Development of a highly potent and selective degrader of LRRK2.
LRRK2
LRRK2 degrader
MLi-2
PROTAC
Journal
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters
ISSN: 1464-3405
Titre abrégé: Bioorg Med Chem Lett
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9107377
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 10 2023
01 10 2023
Historique:
received:
12
04
2023
revised:
06
07
2023
accepted:
14
08
2023
medline:
18
9
2023
pubmed:
18
8
2023
entrez:
17
8
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The discovery of disease-modifying therapies for Parkinson's Disease (PD) represents a critical need in neurodegenerative medicine. Genetic mutations in leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) are risk factors for the development of PD, and some of these mutations have been linked to increased LRRK2 kinase activity and neuronal toxicity in cellular and animal models. Furthermore, LRRK2 function as a scaffolding protein in several pathways has been implicated as a plausible mechanism underlying neurodegeneration caused by LRRK2 mutations. Given that both the kinase activity and scaffolding function of LRRK2 have been linked to neurodegeneration, we developed proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) targeting LRRK2. The degrader molecule JH-XII-03-02 (6) displayed high potency and remarkable selectivity for LRKK2 when assessed in a of 468 panel kinases and serves the dual purpose of eliminating both the kinase activity as well as the scaffolding function of LRRK2.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37591317
pii: S0960-894X(23)00327-X
doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2023.129449
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Proteolysis Targeting Chimera
0
LRRK2 protein, human
EC 2.7.11.1
Leucine-Rich Repeat Serine-Threonine Protein Kinase-2
EC 2.7.11.1
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
129449Subventions
Organisme : Medical Research Council
ID : MC_UU_00018/1
Pays : United Kingdom
Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: Nathanael Gray is a founder, science advisory board member (SAB) and equity holder in Gatekeeper, Syros, Petra, C4, B2S, Aduro, Inception, Allorion, Jengu and Soltego (board member). The Gray lab receives or has received research funding from Novartis, Takeda, Astellas, Taiho, Janssen, Kinogen, Voronoi, Her2llc, Deerfield and Sanofi. John Hatcher is a scientific advisor to Arbella Therapeutics.