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ArticleOncotarget2017

Targeting of the breast cancer microenvironment with a potent and linkable oxindole based antiangiogenic small molecule.

Orestis Argyros, Theodoros Karampelas, Aimilia Varela, Xenophon Asvos, Athanasios Papakyriakou, Adamantia Agalou, Dimitris Beis, Constantinos H Davos, Demosthenes Fokas, Constantin Tamvakopoulos

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Article in Oncotarget, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Orestis ArgyrosDivision of Pharmacology-Pharmacotechnology, Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens, Athens, 11527, Greece.
Theodoros KarampelasDivision of Pharmacology-Pharmacotechnology, Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens, Athens, 11527, Greece.
Aimilia VarelaCardiovascular Research Laboratory, Clinical, Experimental Surgery and Translational Research Center, Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens, Athens, 11527, Greece.
Xenophon AsvosLaboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, 45110, Greece.
Athanasios PapakyriakouLaboratory of Chemical Biology of Natural Products and Designed Molecules, Institute of Physical Chemistry, N.C.S.R "Demokritos", Athens, 15310, Greece.
Adamantia AgalouDevelopmental Biology, Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens, Athens, 11527, Greece.
Dimitris BeisDevelopmental Biology, Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens, Athens, 11527, Greece.
Constantinos H DavosCardiovascular Research Laboratory, Clinical, Experimental Surgery and Translational Research Center, Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens, Athens, 11527, Greece.
Demosthenes FokasLaboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, 45110, Greece.
Constantin TamvakopoulosDivision of Pharmacology-Pharmacotechnology, Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens, Athens, 11527, Greece.
Academy of Athens · GRUniversity of Ioannina · GRNational Centre of Scientific Research "Demokritos" · GR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The clinical efficacy of antiangiogenic small molecules (e.g., sunitinib) in breast carcinoma has largely failed with substantial off-target toxicity. We rationally designed and evaluated preclinically a novel sunitinib analogue, SAP, with favourable pharmacological properties and the ability to be readily conjugated to a targeting peptide or antibody for active tumour targeting.SAP was evaluated in silico and in vitro in order to verify target engagement (e.g., VEGFR2). Pharmacokinetic and biodistribution parameters were determined in mice using LC-MS/MS. SAP efficacy was tested in two breast cancer xenograft and two syngeneic animal models and pharmacodynamic evaluation was accomplished using phosphokinase assays and immunohistochemistry. Cardiac and blood toxicity of SAP were also monitored.SAP retained the antiangiogenic and cytotoxic properties of the parental molecule with an increased blood exposure and tumor accumulation compared to sunitinib. SAP proved efficacious in all animal models. Tumors from SAP treated animals had significantly decreased Ki-67 and CD31 markers and reduced levels of phosphorylated AKT, ERK and S6 compared to vehicle treated animals. In mice dosed with SAP there was negligible hematotoxicity, while cardiac function measurements showed a reduction in the percentage left ventricular fractional shortening compared to vehicle treated animals.In conclusion, SAP is a novel rationally designed conjugatable small antiangiogenic molecule, efficacious in preclinical models of breast cancer.

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Angiogenesis InhibitorsAnimalsBreast NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationFemaleHumansHuman Umbilical Vein Endothelial CellsIndolesMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, SCIDNeoplasms, ExperimentalOxindolesPyrrolesSunitinib2-oxindoleAngiogenesis InhibitorsIndolesKDR protein, humanOxindolesPyrrolesSunitinibVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2angiogenesisbreast cancersunitinib analoguetumor microenvironmenttumor targeting

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PMCPMC5514907
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