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ArticleNature nanotechnology2023

Molecular bottlebrush prodrugs as mono- and triplex combination therapies for multiple myeloma.

Alexandre Detappe, Hung V-T Nguyen, Yivan Jiang, Michael P Agius, Wencong Wang, Clelia Mathieu, Nang K Su, Samantha L Kristufek, David J Lundberg, Sachin Bhagchandani and 3 more

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Article in Nature nanotechnology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 42 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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42citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
28.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

42 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 99 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Alexandre Detappe *Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Hung V-T Nguyen *Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Yivan JiangDepartment of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Michael P AgiusDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Wencong WangDepartment of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9578-209X
Clelia MathieuDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Nang K SuDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Samantha L KristufekDepartment of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
David J LundbergDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Sachin BhagchandaniDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Irene M GhobrialDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA. Irene_Ghobrial@dfci.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7361-3092
P Peter GhoroghchianDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA. ppg@mit.edu.
Jeremiah A JohnsonDepartment of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. jaj2109@mit.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9157-6491
Harvard University · USMassachusetts Institute of Technology · USBroad Institute · US

Funding

VIRUS PRODUCTION COREP30CA014051 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI Paula T Hammond · 1985 to 2026
$93.9M
Organic nanoparticles for dual MRI-guided therapeutic selection and ovarian cancer drug deliveryR01CA220468 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI Jeremiah Allen Johnson · 2017 to 2026
$4.9M
(PQ1) Genomic characterization of mesenchymal stromal cells in Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undermined Significance (MGUS)R01CA205954 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI GHOBRIAL, IRENE M. · 2016 to 2020
$2.6M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014051NCI NIH HHS R01 CA205954NCI NIH HHS R01 CA220468
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer therapies often have narrow therapeutic indexes and involve potentially suboptimal combinations due to the dissimilar physical properties of drug molecules. Nanomedicine platforms could address these challenges, but it remains unclear whether synergistic free-drug ratios translate to nanocarriers and whether nanocarriers with multiple drugs outperform mixtures of single-drug nanocarriers at the same dose. Here we report a bottlebrush prodrug (BPD) platform designed to answer these questions in the context of multiple myeloma therapy. We show that proteasome inhibitor (bortezomib)-based BPD monotherapy slows tumour progression in vivo and that mixtures of bortezomib, pomalidomide and dexamethasone BPDs exhibit in vitro synergistic, additive or antagonistic patterns distinct from their corresponding free-drug counterparts. BPDs carrying a statistical mixture of three drugs in a synergistic ratio outperform the free-drug combination at the same ratio as well as a mixture of single-drug BPDs in the same ratio. Our results address unanswered questions in the field of nanomedicine, offering design principles for combination nanomedicines and strategies for improving current front-line monotherapies and combination therapies for multiple myeloma.

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Multiple MyelomaProdrugsAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBortezomibDexamethasoneHumansBortezomibDexamethasoneProdrugs

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PMID36702954
PMCPMC10032145
OpenAlexW4318071648

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