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Discovery of a Highly Potent, N-terminal Domain-targeting degrader of AR-FL/AR-V7 for the treatment of Prostate Cancer
European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry ( IF 6.0 ) Pub Date : 2024-11-18 , DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2024.117079
Si Ha, Chenxuan Ji, Jiaqi Yang, Maoxu Xiao, Ziyi Xu, Wei-Wei Pan, Hua Xiang, Guoshun Luo

The clinical development of PROTACs targeting the androgen receptor (AR) for degradation has made significant progress. However, effective treatments for metastatic prostate cancers containing the androgen receptor splice variant 7 (AR-V7), a constitutively active mutant without the ligand-binding domain (LBD), are still lacking. Here, we reported the identification of a highly potent, noncovalent PROTAC targeting the N-terminal domain (NTD) of AR, NP18, which is developed from the covalent AR-NTD antagonist EPI-002, and effectively degrades both AR-FL and AR-V7 in 22Rv1 cells (DC50: 18 and 26 nM respectively). Mechanistically, NP18 interacts with the N-terminal domain (NTD) of both full-length AR (AR-FL) and splice variant 7 (AR-V7), leading to their selective and proteasomal degradation. Importantly, NP18 exhibited remarkably superior antitumor activity in both 22Rv1 xenograft and patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models than EPI-002. Taken together, these findings highlight NP18 as a promising candidate to counteract AR splice variant-driven resistance.

中文翻译:


发现一种用于治疗前列腺癌的 AR-FL/AR-V7 的高效 N 端结构域靶向降解剂



靶向雄激素受体 (AR) 降解的 PROTACs 的临床开发取得了重大进展。然而,对于含有雄激素受体剪接变体 7 (AR-V7) 的转移性前列腺癌的有效治疗方法,AR-V7 是一种没有配体结合域 (LBD) 的组成型活性突变体,仍然缺乏。在这里,我们报道了靶向 AR 的 N 末端结构域 (NTD) NP18 的高效、非共价 PROTAC 的鉴定,该 PROTAC 由共价 AR-NTD 拮抗剂 EPI-002 开发,可有效降解 22Rv1 细胞中的 AR-FL 和 AR-V7 (分别为 DC50:18 和 26 nM)。从机制上讲,NP18 与全长 AR (AR-FL) 和剪接变体 7 (AR-V7) 的 N 末端结构域 (NTD) 相互作用,导致它们的选择性和蛋白酶体降解。重要的是,NP18 在 22Rv1 异种移植物和患者来源的异种移植物 (PDX) 模型中均表现出显著优于 EPI-002 的抗肿瘤活性。综上所述,这些发现突出了 NP18 是抵消 AR 剪接变体驱动的耐药性的有前途的候选者。
更新日期:2024-11-18
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