EP1689352A2 - Combinations for the treatment of proliferative diseases - Google Patents

Combinations for the treatment of proliferative diseases

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EP1689352A2
EP1689352A2 EP04810676A EP04810676A EP1689352A2 EP 1689352 A2 EP1689352 A2 EP 1689352A2 EP 04810676 A EP04810676 A EP 04810676A EP 04810676 A EP04810676 A EP 04810676A EP 1689352 A2 EP1689352 A2 EP 1689352A2
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Margaret S. Lee
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  • Cancer is a disease marked by the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells. Cancer cells have overcome the barriers imposed in normal cells, which have a finite lifespan, to grow indefinitely. As the growth of cancer cells continue, genetic alterations may persist until the cancerous cell has manifested itself to pursue a more aggressive growth phenotype. If left untreated, metastasis, the spread of cancer cells to distant areas of the body by way of the lymph system or bloodstream, may ensue, destroying healthy tissue.
  • the treatment of cancer has been hampered by the fact that there is considerable heterogeneity even within one type of cancer. Some cancers, for example, have the ability to invade tissues and display an aggressive course of growth characterized by metastases.
  • tumor heterogeneity results in the phenomenon of multiple drug resistance, i.e., resistance to a wide range of structurally unrelated cytotoxic anticancer compounds, J. H. Gerlach et al., Cancer Surveys, 5:25-46, 1986.
  • the underlying cause of progressive drug resistance may be due to a small population of drug-resistant cells within the tumor (e.g., mutant cells) at the time of diagnosis, as described, for example, by J. H. Goldie and Andrew J. Coldman, Cancer Research, 44:3643-3653, 1984.
  • Treating such a tumor with a single drug can result in remission, where the tumor shrinks in size as a result of the killing of the predominant drug-sensitive cells.
  • the remaining drug- resistant cells can continue to multiply and eventually dominate the cell population of the tumor. Therefore, the problems of why metastatic cancers develop pleiotropic resistance to all available therapies, and how this might be countered, are the most pressing in cancer chemotherapy.
  • Anticancer therapeutic approaches are needed that are reliable for a wide variety of tumor types, and particularly suitable for invasive tumors.
  • the treatment must be effective with minimal host toxicity.
  • positive results obtained using combination therapy are still frequently unpredictable.
  • the invention features compositions, methods, and kits for treating proliferative diseases such as cancer.
  • the invention features a composition that includes a first agent that reduces the biological activity of a mitotic kinesin and a second agent that reduces the biological activity of a protein tyrosine phosphatase.
  • the invention also features a method for treating a patient who has a proliferative disease, or inhibiting the development of a proliferative disease in the patient by administering to the patient a first agent that reduces the biological activity of a mitotic kinesin and a second agent that reduces the biological activity of a protein tyrosine phosphatase.
  • the two agents are administered simultaneously or within 14 days of each other, within 7 days of each other, within 1 day of each other, within 1 hour of each other in amounts sufficient to treat the patient.
  • the invention also features a method of reducing cell proliferation by contacting cells with a first agent that reduces the biological activity of a mitotic kinesin and a second agent that reduces the biological activity of a protein tyrosine phosphatase.
  • the methods and compositions further include an additional antiproliferative agent such as an anticancer agent.
  • the invention features a method for identifying a combination that may be useful for the treatment of a proliferative disease.
  • proliferating cells e.g., cancer cells or a cancer cell line
  • an agent that reduces mitotic kinesin biological activity e.g., a candidate compound
  • a candidate compound e.g., a candidate compound that reduces mitotic kinesin biological activity
  • a reduction in cell proliferation identifies the combination as a combination that may be useful for the treatment of a proliferative disease.
  • the invention features another method for identifying a combination that may be useful for the treatment of a proliferative disease.
  • This method includes the steps of (a) identifying a compound that reduces protein tyrosine phosphatase biological activity; (b) contacting proliferating cells in vitro with an agent that reduces mitotic kinesin biological activity and the compound identified in step (a); and (c) determining whether the combination of the agent and the compound identified in step (a) reduces cell proliferation, relative to proliferation of cells contacted with the agent but not contacted with the compound identified in step (a) or contacted with the compound identified in step (a) but not contacted with the agent.
  • a reduction in cell proliferation identifies the combination as a combination that may be useful for the treatment of a proliferative disease.
  • the agent that reduces mitotic kinesin biological activity may be, for example, a mitotic kinesin inhibitor, an antisense compound or RNAi compound that reduces the expression levels of a mitotic kinesin, a dominant negative mitotic kinesin, an expression vector encoding such a dominant negative mitotic kinesin, an antibody that binds a mitotic kinesin and reduces mitotic kinesin biological activity, or an aurora kinase inhibitor.
