CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 20, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Constellation Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: CNST) today announced that Dr. Patricia Keller, Senior Scientist at Constellation Pharmaceuticals, presented a poster titled Targeting epigenetic dysregulation in bladder cancer through inhibition of EZH2 at the Bladder Cancer: Transforming the Field meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research in Denver on May 19.
The poster discusses results of Constellation’s work with its second-generation EZH2 inhibitor CPI-0209 in bladder cancer models, exploring whether ARID1A mutation status affected responsiveness to CPI-0209 treatment. ARID1A, a protein that is a key component of the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex, is mutated in about 25% of muscle-invasive bladder cancers.
Constellation used CPI-0209 in long-term phenotypic growth assays in a panel of 21 bladder cancer cell lines, demonstrating preferential treatment sensitivity that correlated with increased cell death in cell lines harboring ARID1A mutations. Transcriptional profiling after CPI-0209 treatment showed widespread activation of EZH2 target gene expression. In vivo, once-daily treatment with CPI-0209 in bladder cell-line derived xenografts harboring ARID1A mutations produced dose-dependent tumor growth inhibition and regression. Treatment with CPI-0209 and the chemotherapeutic agent cisplatin demonstrated combinatorial effects on cell viability in vitro and on tumor growth in vivo. The poster can be viewed in the Investors & Media/Presentations section of our website.
About Constellation Pharmaceuticals
Constellation Pharmaceuticals is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics that selectively modulate gene expression to address serious unmet medical needs in patients with cancer. The Company has a deep understanding of how epigenetic and chromatin modifications in cancer cells and in the tumor and immune microenvironment play a fundamental role in driving disease progression and drug resistance. Constellation is driving development of the EZH2 inhibitors CPI-1205 and CPI-0209 for the treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer and other cancers as well as the BET inhibitor CPI-0610 for the treatment of myelofibrosis. The Company is also applying its broad research and development capabilities to explore other novel targets that directly and indirectly impact gene expression to fuel a sustainable pipeline of innovative small-molecule product candidates.
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