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TGF-beta-RI Kinase Inhibitor SD-208 Reduces the Development and Progression of Melanoma Bone Metastases

TGF-beta-RI Kinase Inhibitor SD-208 Reduces the Development and Progression of Melanoma Bone Metastases

Khalid S Mohammad, Delphine Javelaud, Pierrick G J Fournier, Maria Niewolna, C Ryan McKenna, Xiang H Peng, Vu Duong, Lauren K Dunn, Alain Mauviel, Theresa A Guise

Cancer Res. 2011 Jan 1;71(1):175-84.

PMID: 21084275

Abstract:

Melanoma often metastasizes to bone where it is exposed to high concentrations of TGF-β. Constitutive Smad signaling occurs in human melanoma. Because TGF-β promotes metastases to bone by several types of solid tumors including breast cancer, we hypothesized that pharmacologic blockade of the TGF-β signaling pathway may interfere with the capacity of melanoma cells to metastasize to bone. In this study, we tested the effect of a small molecule inhibitor of TGF-β receptor I kinase (TβRI), SD-208, on various parameters affecting the development and progression of melanoma, both in vitro and in a mouse model of human melanoma bone metastasis. In melanoma cell lines, SD-208 blocked TGF-β induction of Smad3 phosphorylation, Smad3/4-specific transcription, Matrigel invasion and expression of the TGF-β target genes PTHrP, IL-11, CTGF, and RUNX2. To assess effects of SD-208 on melanoma development and metastasis, nude mice were inoculated with 1205Lu melanoma cells into the left cardiac ventricle and drug was administered by oral gavage on prevention or treatment protocols. SD-208 (60 mg/kg/d), started 2 days before tumor inoculation prevented the development of osteolytic bone metastases compared with vehicle. In mice with established bone metastases, the size of osteolytic lesions was significantly reduced after 4 weeks treatment with SD-208 compared with vehicle-treated mice. Our results demonstrate that therapeutic targeting of TGF-β may prevent the development of melanoma bone metastases and decrease the progression of established osteolytic lesions.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP627536098	SD-208		627536-09-8	Price

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