  • the agent that reduces mitotic kinesin biological activity reduces the biological activity of HsEg5/KSP.
  • Exemplary mitotic kinesin biological activities are enzymatic activity, motor activity, and binding activity.
  • the invention features another method for identifying a compound that may be useful for the treatment of a proliferative disease.
  • This method includes the steps of: (a) providing proliferating cells engineered to have reduced mitotic kinesin biological activity; (b) contacting the cells with a candidate compound; and (c) determining whether the candidate compound reduces cell proliferation, relative to cells not contacted with the candidate compound.
  • a reduction in cell proliferation identifies the compound as a compound that may be useful for the treatment of a proliferative disease.
  • the invention features yet another method for identifying a combination that may be useful for the treatment of a proliferative disease.
  • This method includes the steps of: (a) contacting proliferating cells in vitro with an agent that reduces protein tyrosine phosphatase biological activity and a candidate compound; and (b) determining whether the combination of the agent and the candidate compound reduces cell proliferation, relative to proliferation of cells contacted with the agent but not contacted with the candidate compound.
  • a reduction in cell proliferation identifies the combination as a combination that may be useful for the treatment of a proliferative disease.
  • the invention features a method for identifying a combination that may be useful for the treatment of a proliferative disease.
  • This method includes the steps of: (a) identifying a compound that reduces mitotic kinesin biological activity; (b) contacting proliferating cells in vitro with an agent that reduces protein tyrosine phosphatase biological activity and the compound identified in step (a); and (c) determining whether the combination of the agent and the compound identified in step (a) reduces cell proliferation, relative to proliferation of cells contacted with the agent but not contacted with the compound identified in step (a) or contacted with the compound identified in step (a) but not contacted with the agent.
  • a reduction in cell proliferation identifies the combination as a combination that may be useful for the treatment of a proliferative disease.
  • the agent that reduces protein tyrosine phosphatase biological activity is a protein tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor, an antisense compound or RNAi compound that reduces the expression levels of a protein tyrosine phosphatase, a dominant negative protein tyrosine phosphatase, an expression vector encoding said dominant negative protein tyrosine phosphatase, an antibody that binds a protein tyrosine phosphatase and reduces protein tyrosine phosphatase biological activity, or a farnesyltransferase inhibitor.
  • the agent reduces the biological activity of a protein tyrosine phosphatase selected from PTPIB, PRL-1, PRL-2, PRL-3, SHP-1, SHP-2, MKP-1, MKP-2, CDC14, CDC25A, CDC25B, and CDC25C.
  • the invention features another method for identifying a compound that may be useful for the treatment of a proliferative disease. This method includes the steps of: (a) providing proliferating cells engineered to have reduced protein tyrosine phosphatase biological activity; (b) contacting the cells with a candidate compound; and (c) determining whether the candidate compound reduces cell proliferation, relative to cells not contacted with the candidate compound.
  • a reduction in cell proliferation identifies the compound as a compound that may be useful for the treatment of a proliferative disease.
  • the cells are desirably cancer cells or cells from a cancer cell line.
  • more effective is meant that a method, composition, or kit exhibits greater efficacy, is less toxic, safer, more convenient, better tolerated, or less expensive, or provides more treatment satisfaction than another method, composition, or kit with which it is being compared. Efficacy may be measured by a skilled practitioner using any standard method that is appropriate for a given indication.
  • mitotic kinesin inhibitor an agent that binds a mitotic kinesin and reduces, by a significant amount (e.g., by at least 10%, 20% 30% or more), the biological activity of that mitotic kinesin.
  • Mitotic kinesin biological activities include enzymatic activity (e.g., ATPase activity), motor activity (e.g., generation of force) and binding activity (e.g., binding of the motor to either microtubules or its cargo).
  • dominant negative is meant a protein that contains at least one mutation that inactivates its physiological activity such that the expression of this mutant in the presence of the normal or wild-type copy of the protein results in inactivation of or reduction of the activity of the normal copy.
  • the activity of the mutant "dominates" over the activity of the normal copy such that even though the normal copy is present, biological function is reduced.
  • a dimer of two copies of the protein are required so that even if one normal and one mutated copy are present there is no activity; another example is when the mutant binds to or "soaks up" other proteins that are critical for the function of the normal copy such that not enough of these other proteins are present for activity of the normal copy.
