General Information of This Peptide-drug Conjugate (PDC)
PDC ID
PDC_00009
PDC Name
[64Cu]PDC-1
PDC Status
Investigative
Indication
In total 2 Indication(s)
Pancreatic cancer
Melanoma
Structure
Peptide Name
αvβ6-BP
 Peptide Info 
Receptor Name
Integrin alpha-V; Integrin beta-6 (ITGAV; ITGB6)
 Receptor Info 
Drug Name
Monomethyl auristatin E
 Drug Info 
Therapeutic Target
Microtubule (MT)
 Target Info 
Linker Name
Mc-PEG2-Val-Cit-PABC
 Linker Info 
Formula
C184H304CuN50O54S
#Ro5 Violations (Lipinski): 5 Molecular Weight 4176.748764
Lipid-water partition coefficient (xlogp) -14.9475
Hydrogen Bond Donor Count (hbonddonor) 43
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count (hbondacc) 59
Rotatable Bond Count (rotbonds) 131
Full List of Activity Data of This Peptide-drug Conjugate
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Experiment 1 Reporting the Activity Data of This PDC [1]
Indication Melanoma
Efficacy Data Half Maximal Effective Concentration (EC50)
0.058 ± 0.003 nM
Administration Time 48 h
Evaluation Method WST-1 assay
MOA of PDC
Many anticancer drugs exhibit high systemic off-target toxicities causing severe side effects. Peptide-drug conjugates (PDCs) that target tumor-specific receptors such as integrin vβ6 are emerging as powerful tools to overcome these challenges. The development of an integrin vβ6-selective PDC was achieved by combining the therapeutic efficacy of the cytotoxic drug monomethyl auristatin E with the selectivity of the vβ6-binding peptide (vβ6-BP) and with the ability of positron emission tomography (PET) imaging by copper-64. The [64Cu]PDC-1 was produced efficiently and in high purity. The PDC exhibited high human serum stability, integrin vβ6-selective internalization, cell binding, and cytotoxicity. Integrin vβ6-selective tumor accumulation of the [64Cu]PDC-1 was visualized with PET-imaging and corroborated by biodistribution, and [64Cu]PDC-1 showed promising in vivo pharmacokinetics. The [natCu]PDC-1 treatment resulted in prolonged survival of mice bearing vβ6 (+) tumors (median survival: 77 days, vs vβ6 (-) tumor group 49 days, and all other control groups 37 days).

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Description
Both NH2-PDC-1 and [natCu]PDC-1 exhibited integrin v6-dependent cytotoxicity, only reducing cell viability of the v6-positive cells. For [natCu]PDC-1 high cytotoxicity was observed in DX3puro6 (+) cells (EC50: 0.058 ± 0.003 nM) with no observable cytotoxic effects in the DX3puro (-) cells, while free MMAE had almost equal cytotoxicity to both DX3puro6 (+) and DX3puro cells (-) (EC50: 0.14-0.15 nM). The pancreatic cells also showed v6-dependent cytotoxicity for [natCu]PDC-1 (EC50: BxPC-3 65.1 ± 10.6 nM) and required high concentrations of ≥250 nM for noticeable cytotoxic effects in the minimally integrin v6-expressing MIA PaCa-2 cells. Again, free, non-targeted MMAE exhibited nondiscriminatory cytotoxicity among the pancreatic cells with an effective concentration range of EC50 = 0.16-0.5 nM. Peptides NH2-2 and [natCu]2 were not toxic to any cells.

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In Vitro Model Melanoma DX3-puro/beta6 cell CVCL_1D33
Experiment 2 Reporting the Activity Data of This PDC [1]
Indication Melanoma
Efficacy Data Half Maximal Effective Concentration (EC50) > 5 nM
Administration Time 48 h
Evaluation Method WST-1 assay
MOA of PDC
Many anticancer drugs exhibit high systemic off-target toxicities causing severe side effects. Peptide-drug conjugates (PDCs) that target tumor-specific receptors such as integrin vβ6 are emerging as powerful tools to overcome these challenges. The development of an integrin vβ6-selective PDC was achieved by combining the therapeutic efficacy of the cytotoxic drug monomethyl auristatin E with the selectivity of the vβ6-binding peptide (vβ6-BP) and with the ability of positron emission tomography (PET) imaging by copper-64. The [64Cu]PDC-1 was produced efficiently and in high purity. The PDC exhibited high human serum stability, integrin vβ6-selective internalization, cell binding, and cytotoxicity. Integrin vβ6-selective tumor accumulation of the [64Cu]PDC-1 was visualized with PET-imaging and corroborated by biodistribution, and [64Cu]PDC-1 showed promising in vivo pharmacokinetics. The [natCu]PDC-1 treatment resulted in prolonged survival of mice bearing vβ6 (+) tumors (median survival: 77 days, vs vβ6 (-) tumor group 49 days, and all other control groups 37 days).

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Both NH2-PDC-1 and [natCu]PDC-1 exhibited integrin v6-dependent cytotoxicity, only reducing cell viability of the v6-positive cells. For [natCu]PDC-1 high cytotoxicity was observed in DX3puro6 (+) cells (EC50: 0.058 ± 0.003 nM) with no observable cytotoxic effects in the DX3puro (-) cells, while free MMAE had almost equal cytotoxicity to both DX3puro6 (+) and DX3puro cells (-) (EC50: 0.14-0.15 nM). The pancreatic cells also showed v6-dependent cytotoxicity for [natCu]PDC-1 (EC50: BxPC-3 65.1 ± 10.6 nM) and required high concentrations of ≥250 nM for noticeable cytotoxic effects in the minimally integrin v6-expressing MIA PaCa-2 cells. Again, free, non-targeted MMAE exhibited nondiscriminatory cytotoxicity among the pancreatic cells with an effective concentration range of EC50 = 0.16-0.5 nM. Peptides NH2-2 and [natCu]2 were not toxic to any cells.

