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ArticleMolecular therapy oncolytics2021

A novel protein-drug conjugate, SSH20, demonstrates significant efficacy in caveolin-1-expressing tumors.

Ryan Robb, Jimmy Chun-Tien Kuo, Yang Liu, Sergio Corrales-Guerrero, Tiantian Cui, Ahmad Hegazi, Gregory Nagy, Robert J Lee, Terence M Williams

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Article in Molecular therapy oncolytics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ryan RobbUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Jimmy Chun-Tien KuoDivision of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology, The Ohio State University, 500 W. 12 Ave., Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
Yang LiuDivision of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology, The Ohio State University, 500 W. 12 Ave., Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
Sergio Corrales-GuerreroBiomedical Sciences Graduate Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
Tiantian CuiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, City of Hope National Medical Center, 1500 E. Duarte Road, Duarte, CA 91010, USA.
Ahmad HegaziDivision of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology, The Ohio State University, 500 W. 12 Ave., Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
Gregory NagyBiomedical Sciences Graduate Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
Robert J LeeDivision of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology, The Ohio State University, 500 W. 12 Ave., Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
Terence M WilliamsDepartment of Radiation Oncology, City of Hope National Medical Center, 1500 E. Duarte Road, Duarte, CA 91010, USA.
The Ohio State University · USCity Of Hope National Medical Center · USUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

Translational Therapeutics Research Program (TT)P30CA016058 · NCI · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI Jennifer A. Woyach · 1985 to 2026
$132.3M
Exploiting Caveolae-Dependent Albumin Endocytosis to Optimize Therapy in Pancreatic CancerR01CA198128 · NCI · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI WILLIAMS, TERENCE MARQUES · 2016 to 2021
$2.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016058NCI NIH HHS R01 CA198128
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent years, human serum albumin (HSA) has been characterized as an ideal drug carrier in the cancer arena. Caveolin-1 (Cav-1) has been established as the principal structural protein of caveolae and, thus, critical for caveolae-mediated endocytosis. Cav-1 has been shown to be overexpressed in cancers of the lung and pancreas, among others. We found that Cav-1 expression plays a critical role in both HSA uptake and response to albumin-based chemotherapies. As such, developing a novel albumin-based chemotherapy that is more selective for tumors with high Cav-1 expression or high levels of caveolar-endocytosis could have significant implications in biomarker-directed therapy. Herein, we present the development of a novel and effective HSA-SN-38 conjugate (SSH20). We find that SSH20 uptake decreases significantly by immunofluorescence assays and western blotting after silencing of Cav-1 expression through RNA interference. Decreased drug sensitivity occurs in Cav-1-depleted cells using cytotoxicity assays. Importantly, we find significantly reduced sensitivity to SSH20 in Cav-1-silenced tumors compared to Cav-1-expressing tumors

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albumincaveolin-1lung cancerpancreatic cancerSN-38SSH20

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PMID34553040
PMCPMC8433067
OpenAlexW3189529524

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