Malolactone strikes: K-Ras-G12D's Achilles' heel.

K-Ras-G12D alkylation covalent inhibitor malolactone strain release

Journal

Trends in pharmacological sciences
ISSN: 1873-3735
Titre abrégé: Trends Pharmacol Sci
Pays: England
ID NLM: 7906158

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
22 Apr 2024
Historique:
received: 01 04 2024
revised: 06 04 2024
accepted: 07 04 2024
medline: 24 4 2024
pubmed: 24 4 2024
entrez: 23 4 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

In a recent study in Nature Chemical Biology, Zheng et al. exploiting strain release by malolactone-based electrophiles and designed a first-in-class covalent inhibitor that targets the elusive aspartate of the Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog (K-Ras)-G12D variant, which is highly prevalent in pancreatic cancer. The compound drastically inhibited oncogenic signaling and tumor growth in preclinical K-Ras-G12D-mutant pancreatic cancer models, expanding treatment potential beyond K-Ras-G12C-targeted therapies.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38653668
pii: S0165-6147(24)00066-X
doi: 10.1016/j.tips.2024.04.001
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Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2024 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Declaration of interests The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Auteurs

Christos Adamopoulos (C)

Department of Biological Chemistry, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 11527, Greece; Department of Oncological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.

Kostas A Papavassiliou (KA)

First University Department of Respiratory Medicine, 'Sotiria' Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 11527, Greece.

Athanasios G Papavassiliou (AG)

Department of Biological Chemistry, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 11527, Greece. Electronic address: papavas@med.uoa.gr.

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