Discovery of Nanomolar DCAF1 Small Molecule Ligands

DCAF1 is a substrate receptor of two distinct E3 ligases (CRL4DCAF1 and EDVP), plays a critical physiological role in protein degradation, and is considered a drug target for various cancers. Antagonists of DCAF1 could be used toward the development of therapeutics for cancers and viral treatments. We used the WDR domain of DCAF1 to screen a 114-billion-compound DNA encoded library (DEL) and identified candidate compounds using similarity search and machine learning. This led to the discovery of a compound (Z1391232269) with an SPR KD of 11 μM. Structure-guided hit optimization led to the discovery of OICR-8268 (26e) with an SPR KD of 38 nM and cellular target engagement with EC50 of 10 μM as measured by cellular thermal shift assay (CETSA). OICR-8268 is an excellent tool compound to enable the development of next-generation DCAF1 ligands toward cancer therapeutics, further investigation of DCAF1 functions in cells, and the development of DCAF1-based PROTACs.

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 5041-5060

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Alice Shi Ming [VerfasserIn]
Kimani, Serah [VerfasserIn]
Wilson, Brian [VerfasserIn]
Noureldin, Mahmoud [VerfasserIn]
González-Álvarez, Héctor [VerfasserIn]
Mamai, Ahmed [VerfasserIn]
Hoffer, Laurent [VerfasserIn]
Guilinger, John P [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Ying [VerfasserIn]
von Rechenberg, Moritz [VerfasserIn]
Disch, Jeremy S [VerfasserIn]
Mulhern, Christopher J [VerfasserIn]
Slakman, Belinda L [VerfasserIn]
Cuozzo, John W [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Aiping [VerfasserIn]
Poda, Gennady [VerfasserIn]
Mohammed, Mohammed [VerfasserIn]
Saraon, Punit [VerfasserIn]
Mittal, Manish [VerfasserIn]
Modh, Pratik [VerfasserIn]
Rathod, Vaibhavi [VerfasserIn]
Patel, Bhashant [VerfasserIn]
Ackloo, Suzanne [VerfasserIn]
Santhakumar, Vijayaratnam [VerfasserIn]
Szewczyk, Magdalena M [VerfasserIn]
Barsyte-Lovejoy, Dalia [VerfasserIn]
Arrowsmith, Cheryl H [VerfasserIn]
Marcellus, Richard [VerfasserIn]
Guié, Marie-Aude [VerfasserIn]
Keefe, Anthony D [VerfasserIn]
Brown, Peter J [VerfasserIn]
Halabelian, Levon [VerfasserIn]
Al-Awar, Rima [VerfasserIn]
Vedadi, Masoud [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Carrier Proteins
EC 2.3.2.27
Journal Article
Ligands
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases

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Date Completed 14.04.2023

Date Revised 07.06.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c02132

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM354534262