1
|
Montserrat-Gomez M, Gogl G, Carrasco K, Betzi S, Durbesson F, Cousido-Siah A, Kostmann C, Essig DJ, Strømgaard K, Østergaard S, Morelli X, Trave G, Vincentelli R, Bailly E, Borg JP. PDZome-wide and structural characterization of the PDZ-binding motif of VANGL2. Biochim Biophys Acta Proteins Proteom 2024; 1872:140989. [PMID: 38142947 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2023.140989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2023] [Revised: 12/15/2023] [Accepted: 12/18/2023] [Indexed: 12/26/2023]
Abstract
VANGL2 is a core component of the non-canonical Wnt/Planar Cell Polarity signaling pathway that uses its highly conserved carboxy-terminal type 1 PDZ-binding motif (PBM) to bind a variety of PDZ proteins. In this study, we characterize and quantitatively assess the largest VANGL2 PDZome-binding profile documented so far, using orthogonal methods. The results of our holdup approach support VANGL2 interactions with a large panel of both long-recognized and unprecedented PDZ domains. Truncation and point mutation analyses of the VANGL2 PBM establish that, beyond the strict requirement of the P-0 / V521 and P-2 / T519 amino acids, upstream residues, including E518, Q516 and R514 at, respectively, P-3, P-5 and P-7 further contribute to the robustness of VANGL2 interactions with two distinct PDZ domains, SNX27 and SCRIBBLE-PDZ3. In agreement with these data, incremental amino-terminal deletions of the VANGL2 PBM causes its overall affinity to progressively decline. Moreover, the holdup data establish that the PDZome binding repertoire of VANGL2 starts to diverge significantly with the truncation of E518. A structural analysis of the SYNJ2BP-PDZ/VANGL2 interaction with truncated PBMs identifies a major conformational change in the binding direction of the PBM peptide after the P-2 position. Finally, we report that the PDZome binding profile of VANGL2 is dramatically rearranged upon phosphorylation of S517, T519 and S520. Our crystallographic approach illustrates how SYNJ2BP accommodates a S520-phosphorylated PBM peptide through the ideal positioning of two basic residues, K48 and R86. Altogether our data provides a comprehensive view of the VANGL2 PDZ network and how this network specifically responds to the post-translation modification of distinct PBM residues. These findings should prove useful in guiding future functional and molecular studies of the key PCP component VANGL2.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Marta Montserrat-Gomez
- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, INSERM, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Equipe labellisée Ligue 'Cell polarity, cell signaling and cancer', Marseille, France
| | - Gergo Gogl
- Universite de Strasbourg, INSERM, CNRS, IGBMC, Department of Integrated Structural Biology, Illkirch, France
| | - Kendall Carrasco
- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, INSERM, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Equipe Integrative Structural & Chemical Biology, Marseille, France
| | - Stephane Betzi
- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, INSERM, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Equipe Integrative Structural & Chemical Biology, Marseille, France
| | - Fabien Durbesson
- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Architecture et fonction des macromolécules biologiques (AFMB), Marseille, France
| | - Alexandra Cousido-Siah
- Universite de Strasbourg, INSERM, CNRS, IGBMC, Department of Integrated Structural Biology, Illkirch, France
| | - Camille Kostmann
- Universite de Strasbourg, INSERM, CNRS, IGBMC, Department of Integrated Structural Biology, Illkirch, France
| | - Dominic J Essig
- Center for Biopharmaceuticals, Jagtvej 162, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark; Global Research Technologies, Novo Nordisk Research Park, 2760 Maaloev, Denmark
| | | | - Søren Østergaard
- Global Research Technologies, Novo Nordisk Research Park, 2760 Maaloev, Denmark
| | - Xavier Morelli
- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, INSERM, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Equipe Integrative Structural & Chemical Biology, Marseille, France
| | - Gilles Trave
- Universite de Strasbourg, INSERM, CNRS, IGBMC, Department of Integrated Structural Biology, Illkirch, France
| | - Renaud Vincentelli
- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Architecture et fonction des macromolécules biologiques (AFMB), Marseille, France.
