SHP2 is a nonreceptor protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) encoded by the PTPN11 gene involved in cell growth and differentiation via the MAPK signaling pathway. SHP2 also purportedly plays an ...important role in the programmed cell death pathway (PD-1/PD-L1). Because it is an oncoprotein associated with multiple cancer-related diseases, as well as a potential immunomodulator, controlling SHP2 activity is of significant therapeutic interest. Recently in our laboratories, a small molecule inhibitor of SHP2 was identified as an allosteric modulator that stabilizes the autoinhibited conformation of SHP2. A high throughput screen was performed to identify progressable chemical matter, and X-ray crystallography revealed the location of binding in a previously undisclosed allosteric binding pocket. Structure-based drug design was employed to optimize for SHP2 inhibition, and several new protein–ligand interactions were characterized. These studies culminated in the discovery of 6-(4-amino-4-methylpiperidin-1-yl)-3-(2,3-dichlorophenyl)pyrazin-2-amine (SHP099, 1), a potent, selective, orally bioavailable, and efficacious SHP2 inhibitor.
The interleukin-1 receptor-activated kinase 4 (IRAK4) belongs to the IRAK family of serine/threonine kinases and plays a central role in the innate immune response. However, the function of IRAK4 in ...tumor growth and progression remains elusive. Here we sought to determine the enzymatic and scaffolding functions of IRAK4 in activated B-cell-like diffuse large B cell lymphoma (ABC DLBCL). We chose a highly selective IRAK4 kinase inhibitor to probe the biological effects of kinase inhibition and developed a series of IRAK4 degraders to evaluate the effects of protein degradation in ABC DLBCL cells. Interestingly, the results demonstrated that neither IRAK4 kinase inhibition nor protein degradation led to cell death or growth inhibition, suggesting a redundant role for IRAK4 in ABC DLBCL cell survival. IRAK4 degraders characterized in this study provide useful tools for understanding IRAK4 protein scaffolding function, which was previously unachievable using pharmacological perturbation.
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•Development of a series of highly selective IRAK4 degraders•Deconvolution of IRAK4 kinase and scaffolding functions in ABC DLBCL•Evaluation of the consequences of IRAK4 degradation on key signaling pathways
Zhang and Fu et al. developed a series of IRAK4 degraders designed from an IRAK4-selective kinase inhibitor to deconvolute IRAK4 kinase and scaffolding functions in ABC DLBCL cells. Interestingly, neither kinase inhibition nor protein degradation affected cell proliferation or apoptosis, suggesting a redundant role of IRAK4 in ABC DLBCL.
The non-receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase SHP2, encoded by PTPN11, has an important role in signal transduction downstream of growth factor receptor signalling and was the first reported ...oncogenic tyrosine phosphatase. Activating mutations of SHP2 have been associated with developmental pathologies such as Noonan syndrome and are found in multiple cancer types, including leukaemia, lung and breast cancer and neuroblastoma. SHP2 is ubiquitously expressed and regulates cell survival and proliferation primarily through activation of the RAS–ERK signalling pathway. It is also a key mediator of the programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) and B- and T-lymphocyte attenuator (BTLA) immune checkpoint pathways. Reduction of SHP2 activity suppresses tumour cell growth and is a potential target of cancer therapy. Here we report the discovery of a highly potent (IC50 = 0.071 μM), selective and orally bioavailable small-molecule SHP2 inhibitor, SHP099, that stabilizes SHP2 in an auto-inhibited conformation. SHP099 concurrently binds to the interface of the N-terminal SH2, C-terminal SH2, and protein tyrosine phosphatase domains, thus inhibiting SHP2 activity through an allosteric mechanism. SHP099 suppresses RAS–ERK signalling to inhibit the proliferation of receptor-tyrosine-kinase-driven human cancer cells in vitro and is efficacious in mouse tumour xenograft models. Together, these data demonstrate that pharmacological inhibition of SHP2 is a valid therapeutic approach for the treatment of cancers.
Key molecular lesions in colorectal and other cancers cause β-catenin-dependent transactivation of T cell factor (Tcf)-dependent genes. Disruption of this signal represents an opportunity for ...rational cancer therapy. To identify compounds that inhibit association between Tcf4 and β-catenin, we screened libraries of natural compounds in a high-throughput assay for immunoenzymatic detection of the protein-protein interaction. Selected compounds disrupt Tcf/β-catenin complexes in several independent in vitro assays and potently antagonize cellular effects of β-catenin-dependent activities, including reporter gene activation,
c-myc or
cyclin D1 expression, cell proliferation, and duplication of the
Xenopus embryonic dorsal axis. These compounds thus meet predicted criteria for disrupting Tcf/β-catenin complexes and define a general standard to establish mechanism-based activity of small molecule inhibitors of this pathogenic protein-protein interaction.
