Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.
Nat Chem Biol. 2019 Feb;15(2):179-188. doi: 10.1038/s41589-018-0200-7. Epub 2019 Jan 14.
The identification of activating mutations in NOTCH1 in 50% of T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia has generated interest in elucidating how these mutations contribute to oncogenic transformation and in targeting the pathway. A phenotypic screen identified compounds that interfere with trafficking of Notch and induce apoptosis via an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress mechanism. Target identification approaches revealed a role for SLC39A7 (ZIP7), a zinc transport family member, in governing Notch trafficking and signaling. Generation and sequencing of a compound-resistant cell line identified a V430E mutation in ZIP7 that confers transferable resistance to the compound NVS-ZP7-4. NVS-ZP7-4 altered zinc in the ER, and an analog of the compound photoaffinity labeled ZIP7 in cells, suggesting a direct interaction between the compound and ZIP7. NVS-ZP7-4 is the first reported chemical tool to probe the impact of modulating ER zinc levels and investigate ZIP7 as a novel druggable node in the Notch pathway.
在 50%的 T 细胞急性淋巴细胞白血病中鉴定出 NOTCH1 的激活突变,这引起了人们的兴趣,即研究这些突变如何促进致癌转化,并针对该途径进行靶向治疗。表型筛选鉴定出了一些化合物,这些化合物通过内质网 (ER) 应激机制干扰 Notch 的运输并诱导细胞凋亡。靶标鉴定方法表明,SLC39A7(ZIP7)在调节 Notch 运输和信号转导中发挥作用,SLC39A7 是一种锌转运家族成员。生成并测序一个化合物抗性细胞系,鉴定出 ZIP7 中的 V430E 突变,该突变赋予对化合物 NVS-ZP7-4 的可传递抗性。NVS-ZP7-4 改变了 ER 中的锌,并且该化合物的类似物通过光亲和标记在细胞中标记 ZIP7,这表明化合物与 ZIP7 之间存在直接相互作用。NVS-ZP7-4 是第一个报道的用于研究调节 ER 锌水平的影响以及将 ZIP7 作为 Notch 途径中的新型可成药节点的化学工具。