Chemical Control over Immune Recognition: A Class of Antibody-Recruiting Small Molecules That Target Prostate Cancer

Ryan P. Murelli, Andrew X. Zhang, Julien Michel, William L. Jorgensen and David A. Spiegel*
Department of Chemistry, Yale University, 225 Prospect Street, P.O. Box 208107, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8107
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131 (47), pp 17090–17092
DOI: 10.1021/ja906844e
Publication Date (Web): November 4, 2009
Copyright © 2009 American Chemical Society

Abstract

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Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related death among the American male population, and society is in dire need of new approaches to treat this disease. Here we report the design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of a class of bifunctional small molecules called antibody-recruiting molecules targeting prostate cancer (ARM-Ps) that enhance the recognition of prostate cancer cells by the human immune system. ARM-P derivatives were designed rationally via the computational analysis of crystallographic data, and we demonstrate here that these materials are able to (1) bind prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) with high affinity (high pM to low nM), (2) template the formation of ternary complexes of anti-DNP antibodies, ARM-P, and LNCaP human prostate cancer cells, and (3) mediate the antibody-dependent killing of LNCaP cells in the presence of human effector cells. This manuscript describes the application of fundamental chemical principles to the design of a novel class of molecules with high therapeutic potential. We believe that this general small-molecule-based strategy could give rise to novel directions in treating cancer and other diseases.

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  • Published In Issue December 02, 2009
  • Article ASAPNovember 04, 2009
  • Received: August 12, 2009

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