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In Vitro Model Melanoma DX3-puro cell CVCL_1D33
Experiment 3 Reporting the Activity Data of This PDC [1]
Indication Pancreatic cancer
Efficacy Data Half Maximal Effective Concentration (EC50)
65.1 ± 10.6 nM
Administration Time 48 h
Evaluation Method WST-1 assay
MOA of PDC
Many anticancer drugs exhibit high systemic off-target toxicities causing severe side effects. Peptide-drug conjugates (PDCs) that target tumor-specific receptors such as integrin vβ6 are emerging as powerful tools to overcome these challenges. The development of an integrin vβ6-selective PDC was achieved by combining the therapeutic efficacy of the cytotoxic drug monomethyl auristatin E with the selectivity of the vβ6-binding peptide (vβ6-BP) and with the ability of positron emission tomography (PET) imaging by copper-64. The [64Cu]PDC-1 was produced efficiently and in high purity. The PDC exhibited high human serum stability, integrin vβ6-selective internalization, cell binding, and cytotoxicity. Integrin vβ6-selective tumor accumulation of the [64Cu]PDC-1 was visualized with PET-imaging and corroborated by biodistribution, and [64Cu]PDC-1 showed promising in vivo pharmacokinetics. The [natCu]PDC-1 treatment resulted in prolonged survival of mice bearing vβ6 (+) tumors (median survival: 77 days, vs vβ6 (-) tumor group 49 days, and all other control groups 37 days).

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Description
Both NH2-PDC-1 and [natCu]PDC-1 exhibited integrin v6-dependent cytotoxicity, only reducing cell viability of the v6-positive cells. For [natCu]PDC-1 high cytotoxicity was observed in DX3puro6 (+) cells (EC50: 0.058 ± 0.003 nM) with no observable cytotoxic effects in the DX3puro (-) cells, while free MMAE had almost equal cytotoxicity to both DX3puro6 (+) and DX3puro cells (-) (EC50: 0.14-0.15 nM). The pancreatic cells also showed v6-dependent cytotoxicity for [natCu]PDC-1 (EC50: BxPC-3 65.1 ± 10.6 nM) and required high concentrations of ≥250 nM for noticeable cytotoxic effects in the minimally integrin v6-expressing MIA PaCa-2 cells. Again, free, non-targeted MMAE exhibited nondiscriminatory cytotoxicity among the pancreatic cells with an effective concentration range of EC50 = 0.16-0.5 nM. Peptides NH2-2 and [natCu]2 were not toxic to any cells.

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In Vitro Model Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma BxPC-3 (+) cells CVCL_0186
Experiment 4 Reporting the Activity Data of This PDC [1]
Indication Pancreatic cancer
Efficacy Data Half Maximal Effective Concentration (EC50) > 250 nM
Administration Time 48 h
Evaluation Method WST-1 assay
MOA of PDC
Many anticancer drugs exhibit high systemic off-target toxicities causing severe side effects. Peptide-drug conjugates (PDCs) that target tumor-specific receptors such as integrin vβ6 are emerging as powerful tools to overcome these challenges. The development of an integrin vβ6-selective PDC was achieved by combining the therapeutic efficacy of the cytotoxic drug monomethyl auristatin E with the selectivity of the vβ6-binding peptide (vβ6-BP) and with the ability of positron emission tomography (PET) imaging by copper-64. The [64Cu]PDC-1 was produced efficiently and in high purity. The PDC exhibited high human serum stability, integrin vβ6-selective internalization, cell binding, and cytotoxicity. Integrin vβ6-selective tumor accumulation of the [64Cu]PDC-1 was visualized with PET-imaging and corroborated by biodistribution, and [64Cu]PDC-1 showed promising in vivo pharmacokinetics. The [natCu]PDC-1 treatment resulted in prolonged survival of mice bearing vβ6 (+) tumors (median survival: 77 days, vs vβ6 (-) tumor group 49 days, and all other control groups 37 days).

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Description
Both NH2-PDC-1 and [natCu]PDC-1 exhibited integrin v6-dependent cytotoxicity, only reducing cell viability of the v6-positive cells. For [natCu]PDC-1 high cytotoxicity was observed in DX3puro6 (+) cells (EC50: 0.058 ± 0.003 nM) with no observable cytotoxic effects in the DX3puro (-) cells, while free MMAE had almost equal cytotoxicity to both DX3puro6 (+) and DX3puro cells (-) (EC50: 0.14-0.15 nM). The pancreatic cells also showed v6-dependent cytotoxicity for [natCu]PDC-1 (EC50: BxPC-3 65.1 ± 10.6 nM) and required high concentrations of ≥250 nM for noticeable cytotoxic effects in the minimally integrin v6-expressing MIA PaCa-2 cells. Again, free, non-targeted MMAE exhibited nondiscriminatory cytotoxicity among the pancreatic cells with an effective concentration range of EC50 = 0.16-0.5 nM. Peptides NH2-2 and [natCu]2 were not toxic to any cells.

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In Vitro Model Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma MIA PaCa-2 cell CVCL_0428
References
Ref 1 Synthesis and Evaluation of a Monomethyl Auristatin EIntegrin (v)(6) Binding Peptide-Drug Conjugate for Tumor Targeted Drug Delivery. J Med Chem. 2023 Jul 27;66(14):9842-9852. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c00631. Epub 2023 Jul 7.