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ArticleJournal of medicinal chemistry2015

Removal of Metabolic Liabilities Enables Development of Derivatives of Procaspase-Activating Compound 1 (PAC-1) with Improved Pharmacokinetics.

Howard S Roth, Rachel C Botham, Steven C Schmid, Timothy M Fan, Levent Dirikolu, Paul J Hergenrother

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Article in Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02355535 (), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT02355535 phase1completednot on this map

(STM-03) Phase I Study of Procaspase Activating Compound-1 (PAC-1) in the Treatment of Advanced Malignancies - Component 1

TypeinterventionalSponsorVanquish Oncology, Inc.Ran2015 to 2020Enrolled48ConditionsSolid Tumor, Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor, Neuroendocrine TumorsArmsPAC-1
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Howard S Roth†Department of Chemistry, ‡Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, and §Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.
Rachel C Botham†Department of Chemistry, ‡Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, and §Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.
Steven C Schmid†Department of Chemistry, ‡Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, and §Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.
Timothy M Fan†Department of Chemistry, ‡Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, and §Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.
Levent Dirikolu†Department of Chemistry, ‡Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, and §Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.
Paul J Hergenrother†Department of Chemistry, ‡Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, and §Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · US

Funding

Small Molecule Activators of Procaspases as Anti-Cancer AgentsR01CA120439 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI HERGENROTHER, PAUL · 2007 to 2022
$6.2M
Training Program in Chemistry-Interface with BiologyT32GM070421 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI HERGENROTHER, PAUL · 2005 to 2019
$5.4M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA120439NCI NIH HHS R01-CA120439NIGMS NIH HHS 1-T32-GM070421NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM070421
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Procaspase-activating compound 1 (PAC-1) is an o-hydroxy-N-acylhydrazone that induces apoptosis in cancer cells by chelation of labile inhibitory zinc from procaspase-3. PAC-1 has been assessed in a wide variety of cell culture experiments and in vivo models of cancer, with promising results, and a phase 1 clinical trial in cancer patients has been initiated (NCT02355535). For certain applications, however, the in vivo half-life of PAC-1 could be limiting. Thus, with the goal of developing a compound with enhanced metabolic stability, a series of PAC-1 analogues were designed containing modifications that systematically block sites of metabolic vulnerability. Evaluation of the library of compounds identified four potentially superior candidates with comparable anticancer activity in cell culture, enhanced metabolic stability in liver microsomes, and improved tolerability in mice. In head-to-head experiments with PAC-1, pharmacokinetic evaluation in mice demonstrated extended elimination half-lives and greater area under the curve values for each of the four compounds, suggesting them as promising candidates for further development.

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AnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsApoptosisArea Under CurveCell Line, TumorDogsDrug Screening Assays, AntitumorHalf-LifeHumansHydrazonesMiceMicrosomes, LiverPiperazinesRatsSmall Molecule LibrariesStructure-Activity Relationship(4-benzylpiperazin-1-yl)acetic acid (3-allyl-2-hydroxybenzylidene)hydrazineAntineoplastic AgentsHydrazonesPiperazinesSmall Molecule Libraries

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PMID25856364
PMCPMC4520234
OpenAlexW2313558135

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