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ArticleOncotarget2018

S55746 is a novel orally active BCL-2 selective and potent inhibitor that impairs hematological tumor growth.

Patrick Casara, James Davidson, Audrey Claperon, Gaëtane Le Toumelin-Braizat, Meike Vogler, Alain Bruno, Maïa Chanrion, Gaëlle Lysiak-Auvity, Thierry Le Diguarher, Jérôme-Benoît Starck and 28 more

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Article in Oncotarget, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers.

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59citing papers in PubMed
8.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

59 citing papers in PubMed, 109 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

38 authors at 9 institutions in 4 countries.

Patrick Casara *Institut de Recherches Servier Discovery Chemistry Unit, Croissy Sur Seine, France.
James Davidson *Vernalis (R&D) Ltd., Cambridge, UK.
Audrey Claperon *Institut de Recherches Servier Oncology R&D Unit, Croissy Sur Seine, France.
Gaëtane Le Toumelin-BraizatInstitut de Recherches Servier Oncology R&D Unit, Croissy Sur Seine, France.
Meike VoglerInstitute for Experimental Cancer Research in Pediatrics, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.
Alain BrunoInstitut de Recherches Internationales Servier, Oncology R&D Unit, Suresnes, France.
Maïa ChanrionInstitut de Recherches Servier Oncology R&D Unit, Croissy Sur Seine, France.
Gaëlle Lysiak-AuvityInstitut de Recherches Servier Oncology R&D Unit, Croissy Sur Seine, France.
Thierry Le DiguarherInstitut de Recherches Servier Discovery Chemistry Unit, Croissy Sur Seine, France.
Jérôme-Benoît StarckInstitut de Recherches Servier Discovery Chemistry Unit, Croissy Sur Seine, France.
Ijen ChenVernalis (R&D) Ltd., Cambridge, UK.
Neil WhiteheadVernalis (R&D) Ltd., Cambridge, UK.
Christopher GrahamVernalis (R&D) Ltd., Cambridge, UK.
Natalia MatassovaVernalis (R&D) Ltd., Cambridge, UK.
Pawel DokurnoVernalis (R&D) Ltd., Cambridge, UK.
Christopher PedderVernalis (R&D) Ltd., Cambridge, UK.
Youzhen WangNovartis Institute of Biomedical Research, Oncology Drug Discovery, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Shumei QiuNovartis Institute of Biomedical Research, Oncology Drug Discovery, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Anne-Marie GirardInstitut de Recherches Servier Oncology R&D Unit, Croissy Sur Seine, France.
Emilie SchneiderInstitut de Recherches Servier Oncology R&D Unit, Croissy Sur Seine, France.
Fabienne GravéInstitut de Recherches Servier Oncology R&D Unit, Croissy Sur Seine, France.
Aurélie StudenyInstitut de Recherches Servier Oncology R&D Unit, Croissy Sur Seine, France.
Ghislaine GuasconiInstitut de Recherches Servier Oncology R&D Unit, Croissy Sur Seine, France.
Francesca RocchettiInstitut de Recherches Servier Oncology R&D Unit, Croissy Sur Seine, France.
Sophie MaïgaCRCINA, INSERM, CNRS, Université de Nantes, CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France.
Jean-Michel HenlinInstitut de Recherches Servier Discovery Chemistry Unit, Croissy Sur Seine, France.
Frédéric CollandInstitut de Recherches Servier Oncology R&D Unit, Croissy Sur Seine, France.
Laurence Kraus-BerthierInstitut de Recherches Internationales Servier, Oncology R&D Unit, Suresnes, France.
Steven Le GouillCRCINA, INSERM, CNRS, Université de Nantes, CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France.
Martin J S DyerErnest and Helen Scott Haematological Research Institute, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
Roderick HubbardVernalis (R&D) Ltd., Cambridge, UK.
Mike WoodVernalis (R&D) Ltd., Cambridge, UK.
Martine AmiotCRCINA, INSERM, CNRS, Université de Nantes, CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France.
Gerald M CohenInstitute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
John A HickmanInstitut de Recherches Servier Oncology R&D Unit, Croissy Sur Seine, France.
Erick MorrisNovartis Institute of Biomedical Research, Oncology Drug Discovery, Cambridge, MA, USA.
James MurrayVernalis (R&D) Ltd., Cambridge, UK.
Olivier GenesteInstitut de Recherches Servier Oncology R&D Unit, Croissy Sur Seine, France.
Servier (France) · FRAVL (France) · FRNovartis (United States) · USInserm · FRInstitut des Hautes Études Scientifiques · FRCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes · FRFrankfurt Cancer Institute · DEUniversity of Leicester · GBUniversity of Liverpool · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_U132670597
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Escape from apoptosis is one of the major hallmarks of cancer cells. The B-cell Lymphoma 2 (BCL-2) gene family encodes pro-apoptotic and anti-apoptotic proteins that are key regulators of the apoptotic process. Overexpression of the pro-survival member BCL-2 is a well-established mechanism contributing to oncogenesis and chemoresistance in several cancers, including lymphoma and leukemia. Thus, BCL-2 has become an attractive target for therapeutic strategy in cancer, as demonstrated by the recent approval of ABT-199 (Venclexta™) in relapsed or refractory Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia with 17p deletion. Here, we describe a novel orally bioavailable BCL-2 selective and potent inhibitor called S55746 (also known as BCL201). S55746 occupies the hydrophobic groove of BCL-2. Its selectivity profile demonstrates no significant binding to MCL-1, BFL-1 (BCL2A1/A1) and poor affinity for BCL-XL. Accordingly, S55746 has no cytotoxic activity on BCL-XL-dependent cells, such as platelets. In a panel of hematological cell lines, S55746 induces hallmarks of apoptosis including externalization of phosphatidylserine, caspase-3 activation and PARP cleavage.

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apoptosisBCL-2BH3-mimeticshematological malignanciesinhibitor

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PMID29732004
PMCPMC5929447
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