Covalent ligand screening uncovers a RNF4 E3 ligase recruiter for targeted protein degradation applications
ACS chemical biology, 2019•ACS Publications
Targeted protein degradation has arisen as a powerful strategy for drug discovery allowing
the targeting of undruggable proteins for proteasomal degradation. This approach most
often employs heterobifunctional degraders consisting of a protein-targeting ligand linked to
an E3 ligase recruiter to ubiquitinate and mark proteins of interest for proteasomal
degradation. One challenge with this approach, however, is that only a few E3 ligase
recruiters currently exist for targeted protein degradation applications, despite the hundreds …
the targeting of undruggable proteins for proteasomal degradation. This approach most
often employs heterobifunctional degraders consisting of a protein-targeting ligand linked to
an E3 ligase recruiter to ubiquitinate and mark proteins of interest for proteasomal
degradation. One challenge with this approach, however, is that only a few E3 ligase
recruiters currently exist for targeted protein degradation applications, despite the hundreds …
Targeted protein degradation has arisen as a powerful strategy for drug discovery allowing the targeting of undruggable proteins for proteasomal degradation. This approach most often employs heterobifunctional degraders consisting of a protein-targeting ligand linked to an E3 ligase recruiter to ubiquitinate and mark proteins of interest for proteasomal degradation. One challenge with this approach, however, is that only a few E3 ligase recruiters currently exist for targeted protein degradation applications, despite the hundreds of known E3 ligases in the human genome. Here, we utilized activity-based protein profiling (ABPP)-based covalent ligand screening approaches to identify cysteine-reactive small-molecules that react with the E3 ubiquitin ligase RNF4 and provide chemical starting points for the design of RNF4-based degraders. The hit covalent ligand from this screen reacted with either of two zinc-coordinating cysteines in the RING domain, C132 and C135, with no effect on RNF4 activity. We further optimized the potency of this hit and incorporated this potential RNF4 recruiter into a bifunctional degrader linked to JQ1, an inhibitor of the BET family of bromodomain proteins. We demonstrate that the resulting compound CCW 28-3 is capable of degrading BRD4 in a proteasome- and RNF4-dependent manner. In this study, we have shown the feasibility of using chemoproteomics-enabled covalent ligand screening platforms to expand the scope of E3 ligase recruiters that can be exploited for targeted protein degradation applications.
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