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- Title
A First-Class Degrader Candidate Targeting Both KRAS G12D and G12V Mediated by CANDDY Technology Independent of Ubiquitination.
- Authors
Miyamoto-Sato, Etsuko; Imanishi, Satoshi; Huang, Lijuan; Itakura, Shoko; Iwasaki, Yoichi; Ishizaka, Masamichi
- Abstract
"Undruggable" targets such as KRAS are particularly challenging in the development of drugs. We devised a novel chemical knockdown strategy, CANDDY (Chemical knockdown with Affinity aNd Degradation DYnamics) technology, which promotes protein degradation using small molecules (CANDDY molecules) that are conjugated to a degradation tag (CANDDY tag) modified from proteasome inhibitors. We demonstrated that CANDDY tags allowed for direct proteasomal target degradation independent of ubiquitination. We synthesized a KRAS-degrading CANDDY molecule, TUS-007, which induced degradation in KRAS mutants (G12D and G12V) and wild-type KRAS. We confirmed the tumor suppression effect of TUS-007 in subcutaneous xenograft models of human colon cells (KRAS G12V) with intraperitoneal administrations and in orthotopic xenograft models of human pancreatic cells (KRAS G12D) with oral administrations. Thus, CANDDY technology has the potential to therapeutically target previously undruggable proteins, providing a simpler and more practical drug targeting approach and avoiding the difficulties in matchmaking between the E3 enzyme and the target.
- Subjects
UBIQUITINATION; PROTEOLYSIS; RAS oncogenes; ORAL drug administration; SMALL molecules; CHEMICAL affinity; TARGETED drug delivery
- Publication
Molecules, 2023, Vol 28, Issue 14, p5600
- ISSN
1420-3049
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/molecules28145600