Migrastatin Analogs as Potent Tumor Cell Migration Inhibitors, with Antimetastatic Applications
SK1071
Migrastatin is a macrolide recently isolated from Streptomyces, which has been shown to inhibit human tumor cell migration. This invention provides for the total synthesis of migrastatin, as well as for novel migrastatin analogs. Several of the analogs demonstrate improved performance over migrastatin, with nanomolar IC50 values in chamber cell migration assays with tumor cells and human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs), and in wound healing assays. At least two of the analogs are potent inhibitors of metastasis in the 4T1 murine breast tumor model, reducing the number of metastasized cells in the lungs by 91 to 99 percent.
Therapeutic drugs
In vivo studies in progress
PCT applications published:
National stage applications in Canada, Europe, Japan
Peter Fong, PhD
Tel: 212-639-6181; Fax: 212-717-3439
E-mail: fongp@mskcc.org