Carbon NanotubeBased Cancer
Therapeutics
Medical
Nanotechnologies
Incorporated
Rob Burgess, Ph.D.
Founder and President
www.nanomedinc.com
Zyvex Corporation and Zyvex Performance
Materials – Carbon Nanotube
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Functionalization
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Zyvex Performance Materials’
Technical Approach
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Zyvex NanoSolve® Enhanced Composites
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Sizing agent or tailored coupling agent
Exfoliation of CNT
Uniform dispersion
Adhesion to polymer
Not a surfactant
Other advanced capabilities
— Process knowledge
— Custom formulations
Two distinct functions:
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Non-damaging binding to the CNT
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Kentera™ Technology
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Customizable adhesion to host material
(example: polymer such as epoxy)
Enables CNTs in Composites
Kentera-Conjugated Carbon
Nanotubes are Soluble in Water
•Customizable side chains confer solubility
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RF-mediated CNT Thermal Conductivity
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RF field
RF
Transmitter
RF
Receiver
Target
area
Source: Adapted from US
Patent Application
2005/0251234 A1
Inventors: Kanzius et al.
CNT-introduced
regions
Source:
Gannon et
al.
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CNT Functionalization
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Carbon nanotubes can be functionalized
with antibodies and polar lipids.
AFM
TEM
Source:
Chakravarty
et al.
AFM
Source: Marches
et al.
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CNT Intracellular Delivery
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Intracellular Accumulation of
PEDOT/PSS-Conjugated Carbon
Nanotubes
HEK293 Cells
72 hours post-treatment
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Source: Draper et al.
Carbon nanotube properties make them a
unique platform for therapeutic
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applications.
• Organized Structure
• Mechanism of Action
Known
• RF and Near IR
Sensitive
• Electrically and
Thermally Conductive
• Can be Functionalized
with a Variety of
Molecules
• Can Penetrate Cells
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CNT Cytotoxicity
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Kentera and Kentera-conjugated carbon
nanotubes are minimally cytotoxic.
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Source: Draper et al.
Antibody/CNT Cell Surface
Binding and Cytotoxicity
Antibody/lipid-coated
carbon nanotubes are
noncytotoxic and bind
specifically to cancer cells.
Daudi Cells
Source:
Chakravarty
et al.
Source:
Marches et al.
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Cell Surface Binding
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Antibody-coated carbon nanotubes bind
specifically to cancer cells.
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Source:
Chakravarty
et al.
CNT- Based Cancer Therapeutics
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Cancer cells are
effectively ablated
by carbon
nanotubes in the
presence of NIR
light.
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Source:
Chakravarty
et al.
CNT- Based Cancer Therapeutics
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Panc-1 cells containing Kentera-conjugated
carbon nanotubes are efficiently ablated upon
RF exposure.
No SWNTs
11% PI Stained
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SWNTs
99.7% PI Stained
Source: Gannon et al.
Intratumoral CNT/Kentera injections
demonstrate RF-mediated cellular
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ablation.
Kentera/SWNTs
Kentera
H&E
TUNEL
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Source:
Gannon et al.
Proposed Product Pipeline –
Moving Towards Targeting CNTs
Monoclonal
Antibody
Cell Surface Breast, Colorectal,
Head and Neck
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Her2, Erbitux
Small Molecule Cell
Surface,
Intracellular
Lung
Tarceva, Iressa
Aptamer
Cell
Surface,
Intracellular
Renal, Lung
AS1411 (in dev.)
Peptide
Cell
Surface,
Intracellular
Breast, Thyroid
RGD (in dev.)
Targeting
Agent
Mode of
Action
Cancer
Application
Known
Example(s)
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Criteria for Success: Targeted
CNT Cancer Therapeutics
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 Functionality
Dispersion - Effective aqueous dispersion must be demonstrated.
Efficacy – CNT’s must aggressively ablate targeted tissue.
• Toxicity – CNT’s and polymer functionalization must be demonstrated
as nontoxic.
• Specificity – CNT’s must be successfully targeted to tumorigenic
tissue and away from healthy tissue.
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Acknowledgments
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Zyvex Corporation
Jim Von Ehr
Gareth Hughes, Ph.D.
Tanja Kmecko
UT-Dallas
Rocky Draper, Ph.D.
Paul Pantano, Ph.D.
Inga Musselman, Ph.D.
UT-SW Medical Center
Ellen Vitetta, Ph.D.
Radu Marches, Ph.D.
Pavitra Chakravarty, Ph.D.
UT-MD Anderson
Cancer Center
Steve Curley, M.D.
Nanoco, LLC
Peter Wilk, M.D.
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For Further Information
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Rob Burgess, Ph.D.
President
Medical Nanotechnologies, Inc.
Email: rob.burgess@nanomedinc.com
Phone: 214-440-2311
www.nanomedinc.com
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