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Synthesis and biological evaluation of cyclobutane-based β3 integrin antagonists: A novel approach to targeting integrins for cancer therapy

Yes / The Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD)-binding family of integrin receptors, and notably the β3 subfamily, are key to multiple physiological processes involved in tissue development, cancer proliferation, and metastatic dissemination. While there is compelling preclinical evidence that both αvβ3 and αIIbβ3 are important anticancer targets, most integrin antagonists developed to target the β3 integrins are highly selective for αvβ3 or αIIbβ3. We report the design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of a new structural class of ligand-mimetic β3 integrin antagonist. These new antagonists combine a high activity against αvβ3 with a moderate affinity for αIIbβ3, providing the first evidence for a new approach to integrin targeting in cancer. / This work was supported by the EPSRC (RCUK Academic Fellowship and Grant EP/H002626/1 to H.M.S.) and Prostate Cancer UK (Pilot Grant PA10-01). F.O.F.O.A-S.. was funded by the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training, Kuwait (PhD studentship).

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/19561
Date14 August 2023
CreatorsSutherland, Mark, Gordon, Andrew, Al-Shammari, F.O.F.O., Throup, Adam E., La Corte, A.C., Philippou, H., Shnyder, Steven, Patterson, Laurence H., Sheldrake, Helen M.
Source SetsBradford Scholars
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeArticle, Published version
Rights© 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)., CC-BY

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