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Franz M, Mörchen B, Degenhart C, Gülden D, Shkura O, Wolters D, Koch U, Klebl B, Stoll R, Helfrich I, Scherkenbeck J. Sequence-Selective Covalent CaaX-Box Receptors Prevent Farnesylation of Oncogenic Ras Proteins and Impact MAPK/PI3 K Signaling. ChemMedChem 2021; 16:2504-2514. [PMID: 33899342 PMCID: PMC8453727 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202100167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
Abstract
Oncogenic Ras proteins are implicated in the most common life-threatening cancers. Despite intense research over the past two decades, the progress towards small-molecule inhibitors has been limited. One reason for this failure is that Ras proteins interact with their effectors only via protein-protein interactions, which are notoriously difficult to address with small organic molecules. Herein we describe an alternative strategy, which prevents farnesylation and subsequent membrane insertion, a prerequisite for the activation of Ras proteins. Our approach is based on sequence-selective supramolecular receptors which bind to the C-terminal farnesyl transferase recognition unit of Ras and Rheb proteins and covalently modify the essential cysteine in the so-called CaaX-box.
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- Matthias Franz
- Faculty of Mathematics and Natural SciencesUniversity of Wuppertal42119WuppertalGermany
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- Vascular Oncology & MetastasisUniversity Hospital Essen45147EssenGermany
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Natural SciencesUniversity of Wuppertal42119WuppertalGermany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and BiochemistryRuhr-University Bochum44780BochumGermany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and BiochemistryRuhr-University Bochum44780BochumGermany
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- Lead Discovery Center GmbH44227DortmundGermany
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- Lead Discovery Center GmbH44227DortmundGermany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and BiochemistryRuhr-University Bochum44780BochumGermany
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- Vascular Oncology & MetastasisUniversity Hospital Essen45147EssenGermany
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Natural SciencesUniversity of Wuppertal42119WuppertalGermany
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Giese M, Niemeyer J, Voskuhl J. Guanidiniocarbonyl‐Pyrroles (GCP) – 20 Years of the Schmuck Binding Motif. Chempluschem 2020; 85:985-997. [DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202000142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2020] [Revised: 04/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Michael Giese
- Faculty of Chemistry, Organic ChemistryUniversity of Duisburg-Essen Universitätsstrasse 7 45117 Essen Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Organic ChemistryUniversity of Duisburg-Essen Universitätsstrasse 7 45117 Essen Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Organic ChemistryUniversity of Duisburg-Essen Universitätsstrasse 7 45117 Essen Germany
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Alfonso I, Solà J. Molecular Recognition of Zwitterions with Artificial Receptors. Chem Asian J 2020; 15:986-994. [PMID: 32017445 DOI: 10.1002/asia.201901789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2019] [Revised: 01/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
Abstract
Many biomolecules exist as internal ion pairs or zwitterions within a biologically relevant pH range. Despite their importance, the molecular recognition of this type of systems is specially challenging due to their strong solvation in aqueous media, and their trend to form folded or self-assembled structures by pairing of charges of different sign. In this Minireview, we will discuss the molecular recognition of zwitterions using non-natural, synthetic receptors. This contribution does not intend to make a full in-depth revision of the existing research in the field, but a personal overview with selected representative examples from the recent literature.
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- Ignacio Alfonso
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia Jordi, Girona 18-26, 08034, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia Jordi, Girona 18-26, 08034, Barcelona, Spain
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Pinkin NK, Liu I, Abron JD, Waters ML. Secondary Binding Interactions in a Synthetic Receptor for Trimethyllysine. Chemistry 2015; 21:17981-6. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201502302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2015] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Düppe PM, Tran Thi Phuong T, Autzen J, Schöpel M, Yip KT, Stoll R, Scherkenbeck J. Sequence-selective molecular recognition of the C-terminal CaaX-boxes of Rheb and related Ras-proteins by synthetic receptors. ACS Chem Biol 2014; 9:1755-63. [PMID: 24856002 DOI: 10.1021/cb5002075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Constitutive activation of Ras-proteins plays an important role in the development of aggressive colorectal carcinomas and several other types of cancer. Despite some progress in recent years in the case of K-Ras4B, until now not a single small molecule inhibitor has been identified that binds efficiently to Rheb and interrupts the protein-protein interactions with mTOR. We describe here a complementary approach that aims at inhibiting membrane insertion of Rheb and related Ras proteins by masking the crucial C-terminal CaaX-box with peptidomimetic receptors identified in combinatorial solid-phase libraries.