| | - Eric Bailly
- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, INSERM, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Equipe labellisée Ligue 'Cell polarity, cell signaling and cancer', Marseille, France.
| | - Jean-Paul Borg
- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, INSERM, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Equipe labellisée Ligue 'Cell polarity, cell signaling and cancer', Marseille, France; Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), France.
| |
Collapse
|
2
|
Carrasco K, Montersino C, Derviaux C, Saez-Ayala M, Hoffer L, Restouin A, Castellano R, Casassa J, Roche P, Pasquier E, Combes S, Morelli X, Collette Y, Betzi S. CRCM5484: A BET-BDII Selective Compound with Differential Anti-leukemic Drug Modulation. J Med Chem 2022; 65:5660-5674. [PMID: 35348328 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c02168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Differentially screening the Fr-PPIChem chemical library on the bromodomain and extra-terminal (BET) BRD4-BDII versus -BDI bromodomains led to the discovery of a BDII-selective tetrahydropyridothienopyrimidinone (THPTP)-based compound. Structure-activity relationship (SAR) and hit-to-lead approaches allowed us to develop CRCM5484, a potent inhibitor of BET proteins with a preferential and 475-fold selectivity for the second bromodomain of the BRD3 protein (BRD3-BDII) over its first bromodomain (BRD3-BDI). Its very low activity was demonstrated in various cell-based assays, corresponding with recent data describing other selective BDII compounds. However, screening on a drug sensitivity and resistance-profiling platform revealed its ability to modulate the anti-leukemic activity in combination with various FDA-approved and/or in-development drugs in a cell- and context-dependent differential manner. Altogether, the results confirm the originality of the THPTP molecular mode of action in the bromodomain (BD) cavity and its potential as a starting scaffold for the development of potent and selective bromodomain inhibitors.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Kendall Carrasco
- CNRS, INSERM, Aix-Marseille Univ, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Marseille 13009, France
| | - Camille Montersino
- CNRS, INSERM, Aix-Marseille Univ, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Marseille 13009, France.,Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Plateforms HiTS & TrGET, Marseille 13009, France
| | - Carine Derviaux
- CNRS, INSERM, Aix-Marseille Univ, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Marseille 13009, France.,Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Plateforms HiTS & TrGET, Marseille 13009, France
| | - Magali Saez-Ayala
- CNRS, INSERM, Aix-Marseille Univ, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Marseille 13009, France
| | - Laurent Hoffer
- CNRS, INSERM, Aix-Marseille Univ, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Marseille 13009, France
| | - Audrey Restouin
- CNRS, INSERM, Aix-Marseille Univ, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Marseille 13009, France.,Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Plateforms HiTS & TrGET, Marseille 13009, France
| | - Rémy Castellano
- CNRS, INSERM, Aix-Marseille Univ, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Marseille 13009, France.,Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Plateforms HiTS & TrGET, Marseille 13009, France
| | - Justine Casassa
- CNRS, INSERM, Aix-Marseille Univ, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Marseille 13009, France
| | - Philippe Roche
- CNRS, INSERM, Aix-Marseille Univ, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Marseille 13009, France
| | - Eddy Pasquier
- CNRS, INSERM, Aix-Marseille Univ, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Marseille 13009, France
| | - Sébastien Combes
- CNRS, INSERM, Aix-Marseille Univ, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Marseille 13009, France
| | - Xavier Morelli
- CNRS, INSERM, Aix-Marseille Univ, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Marseille 13009, France.,Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Plateforms HiTS & TrGET, Marseille 13009, France
| | - Yves Collette
- CNRS, INSERM, Aix-Marseille Univ, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Marseille 13009, France.,Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Plateforms HiTS & TrGET, Marseille 13009, France
| | - Stéphane Betzi