  • protein tyrosine phosphatase or "PTPase” is meant an enzyme that dephosphorylates a tyrosine residue on a protein substrate.
  • protein tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor is an agent that binds a protein tyrosine phosphatase and inhibits (e.g. by at least 10%>, 20%, or 30% or more) the biological activity of that protein tyrosine phosphatase.
  • dual specificity phosphatase is meant a protein phosphatase that can dephosphorylate both a tyrosine residue and either a serine or threonine residue on the same protein substrate.
  • Dual specificity phosphatases include MKP-1, MKP-2, and the cell division cycle phosphatase family (e.g., CDC14, CDC25A, CDC25B, and CDC25C).
  • Dual specificity phosphatases are considered to be protein tyrosine phosphatases.
  • antiproliferative agent is meant a compound that, individually, inhibits cell proliferation.
  • Antiproliferative agents of the invention include alkylating agents, platinum agents, antimetabolites, topoisomerase inhibitors, antitumor antibiotics, antimitotic agents, aromatase inhibitors, thymidylate synthase inhibitors, DNA antagonists, farnesyltransferase inhibitors, pump inhibitors, histone acetyltransferase inhibitors, metalloproteinase inhibitors, ribonucleoside reductase inhibitors, TNF alpha agonists and antagonists, endothelin A receptor antagonists, retinoic acid receptor agonists, immunomodulators, hormonal and antihormonal agents, photodynamic agents, and tyrosine kinase inhibitors.
  • inhibits cell proliferation is meant measurably slows, stops, or reverses the growth rate of cells in vitro or in vivo.
  • a slowing of the growth rate is by at least 20%, 30%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, or 90%, as determined using a suitable assay for determination of cell growth rates (e.g., a cell growth assay described herein).
  • a reversal of growth rate is accomplished by initiating or accelerating necrotic or apoptotic mechanisms of cell death in the neoplastic cells.
  • a sufficient amount is meant the amount of a compound, in a combination according to the invention, required to inhibit the growth of the cells of a neoplasm in vivo.
  • the effective amount of active compound(s) used to practice the present invention for therapeutic treatment of proliferative diseases varies depending upon the manner of administration, the age ⁇ race, gender, organ affected, body weight, and general health of the subject. Ultimately, the attending physician or veterinarian will decide the appropriate amount and dosage regimen.
  • a “low dosage” is meant at least 5% less (e.g., at least 10%>, 20%>, 50%), 80%), 90%, or even 95%o) than the lowest standard recommended dosage of a particular compound formulated for a given route of administration for treatment of any human disease or condition.
  • a “high dosage” is meant at least 5% (e.g., at least 10%, 20%), 50%,
  • pharmaceutically acceptable refers to molecular entities and compositions that do not produce an adverse, allergic or other untoward reaction when administered to patient.
  • pharmaceutically acceptable carrier includes any and all solvents, dispersion media, coatings, antibacterial and antifungal agents, isotonic and absorption delaying agents and the like. The use of such media and agents for pharmaceutical active substances is well known in the art.
  • patient is meant any animal (e.g., a human).
  • Non-human animals that can be treated using the methods, compositions, and kits of the invention include horses, dogs, cats, pigs, goats, rabbits, hamsters, monkeys, guinea pigs, rats, mice, lizards, snakes, sheep, cattle, fish, and birds.
  • Compounds useful in the invention include those described herein in any of their pharmaceutically acceptable forms, including isomers such as diastereomers and enantiomers, salts, solvates, and polymorphs, thereof, as well as racemic mixtures of the compounds described herein.
  • isomers such as diastereomers and enantiomers, salts, solvates, and polymorphs, thereof, as well as racemic mixtures of the compounds described herein.
  • Other features and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following detailed description, and from the claims. Detailed Description The invention features compositions, methods, and kits for treating proliferative disorders.
  • Mitotic kinesins are essential motors in mitosis. They control spindle assembly and maintenance, attachment and proper positioning of the chromosomes to the spindle, establish the bipolar spindle and maintain forces in the spindle to allow movement of chromosomes toward opposite poles. Perturbations of mitotic kinesin function cause malformation or dysfunction of the mitotic spindle, frequently resulting in cell cycle arrest and cell death.
  • Protein tyrosine phosphatases are intracellular signaling molecules that dephosphorylate a tyrosine residue on a protein substrate, thereby modulating certain cellular functions. In normal cells, they typically act in concert with protein tyrosine kinases to regulate signaling cascades through the phosphorylation of protein tyrosine residues. Phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of the tyrosine residues on proteins controls cell growth and proliferation, cell cycle progression, cytoskeletal integrity, differentiation and metabolism. In various metastatic and cancer cell lines, PTPIB and the family of Phosphatases of Regenerating Liver (PRL-1, PRL-2, and PRL-3) have been shown to be overexpressed.
