From bench to bedside : current development and emerging trend of KRAS-targeted therapy

© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Pharmacological Society..

Kirsten rat sarcoma 2 viral oncogene homolog (KRAS) is the most frequently mutated oncogene in human cancers with mutations predominantly occurring in codon 12. These mutations disrupt the normal function of KRAS by interfering with GTP hydrolysis and nucleotide exchange activity, making it prone to the GTP-bound active state, thus leading to sustained activation of downstream pathways. Despite decades of research, there has been no progress in the KRAS drug discovery until the groundbreaking discovery of covalently targeting the KRASG12C mutation in 2013, which led to revolutionary changes in KRAS-targeted therapy. So far, two small molecule inhibitors sotorasib and adagrasib targeting KRASG12C have received accelerated approval for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring KRASG12C mutations. In recent years, rapid progress has been achieved in the KRAS-targeted therapy field, especially the exploration of KRASG12C covalent inhibitors in other KRASG12C-positive malignancies, novel KRAS inhibitors beyond KRASG12C mutation or pan-KRAS inhibitors, and approaches to indirectly targeting KRAS. In this review, we provide a comprehensive overview of the molecular and mutational characteristics of KRAS and summarize the development and current status of covalent inhibitors targeting the KRASG12C mutation. We also discuss emerging promising KRAS-targeted therapeutic strategies, with a focus on mutation-specific and direct pan-KRAS inhibitors and indirect KRAS inhibitors through targeting the RAS activation-associated proteins Src homology-2 domain-containing phosphatase 2 (SHP2) and son of sevenless homolog 1 (SOS1), and shed light on current challenges and opportunities for drug discovery in this field.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:45

Enthalten in:

Acta pharmacologica Sinica - 45(2024), 4 vom: 08. März, Seite 686-703

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chen, Yi [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Qiu-Pei [VerfasserIn]
Xie, Hua [VerfasserIn]
Ding, Jian [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

86-01-1
Antineoplastic Agents
Combination therapy
EC 3.6.5.2
Guanosine Triphosphate
Journal Article
KRAS mutation
KRAS protein, human
KRASG12C inhibitor
Pan-KRAS inhibitor
Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)
Review
SHP2 allosteric inhibitor
SOS1 inhibitor

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 18.03.2024

Date Revised 19.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41401-023-01194-4

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM365405272