权益分类	功能权益	普通用户	{{item.name}}会员
{{category.name}}	{{benefitItem.name}}

Targeting p38 gamma signaling to advance Cutaneous T Cell Lymphoma Therapy

靶向 p38 γ 信号传导以推进皮肤 T 细胞淋巴瘤治疗

基本信息

批准号：
10296667
负责人：
STEVEN Terry ROSEN
金额：
$ 67.8万
依托单位：
BECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE/CITY OF HOPE
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2018
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2018-12-01 至 2023-11-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10296667
关键词：
Affect Affinity Animal Model Binding Biological CRISPR screen Cell Death Cell Line Chemicals Clinical Computer Models Computing Methodologies Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma Data Development Drug resistance Elements FDA approved Future Gene Expression Gene Silencing Goals Growth Histone Deacetylase Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor In Vitro Lead Learning Ligands Lymphoma Lymphoma cell Malignant - descriptor Malignant Neoplasms Mediating Methodology Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases Molecular Organic Synthesis Outcome Pathogenesis Pathway interactions Patients Pharmaceutical Preparations Phosphorylation Phosphotransferases Play Positioning Attribute Prognosis Proteins RNA interference screen Receptor Signaling Regimen Research Research Personnel Role Sampling Signal Pathway Signal Transduction Signal Transduction Pathway Signaling Protein Site Structure T-Cell Lymphoma T-Cell Receptor T-Lymphocyte Testing Therapeutic Therapeutic Effect Treatment outcome Validation Vorinostat Work Xenograft procedure advanced disease analog base cancer cell cell killing chemical genetics clinical application clinically relevant clinically significant cytotoxic cytotoxicity drug discovery experience genetic approach high throughput screening improved improved outcome in vivo inhibitor innovation knock-down molecular modeling mouse model nanomolar new therapeutic target novel novel therapeutics p38 Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase patient derived xenograft model patient prognosis protein protein interaction response scaffold screening small molecule small molecule inhibitor targeted treatment therapeutically effective tumorigenesis

项目摘要

Cutaneous T cell lymphoma (CTCL) is a disfiguring, incurable cancer. For patients with advanced disease, current therapies are inadequate, and outcome is poor. An incomplete understanding of CTCL molecular regulators has limited development of effective targeted therapies. One candidate regulator is p38γ, the gene expression of which is selectively increased in CTCL cell lines and patient samples, but not healthy T cells. We demonstrate that inhibition or silencing of p38γ inhibits proliferation and induces CTCL cell death. The NF-κB pathway is constitutively active in CTCL, provides a complementary T cell signaling pathway to p38γ, and can be inhibited by histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACi). HDACi, which are currently the most effective clinically approved cytotoxic compounds against CTCL, demonstrate synergistic killing when combined with p38γ Inhibition. Our objective is to understand and exploit the p38γ pathway in CTCL, using a combination of molecular, chemical, and genetic approaches. Our first Aim is to determine the mechanisms by which p38γ inhibition induces cell death in CTCL. We will define the kinase cascade involved in p38γ inhibition-induced CTCL cell killing and identify phosphorylation targets of p38γ signaling; use a synthetic lethal RNAi screen to identify signaling components that cause cell death upon depletion in the presence of p38γ inhibition; and determine the extent to which combined inhibition of p38γ and complementary pathways, including HDACs, induce synergistic therapeutic effects. We will validate identified proteins for the ability to affect downstream signaling and cellular responses in vitro and in vivo, using CTCL cell line xenograft and patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models. Our second Aim is to develop novel p38γ inhibitors for potential therapeutic application. Using high throughput screening and molecular modeling, we identified the multi-kinase inhibitor F7 (also known as PIK75), and showed it is an ATP-competitive p38γ inhibitor with nanomolar cytotoxic efficacy against CTCL cells. To develop a more selective p38γ inhibitor, we will combine ligand- and structure-based computational methods with organic synthesis; using F7 as a scaffold molecule, we will identify F7 analogs and derivatize F7 to have higher a binding affinity for p38γ than other kinases. In addition, we will use CRISPR-based screening to identify novel functional domains and non-conserved sites for developing allosteric next-generation therapeutics. We will synthesize the various analogs and validate hits for CTCL cytotoxicity and p38γ-specific kinase inhibition in vitro and in vivo, using CTCL xenograft and PDX models. We expect that successful completion of this proposal will yield mechanistic information about the unique biological and clinical relevance of p38γ signaling and complementary pathways in CTCL. Importantly, validation of a specific p38γ inhibitor with efficacy in CTCL animal models will have immediate relevance for CTCL therapy.

皮肤T细胞淋巴瘤（CTCL）是一种毁容，无法治愈的癌症。对于疾病晚期的患者，