  • PRL-1, PRL-2, and PRL-3 Regenerating Liver
  • PRL-3 (also known as PTP4A3) is expressed in relatively high levels in metatstatic colorectal cancers (Saha et al., Science 294: 1343-1346, 2001.).
  • PRL-1 localizes to the mitotic spindle and is required for mitotic progression and chromosome segregation.
  • PRL phosphatases promote cell migration, invasion, and metastasis, and inhibition of these PTPases has been shown to inhibit proliferation of cancer cells in vitro and tumors in animal models.
  • chlorpromazine and pentamidine work in concert to reduce cell proliferation (U.S. Patent No. 6,569,853).
  • chlorpromazine acts as an inhibitor of mitotic kinesin.
  • Pentamidine has been demonstrated to be an inhibitor of the PRL phosphatases (Pathak et al., Mol. Cancer Ther. 1 : 1255-1264, 2002). Based on the foregoing observations, we conclude that combinations of an agent that reduces the biological activity of a mitotic kinesin with an agent that reduces the activity of a protein tyrosine phosphatase are useful for reducing cell proliferation and, hence, for treating proliferative diseases.
  • Mitotic kinesins include HsEg5/KSP, KIFC3, CH02, MKLP, MCAK,
  • HsEg5/KSP has been cloned and characterized (see, e.g., Blangy et al., Cell, 83: 1159-69 (1995); Galgio et al., J. Cell Biol, 135:399-414, 1996; Whitehead et al, J. Cell Sci, 111 :2551-2561, 1998; Kaiser, et al, J. Biol. Chem, 274: 18925-31, 1999; GenBank accession numbers: X85137, NM 004523). Drosophila (Heck et al, J. Cell Biol, 123:665-79, 1993) nd Xenopus (Le Guellec et al, Mol.
  • Drosophila KLP61F/KRP130 has reportedly been purified in native form (Cole, et al, J. Biol. Chem, 269:22913-22916, 1994), expressed in E. coli, (Barton, et al, Mol. Biol. Cell, 6: 1563-74, 1995) and reported to have motility and ATPase activities (Cole, et al, supra; Barton, et al, supra).
  • Xenopus Eg5/KSP was expressed in E. coli and reported to possess motility activity (Sawin, et al. Nature, 359:540-3, 1992; Lockhart and Cross, Biochemistry, 35:2365-73, 1996; Crevel, et al, J. Mol. Biol, 273: 160-170, 1997) and ATPase activity (Lockhart and Cross, supra; Crevel et al, supra).
  • other members of the BimC family include BimC, CIN8, cut7, KIP1, KLP61F (Barton et al, Mol. Biol. Cell. 6: 1563-1574, 1995; Cottingham & Hoyt, J. Cell Biol.
  • Mitotic kinesin biological activities include its ability to affect ATP hydrolysis; microtubule binding; gliding and polymerization/depolymerization (effects on microtubule dynamics); binding to other proteins of the spindle; binding to proteins involved in cell-cycle control; serving as a substrate to other enzymes, such as kinases or proteases; and specific kinesin cellular activities such as spindle pole separation.
  • Methods for assaying biological activity of a mitotic kinesin are well known in the art. For example, methods of performing motility assays are described, e.g, in Hall, et al, 1996, Biophys.
  • the ATP hydrolysis activity assay utilizes 0.3 M perchloric acid (PCA) and malachite green reagent (8.27 mM sodium molybdate II, 0.33 mM malachite green oxalate, and 0.8 mM Triton X-100).
  • PCA perchloric acid
  • malachite green reagent 8.27 mM sodium molybdate II, 0.33 mM malachite green oxalate, and 0.8 mM Triton X-100.
  • 10 ⁇ L of reaction is quenched in 90 ⁇ L of cold 0.3 M PCA.
  • Phosphate standards are used so data can be converted to nM inorganic phosphate released.
  • ATPase assays known in the art include the luciferase assay. ATPase activity of kinesin motor domains also can be used to monitor the effects of modulating agents. In one embodiment ATPase assays of kinesin are performed in the absence of microtubules.
  • the ATPase assays are performed in the presence of microtubules. Different types of modulating agents can be detected in the above assays.
  • the effect of a modulating agent is independent of the concentration of microtubules and ATP.
  • the effect of the agents on kinesin ATPase may be decreased by increasing the concentrations of ATP, microtubules, or both.
