Discovery of thalidomide-based PROTAC small molecules as the highly efficient SHP2 degraders
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SHP2, a non-receptor tyrosine phosphatase, plays a pivotal role in numerous oncogenic cell-signaling cascades like RAS-ERK, PI3K-AKT and JAK-STAT. On the other hand, proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) has emerged as a promising strategy for the degradation of disease-related protein of interest (POI). SHP2 degradation via the PROTAC strategy will provide an alternative startegy for SHP2-mediated cancer therapy. Herein we described the design, synthesis and evaluation of a series of thalidomide-based heterobifunctional molecules and identified 11(ZB-S-29) as the highly efficient SHP2 degrader with a DC 50 of 6.02 nM. Further mechanism investigation illustrated that 11 came into function through targeted SHP2 protein degradation.
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SP4 (205) and ZB-S-29 (206) effectively degrade SHP2 in KYSE520 cells.
“These compounds, SP4 (205) (SHP2WT IC50 = 4.3 nM in Hela cells)498 and ZB-S-29 (206)499 (SHP2WT IC50 = 0.207 μM in MV4;11 cells), effectively degraded SHP2 in KYSE520 cells (Table 4).”
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- Yang, X., Wang, Z., Pei, Y., Song, N., Xu, L., Feng, B., Wang, H., Luo, X., Hu, X., Qiu, X., Feng, H., Yang, Y., Zhou, Y., Li, J., & Zhou, B.
- Affiliations
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Jiangnan University (CN)
- Shenyang Pharmaceutical University (CN)
- Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Zhou, Yubo
- Li, Jia
- Zhou, Bing
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- European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
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- Elsevier BV
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- 2021-06
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- 218
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- 113341
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- Funders
- Chinese Academy of Sciences Youth Innovation Promotion Association
- Youth Innovation Promotion Association (2017333)
- K. C. Wong Education Foundation
- National Major Science and Technology Projects of China (2018ZX09711002-006-001, 2018ZX09711002-008-004, 2018ZX09711002-008-005)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (21702218, 21772068, 81773568, 81773779, 81973166, 91753207)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Degradation and Inhibitors
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
- Keywords
- PROTACs, SHP2, thalidomide derivatives, heterobifunctional molecules, protein degradation, cancer therapy, small molecule design
- MeSH terms
- Antineoplastic Agents, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor, Enzyme Inhibitors, Humans, Structure-Activity Relationship, Thalidomide, Tumor Cells, Cultured, Molecular Structure, Cell Proliferation, Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 11, Small Molecule Libraries, Drug Discovery
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