Proteolysis-targeting chimeras with reduced off-targets.


Journal

Nature chemistry
ISSN: 1755-4349
Titre abrégé: Nat Chem
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101499734

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
18 Dec 2023
Historique:
received: 23 12 2021
accepted: 13 10 2023
medline: 19 12 2023
pubmed: 19 12 2023
entrez: 18 12 2023
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) are molecules that induce proximity between target proteins and E3 ligases triggering target protein degradation. Pomalidomide, a widely used E3 ligase recruiter in PROTACs, can independently degrade other proteins, including zinc-finger (ZF) proteins, with vital roles in health and disease. This off-target degradation hampers the therapeutic applicability of pomalidomide-based PROTACs, requiring development of PROTAC design rules that minimize off-target degradation. Here we developed a high-throughput platform that interrogates off-target degradation and found that reported pomalidomide-based PROTACs induce degradation of several ZF proteins. We generated a library of pomalidomide analogues to understand how functionalizing different positions of the phthalimide ring, hydrogen bonding, and steric and hydrophobic effects impact ZF protein degradation. Modifications of appropriate size on the C5 position reduced off-target ZF degradation, which we validated through target engagement and proteomics studies. By applying these design principles, we developed anaplastic lymphoma kinase oncoprotein-targeting PROTACs with enhanced potency and minimal off-target degradation.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38110475
doi: 10.1038/s41557-023-01379-8
pii: 10.1038/s41557-023-01379-8
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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Subventions

Organisme : NIGMS NIH HHS
ID : R01 GM137606
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIGMS NIH HHS
ID : R01 GM132825
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIGMS NIH HHS
ID : R35 GM118062
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIBIB NIH HHS
ID : R01 EB031172
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIBIB NIH HHS
ID : R01 EB027793
Pays : United States

Informations de copyright

© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.

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Auteurs

Tuan M Nguyen (TM)

Chemical Biology and Therapeutics Science, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Divisions of Renal Medicine and Engineering, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

Vedagopuram Sreekanth (V)

Chemical Biology and Therapeutics Science, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Divisions of Renal Medicine and Engineering, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

Arghya Deb (A)

Chemical Biology and Therapeutics Science, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

Praveen Kokkonda (P)

Chemical Biology and Therapeutics Science, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

Praveen K Tiwari (PK)

Chemical Biology and Therapeutics Science, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Divisions of Renal Medicine and Engineering, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

Katherine A Donovan (KA)

Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

Veronika Shoba (V)

Chemical Biology and Therapeutics Science, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

Santosh K Chaudhary (SK)

Chemical Biology and Therapeutics Science, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

Jaron A M Mercer (JAM)

Merkin Institute of Transformative Technologies in Healthcare, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Sophia Lai (S)

Chemical Biology and Therapeutics Science, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Ananthan Sadagopan (A)

Chemical Biology and Therapeutics Science, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Max Jan (M)

Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Cancer Program, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Boston, MA, USA.

Eric S Fischer (ES)

Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

David R Liu (DR)

Merkin Institute of Transformative Technologies in Healthcare, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Benjamin L Ebert (BL)

Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Cancer Program, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Boston, MA, USA.

Amit Choudhary (A)

Chemical Biology and Therapeutics Science, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA. achoudhary@bwh.harvard.edu.
Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. achoudhary@bwh.harvard.edu.
Divisions of Renal Medicine and Engineering, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. achoudhary@bwh.harvard.edu.

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