  • the effect of the modulating agent is increased by increasing concentrations of ATP, microtubules, or both.
  • Agents that reduce the biological activity of a mitotic kinesin in vitro may then be screened in vivo.
  • Methods for in vivo screening include assays of cell cycle distribution, cell viability, or the presence, morphology, activity, distribution, or amount of mitotic spindles.
  • Methods for monitoring cell cycle distribution of a cell population for example, by flow cytometry, are well known to those skilled in the art, as are methods for determining cell viability (see, e.g, U.S. Patent No. 6,617,115).
  • Mitotic kinesin inhibitors include chlorpromazine, monasterol, terpendole E, HR22C16, and SB715992.
  • Other mitotic kinesin inhibitors are those compounds disclosed in Hopkins et al. Biochemistry 39:2805, 2000, Hotha et al, Angew Chem. Inst. Ed. 42:2379, 2003, PCT Publication Nos.
  • Protein tyrosine phosphatases include the PRL family (PRL-1, PRL-2, and PRL-3), PTPIB, SHP-1, SHP-2, MKP-1, MKP-2, CDC 14, CDC25A, CDC25B, CDC25C, PTP ⁇ , and PTP-BL. Protein tyrosine phosphatase biological activities include dephosphorylation of tyrosine residues on substrates.
  • GenBank Accession Nos. of representative tyrosine phosphatases are provided in Table 2.
  • Protein tyrosine phosphatase inhibitors include pentamidine, levamisole, ketoconazole, bisperoxovanadium compounds (e.g, those described in Scrivens et al, Mol. Cancer Ther. 2:1053-1059, 2003, and U.S. Patent No.
  • vanadate salts and complexes e.g, sodium orthovanadate
  • dephosphatin dnacin Al, dnacin A2, STI-571
  • suramin gallium nitrate, sodium stibogluconate, meglumine antimonate, 2-(2- mercaptoethanol)-3 -methyl- 1 ,4-naphthoquinone
  • 2,5-bis(4- amidinophenyl)furan-bis-0-methylamidoxime known as DB289 (Immtech), 2,5-bis(4-amidinophenyl)furan (DB75, Immtech), disclosed in U.S.
  • Other biological activity inhibitors In addition to reducing biological activity through the use of compounds that bind a mitotic kinesin or protein tyrosine phosphatase, other inhibitors of mitotic kinesin and protein tyrosine phosphatase biological activity can be employed. Such inhibitors include compounds that reduce the amount of target protein or RNA levels (e.g, antisense compounds, dsRNA, ribozymes) and compounds that compete with endogenous mitotic kinesins or protein tyrosine phosphatases for binding partners (e.g, dominant negative proteins or polynucleotides encoding the same).
  • target protein or RNA levels e.g, antisense compounds, dsRNA, ribozymes
  • binding partners e.g, dominant negative proteins or polynucleotides encoding the same.
  • Antisense compounds The biological activity of a mitotic kinesin and/or protein tyrosine phosphatase can be reduced through the use of an antisense compound directed to RNA encoding the target protein.
  • Mitotic kinesin antisense compounds suitable for this use are known in the art (see, e.g, U.S. Patent No. 6,472,521, WO03/030832, and Maney et al, J. Cell Biol, 1998, 142:787-801), as are antisense compounds against protein tyrosine phosphatases (see, e.g, U.S. Patent Publication No. 2003/0083285 and Weil et al, Biotechniques 33: 1244, 2002).
  • RNA secondary structure folding program such as MFOLD (M. Zuker, D. H. Mathews & D. H. Turner, Algorithms and Thermodynamics for RNA Secondary Structure Prediction: A Practical Guide. In: RNA Biochemistry and Biotechnology, J. Barciszewski & B. F. C. Clark, eds, NATO ASI Series, Kluwer Academic Publishers, (1999)).
  • Sub-optimal folds with a free energy value within 5% of the predicted most stable fold of the mRNA are predicted using a window of 200 bases within which a residue can find a complimentary base to form a base pair bond. Open regions that do not form a base pair are summed together with each suboptimal fold and areas that are predicted as open are considered more accessible to the binding to antisense nucleobase oligomers.
  • Other methods for antisense design are described, for example, in U.S. Patent No. 6,472,521, Antisense Nucleic Acid Drug Dev. 1997 7:439-444, Nucleic Acids Research 28:2597-2604, 2000, and Nucleic Acids Research 31 :4989-4994, 2003.
