ZBTB11缺失靶向K-Ras抑制剂耐药性胰腺癌中的代谢脆弱性。
ZBTB11 Depletion Targets Metabolic Vulnerabilities in K-Ras Inhibitor Resistant PDAC.
作者信息
Tran Nathan L, Jiang Jiewei, Ma Min, Gadbois Gillian E, Gulay Kevin C M, Verano Alyssa, Zhou Haowen, Huang Chun-Teng, Scott David A, Bang Anne G, Tiriac Herve, Lowy Andrew M, Wang Eric S, Ferguson Fleur M
机构信息
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA.
Cancer Molecular Therapeutics Program, NCI-Designated Cancer Center, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA.
出版信息
bioRxiv. 2024 May 21:2024.05.19.594824. doi: 10.1101/2024.05.19.594824.
Over 95% of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas (PDAC) harbor oncogenic mutations in K-Ras. Upon treatment with K-Ras inhibitors, PDAC cancer cells undergo metabolic reprogramming towards an oxidative phosphorylation-dependent, drug-resistant state. However, direct inhibition of complex I is poorly tolerated in patients due to on-target induction of peripheral neuropathy. In this work, we develop molecular glue degraders against ZBTB11, a CH zinc finger transcription factor that regulates the nuclear transcription of components of the mitoribosome and electron transport chain. Our ZBTB11 degraders leverage the differences in demand for biogenesis of mitochondrial components between human neurons and rapidly-dividing pancreatic cancer cells, to selectively target the K-Ras inhibitor resistant state in PDAC. Combination treatment of both K-Ras inhibitor-resistant cell lines and multidrug resistant patient-derived organoids resulted in superior anti-cancer activity compared to single agent treatment, while sparing hiPSC-derived neurons. Proteomic and stable isotope tracing studies revealed mitoribosome depletion and impairment of the TCA cycle as key events that mediate this response. Together, this work validates ZBTB11 as a vulnerability in K-Ras inhibitor-resistant PDAC and provides a suite of molecular glue degrader tool compounds to investigate its function.
超过95%的胰腺导管腺癌(PDAC)在K-Ras基因中存在致癌突变。在用K-Ras抑制剂治疗后,PDAC癌细胞会发生代谢重编程,转向依赖氧化磷酸化的耐药状态。然而,由于对周围神经病变的靶向诱导,患者对复合体I的直接抑制耐受性较差。在这项研究中,我们开发了针对ZBTB11的分子胶降解剂,ZBTB11是一种CH锌指转录因子,可调节线粒体核糖体和电子传递链成分的核转录。我们的ZBTB11降解剂利用人类神经元和快速分裂的胰腺癌细胞之间线粒体成分生物合成需求的差异,选择性地靶向PDAC中对K-Ras抑制剂耐药的状态。与单药治疗相比,对K-Ras抑制剂耐药的细胞系和多药耐药的患者来源类器官进行联合治疗产生了更强的抗癌活性,同时对人诱导多能干细胞衍生的神经元没有影响。蛋白质组学和稳定同位素示踪研究表明,线粒体核糖体的消耗和三羧酸循环的损伤是介导这种反应的关键事件。总之,这项研究验证了ZBTB11是K-Ras抑制剂耐药的PDAC中的一个脆弱靶点,并提供了一套分子胶降解剂工具化合物来研究其功能。