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Selective Wee1 degradation by PROTAC degraders recruiting VHL and CRBN E3 ubiquitin ligases. / Aublette, Marine C; Harrison, Tom A; Thorpe, Elizabeth J et al.
In: Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, Vol. 64, 128636, 15.05.2022.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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T1 - Selective Wee1 degradation by PROTAC degraders recruiting VHL and CRBN E3 ubiquitin ligases
AU - Aublette, Marine C
AU - Harrison, Tom A
AU - Thorpe, Elizabeth J
AU - Gadd, Morgan S
PY - 2022/5/15
Y1 - 2022/5/15
N2 - The Ser/Thr protein kinase Wee1 plays a regulatory role at the G 2/M checkpoint by phosphorylating CDK1 when DNA is damaged to allow time for DNA to repair, disruption of which is a key approach to sensitise cancer cells to DNA-damaging therapies. The main selective inhibitor for Wee1 undergoing development in clinical trials, AZD1775, however, has been shown to have off target effects towards other protein kinases with similar potency. Here we describe the synthesis and assessment of a series of Wee1-degrading PROTACs using AZD1775 linked to either the VHL ligand VH032 or to the CRBN ligand pomalidomide using different types and lengths of linkers. The conversion of AZD1775 into a PROTAC induces selective Wee1 degradation for compounds of both series depending on the nature of the linker.
AB - The Ser/Thr protein kinase Wee1 plays a regulatory role at the G 2/M checkpoint by phosphorylating CDK1 when DNA is damaged to allow time for DNA to repair, disruption of which is a key approach to sensitise cancer cells to DNA-damaging therapies. The main selective inhibitor for Wee1 undergoing development in clinical trials, AZD1775, however, has been shown to have off target effects towards other protein kinases with similar potency. Here we describe the synthesis and assessment of a series of Wee1-degrading PROTACs using AZD1775 linked to either the VHL ligand VH032 or to the CRBN ligand pomalidomide using different types and lengths of linkers. The conversion of AZD1775 into a PROTAC induces selective Wee1 degradation for compounds of both series depending on the nature of the linker.
KW - CDK1
KW - VHL
KW - targeted degradation
KW - Wee1
KW - cereblon
KW - PROTAC
KW - checkpoint inhibition
U2 - 10.1016/j.bmcl.2022.128636
DO - 10.1016/j.bmcl.2022.128636
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 35231578
VL - 64
JO - Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters
JF - Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters
SN - 1464-3405
M1 - 128636
ER -