Article ; Online: Belvarafenib penetrates the BBB and shows potent antitumor activity in a murine melanoma brain metastasis model.
Clinical & experimental metastasis
2023 Volume 40, Issue 2, Page(s) 137–148
Abstract: Brain metastasis is a common complication in melanoma patients with BRAF and NRAS mutations and has a poor prognosis. Although BRAF inhibitors are clinically approved, their poor brain penetration limits their efficacy in brain metastasis. Thus, melanoma ...
| Abstract | Brain metastasis is a common complication in melanoma patients with BRAF and NRAS mutations and has a poor prognosis. Although BRAF inhibitors are clinically approved, their poor brain penetration limits their efficacy in brain metastasis. Thus, melanoma brain metastasis still requires better treatment. Belvarafenib, a pan-RAF inhibitor, has reported antitumor activity in melanoma with RAF and RAS mutations in animal models and patients. However, brain permeability and antitumor efficacy on brain metastasis have not been determined. This study confirmed the brain penetration of belvarafenib, the antitumor activity on BRAF and NRAS mutant melanoma, and the efficacy on melanoma within the brain. Belvarafenib strongly suppressed melanoma in BRAF V600E mutant A375SM tumor-bearing mice. It also significantly inhibited tumor growth in NRAS mutant SK-MEL-30 and K1735 tumor-bearing mice and synergized to enhance the antitumor activity combined with cobimetinib or atezolizumab. Belvarafenib was penetrated at considerable levels into the brains of mice and rats following oral administration. The exposure of belvarafenib in the brain was similar to or higher than that in plasma, and this high brain penetration differed significantly from that of other BRAF inhibitors with low brain penetration. Most importantly, belvarafenib strongly reduced tumor burden and markedly improved survival benefits in mice intracranially implanted with A375SM melanoma. These results demonstrated that belvarafenib, which has favorable BBB permeability, and potent antitumor activity on the tumors with BRAF/NRAS mutations, may be a promising therapeutic option for patients with BRAF/NRAS mutant melanoma brain metastasis. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Mice ; Rats ; Animals ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf/genetics ; Melanoma/drug therapy ; Melanoma/genetics ; Melanoma/pathology ; Protein Kinase Inhibitors/therapeutic use ; Brain Neoplasms/drug therapy ; Mutation ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Skin Neoplasms/pathology |
| Chemical Substances | Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf (EC 2.7.11.1) ; Protein Kinase Inhibitors |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2023-02-10 |
| Publishing country | Netherlands |
| Document type | Journal Article |
| ZDB-ID | 604952-7 |
| ISSN | 1573-7276 ; 0262-0898 |
| ISSN (online) | 1573-7276 |
| ISSN | 0262-0898 |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10585-023-10198-7 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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