小鼠模型中增强了化疗(紫杉醇)和免疫检查点抑制剂的抗肿瘤活性。深度免疫表型分析揭示了ADT-030治疗对肿瘤免疫微环境的显著影响,表现为选择性诱导髓源性抑制细胞(MDSC)凋亡,同时增加CD8+ T细胞和自然杀伤细胞的肿瘤浸润。这些结果表明,ADT-030相较于直接作用的RAS抑制剂具有潜在优势,支持将ADT-030作为单药或与化疗或免疫治疗联合用于广泛的RAS驱动型癌症的临床试验。
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Resistance to mutant or isoform-specific KRAS inhibitors from compensatory activation of MAPK/AKT signaling by unchecked non-mutant RAS isoforms supports the development of pan-RAS inhibitors. However, secondary mutations or aberrant activation of other oncogenic pathways (e.g., Wnt/APC/beta-catenin) may cause resistance to pan-RAS inhibitors. We and others have reported that the cyclic nucleotide-phosphodiesterase 10A (PDE10) isozyme is overexpressed in cancer cell lines and tumors but has low expression and no known function in tissues outside the CNS. PDE10-specific inhibitors and gene silencing were found to selectively inhibit the growth of cancer cells. PDE10 inhibitors developed to treat CNS disorders achieve high brain levels but low levels in peripheral tissues. Thus, we designed a novel, orally bioavailable PDE10 inhibitor, ADT-030, that achieves high systemic levels exceeding those required to inhibit recombinant PDE10 but lacks the major side effect (sedation) caused by conventional PDE10 inhibitors. ADT-030 bound to PDE10 and activated protein kinase G in cancer cells within the same concentration range that inhibited proliferation and induced apoptosis of a large panel of histologically diverse cancer cell lines. These effects also occurred within the same concentration range at which ADT-030 inhibited RAS-mediated MAPK/AKT signaling and selectively degraded the oncogenic (transcriptionally active) pool of beta-catenin. Notably, cancer cell lines that developed resistance to pan-RAS, pan-KRAS, or mutant-specific KRAS inhibitors retained full sensitivity to ADT-030. ADT-030 strongly inhibited tumor growth in mouse models of colon, lung, breast, and pancreatic cancer at dosages that were well tolerated. Pancreatic cancer models were particularly sensitive to ADT-030, resulting in tumor regression, inhibition of metastasis, and prolonged survival. ADT-030 also increased survival and inhibited metastasis in mouse models of lung cancer with a durable response that persisted well beyond the treatment period, resulting in cures. ADT-030 also enhanced the antitumor activity of chemotherapy (paclitaxel) and immune checkpoint inhibitors in mouse models of lung, colon, and breast cancer. Deep immunophenotyping studies revealed a significant impact of ADT-030 treatment on the tumor immune microenvironment, characterized by the selective induction of apoptosis in myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC), while increasing tumor infiltration by CD8+ T cells and natural killer cells. These results show that ADT-030 has potential advantages over direct-acting RAS inhibitors, supporting clinical trials of ADT-030 as a monotherapy or in combination with chemotherapy or immunotherapy for a broad range of RAS-driven cancers.
利益披露 Disclosure
G. A. Piazza, None..
D. Bandi, None..
V. Ramirez Alcantara, None..
G. Nagaraju, None..
J. Wang, None..
S. Ramesh, None..
K. Berry, None..
K. Fadlalla, None..
E. Nurmemmedov, None..
I. Babic, None..
M. Gazi, None..
X. Chen, None..
J. Foote, None..
A. Keeton, None..
Y. Y. Maxuitenko, None..
D. Buchsbaum, None..
F. Hossain, None..
G. Zhou, None..
B. F. El-Rayes, None.