Structure-guided design of a selective BCL-X-L inhibitor

Lessene, G; Czabotar, PE; Sleebs, BE; Zobel, K; Lowes, KN; Adams, JM; Baell, JB; Colman, PM; Deshayes, K; Fairbrother, WJ; Flygare, JA; Gibbons, P; Kersten, WJA; Kulasegaram, S; Moss, RM; Parisot, JP; Smith, BJ; Street, IP; Yang, H; Huang, DCS; Watson, KG

Author(s): Lessene, G; Czabotar, PE; Sleebs, BE; Zobel, K; Lowes, KN; Adams, JM; Baell, JB; Colman, PM; Deshayes, K; Fairbrother, WJ; Flygare, JA; Gibbons, P; Kersten, WJA; Kulasegaram, S; Moss, RM; Parisot, JP; Smith, BJ; Street, IP; Yang, H; Huang, DCS; Watson, KG;
Details: Publication Year 2013-06,Volume 9,Issue #6,Page 390-397
Journal Title: NATURE CHEMICAL BIOLOGY
Publication Type: Journal Article
Abstract: The prosurvival BCL-2 family protein BCL-X-L is often overexpressed in solid tumors and renders malignant tumor cells resistant to anticancer therapeutics. Enhancing apoptotic responses by inhibiting BCL-X-L will most likely have widespread utility in cancer treatment and, instead of inhibiting multiple prosurvival BCL-2 family members, a BCL-X-L-selective inhibitor would be expected to minimize the toxicity to normal tissues. We describe the use of a high-throughput screen to discover a new series of small molecules targeting BCL-X-L and their structure-guided development by medicinal chemistry. The optimized compound, WEHI-539 (7), has high affinity (subnanomolar) and selectivity for BCL-X-L and potently kills cells by selectively antagonizing its prosurvival activity. WEHI-539 will be an invaluable tool for distinguishing the roles of BCL-X-L from those of its prosurvival relatives, both in normal cells and notably in malignant tumor cells, many of which may prove to rely upon BCL-X-L for their sustained growth.
Publisher: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
Keywords: SMALL-MOLECULE INHIBITOR; PROGRAMMED CELL-DEATH; PEPTIDE COMPLEX; FAMILY PROTEINS; ANTITUMOR-ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS PATHWAY; CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE; CANCER-THERAPY; IN-VITRO; MCL-1
Research Division(s): Chemical Biology; Molecular Genetics Of Cancer; Structural Biology
Publisher's Version: https://doi.org/10.1038/NCHEMBIO.1246
NHMRC Grants: NHMRC/257502, NHMRC/461221, NHMRC/1016701, NHMRC/305536,
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