Compelling Data on Mechanism of Action for GlycoMimetics’ Late-stage Clinical Candidate Uproleselan Published in Nature Communications
Research shows that uproleselan is a potent antagonist of E-selectin, can break chemoresistance
“This paper offers compelling data on the mechanism of action of uproleselan,” said
Barbier et.al. explain in the manuscript how AML blasts release inflammatory cytokines that further enhance the expression of E-selectin. AML blasts that strongly express the E-selectin ligand (sialyl Lex), in particular, are 12 times more likely to survive chemotherapy, and this is a major cause of relapsed disease. By selectively inhibiting E-selectin, uproleselan disrupts this pro-survival pathway and prolongs survival when paired with chemotherapy in an animal model of AML.
The journal article can be accessed here.
1 Barbier et.al.
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