Molecular pharmacology and antitumor activity of PX-866, a novel inhibitor of phosphoinositide-3-kinase signaling

Mol Cancer Ther. 2004 Jul;3(7):763-72.

Abstract

We have developed biologically stable semisynthetic viridins as inhibitors of phosphoinositide (PtdIns)-3-kinases. The most active compound was PX-866 (acetic acid (1S,4E,10R,11R,13S,14R)-[4-diallylaminomethylene-6-hydroxy-1-methoxymethyl-10,13-dimethyl-3,7,17-trioxo-1,3,4,7,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-2-oxa-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-11-yl ester), which inhibited purified PtdIns-3-kinase with an IC50 of 0.1 nmol/L and PtdIns-3-kinase signaling measured by phospho-Ser473-Akt levels in HT-29 colon cancer cells with an IC50 of 20 nmol/L. PX-866 administered to mice at 10 mg/kg inhibited phospho-Ser473-Akt in HT-29 colon tumor xenografts up to 80% with recovery taking >48 hours after p.o. administration but more rapidly after i.v. or i.p. administration. PX-866 was eliminated from mouse plasma with a half-life of 18 minutes and a clearance of 360 mL/min/kg following i.v. administration and, when administered i.p. or p.o., showed first-pass metabolism with sequential N-deallylation. Synthetic standards of the N-deallylated metabolites of PX-866 inhibited PtdIns-3-kinase at low nanomolar per liter concentrations. PX-866 exhibited in vivo antitumor activity against s.c. OvCar-3 human ovarian cancer and A-549 human lung cancer xenografts in immunodeficient mice with log cell kills up to 1.2. PX-866 also increased the antitumor activity of cisplatin against A-549 xenografts and radiation treatment against OvCar-3 xenografts. The results show that PX-866 is a biologically stable broad-spectrum PtdIns-3-kinase inhibitor with good pharmacokinetics that causes prolonged inhibition of PtdIns-3-kinase signaling in human tumor xenografts. PX-866 exhibits single agent in vivo antitumor activity and increases the antitumor effects of cisplatin and radiation treatment.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Androstadienes / blood
  • Androstadienes / pharmacology
  • Androstadienes / toxicity
  • Androstenes / blood
  • Androstenes / pharmacology
  • Androstenes / toxicity
  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Phospho-Specific / immunology
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology*
  • Bacteriocins / blood
  • Bacteriocins / pharmacology
  • Bacteriocins / toxicity
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cisplatin / pharmacology
  • Colonic Neoplasms / enzymology
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / chemistry
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology*
  • Female
  • Gonanes / chemistry
  • Gonanes / pharmacology*
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / enzymology
  • Mice
  • Mice, SCID
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / enzymology
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors*
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / analysis
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / immunology
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins / analysis
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins / immunology
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
  • Wortmannin
  • Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays

Substances

  • Androstadienes
  • Androstenes
  • Antibodies, Phospho-Specific
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Bacteriocins
  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Gonanes
  • PX-866
  • Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins
  • AKT1 protein, human
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
  • Cisplatin
  • viridin
  • Wortmannin