Anti-androgen peptides and uses thereof in cancer therapy

a technology of antiandrogen peptides and cancer therapy, which is applied in the direction of peptides, drug compositions, tissue cultures, etc., can solve the problems of tumors that are prostate cancer progresses to a hormone refractory state, and is unlikely to be completely resistant to androgens, so as to prevent the association of ar with src and remove the inhibitory action of sh3 domain

Inactive Publication Date: 2010-07-29
CANCER RES TECH LTD
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[0008]The present invention overcomes pitfalls inherent in the prior art by providing novel compositions and methods to be used in treatment of prostate and breast cancers. The invention provides novel synthetic peptides, which exhibit anti-androgen receptor activity to be used in human prostate and/or breast cancer therapy or prevention. These peptides contain proline stretches, which have been implicated to play a major role in the interaction of AR with the SH3 domain of the tyrosine kinase Src (Migliaccio et al., 2000) and, potentially, other Src-family kinases. The SH3 domains are 50-70 amino acid long and can be often recognized in eukaryotic signal transduction and cytoskeletal proteins (Kay et al., 2000). They bind proline rich peptides, and, through such an interaction, play a major role in the regulation of kinase activity as well as the localization and substrate recognition. Each Src kinase family members has in its sequence a SH3 domain. The members of this family a

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However, when androgen ablation therapy ultimately fails, prostate cancer progresses to a hormone refractory state.
Although these tumors are refractory in the sense that they have progressed despite a reduction in serum androgen and/or treatment with anti-androgens, the majority of these tumors are unlikely to be completely resistant to androgens.
With time, breast cancer finds ways to grow without the need for estrogen and becomes l

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Preparation of AR-Derived Src-SH3 Binder Peptide (SEQ. ID. No. 1) by Chemical Synthesis

[0086]Peptides 1 through 4 can be conveniently manually prepared by applying the solid phase method (Bodansky M and Bodansky A, 1995) and the Fmoc / tBu (Fmoc: 9-fluorenyl-methoxycarbonyl) chemistry that is largely described in the scientific literature (Carpino and Han, 1972; Fields and Noble, 1990) and is well known to those skilled in the art. To expedite and facilitate the preparation, automatic multiple peptide synthesizers can be utilized. Any kind of chemical method or mechanic synthesizer with single or multiple channels can be also conveniently used to carry out the synthesis, without affecting the biological properties of the final compounds. The synthesis of the peptide is performed on a scale of 50 μmmoles using a resin suitably derivatized with a RINK linker capable to give C-terminal amide peptides (Rink, 1987). One of such resins is the product 4-(2′,4′-Dimethoxyphenyl-Fmoc-aminomethy...

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“In Vitro” Anti Tumor Effect of the AR-Derived Src-SH3 Binder Peptide SEQ.ID NO.1

[0096]It has been shown that treatment of human prostate cancer LNCaP with 10 nM R1881 synthetic androgen strongly stimulates DNA synthesis. Therefore, LNCaP cells are routinely grown in 5% CO2 in air in RPMI 1640 medium (GIBCO) supplemented with phenol-red, 2 mM L-glutamine (GIBCO), penicillin (100 U / ml), gentamicin (50 μl / ml), insulin (Humulin I 0.2 U.I / ml, Roche) and 10% fetal calf serum. Cells are then seeded onto gelatine-precoated coverslips at about 40% confluence and maintained in phenol red-free RPMI-1640 containing insulin and charcoal stripped calf serum to assure minimal to no steroid contamination (Shi et al., 1994) for 3 days. LNCaP cells are then treated for 24 hrs with 10 nM of the synthetic androgen R1881 (Astra-Zeneca) alone or in the presence of a 1000-fold molar excess of the anti-androgen Casodex (Astra-Zeneca) or with the indicated peptides.

[0097]Results presented in FIG. 1A, avera...

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Inhibition of Androgen-Stimulated AR Association with Src by AR-Derived (Src-SH3 Binder) Peptide (SEQ.ID NO.1)

[0103]It has been demonstrated that hormone bound AR interacts with SH3 domain of Src kinase probably through a proline stretch (Migliaccio et al., 2000). As a consequence of this interaction, the kinase and the downstream signaling pathways are activated and, finally, DNA synthesis is activated. Use of a small peptide sequences mimicking the domain of AR involved in this interaction should be able to inhibit by competition the AR-Src association and block DNA synthesis. To test this hypothesis LNCaP cells are routinely grown in 5% CO2 in air in RPMI 1640 medium (GIBCO) supplemented with phenol-red, 2 mM L-glutamine (GIBCO), penicillin (100 U / ml), gentamicin (50 μl / ml), insulin (0.2 U.I. / ml) and 10% fetal calf serum. The cell are then kept in RPMI 1640 without phenol red and supplemented with glutamine, penicillin, gentamicin and insulin as above and containing 10% charcoal-...

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Abstract

The present invention relates to isolated or purified or partially purified peptide derived molecules having the following general formula (S1): X-[(Pro)n-His-Pro-His-Ala-Arg-Ile-Lys]m-Y. The peptides are for medical use, in particular as anti-tumoral agents.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to native, site specifically mutated, and synthetic peptides comprising portions of the human androgen receptor and composition thereof. The invention also relates to antibodies raised against these peptides and polynucleotides encoding these peptides. Also provided are methods for synthesizing derivatives of these peptides and their use as anti-androgen compositions in the treatment and / or prevention of prostate and / or breast cancers, preparation of pharmaceutical compositions, diagnostic kits, and development of related assays for use in anticancer therapies.STATE OF THE ARTAndrogen Receptor in Human Prostate and Mammary Cancers[0002]The androgen receptor (AR) is a ligand-activated transcriptional regulatory protein that mediates induction of male sexual development and function through its activity with endogenous androgens (Roy et al, 1999). Androgens are generally known as the male sex hormones. The androgenic hormo...

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IPC IPC(8): A61K9/127C07K7/06C07K7/08C07K14/00A61K38/08A61K38/10A61K38/16C07K16/00C07H21/00C12N15/74C12N5/10C12N1/21A61P35/00
CPCC07K14/721A61K38/08A61K38/10A61P13/08A61P15/00A61P35/00A61P43/00C07K7/06C07K7/08
Inventor AURICCHIO, FERDINANDOMIGLIACCIO, ANTIMO
Owner CANCER RES TECH LTD
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