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ArticleACS chemical biology2020

A Nimbolide-Based Kinase Degrader Preferentially Degrades Oncogenic BCR-ABL.

Bingqi Tong, Jessica N Spradlin, Luiz F T Novaes, Erika Zhang, Xirui Hu, Malte Moeller, Scott M Brittain, Lynn M McGregor, Jeffrey M McKenna, John A Tallarico and 3 more

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Article in ACS chemical biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

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49citing papers in PubMed
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed, 108 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Bingqi TongDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.
Jessica N SpradlinDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.
Luiz F T NovaesDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.
Erika ZhangDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.
Xirui HuDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.
Malte MoellerDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.
Scott M BrittainNovartis-Berkeley Center for Proteomics and Chemistry Technologies, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.
Lynn M McGregorNovartis-Berkeley Center for Proteomics and Chemistry Technologies, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.
Jeffrey M McKennaNovartis-Berkeley Center for Proteomics and Chemistry Technologies, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.
John A TallaricoNovartis-Berkeley Center for Proteomics and Chemistry Technologies, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.
Markus SchirleNovartis-Berkeley Center for Proteomics and Chemistry Technologies, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-4933-2623
Thomas J MaimoneDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.
Daniel K NomuraDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-1614-8360
University of California, Berkeley · USNovartis (United States) · USInnovative Genomics Institute · US

Funding

Harnessing E3 Ligases for Cancer TherapyR01CA240981 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI Daniel Nomura · 2019 to 2026
$4.3M
Targeting RNF114 for Cancer Therapy and Targeted Protein DegradationF31CA239327 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI SPRADLIN, JESSICA NICHOLE · 2019 to 2020
$69k
NCI NIH HHS F31 CA239327NCI NIH HHS R01 CA240981
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Targeted protein degradation (TPD) and proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) have arisen as powerful therapeutic modalities for degrading specific proteins in a proteasome-dependent manner. However, a major limitation of TPD is the lack of E3 ligase recruiters. Recently, we discovered the natural product nimbolide as a covalent recruiter for the E3 ligase RNF114. Here, we show the broader utility of nimbolide as an E3 ligase recruiter for TPD applications. We demonstrate that a PROTAC linking nimbolide to the kinase and BCR-ABL fusion oncogene inhibitor dasatinib, BT1, selectively degrades BCR-ABL over c-ABL in leukemia cancer cells, compared to previously reported cereblon or VHL-recruiting BCR-ABL degraders that show opposite selectivity or, in some cases, inactivity. Thus, we further establish nimbolide as an additional general E3 ligase recruiter for PROTACs, and we demonstrate the importance of expanding upon the arsenal of E3 ligase recruiters, as such molecules confer differing selectivity for the degradation of neo-substrate proteins.

Indexed as

Fusion Proteins, bcr-ablHumansK562 CellsLimoninsProtein Kinase InhibitorsProteolysisThiazolesUbiquitin-Protein LigasesFusion Proteins, bcr-ablLimoninsnimbolideProtein Kinase InhibitorsRNF114 protein, humanThiazolesUbiquitin-Protein Ligases

Identifiers

PMID32568522
PMCPMC7891886
OpenAlexW3036563774

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