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Fragment-based Differential Targeting of PPI Stabilizer Interfaces

  • Xavier Guillory
  • , Madita Wolter
  • , Seppe Leysen
  • , Joao Filipe Neves
  • , Ave Kuusk
  • , Sylvia Genet
  • , Bente Somsen
  • , John Morrow
  • , Emma Rivers
  • , Lotte van Beek
  • , Joe Patel
  • , Robert Goodnow
  • , Heike Schoenherr
  • , Nathan Fuller
  • , Qing Cao
  • , Richard G. Doveston
  • , Luc Brunsveld
  • , Michelle R. Arkin
  • , M Paola Castaldi
  • , Helen Boyd
  • Isabelle Landrieu (Corresponding author), Hongming Chen (Corresponding author), Christian Ottmann (Corresponding author)

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Abstract

Stabilization of protein-protein interactions (PPIs) holds great potential for therapeutic agents, as illustrated by the successful drugs rapamycin and lenalidomide. However, how such interface-binding molecules can be created in a rational, bottom-up manner is a largely unanswered question. We report here how a fragment-based approach can be used to identify chemical starting points for the development of small-molecule stabilizers that differentiate between two different PPI interfaces of the adapter protein 14-3-3. The fragments discriminately bind to the interface of 14-3-3 with the recognition motif of either the tumor suppressor protein p53 or the oncogenic transcription factor TAZ. This x-ray crystallography driven study shows that the rim of the interface of individual 14-3-3 complexes can be targeted in a differential manner with fragments that represent promising starting points for the development of specific 14-3-3 PPI stabilizers.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6694–6707
Number of pages14
JournalJournal of Medicinal Chemistry
Volume63
Issue number13
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 9 Jul 2020

Funding

We acknowledge François-Xavier Cantrelle for assistance on NMR data acquisition. The NMR facilities were funded by the Nord Region Council, CNRS, Institut Pasteur de Lille, the European Community (ERDF), the French Ministry of Research, and the University of Lille and by the CTRL CPER, cofunded by the European Union with the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), by the Hauts de France Regional Council (contract no. 17003781), Métropole Européenne de Lille (contract no. 2016_ESR_05), and French State (contract no. 2017-R3-CTRL phase 1).We acknowledge support for the NMR facilities from TGE RMN THC (CNRS, FR-3050) and FRABio (Univ. Lille, CNRS, FR-3688). The research is supported by funding from the European Union through the AEGIS (H2020-MSCA-ITN-2015, grant no. 67555), and the TASPPI project (H2020-MSCA-ITN-2015, grant no. 675179). J.F.N and I.L acknowledge LabEx (Laboratory of Excellence) for financial support on the scope of the DISTALZ consortium (ANR, ANR-11-LABX-009).

FundersFunder number
European Union's Horizon 2020 - Research and Innovation Framework Programme675179
Université de Lille
European Commission
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
European Regional Development Fund

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