Exploring Degradation of Mutant and Wild-Type Epidermal Growth Factor Receptors Induced by Proteolysis-Targeting Chimeras

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
2022.0

Abstract

Several epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs), including MS39 and MS154 developed by us, have been reported to effectively degrade the mutant but not the wild-type (WT) EGFR. However, the mechanism underlying the selectivity in degrading the mutant over the WT EGFR has not been elucidated. Here, we report comprehensive structure-activity relationship studies that led to the discovery of two novel EGFR degraders, <b>31</b> (MS9449) and <b>72</b> (MS9427), and mechanistic studies of these EGFR degraders. Compounds <b>31</b> and <b>72</b> selectively degraded the mutant but not the WT EGFR through both ubiquitination/proteasome and autophagy/lysosome pathways. Interestingly, we found that the mutant but not the WT EGFR can effectively form EGFR-PROTAC-E3 ligase ternary complexes. Furthermore, we found that PI3K inhibition sensitized WT EGFR to PROTAC-induced degradation and combination treatment with a PI3K inhibitor enhanced antiproliferation activities of EGFR degraders in cancer cells harboring WT EGFR, providing a potential therapeutic strategy for patients with WT EGFR overexpression.

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