Targeting Acute Myeloid Leukemia Using Sphingosine Kinase 1 Inhibitor-Loaded Liposomes.

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2023

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Nguyen, T.M.
Jambhrunkar, M.
Wong, S.S.
Ross, D.M.
Joyce, P.
Finnie, J.W.
Manavis, J.
Bremmell, K.
Pitman, M.R.
Prestidge, C.A.

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Molecular Pharmaceutics, 2023; 20(8):3937-3946

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Thao M. Nguyen, Manasi Jambhrunkar, Sook S. Wong, David M. Ross, Paul Joyce, John W. Finnie, Jim Manavis, Kristen Bremmell, Melissa R. Pitman, and Clive A. Prestidge

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Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) kills 75% of patients and represents a major clinical challenge with a need to improve on current treatment approaches. Targeting sphingosine kinase 1 with a novel ATP-competitive-inhibitor, MP-A08, induces cell death in AML. However, limitations in MP-A08’s “drug-like properties” (solubility, biodistribution, and potency) hinder its pathway to the clinic. This study demonstrates a liposome-based delivery system of MP-A08 that exhibits enhanced MP-A08 potency against AML cells. MP-A08-liposomes increased MP-A08 efficacy against patient AML cells (>140-fold) and significantly prolonged overall survival of mice with human AML disease (P = 0.03). The significant antileukemic property of MP-A08-liposomes could be attributed to its enhanced specificity, bioaccessibility, and delivery to the bone marrow, as demonstrated in the pharmacokinetic and biodistribution studies. Our findings indicate that MP-A08-liposomes have potential as a novel treatment for AML.

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Data source: Supporting information, https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.3c00078?goto=supporting-info

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