- CNRS, INSERM, Aix-Marseille Univ, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Marseille 13009, France
| |
Collapse
|
3
|
Ariey-Bonnet J, Carrasco K, Le Grand M, Hoffer L, Betzi S, Feracci M, Tsvetkov P, Devred F, Collette Y, Morelli X, Ballester P, Pasquier E. In silico molecular target prediction unveils mebendazole as a potent MAPK14 inhibitor. Mol Oncol 2020; 14:3083-3099. [PMID: 33021050 PMCID: PMC7718943 DOI: 10.1002/1878-0261.12810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2020] [Revised: 08/27/2020] [Accepted: 09/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
The concept of polypharmacology involves the interaction of drug molecules with multiple molecular targets. It provides a unique opportunity for the repurposing of already-approved drugs to target key factors involved in human diseases. Herein, we used an in silico target prediction algorithm to investigate the mechanism of action of mebendazole, an antihelminthic drug, currently repurposed in the treatment of brain tumors. First, we confirmed that mebendazole decreased the viability of glioblastoma cells in vitro (IC50 values ranging from 288 nm to 2.1 µm). Our in silico approach unveiled 21 putative molecular targets for mebendazole, including 12 proteins significantly upregulated at the gene level in glioblastoma as compared to normal brain tissue (fold change > 1.5; P < 0.0001). Validation experiments were performed on three major kinases involved in cancer biology: ABL1, MAPK1/ERK2, and MAPK14/p38α. Mebendazole could inhibit the activity of these kinases in vitro in a dose-dependent manner, with a high potency against MAPK14 (IC50 = 104 ± 46 nm). Its direct binding to MAPK14 was further validated in vitro, and inhibition of MAPK14 kinase activity was confirmed in live glioblastoma cells. Consistent with biophysical data, molecular modeling suggested that mebendazole was able to bind to the catalytic site of MAPK14. Finally, gene silencing demonstrated that MAPK14 is involved in glioblastoma tumor spheroid growth and response to mebendazole treatment. This study thus highlighted the role of MAPK14 in the anticancer mechanism of action of mebendazole and provides further rationale for the pharmacological targeting of MAPK14 in brain tumors. It also opens new avenues for the development of novel MAPK14/p38α inhibitors to treat human diseases.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Jeremy Ariey-Bonnet
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Institut Paoli Calmettes, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille (CRCM), Aix Marseille Université, France
| | - Kendall Carrasco
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Institut Paoli Calmettes, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille (CRCM), Aix Marseille Université, France
| | - Marion Le Grand
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Institut Paoli Calmettes, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille (CRCM), Aix Marseille Université, France
| | - Laurent Hoffer
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Institut Paoli Calmettes, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille (CRCM), Aix Marseille Université, France
| | - Stéphane Betzi
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Institut Paoli Calmettes, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille (CRCM), Aix Marseille Université, France
| | - Mikael Feracci
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Institut Paoli Calmettes, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille (CRCM), Aix Marseille Université, France
| | - Philipp Tsvetkov
- CNRS, UMR 7051, INP, Inst Neurophysiopathol, Fac Pharm, Aix Marseille Université, France
| | - Francois Devred
- CNRS, UMR 7051, INP, Inst Neurophysiopathol, Fac Pharm, Aix Marseille Université, France
| | - Yves Collette
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Institut Paoli Calmettes, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille (CRCM), Aix Marseille Université, France
| | - Xavier Morelli
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Institut Paoli Calmettes, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille (CRCM), Aix Marseille Université, France
| | - Pedro Ballester
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Institut Paoli Calmettes, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille (CRCM), Aix Marseille Université, France
| | - Eddy Pasquier
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Institut Paoli Calmettes, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille (CRCM), Aix Marseille Université, France