Validating cancer drug targets Benson, John D; Chen, Ying-Nan P; Cornell-Kennon, Susan A ...
Nature,
05/2006, Letnik:
441, Številka:
7092
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A cancer drug target is only truly validated by demonstrating that a given therapeutic agent is clinically effective and acts through the target against which it was designed. Nevertheless, it is ...desirable to declare an early-stage drug target as 'validated' before investing in a full-scale drug discovery programme dedicated to it. Although the outcome of validation studies can guide cancer research programmes, strictly defined universal validation criteria have not been established.
Recent studies identified a short peptide motif that serves as a docking site for cyclin/cyclin-dependent kinase (cdk) 2 complexes. Peptides containing this motif block the phosphorylation of ...substrates by cyclin A/cdk2 or cyclin E/cdk2. Here we report that cell membrane-permeable forms of such peptides preferentially induced transformed cells to undergo apoptosis relative to nontransformed cells. Deregulation of E2F family transcription factors is a common event during transformation and was sufficient to sensitize cells to the cyclin/cdk2 inhibitory peptides. These results suggest that deregulation of E2F and inhibition of cdk2 are synthetically lethal and provide a rationale for the development of cdk2 antagonists as antineoplastic agents.
The synthesis of three potent new antitumor agents is described: the A83586C−citropeptin hybrid (1), the A83586C−GE3 hybrid (2), and l-Pro-A83586C (3). Significantly, compounds 1 and 2 function as ...highly potent inhibitors of β-catenin/TCF4 signaling within cancer cells, while simultaneously downregulating osteopontin (Opn) expression. A83586C antitumor cyclodepsipeptides also inhibit E2F-mediated transcription by downregulating E2F1 expression and inducing dephosphorylation of the oncogenic hyperphosphorylated retinoblastoma protein (pRb).
Abstract
SHP2 is a non-receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase downstream of receptor tyrosine kinases (RTK). Mutations yielding constitutive activation of SHP2 primarily lead to activation of the MAPK ...pathway and have been found in multiple tumor types. These observations make SHP2 a potentially promising therapeutic target for the treatment of cancers with RTK dependence. Recently, a novel allosteric mechanism of SHP2 inhibition was identified where the autoinhibited form of SHP2 is stabilized via small molecule binding. Herein we describe efforts to characterize the pharmacokinetic (PK)/pharmacodynamic (PD)/efficacy relationship of orally bioavailable novel allosteric SHP2 inhibitors.
Single dose PK/PD studies were conducted in nude mice engrafted with the EGFR amplified esophageal squamous cell carcinoma cell line, KYSE520. The allosteric SHP2 inhibitor SHP099 achieved time and dose dependent increases in plasma concentrations and concomitant reductions in tumor pERK that could be described by an Emax model. Tumor pERK levels were reduced by 50 to 70% when SHP099 unbound plasma concentrations exceeded the in vitro cellular PD IC50, suggesting that exposure above this threshold was required for pathway inhibition in vivo. A second allosteric SHP2 inhibitor, SHP065, was also profiled in vivo and yielded data consistent with this hypothesis. Two additional allosteric SHP2 inhibitors (SHP156, SHP393) that achieved unbound plasma concentrations approximating their cellular IC50s failed to modulate tumor pERK. The totality of these data support the hypothesis that unbound plasma concentrations in excess of the cellular IC50 is required for allosteric SHP2 inhibitors to inhibit the MAPK pathway in vivo.
We further demonstrated that SHP099 achieves dose dependent inhibition of KYSE520 tumor xenograft growth in nude mice. Integration of the antitumor efficacy data and pERK inhibition data revealed a direct linear relationship between tumor growth inhibition and the fraction of time between dosing intervals in which pERK is inhibited by at least 50%. To test this model, SHP099 PK data from nude rats was applied to the Emax model and the resulting predicted PD responses were applied to the PD/efficacy model to predict SHP099 anti-tumor efficacy in nude rats. Data generated from a SHP099 KYSE520 efficacy study in nude rats demonstrated that the exposure/response model was remarkably robust. Doses of 8 mg/kg qd, 25 mg/kg qd, or 75 mg/kg q2d yielded observed T/C of 70, 14, and 18%, respectively; versus a model predicted T/C of 75, 6, and 6%, respectively. In summary, we describe for the first time successful efforts to characterize the PK/PD/efficacy relationship of novel allosteric SHP2 inhibitors. These exposure/response models served as a basis for further allosteric SHP2 inhibitor drug discovery efforts and begin to inform rational approaches to dose and schedule selection in clinic.
