Targeted Degradation of Transcription Coactivator SRC‐1 through the N‐Degron Pathway

Autor: Kyung Tae Hong, Do Hoon Kwon, Hyun-Suk Lim, Min Hyeon Shin, Jiwon Heo, Hoibin Jeong, Jun-Seok Lee, Misook Oh, G-One Ahn, Hyun Kyu Song, Yeongju Lee, Ganesh A. Sable
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59:17548-17555
ISSN: 1521-3773
1433-7851
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202005004
Popis: Aberrantly elevated steroid receptor coactivator-1 (SRC-1) expression and activity are strongly correlated with cancer progression and metastasis. Here we report, for the first time, the development of a proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) that is composed of a selective SRC-1 binder linked to a specific ligand for UBR box, a unique class of E3 ligases recognizing N-degrons. We showed that the bifunctional molecule efficiently and selectively induced the degradation of SRC-1 in cells through the N-degron pathway. Importantly, given the ubiquitous expression of the UBR protein in most cells, PROTACs targeting the UBR box could degrade a protein of interest regardless of cell types. We also showed that the SRC-1 degrader significantly suppressed cancer cell invasion and migration in vitro and in vivo. Together, these results demonstrate that the SRC-1 degrader can be an invaluable chemical tool in the studies of SRC-1 functions. Moreover, our findings suggest PROTACs based on the N-degron pathway as a widely useful strategy to degrade disease-relevant proteins.
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