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Clinical Overview of MDM2/X-Targeted Therapies

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Burgess, Andrew, Chia, Kee Ming, Haupt, Sue, Thomas, David, Haupt, Ygal, Lim, Elgene·2016·Frontiers in Oncology

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MDM2 and MDMX are the primary negative regulators of p53, which under normal conditions maintain low intracellular levels of p53 by targeting it to the proteasome for rapid degradation and inhibiting its transcriptional activity. Both MDM2 and MDMX function as powerful oncogenes and are commonly over-expressed in some cancers, including sarcoma (~20%) and breast cancer (~15%). In contrast to tumors that are p53 mutant, whereby the current therapeutic strategy restores the normal active conformation of p53, MDM2 and MDMX represent logical therapeutic targets in cancer for increasing wild-type (WT) p53 expression and activities. Recent preclinical studies suggest that there may also be situations that MDM2/X inhibitors could be used in p53 mutant tumors. Since the discovery of nutlin-3a, the first in a class of small molecule MDM2 inhibitors that binds to the hydrophobic cleft in the N-terminus of MDM2, preventing its association with p53, there is now an extensive list of related compounds. In addition, a new class of stapled peptides that can target both MDM2 and MDMX have also been developed. Importantly, preclinical modeling, which has demonstrated effective in vitro and in vivo killing of WT p53 cancer cells, has now been translated into early clinical trials allowing better assessment of their biological effects and toxicities in patients. In this overview, we will review the current MDM2- and MDMX-targeted therapies in development, focusing particularly on compounds that have entered into early phase clinical trials. We will highlight the challenges pertaining to predictive biomarkers for and toxicities associated with these compounds, as well as identify potential combinatorial strategies to enhance its anti-cancer efficacy.

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Authors
Burgess, A., Chia, K. M., Haupt, S., Thomas, D., Haupt, Y., & Lim, E.
Affiliations
  • Garvan Institute of Medical Research (AU)
  • The University of Melbourne (AU)
Corresponding author
Lim, Elgene
Venue
Frontiers in Oncology
Published
2016-01-27
Volume
6
Pages
7-7
ISSN
2234-943X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2272978256
Cited by
315
References
64
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FWCI
5.52
Type
journal article
Language
en
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cc-by
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  • Frontiers in Oncology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Minerva Access (University of Melbourne) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • Cancer Institute NSW (10/FRL/3-02)
  • National Health and Medical Research Council (APP1104364, APP9628426)
  • National Breast Cancer Foundation (PRAC14-002)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Cancer Mechanisms and Therapy
Keywords
MDM2 inhibitors, p53, Nutlin-3a, stapled peptides, small molecule inhibitors, sarcoma, breast cancer, predictive biomarkers, drug toxicity, combination therapy, clinical trials

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