Discovery of LL-K8-22 : A Selective, Durable, and Small-Molecule Degrader of the CDK8-Cyclin C Complex

The CDK8-cyclin C complex is an important anti-tumor target, but unlike CDK8, cyclin C remains undruggable. Modulators regulating cyclin C activity directly are still under development. Here, a series of hydrophobic tagging-based degraders of the CDK8-cyclin C complex were designed, synthesized, and evaluated to identify the first dual degrader, LL-K8-22, which induced selective and synchronous degradation of CDK8 and cyclin C. Proteomic and immunoblot studies exhibited that LL-K8-22 significantly degraded CDK8 without reducing CDK19 and did not degrade other cyclin proteins except cyclin C. Moreover, LL-K8-22 showed enhanced anti-proliferative effects over its parental molecule, BI-1347, with potency increased by 5-fold in MDA-MB-468 cells. LL-K8-22 exhibited more pronounced effects on CDK8-cyclin C downstream signaling than BI-1347, suppressing STAT1 phosphorylation more persistently. RNA-sequencing analysis revealed that LL-K8-22 inhibited E2F- and MYC-driven carcinogenic transcriptional programs. Overall, LL-K8-22 is the first-in-class degrader of cyclin C and would be useful for studying the unknown functions of cyclin C.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:66

Enthalten in:

Journal of medicinal chemistry - 66(2023), 7 vom: 13. Apr., Seite 4932-4951

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Mingyu [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Rongkun [VerfasserIn]
Li, Jiacheng [VerfasserIn]
Suo, Yuying [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Liping [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Liyuan [VerfasserIn]
Ni, Yicheng [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Ziqun [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Jie [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Jin [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Hu [VerfasserIn]
Luo, Cheng [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Hua [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

BI-1347
Cyclin C
Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 8
Cyclin-Dependent Kinases
EC 2.7.11.22
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 22.01.2024

Date Revised 22.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c02045

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM35436104X