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An Improved PDE6D Inhibitor Combines with Sildenafil To Inhibit KRAS Mutant Cancer Cell Growth
Authors: Kaya, Pelin; Schaffner-Reckinger, Elisabeth; Manoharan, Ganesh babu; Vukic, Vladimir; Kiriazis, Alexandros; Ledda, Mirko; Burgos Renedo, Maria; Pavic, Karolina; Gaigneaux, Anthoula; Glaab, Enrico; Abankwa, Daniel Kwaku
Publisher: AMER CHEMICAL SOC
Publishing place: WASHINGTON
Publication year: 2024
Journal: Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
Journal name in source: JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
Journal acronym: J MED CHEM
Volume: 67
Issue: 11
First page : 8569
Last page: 8584
Number of pages: 16
ISSN: 0022-2623
eISSN: 1520-4804
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c02129
Web address : https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c02129
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/457173232
The trafficking chaperone PDE6D (or PDEδ) was proposed as a surrogate target for K-Ras, leading to the development of a series of inhibitors that block its prenyl binding pocket. These inhibitors suffered from low solubility and suspected off-target effects, preventing their clinical development. Here, we developed a highly soluble, low nanomolar PDE6D inhibitor (PDE6Di), Deltaflexin3, which has the lowest off-target activity as compared to three prominent reference compounds. Deltaflexin3 reduces Ras signaling and selectively decreases the growth of KRAS mutant and PDE6D-dependent cancer cells. We further show that PKG2-mediated phosphorylation of Ser181 lowers K-Ras binding to PDE6D. Thus, Deltaflexin3 combines with the approved PKG2 activator Sildenafil to more potently inhibit PDE6D/K-Ras binding, cancer cell proliferation, and microtumor growth. As observed previously, inhibition of Ras trafficking, signaling, and cancer cell proliferation remained overall modest. Our results suggest reevaluating PDE6D as a K-Ras surrogate target in cancer.
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Funding information in the publication:
D.K.A. received a Grant4Targets grant (ref.2019-08-2426) from Bayer AG. This work was supported by grants from the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR): AFR individual grant 13589879 to P.K. and PoC20/15269106-inhibitPDE-RASv2 to D.K.A.