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Discovery of MD-224 as a First-in-Class, Highly Potent, and Efficacious Proteolysis Targeting Chimera Murine Double Minute 2 Degrader Capable of Achieving Complete and Durable Tumor Regression

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Li, Yangbing, Yang, Jiuling, Aguilar, Angelo, McEachern, Donna, Przybranowski, Sally, Liu, Liu, Yang, Chao-Yie, Wang, Mi +2 more·2019·Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

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Human murine double minute 2 (MDM2) protein is a primary endogenous cellular inhibitor of the tumor suppressor p53 and has been pursued as an attractive cancer therapeutic target. Several potent, nonpeptide, small-molecule inhibitors of MDM2 are currently in clinical development. In this paper, we report our design, synthesis, and evaluation of small-molecule MDM2 degraders based on the proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) concept. The most promising compound (MD-224) effectively induces rapid degradation of MDM2 at concentrations <1 nM in human leukemia cells. It achieves an IC 50 value of 1.5 nM in inhibition of growth of RS4;11 cells and also low nanomolar IC 50 values in a panel of leukemia cell lines. MD-224 achieves complete and durable tumor regression in vivo in the RS4;11 xenograft tumor model in mice at well-tolerated dose schedules. MD-224 is thus a highly potent and efficacious MDM2 degrader and warrants extensive evaluations as a new class of anticancer agent.

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Authors
Li, Y., Yang, J., Aguilar, A., McEachern, D., Przybranowski, S., Liu, L., Yang, C.-Y., Wang, M., Han, X., & Wang, S.
Affiliations
University of Michigan (US)
Corresponding author
Wang, Shaomeng
Venue
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
Published
2018-12-10
Volume
62
Issue
2
Pages
448-466
ISSN
  • 0022-2623 (ISSN-L)
  • 1520-4804
OpenAlex
W2904458560
Cited by
312
References
36
Citations by year
2026: 23 · 2025: 46 · 2024: 37 · 2023: 41 · 2022: 49 · 2021: 32 · 2020: 48 · 2019: 35 · 2018: 1
FWCI
10.94
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Cancer Institute (1R01CA208267, P30 CA046592)
  • Oncopia Therapeutics LLC
  • Rogel Cancer Center, University of Michigan
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Degradation and Inhibitors
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
Keywords
PROTACs, MDM2, p53, leukemia, RS4, tumor regression, small-molecule degraders, anticancer agents, xenograft tumor model
MeSH terms
Animals, Humans, Indoles, Leukemia, Proto-Oncogene Proteins, Spiro Compounds, Drug Design, Tumor Suppressor Protein p53, Apoptosis, Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays, Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Proliferation, Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins, Mice, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2, Proteolysis

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