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Chemically induced degradation of CK2 by proteolysis targeting chimeras based on a ubiquitin-proteasome pathway

Chen, Hong, Chen, Feihong, Liu, Nannan, Wang, Xinyi, Gou, Shaohua·2018·Bioorganic Chemistry

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As a ubiquitous, highly pleiotropic and constitutively active serine/threonine protein kinase, casein kinase 2 (CK2) is closely associated with tumorigenesis by its overexpression in cancer cells. Here we report several proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) via "click reaction" to connect a CK2 inhibitor (CX-4945) and pomalidomide for degradation of CK2 protein. Among them, compound 2 degraded CK2 in a dose and time-dependent manner, and kept CK2 at a low basal level by recruiting ubiquitin-proteasome system. The degradation of CK2 resulted in the reduced phosphorylation of Akt and the up-regulation of p53. As a CK2 protein degrader, 2 showed the analogous cytotoxicity to CX-4945 but with a quite different mechanism of action from the CK2 inhibitor, hinting that degradation of CK2 proteins by PROTACs is a potential way for cancer treatments.

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Authors
Chen, H., Chen, F., Liu, N., Wang, X., & Gou, S.
Affiliations
Southeast University (CN)
Corresponding author
Gou, Shaohua
Venue
Bioorganic Chemistry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2018-12
Volume
81
Pages
536-544
ISSN
0045-2068 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2891648995
Cited by
51
References
33
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2026: 4 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 9
FWCI
2.31
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Bioorganic Chemistry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (21571033, 81503099)
  • Jiangsu Province Natural Science Foundation (BK20150643)
  • Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2242016K30020, 2242017K41024)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Degradation and Inhibitors
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
Keywords
casein kinase 2, PROTACs, ubiquitin-proteasome system, protein degradation, CX-4945, pomalidomide, click chemistry, Akt phosphorylation, p53 upregulation, cancer therapy, protein kinase inhibitors
MeSH terms
Antineoplastic Agents, Cell Survival, Humans, Neoplasms, Apoptosis, Ubiquitin, Cell Line, Tumor, Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex, Casein Kinase II, Protein Kinase Inhibitors, Proteolysis

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