HOUSTON, TEXAS.
Trans Am Clin Climatol Assoc. 2022;132:61-76.
Signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) 3 has been assigned to the group of "undruggable" disease-causing proteins, despite its containing a Src-homology (SH) 2 domain, a potential Achilles' heel that has eluded successful targeting by academic and pharmaceutical groups over the past 30 years. Based on mutational and modeling studies, our group developed a unique virtual ligand screening strategy targeting the STAT3 SH2 domain that was coupled to robust biochemical and cellular assays and structure-based medicinal chemistry and led to the identification of TTI-101. TTI-101 represents one of the most advanced, direct, small-molecule inhibitors of an SH2 domain-containing, disease-causing protein in clinical development. TTI-101 is currently being evaluated in a Phase 1 study to determine safety and tolerability in addition to pharmacodynamic effects and efficacy in patients with advanced solid tumors.
信号转导子和转录激活子 (STAT) 3 被归为“不可成药”的致病蛋白组,尽管它含有Src 同源(SH)2 结构域,这是一个潜在的致命弱点,过去 30 年来,学术界和制药界一直未能成功靶向该弱点。基于突变和建模研究,我们的团队开发了一种针对 STAT3 SH2 结构域的独特虚拟配体筛选策略,该策略与强大的生化和细胞测定、基于结构的药物化学相结合,并导致了 TTI-101 的发现。TTI-101 是目前正在临床开发中针对包含 SH2 结构域的致病蛋白的最先进、直接的小分子抑制剂之一。TTI-101 目前正在进行 I 期研究,以确定其在晚期实体瘤患者中的安全性和耐受性、药效学作用以及疗效。