P1, N=60, Recruiting, Shengke Pharmaceuticals (Jiangsu) Limited, China | Trial completion date: Mar 2025 --> Jun 2026 | Trial primary completion date: Feb 2024 --> Dec 2025

P1, N=12, Completed, Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.

The study related to their molecular interactions with receptors is also included in the present manuscript. The study may be beneficial to scientists for the development of novel compounds as PIM-1 inhibitors in the treatment of prostate cancer and leukemia.

The BRAF inhibitor vemurafenib is effective against BRAFV600E-positive PTC; however, acquired resistance to single agent therapy frequently leads to tumor recurrence and metastasis, underscoring the need to develop tailored treatment strategies...This study elucidates the role of BRAFV600E in the regulation of PIM1 in PTC and demonstrates the synergistic effect of a novel combination, BRAFi/PIMi, for the treatment of PTC. This discovery, along with the pathways that may be involved in the powerful efficacy of BRAFi/PIMi strategy from the perspective of cell metabolism, provides insight into the molecular basis of PTC progression and offers new perspectives for BRAF-resistant PTC treatment.

PIM-1 kinase inhibition was virtually elucidated by the molecular docking study, highlighting binding interactions of the lead compound 4 towards the PIM-1 protein. Accordingly, compound 4 was validated as a promising PIM-1 targeted chemotherapeutic agent to treat breast cancer.

Erastin treatment reversed the impacts of PIM1 on hRMECs, suggesting the mediation of ferroptosis in PIM1 regulation. The current study has yielded critical insights into the role of PIM1 in ameliorating high glucose-induced hRMEC dysfunction through the inhibition of ferroptosis.

Furthermore, we identified an effective synergistic combination between anwulignan and chidamide. Our findings suggested that PIM1 could be a therapeutic target and prognostic factor for DLBCL, and anwulignan holds promise for future development as a natural product for treatment.

The multivariate analysis observed the association between high lactate dehydrogenase value and the immunohistochemical expression of PIM1 or with the mutant status of the PIM1 gene representing negative prognostic factors (HR = 2.066, P = .042, respectively HR = 3.100, P = .004). In conclusion, our preliminary data suggest that the oncogenic mutations of PIM1 and MYD88 in our DLBCL cohort may improve the diagnosis and prognosis of DLBCL patients in an advanced stage.

Moreover, we also found that cerebral HP accelerated pSTAT3-mediated astrogliosis and activation of the nucleotide-binding domain and leucine-rich repeat protein 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome, probably leading to cognitive decline. On the other hand, sPlas treatment attenuated the activation of the pSTAT3/PIM1/NFATc1 axis independent of RAGE and significantly suppressed NLRP3 inflammasome activation, demonstrating the beneficial effect on AD.

Kinetic studies indicated that 4c and 4f were both competitive and non-competitive inhibitors for PIM-1 kinase enzyme. In addition, in silico prediction of physiochemical properties, pharmacokinetic profile, ligand efficiency, ligand lipophilic efficiency, and induced fit docking studies were consistent with the biological and kinetic studies, and predicted that 4c and 4f could act as PIM-1 kinase competitive non-adenosine triphosphate (ATP) mimetics with drug like properties.

P1/2, N=80, Recruiting, Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.

Compound 12 had potent cytotoxicity with IC values of 0.5 and 5.27 μM against MCF-7 and HepG2 cell lines compared with doxorubicin, which displayed the following IC: 2.14 and 2.48 μM for the mentioned cell lines, respectively...Besides, compound 12 caused tumor inhibition by 42.1% in solid tumors in the SEC-bearing mice. Results disclosed that compound 12 significantly impeded cell migration and cell proliferation by interfering with PIM-1 enzymatic activity via considerable apoptosis-induction, which made it an attractive lead compound for the development of chemotherapeutics to treat breast cancer.

Furthermore, TKO mice, lacking PIM isoforms, exhibit suppression in circulating triglycerides. Overall, our findings establish PIM1 as an important regulator of LD accumulation through GSK3β-PPARα signaling axis to promote cell proliferation and survival during nutrient stress.

In RCC cell lines, IL-6 blockade through either anti-IL-6 antibody or tocilizumab was sufficient to decrease PIM1 protein levels. Treatment with ruxolitinib leads to a dose and time-dependent decrease in PIM1 levels... These results suggest that differential expression of PIM1 in RCC may be linked to autocrine IL-6 signaling. Furthermore, poor survival in PIM1-overexpressing RCC patients is independent of treatment received, and therefore necessitates use of targeted therapies against this axis. Multiple FDA-approved agents are available that target this pathway.

