Strategies to inhibit tumor associated integrin receptors: rationale for dual and multi-antagonists

J Med Chem. 2014 Aug 14;57(15):6301-15. doi: 10.1021/jm5000547. Epub 2014 Mar 7.

Abstract

The integrins are a family of 24 heterodimeric transmembrane cell surface receptors. Involvement in cell attachment to the extracellular matrix, motility, and proliferation identifies integrins as therapeutic targets in cancer and associated conditions: thrombosis, angiogenesis, and osteoporosis. The most reported strategy for drug development is synthesis of an agent that is highly selective for a single integrin receptor. However, the ability of cancer cells to change their integrin repertoire in response to drug treatment renders this approach vulnerable to the development of resistance and paradoxical promotion of tumor growth. Here, we review progress toward development of antagonists targeting two or more members of the Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) binding integrins, notably αvβ3, αvβ5, αvβ6, αvβ8, α5β1, and αIIbβ3, as anticancer therapeutics.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors / chemistry
  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Binding Sites
  • Humans
  • Integrins / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Integrins / chemistry
  • Integrins / metabolism
  • Molecular Targeted Therapy
  • Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Neoplasms / pathology
  • Oligopeptides / metabolism
  • Protein Conformation

Substances

  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Integrins
  • Oligopeptides
  • arginyl-glycyl-aspartic acid