RE: Polymyositis Pipeline Insight | Companies –27 May 2023 17:23
Clearly there has been a move away from the Jakies due to associated off target effects. Whilst efficacy was good, a move was made for a means of avoiding these side effects.
Off target effects increase with dose. However, it does look as if as opposed to using Jak1 2 and 3 and replacing them withTyk2 that it may well be far more beneficial for the Jakis in combo to be more supportive in terms of efficacy.
You can understand the reasonings behind it as Tyk2 will have very little off target effects and hence safety guaranteed allowing FDA approval for commercialisation but at the same time you have compromised efficacy in some autoimmune indications.
Deucravacitinib proved favourable in Psoriasis but failed abysmally in IBD ( UC),
BMS solution to this is are plans to increase dosage.
'IL-6 is an important driver of inflammation in IBD in addition to IL-12 and IL-23 [17, 18]. These cytokines all mediate their effects via the JAK-STAT pathway: IL-6 via JAK1, JAK2 and TYK2, which activate STAT3; and IL-12 and IL-23 via JAK2 and TYK2, which activate STAT3 and STAT4, respectively [19, 20]. Pre-clinical murine models have shown the importance of these cytokines in the pathogenesis of colitis and support the use of JAK in the treatment of gastrointestinal inflammation'
Full link below
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8098109/#keaa896-B21
In addition Interferon alpha
'Signaling through the receptor for type I interferons (IFN-α and -β) requires two members of the JAK family, Tyk2 and JAK1 (3, 4). Both enzymes are associated with the receptor, which is composed of IFN-α receptor (IFNAR) 1 (5) and IFNAR2–2, the longer splice variant of the IFNAR2 gene (6, 7). Tyk2 was shown to interact with the membrane-proximal region of IFNAR1 (8, 9), and JAK1 with IFNAR2–2
This will be of particular reference to SLE.
'SLE is characterised by an activation of the interferon (IFN) system, which leads to an increased expression of IFN-regulated genes. The reasons behind the IFN signature in SLE are (1) the existence of endogenous IFN inducers, (2) activation of several IFN-producing cell types, (3) production of many different IFNs, (4) a genetic setup promoting IFN production and (5) deficient negative feedback mechanisms'
A link below to CHK1 inhibitors. (Prexasertib doing well)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304383520304857