Table 1 Examples of interference peptides, peptidomimetics, and small inhibitors utilized in preclinical and clinical studies

From: Precision medicine by designer interference peptides: applications in oncology and molecular therapeutics

Target/s

Name/s

Cancer model/s

In vitro

In vivo

Concentration/dose administered

In vivo mode of administration

Clinical trials

References

MYC

Int-H1-S6A,F8A

Breast cancer cell line MCF-7

×

0–10 µM

N/A

No

[15]

Pen-ELP-H1

Breast cancer cell line MCF-7

×

0–18 µM

N/A

No

[80]

CPP-ELP-H1

Rat glioma cell C6 allograft

200 mg/kg

Intravenously

No

[17]

IIA4B20

IIA6B17

Myc-transformed chicken embryo fibroblasts

×

0–75 µM and 0–125 µM

N/A

No

[108*]

10058-F4

Myc-transduced rat Rat1a xenograft in mice

64 µM

Cells treated in vitro and then inoculated in mice

No

[181*]

 

Human prostate PC-3 and DU145 xenografts

20 and 30 mg/kg

Intravenously

No

[128*]

10074-G5

Human Daudi Burkitt’s lymphoma xenografts

20 mg/kg

Intravenously

No

[115*]

3jc48–3

human promyelocytic leukemia and Daudi Burkitt’s lymphoma cell lines

×

0–50 µM

N/A

No

[113*]

KJ-Pyr-9

Human triple negative breast cancer MDA-MB-231 xenograft

10 mg/kg

Intraperitoneally

No

[130*]

Mycro3

Human pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma Panc1 and MiaPaCa2 xenografts

100 mg/kg

Orally

No

[166*]

OmoMYC

Human non-small cell lung cancer A549 xenografts

5 × 1010 viral particles

Intratumoral

No

[23]

 

OmoMYC transgenic mice developing skin papilloma

N/A

expression directed to suprabasal keratinocytes

No

[19]

     

under the control of the human involucrin promoter

  
 

Spontaneous multifocal invasive astrocytoma and human glioblastoma xenograft

N/A

TRE-Omomyc; CMVrtTA mouse model, in which Omomyc

No

[105*]

     

Is widely expressed upon doxycycline administration

  
 

KRasLSL-G12D/+-induced lung adenocarcinoma

2.37 and 60/120 mg/kg

Intranasally

No

[25]

 

Human non-small cell lung cancer H1975 xenograft

60 and 120 mg/kg

Intravenously

No

[25]

FPPa-OmoMYC

Murine triple negative breast cancer T11 allograft

32.2 mg/kg

Intratumoral

No

[26]

HOX(1–8)

HXR9

Murine melanoma B16 allograft

10 mg/kg

Intravenously

No

[32]

 

Human non-small cell lung cancer A549 xenografts

100 mg/kg

Intraperitoneally

No

[33]

 

Human ovarian cancer SK-OV3 xenografts

100 mg/kg

Intravenously

No

[34]

 

Human triple negative breast cancer MDA-MB-231 xenografts

100 mg/kg

Intratumorally

No

[37]

 

Human prostate cancer LNCaP xenografts

100 mg/kg

Intratumorally

No

[38]

 

Human Mesothelioma MSTO-211H xenografts

25 mg/kg

Intraperitoneally

No

[39]

 

Human oral squamous cell carcinoma cells

×

0–100 µM

N/A

No

[153*]

PBX1

EN1-iPep

Human and murine basal-like breast cancer cell lines

×

0–100 µM

N/A

No

[45]

EN1act-iPep

Murine triple negative breast cancer T11 allograft

25 mg/kg

Intratumorally

No

[49]

EN1act-RGD1

Murine triple negative breast cancer T11 allograft

25 mg/kg

Intravenously

No

[50]

KRAS

Peptide 49

Peptide 54

Human lung cancer cell line H441

×

0−0.1 mM

N/A

No

[56]

SAH-SOS1A

Human pancreatic, colon and lung cancer cells bearing KRAS mutations

×

0.625–40 µM

N/A

No

[57]

BCL2

ABT-737

Human small cell lung cancer H146 and H1963 xenografts

25, 50, 75, 100 mg/kg

Intraperitoneally

No

[64]

 

SAHBA

Human leukemia xenografts

10 mg/kg

Intravenously

No

[63]

ABT-263

Human B-cell lymphoma, multiple myeloma and small cell lung cancer xenografts

100 mg/kg

Orally

Yes

[65]

 

ABT-199

Human hematological tumor xenografts

100 mg/kg

Orally

Yes

[66]

HDM2

DPMIα

Human glioma U87 xenograft

3, 4, 7.5, 10 mg/kg

Intravenously

No

[70]

HDM2

HDMX

SAH-p53–8

Human choriocarcinoma JEG-3 xenograft

10 mg/kg

Intravenously

No

[72]

ATSP-7041

Human osteosarcoma SJSA-1 and breast cancer MCF-7 xenografts

15, 20, 30 mg/kg

Intravenously

No

[73]

MCo-PMI

Human colon cancer HCT116 xenograft

40 mg/kg

Intravenously

No

[189*]

ALRN-6924

Human acute myeloid leukemia xenografts

20 mg/kg

Intravenously

Yes

[74]

  1. The name of the peptides, peptidomimetics, and small inhibitors, the cancer model, the application in vitro and in vivo, the concentration/dose administered, the in vivo mode of administration, the clinical trials designed and the related references are indicated. N/A not applicable; Yes; × Not. The references marked with an asterix can be found in Supplementary Information