Department of Chemistry, University of Central Florida, 4111 Libra Drive, Orlando, Florida 32816, United States.
Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, 12902 USF Magnolia Drive, Tampa, Florida 33612, United States.
J Med Chem. 2022 Dec 22;65(24):16432-16450. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c01300. Epub 2022 Dec 2.
Direct blockade of driver mutations in colorectal cancer (CRC) has been challenging. Targeting SOS1, a guanine nucleotide exchange factor, has arisen as an attractive approach for -mutant CRC. Here, we describe the development of novel SOS1 degraders and their activity in patient-derived CRC organoids (PDO). The design of these degraders as proteolysis-targeting chimera was based on the crystal structures of cereblon and SOS1. The synthesis used the 6- and 7-OH groups of a quinazoline core as anchor points to connect lenalidomide. Fifteen compounds were screened for SOS1 degradation. P7 was found to have up to 92% SOS1 degradation in both CRC cell lines and PDOs with excellent specificity. SOS1 degrader P7 demonstrated superior activity in inhibiting CRC PDO growth with an IC 5 times lower than that of SOS1 inhibitor BI3406. In summary, we developed new SOS1 degraders and demonstrated SOS1 degradation as a feasible therapeutic strategy for -mutant CRC.
直接阻断结直肠癌(CRC)的驱动突变一直具有挑战性。靶向鸟嘌呤核苷酸交换因子 SOS1 已成为 -突变 CRC 的一种有吸引力的方法。在这里,我们描述了新型 SOS1 降解剂的开发及其在患者来源的 CRC 类器官(PDO)中的活性。这些降解剂的设计作为蛋白水解靶向嵌合体是基于 cereblon 和 SOS1 的晶体结构。该合成使用喹唑啉核心的 6-和 7-OH 基团作为连接来那度胺的锚点。筛选了十五种化合物以进行 SOS1 降解。在 CRC 细胞系和 PDO 中,P7 被发现具有高达 92%的 SOS1 降解,具有极好的特异性。SOS1 降解剂 P7 在抑制 CRC PDO 生长方面表现出更好的活性,IC50 比 SOS1 抑制剂 BI3406 低 10 倍。总之,我们开发了新型 SOS1 降解剂,并证明了 SOS1 降解是 -突变 CRC 的一种可行的治疗策略。