Novel therapeutics for targeting checkpoint dysfunction in cancer

适当的检查点激活是必要的，以暂时停止细胞周期的进展， 细胞处于缺乏营养的条件下或受到损伤。这些保障 在癌细胞中普遍丢失的机制;然而，一些原因， 癌症中检查点扰动仍有待研究。此外，它仍然是一个 将我们在这一领域的知识转化为实际的癌症治疗是一个挑战。主要 该项目的目标是开发针对癌症检查点的新疗法 扰动在这个建议中，首先我们将研究某些热点突变如何影响肿瘤的发生， 抑制因子p53主动抑制检查点应答。第二，我们将确定 一些突变的p53是否直接促进DNA复制，如果是的话，通过什么 机制。第三，我们将鉴定针对这些分子的小分子抑制剂， 事件最后，我们提出了一个“合成靶向治疗”的战略，并利用我们的新 研究结果与现有的癌症治疗知识。在初步研究中，我们 已经确定了几种针对这一事件的铅抑制剂。在一条线索的帮助下 抑制剂，我们已经获得了概念验证，以支持提出的可行性 概念.简而言之，这项研究将阐明检查点的新机制。 干扰并将我们的发现转化为广泛的新疗法 癌的

Proper checkpoint activation is necessary to temporarily halt cell cycle progression when cells are in nutrient-deprived conditions or encounter insults. These safeguard mechanisms are universally lost in cancer cells; nevertheless, some causes for the checkpoint perturbation in cancer remain to be investigated. In addition, it remains a challenge to translate our knowledge in this field into practical cancer therapy. The main goal of this project is to develop novel therapeutics aiming at cancer checkpoint perturbation. In this proposal, first we will study how certain hotspot mutations of tumor suppressor p53 actively inhibit the checkpoint response. Second, we will determine whether some mutant p53 directly promotes DNA replication, and if so, by what mechanism(s). Third, we will identify small molecule inhibitors targeting these molecular events. Lastly, we propose a “synthetic targeted therapy” strategy and leverage our new findings with the existing knowledge for cancer therapy. In our preliminary study, we have identified several lead inhibitors targeting this event. With the aid of one lead inhibitor we have obtained proof-of-concept to support feasibility of the proposed concept. In short, the proposed study will elucidate novel mechanisms of checkpoint perturbation and translate our discoveries into new therapeutics for a broad range of cancers.