  • RNA interference The biological activity of a mitotic kinesin and/or protein tyrosine phosphatase can be reduced through the use of RNA interference (RNAi), employing, e.g, a double stranded RNA (dsRNA) or small interfering RNA (siRNA) directed to the mitotic kinesin or protein tyrosine phosphatase in question (see, e.g, Miyamoto et al. Prog. Cell Cycle Res. 5:349-360, 2003; U.S. Patent Application Publication. No. 2003/0157030).
  • dsRNA double stranded RNA
  • siRNA small interfering RNA
  • Methods for designing such interfering RNAs are known in the art. For example, software for designing interfering RNA is available from Oligoengine (Seattle, WA).
  • Dominant negative proteins One skilled in the art would know how to make dominant negative mitotic kinesins and protein tyrosine phosphatases. Such dominant negative proteins are described, for example, in Gupta et al, J. Exp. Med, 186:473-478, 1997; Maegawa et al, J. Biol. Chem. 274:30236-30243, 1999; Woodford- Thomas et al, J. Cell Biol. 1 17:401-414, 1992;
  • Aurora kinase inhibitors Aurora kinases have been shown to be protein kinases of a new family that regulate the structure and function of the mitotic spindle.
  • One target of Aurora kinases include mitotic kinesins.
  • Aurora kinase inhibitors thus can be used in combination with a compound that reduces protein tyrosine phosphatase biological activity according to a method, composition, or kit of the invention.
  • aurora- A aurora- A
  • aurora-B aurora-A
  • Aurora-A includes AIRK1, DmAurora, HsAurora-2, HsAIK, HsSTK15, CeAIR-1, MmARKl, MmAYKl, MmlAKl and XIEg2.
  • Aurora-B includes AIRK-2, DmIAL-1, HsAurora-1 , HsAIK2, HsAIM-1, HsSTK12, CeAIR-2, MmARK2 and XAIRK2.
  • Aurora-C includes HsAIK3 (Adams, et al. Trends Cell Biol. 11 :49-54, 2001).
  • Aurora kinase inhibitors include VX-528 and ZM447439; others are described, e.g, in U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2003/0105090 and U.S. Patent Nos. 6,610,677, 6,593,357, and 6,528,509.
  • Farnesyltransferase inhibitors alter the biological activity of PRL phosphatases and thus can be used in combination with a compound that reduces mitotic kinesin activity in a method, composition, or kit of the invention.
  • Farnesyltransferase inhibitors include arglabin, lonafarnib, BAY- 43-9006, tipifamib, perillyl alcohol, FTI-277 and BMS-214662, as well as those compounds described, e.g, in Kohl, Ann. NY Acad. Sci. 886:91-102, 1999, U.S. Patent Application Publication Nos.
  • the compounds of the invention are useful for the treatment of cancers and other disorders characterized by hyperproliferative cells. Therapy may be performed alone or in conjunction with another therapy (e.g, surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, anti-angiogenesis therapy, or gene therapy). Additionally, a person having a greater risk of developing a neoplasm or other proliferative disease (e.g, one who is genetically predisposed or one who previously had such a disorder) may receive prophylactic treatment to inhibit or delay hyperproliferation. The duration of the combination therapy depends on the type of disease or disorder being treated, the age and condition of the patient, the stage and type of the patient's disease, and how the patient responds to the treatment.
  • the methods, compositions, and kits of the invention are more effective than other methods, compositions, and kits.
  • “more effective” is meant that a method, composition, or kit exhibits greater efficacy, is less toxic, safer, more convenient, better tolerated, or less expensive, or provides more treatment satisfaction than another method, composition, or kit with which it is being compared.
  • Cancers include, without limitation, leukemias (e.g, acute leukemia, acute lymphocytic leukemia, acute myelocytic leukemia, acute myeloblastic leukemia, acute promyelocytic leukemia, acute myelomonocytic leukemia, acute monocytic leukemia, acute erythroleukemia, chronic leukemia, chronic myelocytic leukemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia), polycythemia vera, lymphoma (Hodgkin's disease, non-Hodgkin's disease), Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia, heavy chain disease, and solid tumors such as sarcomas and carcinomas (e.g, fibrosarcoma, myxosarcoma, liposarcoma, chondrosarcoma, osteogenic sarcoma, chordoma, angiosarcoma, endotheliosarcoma, lymphangiosarcoma, lymphan
  • lymphoproliferative disorders include lymphoproliferative disorders and psoriasis.
  • lymphoproliferative disorder is meant a disorder in which there is abnormal proliferation of cells of the lymphatic system (e.g, T-cells and B- cells).
  • therapy can include the use of other antiproliferative agents with the combinations of the invention.
