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ArticleVeterinary and comparative oncology2025

Potent Therapeutic Activity of NEO212 in Preclinical Models of Human and Canine Leukaemia and Lymphoma.

Thomas C Chen, Steve Swenson, Thu Zan Thein, Radu O Minea, Axel H Schönthal

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Thomas C ChenDepartment of Neurosurgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, California, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2183-4667
Steve SwensonDepartment of Neurosurgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, California, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1366-1871
Thu Zan TheinDepartment of Neurosurgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, California, USA.
Radu O MineaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, California, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0929-6480
Axel H SchönthalDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Keck School of Medicine, USC, Los Angeles, California, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0662-5653

Funding

USC/NORRIS COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER (CORE) SUPPORTP30CA014089 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI Fumito Ito · 1985 to 2026
$181.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014089NeOnc Technologies, Inc.
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Abstract

Haematological cancer types, such as leukaemia and lymphoma, represent diseases that are life-threatening to canine and human patients alike, and better treatments are needed. We are developing a novel anticancer agent, NEO212, a conjugate of two cancer drugs, the alkylating agent temozolomide (TMZ) and the monoterpene perillyl alcohol (POH). NEO212 has revealed robust therapeutic activity in preclinical tumour models harbouring different human cancer types. In the comparative preclinical study presented here, a two-species (canine and human) and two-cancer (leukaemia and lymphoma) analysis was performed to determine whether the promising therapeutic activity of NEO212 would span species and cancer types. We investigated the activity of NEO212 in human and canine leukaemia and lymphoma cell lines in vitro and in corresponding mouse models in vivo. Our results show that in vitro NEO212 is significantly more potent than TMZ and POH in all cell lines and exerts activity even against strongly TMZ-resistant tumour cells. In vivo, oral NEO212 strikingly extends the survival of mice harbouring human or canine leukaemia or lymphoma cells. At the same time, NEO212 is well tolerated in dogs at dosages higher than those that achieved therapeutic activity in mouse models. Our study introduces NEO212 as a novel oral cancer drug candidate for both human and veterinary oncology applications.

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Antineoplastic AgentsDog DiseasesLeukemiaLymphomaAnimalsCell Line, TumorDogsFemaleHumansMaleMiceTemozolomideAntineoplastic AgentsTemozolomidecancer therapyDNA alkylationO6‐methylguanine‐DNA methyltransferaseperillyl alcoholtemozolomide

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PMCPMC12378078

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