Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan.
Division of Research and Development for Minimally Invasive Treatment, Cancer Center, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan.
Int J Mol Sci. 2019 Jul 6;20(13):3331. doi: 10.3390/ijms20133331.
Although many diagnostic and therapeutic modalities for pancreatic cancer have been proposed, an urgent need for improved therapeutic strategies remains. Oligonucleotide therapeutics, such as those based on antisense RNAs, small interfering RNA (siRNA), microRNA (miRNA), aptamers, and decoys, are promising agents against pancreatic cancer, because they can identify a specific mRNA fragment of a given sequence or protein, and interfere with gene expression as molecular-targeted agents. Within the past 25 years, the diversity and feasibility of these drugs as diagnostic or therapeutic tools have dramatically increased. Several clinical and preclinical studies of oligonucleotides have been conducted for patients with pancreatic cancer. To support the discovery of effective diagnostic or therapeutic options using oligonucleotide-based strategies, in the absence of satisfactory therapies for long-term survival and the increasing trend of diseases, we summarize the current clinical trials of oligonucleotide therapeutics for pancreatic cancer patients, with underlying preclinical and scientific data, and focus on the possibility of oligonucleotides for targeting pancreatic cancer in clinical implications.
尽管已经提出了许多用于治疗胰腺癌的诊断和治疗方法,但仍迫切需要改进治疗策略。寡核苷酸疗法,如基于反义 RNA、小干扰 RNA(siRNA)、microRNA(miRNA)、适体和诱饵的疗法,是对抗胰腺癌的有前途的药物,因为它们可以识别给定序列的特定 mRNA 片段或蛋白质,并作为分子靶向药物干扰基因表达。在过去的 25 年中,这些药物作为诊断或治疗工具的多样性和可行性有了显著提高。已经针对胰腺癌患者进行了几种寡核苷酸的临床前和临床研究。为了支持使用基于寡核苷酸的策略发现有效的诊断或治疗选择,在缺乏长期生存的令人满意的治疗方法和疾病呈上升趋势的情况下,我们总结了目前用于胰腺癌患者的寡核苷酸治疗的临床试验,并附有基础的临床前和科学数据,并关注寡核苷酸在临床应用中靶向胰腺癌的可能性。