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American Chemical Society
ACS AuthorChoice
2023
26/09/2023
[Image: see text] The phosphoinositide kinase PIKfyve has emerged as a new potential therapeutic target in various cancers.
However, limited clinical progress has been achieved with PIKfyve inhibitors.
Here, we report the discovery of a first-in-class PIKfyve degrader 12d (PIK5-12d) by employing the proteolysis-targeting chimera approach.
PIK5-12d potently degraded PIKfyve protein with a DC(50) value of 1.48 nM and a D(max) value of 97.7% in prostate cancer VCaP cells.
Mechanistic studies revealed that it selectively induced PIKfyve degradation in a VHL- and proteasome-dependent manner.
PIKfyve degradation by PIK5-12d caused massive cytoplasmic vacuolization and blocked autophagic flux in multiple prostate cancer cell lines.
Importantly, PIK5-12d was more effective in suppressing the growth of prostate cancer cells than the parent inhibitor and exerted prolonged inhibition of downstream signaling.
Further, intraperitoneal administration of PIK5-12d exhibited potent PIKfyve degradation and suppressed tumor proliferation in vivo.
Overall, PIK5-12d is a valuable chemical tool for exploring PIKfyve-based targeted therapy.
Li, Chungen,Qiao, Yuanyuan,Jiang, Xia,Liu, Lianchao,Zheng, Yang,Qiu, Yudi,Cheng, Caleb,Zhou, Fengtao,Zhou, Yang,Huang, Weixue,Ren, Xiaomei,Wang, Yuzhuo,Wang, Zhen,Chinnaiyan, Arul M.,Ding, Ke, 2023, Discovery of a First-in-Class Degrader for the Lipid Kinase PIKfyve, American Chemical Society