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- Peter M. Düppe
- University of Wuppertal, Gaußstraße
20, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- University of Wuppertal, Gaußstraße
20, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Ruhr-University of Bochum, Universitätsstraße
150, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Ruhr-University of Bochum, Universitätsstraße
150, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Ruhr-University of Bochum, Universitätsstraße
150, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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Kataev EA, Müller C. Recent advances in molecular recognition in water: artificial receptors and supramolecular catalysis. Tetrahedron 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2013.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Gersthagen T, Hofmann J, Klärner FG, Schmuck C, Schrader T. Ditopic Arginine-Aspartate Binders Recognize RGD Loops. European J Org Chem 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201201052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Luis SV, Alfonso I, Galindo F. Receptors for Zwitterionic Species. Supramol Chem 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/9780470661345.smc067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Öberg CT, Noresson AL, Leffler H, Nilsson UJ. Arene-anion based arginine-binding motif on a galactose scaffold: structure-activity relationships of interactions with arginine-rich galectins. Chemistry 2011; 17:8139-44. [PMID: 21656580 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201003247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2010] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Two series of C3-benzamido and O2-anion-substituted galactopyranosides were synthesized and studied as binders to arginine-rich proteins galectin-1, -3, -7, -8N (N-terminal domain), and -9N (N-terminal domain). The first series had a 4-methylbenzamide at C3 and the anionic O2-substituent was varied. The second series varied the 4-substituent of the C3-benzamide, whereas the anionic O2 substituent was kept as a sulfate. The influence of the O2-anion substituent correlated negatively with the oxygen charge density in case of galectin-1, -3, and -9N. In the second series, the electron-donating capacity of the 4-substituent of the C3-benzamides correlated positively with the magnitude of the affinity enhancement by the 2O-sulfate.
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Das B, Baruah JB. Dications of l-histidine and l-ornithine in layers of copper(II) and cobalt(II) dipicolinato anions. Polyhedron 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2010.09.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Liao JH, Chen CS, Hu CC, Chen WT, Wang SP, Lin IL, Huang YH, Tsai MH, Wu TH, Huang FY, Wu SH. Ditopic Complexation of Selenite Anions or Calcium Cations by Pirenoxine: An Implication for Anti-Cataractogenesis. Inorg Chem 2010; 50:365-77. [DOI: 10.1021/ic102151p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Jiahn-Haur Liao
- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei 111, Taiwan
- School of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, Hsinchuang, 242, Taiwan
- School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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- School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan
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- School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan
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- School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan
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- Thomas Gersthagen
- a Fakultät für Chemie der Universität Duisburg-Essen , Universitätsstrasse 5, 45117 , Essen , Germany
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- a Fakultät für Chemie der Universität Duisburg-Essen , Universitätsstrasse 5, 45117 , Essen , Germany
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- a Fakultät für Chemie der Universität Duisburg-Essen , Universitätsstrasse 5, 45117 , Essen , Germany
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Alfonso I, Bolte M, Bru M, Burguete MI, Luis SV, Vicent C. Molecular recognition of N-protected dipeptides by pseudopeptidic macrocycles: a comparative study of the supramolecular complexes by ESI-MS and NMR. Org Biomol Chem 2010; 8:1329-39. [DOI: 10.1039/b924981h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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- Stefan Kubik
- Fachbereich Chemie-Organische Chemie, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Erwin-Schrödinger-Strasse, D-67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany.
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Kiewitz SD, Kruppa M, Riechers A, König B, Cabrele C. Recognition of the helix-loop-helix domain of the Id proteins by an artificial luminescent metal complex receptor. J Mol Recognit 2008; 21:79-88. [PMID: 18383104 DOI: 10.1002/jmr.872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Synthetic agents specifically interacting with a protein interface are important not only for the better understanding of protein dimer or complex formation but also for medical applications. Here we describe the recognition of the helix-loop-helix (HLH) dimerization domain of the Id proteins by an artificial luminescent receptor containing two binding sites for a Lewis acid and a Lewis base, respectively. The Id proteins are inhibitors of bHLH transcription factors and play key roles during development of cancer. We show that a receptor/Id-HLH-domain complex was formed cooperatively (K(0.5) approximately 2 microM under physiological conditions) and with moderate specificity, as compared to the related MyoD and Max HLH domains. Accordingly, a preferred receptor binding motif, CYSR(K), was identified within the Id HLH domains. These results are promising and may be exploited to design highly selective synthetic receptors for the Id HLH domain.
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- Sebastian D Kiewitz
- Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie, Universität Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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Öberg CT, Leffler H, Nilsson UJ. Arginine Binding Motifs: Design and Synthesis of Galactose-Derived Arginine Tweezers as Galectin-3 Inhibitors. J Med Chem 2008; 51:2297-301. [DOI: 10.1021/jm701266y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- Christopher T. Öberg
- Organic Chemistry, Lund University, PO Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden, and Section MIG, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Sölvegatan 23, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden
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- Organic Chemistry, Lund University, PO Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden, and Section MIG, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Sölvegatan 23, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden
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- Organic Chemistry, Lund University, PO Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden, and Section MIG, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Sölvegatan 23, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden
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