Introduction of small-molecule inhibitors of B-cell receptor signaling and BCL2 protein significantly improves therapeutic options in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. However, some patients suffer from adverse effects mandating treatment discontinuation, and cases with TP53 defects more frequently experience early progression of the disease. Development of alternative therapeutic approaches is, therefore, of critical importance. Here we report details of the anti-chronic lymphocytic leukemia single-agent activity of MU380, our recently identified potent, selective, and metabolically robust inhibitor of checkpoint kinase 1. We also describe a newly developed enantioselective synthesis of MU380, which allows preparation of gram quantities of the substance. Checkpoint kinase 1 is a master regulator of replication operating primarily in intra-S and G2/M cell cycle checkpoints. Initially tested in leukemia and lymphoma cell lines, MU380 significantly potentiated efficacy of gemcitabine, a clinically used inducer of replication stress. Moreover, MU380 manifested substantial single-agent activity in both TP53-wild type and TP53-mutated leukemia and lymphoma cell lines. In chronic lymphocytic leukemia-derived cell lines MEC-1, MEC-2 (both TP53-mut), and OSU-CLL (TP53-wt) the inhibitor impaired cell cycle progression and induced apoptosis. In primary clinical samples, MU380 used as a single-agent noticeably reduced the viability of unstimulated chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells as well as those induced to proliferate by anti-CD40/IL-4 stimuli. In both cases, effects were comparable in samples harboring p53 pathway dysfunction (TP53 mutations or ATM mutations) and TP53-wt/ATM-wt cells. Lastly, MU380 also exhibited significant in vivo activity in a xenotransplant mouse model (immunodeficient strain NOD-scid IL2Rγnull ) where it efficiently suppressed growth of subcutaneous tumors generated from MEC-1 cells.

• MeSH
• antimetabolity antitumorózní farmakologie   MeSH
• apoptóza MeSH
• buněčný cyklus MeSH
• checkpoint kinasa 1 antagonisté a inhibitory   MeSH
• chemorezistence účinky léků   MeSH
• chronická lymfatická leukemie farmakoterapie   genetika   patologie   MeSH
• deoxycytidin analogy a deriváty   farmakologie   MeSH
• inhibitory proteinkinas farmakologie   MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mutace * MeSH
• myši inbrední NOD MeSH
• myši SCID MeSH
• myši MeSH
• nádorové biomarkery genetika   MeSH
• nádorové buňky kultivované MeSH
• nádorový supresorový protein p53 genetika   MeSH
• piperidiny farmakologie   MeSH
• proliferace buněk MeSH
• pyrazoly farmakologie   MeSH
• pyrimidiny farmakologie   MeSH
• regulace genové exprese u nádorů účinky léků   MeSH
• synergismus léků * MeSH
• xenogenní modely - testy antitumorózní aktivity MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• myši MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH