Potent and selective small-molecule MCL-1 inhibitors demonstrate on-target cancer cell killing activity as single agents and in combination with ABT-263 (navitoclax).

Abstract:

:The anti-apoptotic protein MCL-1 is a key regulator of cancer cell survival and a known resistance factor for small-molecule BCL-2 family inhibitors such as ABT-263 (navitoclax), making it an attractive therapeutic target. However, directly inhibiting this target requires the disruption of high-affinity protein-protein interactions, and therefore designing small molecules potent enough to inhibit MCL-1 in cells has proven extremely challenging. Here, we describe a series of indole-2-carboxylic acids, exemplified by the compound A-1210477, that bind to MCL-1 selectively and with sufficient affinity to disrupt MCL-1-BIM complexes in living cells. A-1210477 induces the hallmarks of intrinsic apoptosis and demonstrates single agent killing of multiple myeloma and non-small cell lung cancer cell lines demonstrated to be MCL-1 dependent by BH3 profiling or siRNA rescue experiments. As predicted, A-1210477 synergizes with the BCL-2/BCL-XL inhibitor navitoclax to kill a variety of cancer cell lines. This work represents the first description of small-molecule MCL-1 inhibitors with sufficient potency to induce clear on-target cellular activity. It also demonstrates the utility of these molecules as chemical tools for dissecting the basic biology of MCL-1 and the promise of small-molecule MCL-1 inhibitors as potential therapeutics for the treatment of cancer.

journal_name

Cell Death Dis

journal_title

Cell death & disease

authors

Leverson JD,Zhang H,Chen J,Tahir SK,Phillips DC,Xue J,Nimmer P,Jin S,Smith M,Xiao Y,Kovar P,Tanaka A,Bruncko M,Sheppard GS,Wang L,Gierke S,Kategaya L,Anderson DJ,Wong C,Eastham-Anderson J,Ludlam MJ,Sampath D,F

doi

10.1038/cddis.2014.561

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2015-01-15 00:00:00

pages

e1590

issn

2041-4889

pii

cddis2014561

journal_volume

6

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