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CANCER RESEARCH
Volume 71, Issue 4, Pages 1418-1430Publisher
AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-10-1728
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- Cylene Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia
- NHMRC
- Australian postgraduate award
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Deregulated ribosomal RNA synthesis is associated with uncontrolled cancer cell proliferation. RNA polymerase (Pol) I, the multiprotein complex that synthesizes rRNA, is activated widely in cancer. Thus, selective inhibitors of Pol I may offer a general therapeutic strategy to block cancer cell proliferation. Coupling medicinal chemistry efforts to tandem cell-and molecular-based screening led to the design of CX-5461, a potent small-molecule inhibitor of rRNA synthesis in cancer cells. CX-5461 selectively inhibits Pol I-driven transcription relative to Pol II-driven transcription, DNA replication, and protein translation. Molecular studies demonstrate that CX-5461 inhibits the initiation stage of rRNA synthesis and induces both senescence and autophagy, but not apoptosis, through a p53-independent process in solid tumor cell lines. CX-5461 is orally bioavailable and demonstrates in vivo antitumor activity against human solid tumors in murine xenograft models. Our findings position CX-5461 for investigational clinical trials as a potent, selective, and orally administered agent for cancer treatment. Cancer Res; 71(4); 1418-30. (C) 2010 AACR.
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