Discovery of a Highly Potent and Selective Degrader Targeting Hematopoietic Prostaglandin D Synthase via In Silico Design

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
2021.0

Abstract

Targeted protein degradation by proteolysis-targeting chimera (PROTAC) is one of the exciting modalities for drug discovery and biological discovery. It is important to select an appropriate linker, an E3 ligase ligand, and a target protein ligand in the development; however, it is necessary to synthesize a large number of PROTACs through trial and error. Herein, using a docking simulation of the ternary complex of a hematopoietic prostaglandin D synthase (H-PGDS) degrader, H-PGDS, and cereblon, we have succeeded in developing <b>PROTAC(H-PGDS)-7</b> (<b>6</b>), which showed potent and selective degradation activity (DC<sub>50</sub> = 17.3 pM) and potent suppression of prostaglandin D<sub>2</sub> production in KU812 cells. Additionally, in a Duchenne muscular dystrophy model using <i>mdx</i> mice with cardiac hypertrophy, compound <b>6</b> showed better inhibition of inflammatory cytokines than a potent H-PGDS inhibitor TFC-007. Thus, our results demonstrated that in silico simulation would be useful for the rational development of PROTACs.

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