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Wang Y, Zhan Z, Jiang X, Peng X, Shen Y, Chen F, Ji Y, Liu W, Shi Y, Duan W, Ding J, Ai J, Geng M. Simm530, a novel and highly selective c-Met inhibitor, blocks c-Met-stimulated signaling and neoplastic activities. Oncotarget 2018; 7:38091-38104. [PMID: 27191264 PMCID: PMC5122374 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.9349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2015] [Accepted: 04/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
The aberrant c-Met activation has been implicated in a variety of human cancers for its critical role in tumor growth, metastasis and tumor angiogenesis. Thus, c-Met axis presents as an attractive therapeutic target. Notably, most of these c-Met inhibitors currently being evaluated in clinical trials lack selectivity and target multiple kinases, often accounting for the undesirable toxicities. Here we described Simm530 as a potent and selective c-Met inhibitor. Simm530 demonstrated >2,000 fold selectivity for c-Met compared with other 282 kinases, making it one of the most selective c-Met inhibitors described to date. This inhibitor significantly blocked c-Met signaling pathways regardless of mechanistic complexity implicated in c-Met activation. As a result, Simm530 led to substantial inhibition of c-Met-promoted cell proliferation, migration, invasion, ECM degradation, cell scattering and invasive growth. In addition, Simm530 inhibited primary human umbilical vascular endothelial cell (HUVEC) proliferation, decreased intratumoral CD31 expression and plasma pro-angiogenic factor interleukin-8 secretion, suggesting its significant anti-angiogenic properties. Simm530 resulted in dose-dependent inhibition of c-Met phosphorylation and tumor growth in c-Met-driven lung and gastric cancer xenografts. And, the inhibitor is well tolerated even at doses that achieve complete tumor regression. Together, Simm530 is a potent and highly selective c-Met kinase inhibitor that may have promising therapeutic potential in c-Met-driven cancer treatment.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ying Wang
- Division of Anti-Tumor Pharmacology, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, P.R.China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, P.R.China
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- Department of Liver Surgery, Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, P.R.China.,Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion of Ministry of Education, Shanghai, P.R.China
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- Division of Anti-Tumor Pharmacology, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, P.R.China
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- Division of Anti-Tumor Pharmacology, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, P.R.China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, P.R.China
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- Division of Anti-Tumor Pharmacology, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, P.R.China
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- Department of Liver Surgery, Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, P.R.China.,Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion of Ministry of Education, Shanghai, P.R.China
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- Department of Liver Surgery, Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, P.R.China.,Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion of Ministry of Education, Shanghai, P.R.China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, P.R.China
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- Division of Anti-Tumor Pharmacology, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, P.R.China
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- Division of Anti-Tumor Pharmacology, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, P.R.China
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- Division of Anti-Tumor Pharmacology, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, P.R.China
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