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Overcoming EGFR(T790M) and EGFR(C797S) resistance with mutant-selective allosteric inhibitors.

Abstract：

:The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-directed tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) gefitinib, erlotinib and afatinib are approved treatments for non-small cell lung cancers harbouring activating mutations in the EGFR kinase, but resistance arises rapidly, most frequently owing to the secondary T790M mutation within the ATP site of the receptor. Recently developed mutant-selective irreversible inhibitors are highly active against the T790M mutant, but their efficacy can be compromised by acquired mutation of C797, the cysteine residue with which they form a key covalent bond. All current EGFR TKIs target the ATP-site of the kinase, highlighting the need for therapeutic agents with alternative mechanisms of action. Here we describe the rational discovery of EAI045, an allosteric inhibitor that targets selected drug-resistant EGFR mutants but spares the wild-type receptor. The crystal structure shows that the compound binds an allosteric site created by the displacement of the regulatory C-helix in an inactive conformation of the kinase. The compound inhibits L858R/T790M-mutant EGFR with low-nanomolar potency in biochemical assays. However, as a single agent it is not effective in blocking EGFR-driven proliferation in cells owing to differential potency on the two subunits of the dimeric receptor, which interact in an asymmetric manner in the active state. We observe marked synergy of EAI045 with cetuximab, an antibody therapeutic that blocks EGFR dimerization, rendering the kinase uniformly susceptible to the allosteric agent. EAI045 in combination with cetuximab is effective in mouse models of lung cancer driven by EGFR(L858R/T790M) and by EGFR(L858R/T790M/C797S), a mutant that is resistant to all currently available EGFR TKIs. More generally, our findings illustrate the utility of purposefully targeting allosteric sites to obtain mutant-selective inhibitors.

journal_name

Nature

journal_title

Nature

authors

Jia Y,Yun CH,Park E,Ercan D,Manuia M,Juarez J,Xu C,Rhee K,Chen T,Zhang H,Palakurthi S,Jang J,Lelais G,DiDonato M,Bursulaya B,Michellys PY,Epple R,Marsilje TH,McNeill M,Lu W,Harris J,Bender S,Wong KK,Jänne PA

doi

10.1038/nature17960

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2016-06-02 00:00:00

pages

129-32

issue

7605

eissn

0028-0836

issn

1476-4687

pii

nature17960

journal_volume

534

pub_type

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Overcoming EGFR(T790M) and EGFR(C797S) resistance with mutant-selective allosteric inhibitors.