1. IFITM proteins assist cellular uptake of diverse linked chemotypes
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Lou, Kevin, Wassarman, Douglas R, Yang, Tangpo, Paung, YiTing, Zhang, Ziyang, O'Loughlin, Thomas A, Moore, Megan K, Egan, Regina K, Greninger, Patricia, Benes, Cyril H, Seeliger, Markus A, Taunton, Jack, Gilbert, Luke A, and Shokat, Kevan M
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Biochemistry and Cell Biology ,Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry ,Chemical Sciences ,Biological Sciences ,Orphan Drug ,Rare Diseases ,Development of treatments and therapeutic interventions ,5.1 Pharmaceuticals ,General Science & Technology - Abstract
The search for cell-permeable drugs has conventionally focused on low-molecular weight (MW), nonpolar, rigid chemical structures. However, emerging therapeutic strategies break traditional drug design rules by employing flexibly linked chemical entities composed of more than one ligand. Using complementary genome-scale chemical-genetic approaches we identified an endogenous chemical uptake pathway involving interferon-induced transmembrane proteins (IFITMs) that modulates the cell permeability of a prototypical biopic inhibitor of MTOR (RapaLink-1, MW: 1784 g/mol). We devised additional linked inhibitors targeting BCR-ABL1 (DasatiLink-1, MW: 1518 g/mol) and EIF4A1 (BisRoc-1, MW: 1466 g/mol), uptake of which was facilitated by IFITMs. We also found that IFITMs moderately assisted some proteolysis-targeting chimeras and examined the physicochemical requirements for involvement of this uptake pathway.
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- 2022