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Targeting trastuzumab-resistant her2+ breast cancer with a her3-targeting nanoparticle

a technology of nanoparticles and breast cancer, applied in the field of therapeutics, can solve the problems of poor patient survival, resistance of a large portion of patients, and very few treatment options

Inactive Publication Date: 2018-03-08
CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENT
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The patent describes methods of treating cancer in patients who have not responded to traditional therapy. The methods involve using a drug delivery molecule that targets specific types of cells. The molecule contains a polypeptide molecule and a nucleic acid molecule that are connected to each other. The method can also involve adding a chemical agent to the molecule. The patent also discusses inducing cell death in cancer cells that are resistant to traditional therapy. The drug delivery molecule can contain a polypeptide molectrodesigned to target specific types of cells and a sulfonated corrole molecule. Overall, the methods may offer a promising treatment option for patients with advanced cancer who have limited treatment options.

Problems solved by technology

HER2− positive breast cancers represent almost a quarter of invasive breast cancers and are indicative of poor patient survival.
Unfortunately, although many patients with HER2− positive breast cancer initially respond to these anti-HER2 treatments, a significant portion of them develop resistance to these therapies.
Once resistance to a late stage therapeutic is developed, the options for the treatment become very few indeed.

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Targeted Delivery of Chemotherapeutic to HER2+ Breast Cancer Cells

[0204]The disclosed technology was tested on HER2+ breast cancer cells in vitro and in vivo. As illustrated in FIG. 2, to engineer the drug delivery molecule to target HER2+ breast cancer, Unit A includes a protein called HerPBK10, which is generated by the methods described in L. K. Medina-Kauwe et al. Gene Therapy, 8:1753-1761 (2001), incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. HerPBK10 contains the receptor binding domain of heregulin fused to the cell penetrating adenovirus penton base protein modified by a carboxy (C)-terminal decalysine. The ‘Her’ segment of HerPBK10 is obtained from the receptor binding domain of heregulin-α, which binds specifically to HER2 / HER3 or HER2 / HER4 subunit heterodimers. Although heregulin interacts directly with HER3 or HER4, but not HER2, ligand affinity is greatly enhanced by HER2. Thus, tumor cells that over-express HER2 (i.e., HER2+ tumor cells) are believed to be good cand...

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HerDox is Highly Stable During Assembly

[0208]HerDox consists of three components: Dox; a small double-stranded nucleic acid (which is directly responsible for carrying Dox); and the targeted protein, HerPBK10. HerDox is assembled in two steps. First, Dox is mixed with the DNA to form a DNA-Dox pair by DNA intercalation. Then, the DNA-Dox pair is mixed with HerPBK10 to form HerDox by electrophilic interaction. To separate DNA-Dox from free Dox, the mixture underwent ultrafiltration centrifugation. The inventors found that >95% of the Dox added to the DNA did not release from the DNA during the ultrafiltration spin, indicating high retention of the drug even during a high speed spin (FIG. 4(a)). The absorbance spectra of retentate and filtrate from this spin confirm that the absorbance maximum of retentate coincides with unfiltered Dox, whereas no such absorbance is detectable in the filtrate (FIG. 4(b)). The retentate was then incubated with HerPBK10 and the resulting HerDox complex ...

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HerDox is Highly Stable During Storage and in Serum

[0209]The inventors tested the stability of HerDox over 12 days under different storage temperatures: 40° C., room temperature, or 37° C. On each day, a sample underwent ultrafiltration, then filtrates and retentates were measured to determine whether any Dox was released from the complex. At 4° C., 100% of the product remained intact up to 12 days, and, interestingly, room temperature and 37° C. appeared to enhance the incorporation of the drug into the HerDox product (FIGS. 6(a) and 6(b)). Altogether, these findings suggest that HerDox remains stable and does not release Dox after prolonged storage under different temperatures. The inventors also examined HerDox stability in serum-containing media at 37° C. HerDox immobilized on nickel sepharose (via the HerPBK10 histidine tag) was incubated at 37° C. in complete (i.e. 10% fetal bovine serum-containing) media (to mimic tissue culture conditions) for different time periods before t...

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Disclosed herein are methods of treating cancer in a patient, the method comprising identifying a patient who is resistant to treatment with an anti-HER2 therapy; and administering to the patient a drug delivery molecule, comprising a polypeptide molecule adapted to target and / or penetrate a type of cell; a nucleic acid molecule bound to the polypeptide sequence via electrostatic interactions; and a chemical agent non-covalently linked to the nucleic acid sequence. Also disclosed are methods of inducing apoptosis in an anti-HER2 therapy resistant HER2+ breast cancer cell, the method comprising contacting the anti-HER2 therapy resistant HER2+ breast cancer cell with the drug delivery molecule. Further disclosed herein are methods of treating cancer in a patient, the method comprising identifying a patient who is resistant to anti-HER2 therapy; and administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a drug delivery molecule, comprising a polypeptide molecule adapted to target and / or penetrate a type of cell; and a sulfonated corrole molecule bound to the polypeptide sequence. Finally disclosed herein are methods of inducing apoptosis in an anti-HER2 therapy resistant HER2+ breast cancer cell, the method comprising contacting the anti-HER2 therapy resistant HER2+ breast cancer cell with a drug delivery molecule, comprising a polypeptide molecule adapted to target and / or penetrate a type of cell; and a sulfonated corrole molecule bound to the polypeptide sequence.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]The present application is a divisional of U.S. patent application No. 14 / 678,972, filed on Apr. 4, 2015, which claims priority from the U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61 / 975,687, filed on Apr. 4, 2014, by Lali K. MEDINA-KAUWE et al. and entitled “TARGETING TRASTUZUMAB RESISTANT HER2+ BREAST CANCER WITH A HER3− TARGETING NANOPARTICLE,” the entire disclosure of each of which is incorporated herein by reference, including the drawings.SEQUENCE LISTING[0002]The content of the following submission on ASCII text file is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety: a computer readable form (CRF) of the Sequence Listing (file name:761542000610SEQLISTING.txt, date recorded: Nov. 17, 2017, size: 17 KB).GOVERNMENT RIGHTS[0003]This invention was made with government support under Grant No. CA140995 and Grant No. CA129822 awarded by the National Institutes of Health. The government has certain rights in the invention.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0004]The present ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): C07K14/475A61K31/517A61K31/704A61K31/713C12N15/87A61K38/18A61K38/00A61K39/00A61K48/00
CPCA61K47/6855A61K38/00C07K2319/80C07K2319/10C12N15/87A61K48/00A61K38/1883A61K31/704A61K31/517C07K2319/74C07K2319/33C07K14/4756A61K31/713A61K39/0011A61K47/62A61P15/00A61P35/00A61P43/00A61K39/001106A61K31/711A61K39/3955
Inventor MEDINA-KAUWE, LALI K.SIMS, JESSICATAGUAIM, MICHAELHANSON, CHRISCUI, XIAOJIANG
Owner CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENT
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