Sk2 inhibitor for the treatment of pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) still represents a therapeutic dead-end. The
inventors report that the K+ channel SK2 is stimulated by secreted cues from cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAF) leading to the activation of an Integrin-EGFR-AKT signaling axis which
participates to the acquisition of pro-metastatic features. The inventors show that SK2 acts as a pivotal signaling regulator as being both a direct target of AKT and an amplifier of AKT downstream transduction. The present invention relates to a method of treatment of pancreatic
cancer in a patient in need thereof comprising a therapeutically effective amount of SK2
inhibitor.

Patent Application number: European Procedure (Patents) (EPA) - 10 Août 2022 - 22 306 211.8
Inventors:
SORIANI Olivier,RAPETTI-MAUSS Raphaël,BORGESE Mauro Franck,TOMASINI Richard
Publications:
Rapetti-Mauss R, Nigri J, Berenguier C, Finetti P, Tubiana SS, Labrum B, Allegrini B, Pellissier B, Efthymiou G, Hussain Z, Bousquet C, Dusetti N, Bertucci F, Guizouarn H, Melnyk P, Borgese F, Tomasini R, Soriani O. SK2 channels set a signalling hub bolstering CAF-triggered tumourigenic processes in pancreatic cancer. Gut. 2023 Apr;72(4):722-735. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2021-326610. Epub 2022 Sep 1. PMID: 36882214.

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