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Maximizing the use of a first clinically viable MYC inhibitor

Descrizione del progetto

Bersagliare l’oncogene MYC

MYC, una famiglia di geni regolatori proto-oncogeni che svolgono ruoli cruciali nella progressione del ciclo cellulare, nell’apoptosi e nella trasformazione delle cellule, risulta iperespressa o amplificata in numerose tipologie di cancro, determinando una proliferazione cellulare incontrollata e la progressione tumorale. Sebbene i geni MYC siano bersagli significativi per l’intervento terapeutico, nessun inibitore degli stessi ha raggiunto l’approvazione clinica. Finanziato dal Consiglio europeo della ricerca, il progetto MYCiMAX si concentra su Omomyc, la prima mini-proteina inibitrice di MYC che ha completato una sperimentazione clinica di fase I. I ricercatori verificheranno l’efficacia di Omomyc nelle neoplasie cerebrali e la combineranno con altri inibitori al fine di studiare il ruolo di MYC nella risposta al danno al DNA e nella cooperazione tra i diversi oncogeni.

Obiettivo

Even though the MYC oncogene is a “most-wanted” target in cancer therapy, no MYC inhibitor has yet reached clinical approval. The applicant has developed Omomyc, the first MYC-inhibiting mini-protein to have successfully completed a Phase Ia clinical trial. The goal of this proposal is to maximise the use of this compound, as both a therapeutic and study tool, opening new lines of research in different aspects of MYC biology.
To start with, since Omomyc cannot efficiently cross the blood brain barrier, excluding it from use in brain malignancies or brain metastases, in Aim 1, we propose to validate its efficacy when delivered intracranially by different means, including osmotic pumps and hydrogels, as well as to test its delivery by intracarotid injection, in glioblastoma and brain metastases.
Then, in Aim 2 and 3, we will explore its combination with personalized medicine, namely PARPi and KRASi, respectively. These 2 aims are derived from two pillars of MYC biology: its role in DNA damage response and the paradigm of oncogene cooperation. Aim 2 will allow us to shed light on the role of MYC in homologous recombination and resistance to PARPi, while Aim 3 will deliver on the molecular mechanisms underlying the cooperation of RAS and MYC in multiple tumour types, where their combined inhibition could represent an unprecedented therapeutic opportunity.
Finally, Aim 4 will focus on the characterisation of cancers such as Small Cell Lung Cancer and Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumours that have the peculiarity of being defective for MAX – MYC’s natural partner – but that recapitulate a MYC-dependent tumour phenotype, likely driven by other members of the MYC network, whose function could also be hindered by Omomyc treatment.
Notably, each of the aims explores new aspects of MYC biology, tracing new lines of research around the most deregulated oncogene in human tumours as well as having immediate translational applicability in upcoming clinical trials of Omomyc.

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Meccanismo di finanziamento

HORIZON-ERC - HORIZON ERC Grants

Istituzione ospitante

FUNDACIO PRIVADA INSTITUT D'INVESTIGACIO ONCOLOGICA DE VALL-HEBRON (VHIO)
Contribution nette de l'UE
€ 2 499 904,00
Indirizzo
CALLE NAZARET 115-117
08035 Barcelona
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Regione
Este Cataluña Barcelona
Tipo di attività
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Costo totale
€ 2 499 904,00

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