Preclinical Activity of 4-Demethyl-4-cholesteryloxycarbonylpenclomedine in Melanoma

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BACKGROUND/AIM: Temozolomide plays a role in treating melanoma refractory to immunomodulatory and mitogen-activated protein kinase-targeted approaches, but its efficacy is limited. 4-Demethyl-4-cholesteryloxycarbonylpenclomedine (DM-CHOC-PEN) is a polychlorinated pyridine cholesteryl carbonate. Its mechanism of action is considered to be via alkylation/adduct formation with N7-guanine. It demonstrated activity in intracranial implanted human glioma and breast cancer xenograft mouse models. The activity of DM-CHOC-PEN in melanoma models was assessed.

MATERIAL AND METHODS: B-16 melanoma cells were exposed to DM-CHOC-PEN at different concentrations to assess proliferation and survival. B-16 cells were implanted subcutaneously into the flank of adult female C57BL mice which were then were treated with 200 mg/kg DM-CHOC-PEN intraperitoneally daily for 5 days in the setting of palpable subcutaneous tumor. Survival was compared to mice treated with temozolomide or saline. Five mice were treated per group.

RESULTS: In vitro, the respective half-maximal inhibitory concentrations of DM-CHOC-PEN and temozolomide were 0.5 and ≥3.0 μg/ml. Floating, heavily melanotic cells formed and these cells were separated, analyzed, and contained 10-90 ng DM-CHOC-PEN per 105 cells. The improvement in survival of mice treated with DM-CHOC-PEN or temozolomide relative to saline controls was 142% and 78%, respectively.

CONCLUSION: Longer survival was seen with DM-CHOC-PEN in a C57BL murine model relative to temozolomide and saline-treated controls, supporting the development of clinical trials assessing the efficacy of DM-CHOC-PEN as treatment for metastatic melanoma.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:43

Enthalten in:

Anticancer research - 43(2023), 4 vom: 04. Apr., Seite 1407-1413

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Friedlander, Philip [VerfasserIn]
Morgan, Lee Roy [VerfasserIn]
Benes, Edmund N [VerfasserIn]
Rodgers, Andrew H [VerfasserIn]
Jursic, Branko [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Alkylation
Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating
DM-CHOC-PEN
Journal Article
Melanin
Melanoma
Temozolomide
YF1K15M17Y

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 29.03.2023

Date Revised 29.03.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.21873/anticanres.16289

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM354798340