PIM1 inhibitor AZD1208 was used to inhibit PIM1 and PIM1-experssing adenovirus was used to overexpress PIM1. This study demonstrated the protective effect of PIM1 in cisplatin-induced AKI, and regulation of Drp1 activation might be the underlying mechanism. Altogether, PIM1 may be a potential therapeutic target for cisplatin-induced AKI.

Importantly, degradation of PIM kinases was more potent than inhibition of catalytic activity at inducing apoptosis in prostate cancer cell line models. In conclusion, we provide evidence of the advantages of degrading PIM kinases versus inhibiting their catalytic activity to target the oncogenic functions of PIM kinases.

The most potent compounds (2d and 2 h) were tested for their antitumor effects against prostate (PC-3), colon (HCT-116), and breast (MDA-MB-231) and were evaluated in comparison to the anticancer drug tivantinib using the MTT assay...Compared to the control, compound 2d treatment significantly inhibited the protein expression levels of c-Met and Pim-1 kinases in the treated HCT-116 cells. Thorough molecular modeling analyses, such as molecular docking and dynamic simulation, were performed to ascertain the binding mechanism and stability of the target compounds.

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PIM1 mutations did not affect the proliferation of DLBCL cells and did not increase resistance to doxorubicin, excluding the proliferation rate or treatment resistance as a cause of the poor prognosis associated with PIM1 mutations...Finally, in transwell assays, PIM1 mutant cells exhibited markedly increased migratory potential. Taken together, these studies indicate that PIM1 mutants are not likely associated with differential drug responses, but rather facilitate tumor dissemination and are thus associated with inferior prognosis in DLBCL patients harboring PIM1 mutations.

In preclinical studies, TP-3654 alone and in combination with ruxolitinib showed spleen size and bone marrow (BM) fibrosis reduction in murine MF models. This preliminary data of TP-3654 in relapsed/refractory MF pts showed early signs of clinical activity including spleen volume reduction, TSS improvement, and correlating cytokine reductions. TP-3654 is well tolerated with limited myelosuppressive adverse events. Enrollment is ongoing as monotherapy and current data support the development of TP-3654 in combination with JAK inhibitors given the preliminary clinical activity and minimal cytopenia.

P1a/1b, N=9, Terminated, Shengke Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd | N=67 --> 9 | Recruiting --> Terminated; The reasons for early termination is due to slow recruitment

Our data indicated that physcion enhanced the sensitivity of HCC cells to sorafenib by enhancing miR-370 to suppress PIM1-promoted glycolysis.

Significant improvement in targeted therapy for colorectal cancer (CRC) has occurred over the past few decades since the approval of the EGFR inhibitor cetuximab...Inhibition of PIK3CA MT by PI3K inhibitors restored SMI-4a sensitivity in PIK3CA MT CRC cell lines. Taken together, these results demonstrate that sensitivity to SMI-4a is determined by the PIK3CA genotype and that co-targeting of PI3K and PIM1 in PIK3CA MT CRC patients could be a promising and novel therapeutic approach for refractory CRC patients.

The selected model showed 80.9% true positive and 81.4% true negative rates. The discussed approach can be further applied in large-scale molecular docking campaigns to increase hit discovery success rates.

Additionally, autophagy induction in K-562 cells and intracellular inhibition of CK2 and PIM-1 in all the tested cell lines were evaluated by qualitative/quantitative fluorescence-based assay and Western blot method, respectively. Among the newly developed inhibitors, 1,1,1-trifluoro-3-[(4,5,6,7-tetrabromo-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl)amino]propan-2-ol demonstrates the highest selectivity and the most prominent proapoptotic properties towards the studied cancer cells, especially towards acute lymphoblastic leukemia, in addition to inducing autophagy in K-562 cells.