Citation Format: Minying Pu, Laura R. La Bonte, Stan Spence, Kathy Hsiao, Shumei Liu, Brant Firestone, Ping Wang, Pascal D. Fortin, Ying-Nan P. Chen, Matthew J. LaMarche, Matthew J. Meyer. Preclinical characterization of the pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamics-efficacy relationship of novel allosteric SHP2 inhibitors abstract. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2017; 2017 Apr 1-5; Washington, DC. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2017;77(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 1176. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2017-1176
Abstract
The non-receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) SHP2 is an important component of RTK signaling in response to growth factor stimulus and sits just upstream of the RAS-MAPK signaling ...cascade. The first oncogenic phosphatase to be identified, SHP2 is dysregulated in multiple human diseases including the developmental disorders Noonan and Leopard syndromes, as well as leukemia, lung cancer and neuroblastoma where aberrant activity of SHP2 leads to uncontrolled MAPK signaling. Cancer-associated activating mutations in SHP2 impart an “auto-on” state of the enzyme, boosting basal activity by shifting the equilibrium away from the auto-inhibited state. Reduction of SHP2 activity through genetic knockdown suppresses tumor growth, validating SHP2 as a target for cancer therapy. SHP099, a recently reported potent and selective allosteric inhibitor of SHP2, stabilizes the auto-inhibited form of SHP2 through interactions with the N-terminal SH2 and C-terminal PTP domains of the protein. SHP099 suppresses MAPK signaling in RTK amplified cancers resulting in suppressed proliferation in vitro and inhibition of tumor growth in mouse tumor xenograft models. Together, these data demonstrate the therapeutic potential of SHP2 inhibition in the treatment of cancer and other RAS/MAPK-linked diseases.
Citation Format: Michael G. Acker, Ying-Nan P. Chen, Matthew J. LaMarche, Ho Man Chan, Peter Fekkes, Jorge Garcia-Fortanet, Jonathan R. LaRochelle, Brandon Antonakos, Christine Hiu-Tung Chen, Zhuoliang Chen, Vesselina G. Cooke, Jason R. Dobson, Zhan Deng, Fei Feng, Brant Firestone, Michelle Fodor, Cary Fridrich, Hui Gao, Huai-Xiang Hao, Jaison Jacob, Samuel Ho, Kathy Hsiao, Zhao B. Kang, Rajesh Karki, Mitsunori Kato, Jay Larrow, Laura R. La Bonte, Gang Liu, Shumei Liu, Dyuti Majumdar, Matthew J. Meyer, Mark Palermo, Minying Pu, Edmund Price, Subarna Shakya, Michael D. Shultz, Kavitha Venkatesan, Ping Wang, Markus Warmuth, Sarah Williams, Guizhi Yang, Jing Yuan, Ji-Hu Zhang, Ping Zhu, Stephen C. Blacklow, Timothy Ramsey, Nicholas J. Keen, William R. Sellers, Travis Stams, Pascal D. Fortin. Conformational activation and allosteric inhibition of SHP2 in RTK-driven cancers abstract. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2017; 2017 Apr 1-5; Washington, DC. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2017;77(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 2084. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2017-2084
Identification of E2F-1/Cyclin A antagonists Sharma, Sushil K.; Ramsey, Timothy M.; Chen, Ying-Nan P. ...
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters,
09/2001, Letnik:
11, Številka:
18
Journal Article
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A simple method for the synthesis of a rationally designed (
S,S)-Pro-Leu-spirolactam scaffold is described. This was expanded to a small biased library of compounds mimicking the ‘ZRXL’ motif in ...order to identify E2F-1/Cyclin A antagonists. The synthesized compounds were evaluated in an E2F-1/Cyclin A binding assay and moderately active analogues were identified. In addition, the critical roles of Phe, Leu, Lys, and Arg residues of the identified motif were determined.
A small biased library of compounds was prepared in order to identify E2F-1/Cyclin A antagonists using a rationally designed (
S,S)-Pro-Leu-spirolactam scaffold.
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