  • the combination may be administered with an anticancer agent, such as the agents in Table 3, below.
  • Table 3 Busulfan procarbazine dacarbazine altretamine ifosfamide estramustine phosphate
  • Antitumor dactinomycin (actinomycin D) azonafide antibiotics valrubicin anthrapyrazole daunorubicin (daunomycin) oxantrazole therarubicin losoxantrone idarubicin bleomycinic acid rubidazone
  • MEN-10755 (Menarini) plicamycin GPX-100 (Gem Pharmaceuticals) porfiromycin epirubicin mitoxantrone (novantrone) mitoxantrone amonafide Table 3 (cont.)
  • Antimitotic colchicine E7010 (Abbott) agents vinblastine PG-TXL (Cell Therapeutics) vindesine IDN 5109 (Bayer) dolastatin lO (NCI) A 105972 (Abbott) rhizoxin (Fujisawa) A 204197 (Abbott) mivobulin (Warner-Lambert) LU 223651 (BASF) cemadotin (BASF) D 24851 (ASTAMedica) RPR 109881A (Aventis) ER-86526 (Eisai) TXD 258 (A vends) combretastatin A4 (BMS) epothilone B (Novartis) isohomohalichondrin-B (PharmaMar) T 900607 (Tularik) ZD 6126 (AstraZeneca) T 138067 (Tularik) AZ10992 (Asahi) cryptophycin 52 (Eli Lilly) l
  • Thymidylate pemetrexed (Eli Lilly) nolatrexed (Eximias) synthase inhibitors ZD-9331 (BTG) CoFactorTM (BioKeys)
  • DNA antagonists trabectedin (PharmaMar) edotreotide (Novartis) glufosfamide (Baxter International) mafosfamide (Baxter International) albumin + 32P (Isotope Solutions) apaziquone (Spectrum thymectacin (NewBiotics) Pharmaceuticals) 06 benzyl guanine (Paligent)
  • Histone tacedinaline Pfizer
  • pivaloyloxymethyl butyrate Tian
  • acetyltransferase SAHA Adijisawa
  • Depsipeptide Fujisawa
  • TNF alpha virulizin (Lorus Therapeutics) revimid (Celgene) agoni sts/antagoni sts CDC-394 (Celgene)
  • Immuno- interferon dexosome therapy (Anosys) modulators oncophage (Antigenics) pentrix (Australian Cancer GMK (Progenies) Technology) adenocarcinoma vaccine (Biomira) ISF-154 (Tragen) CTP-37 (AVI BioPharma) cancer vaccine (Intercell) IRX-2 (Immuno-Rx) norelin (Biostar) PEP-005 (Peplin Biotech) BLP-25 (Biomira) synchrovax vaccines (CTL Immuno) MGV (Progenies) melanoma vaccine (CTL Immuno) ⁇ -alethine (Dovetail) p21 RAS vaccine (GemVax) CLL therapy (Vasogen)
  • Photodynamic talaporf ⁇ n (Light Sciences) Pd-bacteriopheophorbide (Yeda) agents Theralux (Theratechnologies) lutetium texaphyrin (Pharmacyclics) motexafin gadolinium (Pharmacyclics) hypericin
  • SR-27897 CCK A inhibitor, Sanofi-Synthelabo ceflatonin (apoptosis promotor, ChemGenex) tocladesine (cyclic AMP agonist, Ribapharm)
  • BCX-1777 PNP inhibitor, BioCryst
  • CDK inhibitor CDK inhibitor, Aventis
  • ranpirnase ribonuclease stimulant, Alfacell
  • CapCellTM (CYP450 stimulant, Bavarian Nordic) N-acetylcysteine (reducing agent, Zambon)
  • GCS-100 gal3 antagonist, GlycoGencsys
  • R-flurbiprofen NF-kappaB inhibitor, Encore
  • G 17DT immunogen (gastrin inhibitor, Aphton) 3CPA (NF-kappaB inhibitor, Active Biotech) efaproxiral (oxygenator, Allos Therapeutics) seocalcitol (vitamin D receptor agonist, Leo)
  • PI-88 heparanase inhibitor, Progen
  • 131-I-TM-601 DNA antagonist, TransMolecular
  • tesmilifene histamine antagonist, YM eflornithine (ODC inhibitor , ILEX Oncology
  • minodronic acid osteoclast inhibitor, histamine (histamine H2 receptor agonist, Yamanouchi)
  • SR-31747 IL-1 antagonist, Sanofi-Synthelabo
  • PG2 hematopoiesis enhancer, Pharmagenesis
  • CCI-779 ( TOR kinase inhibitor, Wyeth) ImmunolTM (triclosan oral rinse, Endo) exisulind (PDE V inhibitor, Cell Pathways) triacetyluridine (uridine prodrug , Wellstat)
  • CP-461 PDE V inhibitor, Cell Pathways
  • SN-4071 sarcoma agent, Signature BioScience
  • WX-UK1 plasmaogen activator inhibitor, PCK-3145 (apoptosis promotor, Procyon)
  • PBI-1402 PMN stimulant, ProMetic CHS-828 (cytotoxic agent, Leo)
  • trans-retinoic acid differentiated, NIH
  • bortezomib proteasome inhibitor, Millennium
  • MX6 apoptosis promotor, MAXIA
  • SRL-172 T cell stimulant, SR Pharma
  • apomine apoptosis promotor, ILEX Oncology
  • TLK-286 glutthione S transferase inhibitor, urocidin (apoptosis promotor, Bioniche)
  • PT-100 growth factor agonist
  • Point brostallicin apoptosis promotor, Pharmacia
  • CDA-I1 apoptosis promotor, Everlife
  • SDX-101 apoptosis promotor, Salmedix
  • rituximab CD20 antibody, Genentech Examples The following examples are to illustrate the invention. They are not meant to limit the invention in any way.