Background Prior and current data has shown PIM1 Kinase Expression (PIM1) in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is associated with a poor prognosis.1 CDK4/6 inhibitor (CDK4/6i) abemaciclib (A), but not palbociclib (P) may specifically target PIM1.2 Given the differential efficacy of CDK4/6i in ABC without a biomarker beyond hormone receptor (HR+), we explored the relationship between PIM1 and patient outcomes...Addition of abemaciclib to sunitinib induces regression of renal cell carcinoma xenograft tumors...In HR+, PIM1 Q4 had significantly shorter TOT for A only (5.6 vs 2.6 mos, HR=1.68 95%CI: 0.99-2.82 p=0.049), no difference with P or R. Table: 494P Co-mutation frequencies in hormone receptor-positive advanced breast cancer by PIM1 expression Conclusions Real-world data shows PIM1 correlates with high-risk phenotype in HR+ ABC. In contrast to the data reported in RCC, no CDK4/6i showed improved TOT among patients with Q4 PIM1, and other real-world variables may TOT limit analysis.

In this study we identified modulators of the response to the PI3K-alpha-specific inhibitor, BYL719, in PIK3CA mutant GCs...Our data provide clear mechanistic insights into PI3K-alpha inhibitor response in PIK3CA mutant gastric tumors and can inform future work as mutant selective inhibitors are in development for diverse tumor types. Implications: Loss of either NEDD9 or BCL-XL confers hyper-sensitivity to PI3K-alpha inhibition while loss of CBFB confers resistance through a CBFB/PIM1 signaling axis.

Our findings demonstrate that AID interacts with either DNMT1 or TET2 to form a complex to bind with a PIM1 promoter and thus is responsible for the modulation of PIM1 expression. These results provide insights into an alternative role of AID to DLBCL-associated genes.

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Preliminary cytokine data showed that TP-3654 monotherapy may prompt early cytokine changes that may correlate with symptoms response. In addition, preliminary data of TP-3654 in relapsed/refractory MF patients showed SVR, TSS improvement, and BM fibrosis reduction. In the dose ranges evaluated to date, TP-3654 has been well tolerated with no myelosuppressive TRAEs.

In vivo smooth muscle invasion assays showed that overexpression of PIM1 significantly increased the depth of tumor cell invasion, and treatment with PIM inhibitors significantly reduced intramuscular PCa invasion. This research uncovers a HIF-1-independent signaling axis that is critical for hypoxia-induced invasion and establishes a novel role for PIM1 as a key regulator of the actin cytoskeleton.

Here, we showed that NEO and SGI-1776 significantly reduce IOP in normal rabbits and relax pre-restrained thoracic aortic rings in rats. Taken together, our findings indicated that NEO inhibits TNBC cell migration and relaxes smooth muscles mainly by targeting PIM1 and inhibiting ROCK2/STAT3 signaling, and that PIM1 may be an effective target for IOP and other circulatory diseases.

In addition, KIC-0101 exhibited an anti-tumor effect on ibrutinib-resistant cells by synergistic dual suppression of TLR/MYD88-mediated NF-κB pathway and PIM1 kinase. Our results suggest that KIC-0101 is a promising drug candidate for autoimmune diseases and ibrutinib-resistant B-cell lymphomas.

GNA13 mutant was significantly associated with an increased risk of death (HR: 6.6 [95%CI: 2.1-20.6]; p=0.0011) and shorter overall survival (p=0.0340). At the time of relapse or refractory disease, three genetic subgroups of DLBCL patients were delineated, which could help advance precision molecular medicine programs.

The study illustrates that HCC cell-derived miR-200b-3p exosomes facilitate the proliferation and polarization of macrophages by modulating cytokine secretion and the JAK/STAT signaling pathway, leading to the metastasis of HCC. These findings demonstrate the existence of a novel feedback loop between cancer cells and immune cells in the tumor microenvironment, presenting a new concept in cancer research.

Finally, docking of 10f with the ATP-binding site of PIM-1 kinase demonstrated good recognition of and effective binding to the active site. In conclusion, compound 10f represents a promising lead compound that merits further future optimization for controlling prostate cancer.

Human tissue microarray results depicted high expression of NUMA1 & PIM1 in different breast cancer subtypes than non- tumor tissues. Our study demonstrated that inhibition of autophagy & PIM1 in bulk cancer cells & CSCs showed attenuation of tumor formation & metastasis, suggesting this combination treatment serves as an important therapeutic approach for treating breast cancer.

There are three FTL3 inhibitors, midostaurin, gilteritinib, and quizartinib have been approved for clinical treatment of AML. The treatment with RF-1302 showed very little toxicity (only 2% body weight loss) which were well below the maximum tolerated dose. These preclinical results suggest that RF-1302 represents a novel dual inhibitor of PIM1 and FLT3, which may constitute a highly efficacious modality for the treatment of FLT3 mutant AML, and is worthy of further clinical evaluation.