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ArticleScience advances2024

EGFR targeting PhosTACs as a dual inhibitory approach reveals differential downstream signaling.

Zhenyi Hu, Po-Han Chen, Wenxue Li, Mackenzie Krone, Sijin Zheng, Jacques Saarbach, Ines Urquizo Velasco, John Hines, Yansheng Liu, Craig M Crews

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Article in Science advances, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed.

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  18. Dual-action kinase inhibitors influence p38α MAP kinase dephosphorylation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Zhenyi HuDepartment of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2478-0083
Po-Han ChenDepartment of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9471-4471
Wenxue LiYale Cancer Biology Institute, Yale University, West Haven, CT 06516, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8902-0184
Mackenzie KroneDepartment of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8602-3742
Sijin ZhengDepartment of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1803-2081
Jacques SaarbachDepartment of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6959-587X
Ines Urquizo VelascoDepartment of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.ORCID 0009-0004-9165-8509
John HinesDepartment of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.
Yansheng LiuYale Cancer Biology Institute, Yale University, West Haven, CT 06516, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2626-3912
Craig M CrewsDepartment of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8456-2005

Funding

Inducing Proximity: An Emerging Paradigm for New Therapeutic ModalitiesR35CA197589 · NCI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI CRAIG M CREWS · 2015 to 2026
$10.7M
Understanding proteome remodeling in aneuploidyR01GM137031 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI LIU, YANSHENG · 2020 to 2024
$2.0M
NCI NIH HHS R35 CA197589NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM137031
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We recently developed a heterobifunctional approach [phosphorylation targeting chimeras (PhosTACs)] to achieve the targeted protein dephosphorylation (TPDephos). Here, we envisioned combining the inhibitory effects of receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (RTKIs) and the active dephosphorylation by phosphatases to achieve dual inhibition of kinases. We report an example of tyrosine phosphatase-based TPDephos and the effective epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine dephosphorylation. We also used phosphoproteomic approaches to study the signaling transductions affected by PhosTAC-related molecules at the proteome-wide level. This work demonstrated the differential signaling pathways inhibited by PhosTAC compared with the TKI, gefitinib. Moreover, a covalent PhosTAC selective for mutated EGFR was developed and showed its inhibitory potential for dysregulated EGFR. Last, EGFR PhosTACs, consistent with EGFR dephosphorylation profiles, induced apoptosis and inhibited cancer cell viability during prolonged PhosTAC treatment. PhosTACs showcased their potential of modulating RTKs activity, expanding the scope of bifunctional molecule utility.

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ErbB ReceptorsProteolysis Targeting ChimeraTyrosine Kinase InhibitorsApoptosisCell Line, TumorHumansPhosphorylationSignal TransductionTyrosineErbB ReceptorsProteolysis Targeting ChimeraTyrosineTyrosine Kinase Inhibitors

Identifiers

PMID38536914
PMCPMC10971414

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