  • Chlorpromazine is a mitotic kinesin inhibitor
  • chlorpromazine is a mitotic kinesin inhibitor using a cell free motor assay. This assay measures organic phosphate (Pj) generated during microtubule activated ATPase activity of kinesin motor proteins.
  • Recombinant HsEg5/KSP kinesin motor protein activity was assayed using the Kinesin ATPase End Point Biochem Kit (Cytoskeleton, catalog # BK053) following the manufacturer's instructions for amounts of reaction buffer, ATP and microtubules.
  • the amount of HsEg5/KSP kinesin protein was optimized to 0.8 ⁇ g per reaction and included where indicated.
  • Each assay was performed in a total reaction volume of 30 ⁇ L in a clear 96 well Vi area plate (Corning Inc., Costar and cat # 3697) and included the following conditions: 1. a reaction blank consisting of reaction buffer and ATP only; 2. negative control reactions containing: a. microtubules and ATP without kinesin protein or b. kinesin HsEg5/KSP and ATP without microtubules; and 3. experimental reactions containing ATP, kinesin, and microtubules with or without compound at the indicated final concentrations. Reactions were pre-incubated for 15 minutes at room temperature prior to the addition of ATP.
  • phenothiazines capable of reducing mitotic kinesin biological activity include promethazine, thioridazine, trifluoperazine, perphenazine,0 fluphenazine, clozapine, and prochlorperazine.
  • the combination of chlorpromazine and pentamidine reduce cell proliferation in vitro
  • pentamidine a protein tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor
  • 5 chlorpromazine a mitotic kinesin inhibitor
  • pentamidine a protein tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor
  • pentamidine a protein tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor
  • 5 chlorpromazine a mitotic kinesin inhibitor
  • the anti-proliferation assays were performed in 384- well plates.0 10X stock solutions (6.6 ⁇ L) from the combination matrices were added to 40 ⁇ L of culture media in assay wells.
  • the tumor cells were liberated from the culture flask using a solution of 0.25% trypsin.
  • Cells were diluted in culture media such that 3000 cells were delivered in 20 ⁇ L of media into each assay well.
  • Assay plates were incubated for 72-80 hours at 37°C ⁇ 0.5°C with 5%5 C02. Twenty microliters of 20% Alamar Blue warmed to 37°C ⁇ 0.5°C was added to each assay well following the incubation period. Alamar Blue metabolism was quantified by the amount of fluorescence intensity 3.5 - 5.0 hours after addition.
  • Quantification using an LJL Analyst AD reader (LJL Biosystems), was taken in the middle of the well with high attenuation, a 100 msec read time, an excitation filter at 530 nm, and an emission filter at 575 nm.
  • quantification was performed using a Wallac Victor2 reader. Measurements were taken at the top of the well with stabilized energy lamp control; a 100 msec read time, an excitation filter at 530 nm, and an emission filter at 590 nm. No significant differences between plate readers were measured. The percent inhibition (%I) for each well was calculated using the following formula:
  • the average untreated well value (avg. untreated wells) is the arithmetic mean of 40 wells from the same assay plate treated with vehicle alone. Negative inhibition values result from local variations in treated wells as compared to untreated wells. The data, expressed as percent inhibition, are shown in Table 5.

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