Successful anti-tumor effects with two novel bifunctional chemotherapeutic compounds that combine a LAT1 substrate with cytotoxic moieties in aggressive T-cell lymphomas

Autor: Carlos Murga-Zamalloa, Shaun Webb, John Reneau, Alejandro Zevallos, Pierina Danos-Diaz, Vanessa Perez-Silos, Mirna Rodriguez, Guangyao Gao, Wolf-Nicolas Fischer, Bernd Jandeleit, Ryan Wilcox
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Leukemia Research Reports, Vol 21, Iss , Pp 100398- (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2213-0489
DOI: 10.1016/j.lrr.2023.100398
Popis: T-cell lymphomas are aggressive neoplasms characterized by poor responses to current chemotherapeutic agents. Expression of the l-type amino acid transporter 1 (LAT 1, SLC7A5) allows for the expansion of healthy T-cell counterparts, and upregulation of LAT1 has been reported in precursor T-cell acute leukemia. Therefore, the expression of LAT1 was evaluated in a cohort of cutaneous and peripheral T-cell lymphomas. The findings demonstrated that LAT1 is upregulated in aggressive variants and absent in low-grade or indolent disease such as mycosis fungoides. In addition, upregulated LAT1 expression was seen in a large proportion of aggressive peripheral T-cell lymphomas, including peripheral T-cell lymphoma not otherwise specific (PTCL-NOS) and angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL). The anti-tumor effects of two novel non-cleavable and bifunctional compounds, QBS10072S and QBS10096S, that combine a potent cytotoxic chemotherapeutic domain (tertiary N-bis(2-chloroethyl)amine) with the structural features of a selective LAT1 substrate (aromatic β-amino acid) were tested in vitro and in vivo in T-cell lymphoma cell lines. The findings demonstrated decreased survival of T-cell lymphoma lines with both compounds. Overall, the results demonstrate that LAT1 is a valuable biomarker for aggressive T-cell lymphoma counterparts and QBS10072S and QBS10096S are successful therapeutic options for these aggressive diseases.
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