Repurposed AT9283 triggers anti-tumoral effects by targeting MKK3 oncogenic functions in Colorectal Cancer.
Valentina PiastraFederica GanciAndrea SacconiAngelina PrantedaMatteo AllegrettiRoberta BernardiniMartina SerraBarbara LupoEmanuela Dell'AquilaGianluigi FerrettiEdoardo PescarmonaArmando BartolazziGiovanni BlandinoLivio TrusolinoGianluca BossiPublished in: Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR (2024)
Overall, we demonstrated that the anti-tumoral effects triggered by AT9283 treatment recapitulated the MKK3 depletion effects in all tested CRC models in vitro and in vivo, suggesting that AT9283 is a repurposed drug. According to its good tolerance when tested with primary colonocytes (CCD-18CO), AT9283 is a promising drug for the development of novel therapeutic strategies to target MKK3 oncogenic functions in late-stage and metastatic CRC patients.