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ArticleCancers2025

CF10 Displayed Improved Activity Relative to 5-FU in a Mouse CRLM Model Under Conditions of Physiological Folate.

Charles Chidi Okechukwu, Xue Ma, Wencheng Li, Ralph D'Agostino, Matthew G Rees, Melissa M Ronan, Jennifer A Roth, William H Gmeiner

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Charles Chidi OkechukwuDepartment of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8303-186X
Xue MaDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2329-5350
Wencheng LiDepartment of Pathology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA.
Ralph D'AgostinoDepartment of Public Health Sciences and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3550-8395
Matthew G ReesBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2987-7581
Melissa M RonanBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Jennifer A RothBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5117-5586
William H GmeinerDepartment of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1883-3791

Funding

Tumor Tissue CoreP30CA012197 · NCI · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Ruben A. Mesa · 1985 to 2026
$55.4M
Improved Treatment of Colorectal Cancer with CF10R42CA254834 · NCI · DEEP CREEK PHARMA, LLC · PI GMEINER, WILLIAM H. · 2023 to 2024
$2.0M
CDMRP PRCRP CA200460NCI NIH HHS P30 CA012197NCI NIH HHS R42 CA254834NIH HHS 1R42CA254834-03
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

objectiveAt least 25% of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients develop liver metastases (CRLM), and chemotherapeutic regimens based on the fluoropyrimidine (FP) drug 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) provide a survival advantage, but long-term survival is uncommon. The primary molecular target of FP drugs is thymidylate synthase (TS).

methodsA TS/Top1 dual-targeting cytotoxic mechanism for CF10/LV was confirmed by TS ternary complex detection by Western blot and by immunofluorescence detection of Top1 cleavage complexes. CF10/LV activated the ATR/Chk1 pathway consistent with enhanced replication stress and induced apoptosis. In vivo studies showed CF10 and CF10/LV eradicated liver metastasis in a CRLM model without scarring or weight loss, displaying therapeutic advantages relative to legacy FPs.

resultsWe demonstrated that a nanoscale FP polymer, CF10, displayed greater potency than expected based on FP content in part through more direct conversion to the TS-inhibitory metabolite, FdUMP. In this study, we tested CF10 for potency advantages relative to 5-FU and trifluorothymidine (TFT, the FP component of TAS-102) and confirmed a general potency advantage for CF10 in CRC cell lines in the Broad Institute PRISM screen. We demonstrated that this potency advantage is retained in CRC cells cultured with human-like folate levels and is enhanced by LV co-treatment to a similar extent as that by 5-FU. Our results confirm CF10 development proceeding as a CF10/LV combination. Mechanistically, CF10 cytotoxicity closely correlates with poisons of DNA topoisomerase 1 (Top1) in the PRISM screen relative to 5-FU and TFT.

conclusionsOur pre-clinical data support an early-phase clinical trial for CF10 for treating liver-metastatic CRC.

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colorectal cancerfluoropyrimidineleucovorinreplication stressthymidylate synthasetopoisomerase 1

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PMID40940837
PMCPMC12427396

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