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Batabulin  Sodium

Description of batabulin sodium: Batabulin sodium is a synthetic pentafluorophenylsulfonamide with potential antineoplastic activity. T138067 covalently binds to and selectively modifies the beta 1, beta 2, beta 3, and beta 4 isotypes of beta tubulin at a conserved cysteine residue, resulting in disruption of microtubule polymerization, collapse of the cytoskeleton, an increase in chromosomal ploidy, cell cycle arrest, and tumor cell apoptosis. Check for active clinical trials or closed clinical trials using this agent. (NCI Thesaurus).

Current developer:   Amgen, Inc.

 1: Ling X, He X, Apontes P, Cao F, Azrak RG, Li F. Enhancing effectiveness of the MDR-sensitive compound T138067 using advanced treatment with negative modulators of the drug-resistant protein survivin. Am J Transl Res. 2009 Jul 15;1(4):393-405. PubMed PMID: 19956451; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2780039.

2: Berlin JD, Venook A, Bergsland E, Rothenberg M, Lockhart AC, Rosen L. Phase II trial of T138067, a novel microtubule inhibitor, in patients with metastatic, refractory colorectal carcinoma. Clin Colorectal Cancer. 2008 Jan;7(1):44-7. PubMed PMID: 18279576.

3: Kirby S, Gertler SZ, Mason W, Watling C, Forsyth P, Aniagolu J, Stagg R, Wright M, Powers J, Eisenhauer EA. Phase 2 study of T138067-sodium in patients with malignant glioma: Trial of the National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group. Neuro Oncol. 2005 Apr;7(2):183-8. PubMed PMID: 15831236; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1871890.

4: Banerjee M, Poddar A, Mitra G, Surolia A, Owa T, Bhattacharyya B. Sulfonamide drugs binding to the colchicine site of tubulin: thermodynamic analysis of the drug-tubulin interactions by isothermal titration calorimetry. J Med Chem. 2005 Jan 27;48(2):547-55. PubMed PMID: 15658868.

5: Kim YJ, Pannell LK, Sackett DL. Mass spectrometric measurement of differential reactivity of cysteine to localize protein-ligand binding sites. Application to tubulin-binding drugs. Anal Biochem. 2004 Sep 15;332(2):376-83. PubMed PMID: 15325307.

6: Fei X, Zheng QH, Wang JQ, Stone KL, Martinez TD, Miller KD, Sledge GW, Hutchins GD. Synthesis, biodistribution and micro-PET imaging of radiolabeled antimitotic agent T138067 analogues. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2004 Mar 8;14(5):1247-51. PubMed PMID: 14980675.

7: Bayes M, Rabasseda X, Prous JR. Gateways to clinical trials. Methods Find Exp Clin Pharmacol. 2003 Nov;25(9):747-71. PubMed PMID: 14685303.

8: Bayés M, Rabasseda X, Prous JR. Gateways to clinical trials. Methods Find Exp Clin Pharmacol. 2003 Jan-Feb;25(1):53-76. PubMed PMID: 12690708.

9: Rubenstein SM, Baichwal V, Beckmann H, Clark DL, Frankmoelle W, Roche D, Santha E, Schwender S, Thoolen M, Ye Q, Jaen JC. Hydrophilic, pro-drug analogues of T138067 are efficacious in controlling tumor growth in vivo and show a decreased ability to cross the blood brain barrier. J Med Chem. 2001 Oct 25;44(22):3599-605. PubMed PMID: 11606124.

10: von Angerer E. Tubulin as a target for anticancer drugs. Curr Opin Drug Discov Devel. 2000 Sep;3(5):575-84. PubMed PMID: 19649885.

11: Frankmoelle WP, Medina JC, Shan B, Narbut MR, Beckmann H. Glutathione S-transferase metabolism of the antineoplastic pentafluorophenylsulfonamide in tissue culture and mice. Drug Metab Dispos. 2000 Aug;28(8):951-8. PubMed PMID: 10901706.

12: Shan B, Medina JC, Santha E, Frankmoelle WP, Chou TC, Learned RM, Narbut MR, Stott D, Wu P, Jaen JC, Rosen T, Timmermans PB, Beckmann H. Selective, covalent modification of beta-tubulin residue Cys-239 by T138067, an antitumor agent with in vivo efficacy against multidrug-resistant tumors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 May 11;96(10):5686-91. PubMed PMID: 10318945; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC21921.