| |
Collapse
|
4
|
Hoffer L, Voitovich YV, Raux B, Carrasco K, Muller C, Fedorov AY, Derviaux C, Amouric A, Betzi S, Horvath D, Varnek A, Collette Y, Combes S, Roche P, Morelli X. Integrated Strategy for Lead Optimization Based on Fragment Growing: The Diversity-Oriented-Target-Focused-Synthesis Approach. J Med Chem 2018; 61:5719-5732. [PMID: 29883107 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b00653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
Over the past few decades, hit identification has been greatly facilitated by advances in high-throughput and fragment-based screenings. One major hurdle remaining in drug discovery is process automation of hit-to-lead (H2L) optimization. Here, we report a time- and cost-efficient integrated strategy for H2L optimization as well as a partially automated design of potent chemical probes consisting of a focused-chemical-library design and virtual screening coupled with robotic diversity-oriented de novo synthesis and automated in vitro evaluation. The virtual library is generated by combining an activated fragment, corresponding to the substructure binding to the target, with a collection of functionalized building blocks using in silico encoded chemical reactions carefully chosen from a list of one-step organic transformations relevant in medicinal chemistry. The proof of concept was demonstrated using the optimization of bromodomain inhibitors as a test case, leading to the validation of several compounds with improved affinity by several orders of magnitude.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Laurent Hoffer
- CRCM, CNRS, Inserm, Institut Paoli-Calmettes , Aix-Marseille University , 13009 Marseille , France
| | - Yuliia V Voitovich
- CRCM, CNRS, Inserm, Institut Paoli-Calmettes , Aix-Marseille University , 13009 Marseille , France.,Department of Organic Chemistry , Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod , 23 Gagarin Avenue , 603950 Nizhni Novgorod , Russia
| | - Brigitt Raux
- CRCM, CNRS, Inserm, Institut Paoli-Calmettes , Aix-Marseille University , 13009 Marseille , France
| | - Kendall Carrasco
- CRCM, CNRS, Inserm, Institut Paoli-Calmettes , Aix-Marseille University , 13009 Marseille , France
| | - Christophe Muller
- IPC Drug Discovery Platform , Institut Paoli-Calmettes , 232 Boulevard de Sainte-Marguerite , 13009 Marseille , France
| | - Aleksey Y Fedorov
- Department of Organic Chemistry , Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod , 23 Gagarin Avenue , 603950 Nizhni Novgorod , Russia
| | - Carine Derviaux
- IPC Drug Discovery Platform , Institut Paoli-Calmettes , 232 Boulevard de Sainte-Marguerite , 13009 Marseille , France
| | - Agnès Amouric
- CRCM, CNRS, Inserm, Institut Paoli-Calmettes , Aix-Marseille University , 13009 Marseille , France.,IPC Drug Discovery Platform , Institut Paoli-Calmettes , 232 Boulevard de Sainte-Marguerite , 13009 Marseille , France
| | - Stéphane Betzi
- CRCM, CNRS, Inserm, Institut Paoli-Calmettes , Aix-Marseille University , 13009 Marseille , France
| | - Dragos Horvath
- Laboratoire de Chemoinformatique, CNRS UMR7140 , 1 rue Blaise Pascal , 67000 Strasbourg , France
| | - Alexandre Varnek
- Laboratoire de Chemoinformatique, CNRS UMR7140 , 1 rue Blaise Pascal , 67000 Strasbourg , France
| | - Yves Collette
- CRCM, CNRS, Inserm, Institut Paoli-Calmettes , Aix-Marseille University , 13009 Marseille , France.,IPC Drug Discovery Platform , Institut Paoli-Calmettes , 232 Boulevard de Sainte-Marguerite , 13009 Marseille , France
| | - Sébastien Combes
- CRCM, CNRS, Inserm, Institut Paoli-Calmettes , Aix-Marseille University , 13009 Marseille , France
| | - Philippe Roche
- CRCM, CNRS, Inserm, Institut Paoli-Calmettes , Aix-Marseille University , 13009 Marseille , France
| | - Xavier Morelli
- CRCM, CNRS, Inserm, Institut Paoli-Calmettes , Aix-Marseille University , 13009 Marseille , France.,IPC Drug Discovery Platform , Institut Paoli-Calmettes , 232 Boulevard de Sainte-Marguerite , 13009 Marseille , France
| |
Collapse
|
5
|
Casanello P, Hernández C, Carrasco-Wong I, Muñoz-Muñoz E, Jaramillo A, Soto G, Carrasco K, Castro-Rodríguez J, Uauy R, Krause B. Intrauterine growth trajectories modify the epigenetic programming of vascular-related genes in human umbilical artery endothelium and cord adiponectin levels. Placenta 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2017.01.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
|