Development of Degraders of Cyclin-Dependent Kinases 4 and 6 Based on Rational Drug Design.
Huan HeXingsen ZhangJie WangQi LiuLeiHao ZhangLu ChenYuan YuanZhenjiang ZhaoHonglin LiZhuo ChenPublished in: Journal of medicinal chemistry (2024)
Degradation of target proteins has been considered to be a promising therapeutic approach, but the rational design of compounds for degradation remains a challenge. In this study, we reasonably designed and synthesized only 10 compounds to discover effective CDK4/6 protein degraders. Among the newly synthesized compounds, 7f achieved dual degradation of CDK4/6 protein, with DC 50 values of 10.5 and 2.5 nM, respectively. Compound 7f also exhibited inhibitory proliferative activity against Jurkat cells with an IC 50 value of 0.18 μM. Furthermore, 7f induced cell apoptosis and G1 phase cell cycle arrest in a dose-dependent manner in Jurkat cells. In conclusion, these findings demonstrate the potential of 7f as a CDK4/6 degrader and a potential therapeutic strategy against cancer, thereby expanding the potential of CDK4/6 dual PROTACs.
Keyphrases
- cell cycle arrest
- cell death
- cell cycle
- pi k akt
- induced apoptosis
- cell proliferation
- signaling pathway
- emergency department
- immune response
- amino acid
- risk assessment
- protein protein
- high glucose
- dendritic cells
- binding protein
- photodynamic therapy
- endoplasmic reticulum stress
- human health
- lymph node metastasis
- climate change
- squamous cell
- stress induced
- electronic health record
- adverse drug