Home Blog of Signal Transduction Protein Tyrosine Kinase VEGFR Targeting FGFR2 with alofanib (RPT835) shows potent activity in tumour models

Category

Archives

Popular Post

ESKM, a novel therapeutic agent for sensitive and resistant PH+ leukemias

The mechanism of resistance to JAK2 inhibitor in myeloproliferative neoplasms patients

Effects of PARP inhibitors in BRCA gene-mutated ovarian cancer

DASATINIB; An inhibitor of Receptor Tyrosine Kinase

GP130/JAK/STAT3 signaling pathway induces multiple myeloma

Targeting FGFR2 with alofanib (RPT835) shows potent activity in tumour models

Alofanib (RPT835) is a novel selective allosteric inhibitor of fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (FGFR2). We showed previously that alofanib could bind to the extracellular domain of FGFR2 and has an inhibitory effect on FGF2-induced phoshphorylation of FRS2α. In the present study, we further showed that alofanib inhibited phosphorylation of FRS2α with the half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) values of 7 and 9 nmol/l in cancer cells expressing different FGFR2 isoforms. In a panel of four cell lines representing several tumour types (triple-negative breast cancer, melanoma, and ovarian cancer), alofanib inhibited FGF-mediated proliferation with 50% growth inhibition (GI50) values of 16-370 nmol/l. Alofanib dose dependently inhibited the proliferation and migration of human and mouse endothelial cells (GI50 11-58 nmol/l) compared with brivanib and bevacizumab. Treatment with alofanib ablated experimental FGF-induced angiogenesis in vivo. In a FGFR-driven human tumour xenograft model, oral administration of alofanib was well tolerated and resulted in potent antitumour activity. Importantly, alofanib was effective in FGFR2-expressing models. These results show that alofanib is a potent FGFR2 inhibitor and provide strong rationale for its evaluation in patients with FGFR2-driven cancers.

Related Products

Cat.No. Product Name Information
S1084 Brivanib (BMS-540215) Brivanib is an ATP-competitive inhibitor against VEGFR2 with IC50 of 25 nM, moderate potency against VEGFR-1 and FGFR-1, but >240-fold against PDGFR-β. Phase 3.

Related Targets

VEGFR FGFR