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January 1, 2008Clinical Cancer Research

SNX2112, a Synthetic Heat Shock Protein 90 Inhibitor, Has Potent Antitumor Activity against HER Kinase–Dependent Cancers

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SCSarat ChandarlapatyMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterASAyana SawaiMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterQYQing YeKunming Medical University

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Implication

Preclinical evaluation demonstrates potent antitumor activity and HER kinase degradation in xenograft models, highlighting a viable oral therapeutic strategy.

Key Points

  • To evaluate the pharmacodynamic and antitumor efficacy of the novel synthetic Hsp90 inhibitor SNX-2112 and its oral prodrug SNX-5542 in HER kinase–dependent cancer models.
  • Tested the effects of SNX-2112 and its prodrug SNX-5542 on client protein degradation, signaling pathways, cell cycle arrest, and apoptosis across a panel of tumor cell lines.
  • Assessed pharmacokinetic properties, tissue accumulation, and antitumor efficacy using daily oral administration of SNX-5542 in HER2-dependent and mutant EGFR non-small cell lung cancer xenograft mouse models.
  • SNX-2112 induced degradation of HER2 and mutant EGFR, blocked ERK and Akt activation, and triggered Rb-dependent G1 arrest and apoptosis in tumor cell lines.
  • Oral delivery of SNX-5542 resulted in rapid conversion to SNX-2112, high tumor-specific accumulation, HER2 degradation and pathway inhibition for up to 24 hours, and regression of HER2-dependent xenografts.
  • SNX-5542 exhibited greater in vivo antitumor efficacy than 17-AAG in a non-small cell lung cancer xenograft model expressing mutant EGFR.

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Chandarlapaty et al. (2008) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a769c6f98f24dbf64bd428fhttps://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-07-1667
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