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Understanding and Improving the Membrane Permeability of VH032-Based PROTACs.


ABSTRACT: Proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) are catalytic heterobifunctional molecules that can selectively degrade a protein of interest by recruiting a ubiquitin E3 ligase to the target, leading to its ubiquitylation and degradation by the proteasome. Most degraders lie outside the chemical space associated with most membrane-permeable drugs. Although many PROTACs have been described with potent activity in cells, our understanding of the relationship between structure and permeability in these compounds remains limited. Here, we describe a label-free method for assessing the permeability of several VH032-based PROTACs and their components by combining a parallel artificial membrane permeability assay (PAMPA) and a lipophilic permeability efficiency (LPE) metric. Our results show that the combination of these two cell-free membrane permeability assays provides new insight into PROTAC structure-permeability relationships and offers a conceptual framework for predicting the physicochemical properties of PROTACs in order to better inform the design of more permeable and more effective degraders.

SUBMITTER: Klein VG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7488288 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Understanding and Improving the Membrane Permeability of VH032-Based PROTACs.

Klein Victoria G VG   Townsend Chad E CE   Testa Andrea A   Zengerle Michael M   Maniaci Chiara C   Hughes Scott J SJ   Chan Kwok-Ho KH   Ciulli Alessio A   Lokey R Scott RS  

ACS medicinal chemistry letters 20200730 9


Proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) are catalytic heterobifunctional molecules that can selectively degrade a protein of interest by recruiting a ubiquitin E3 ligase to the target, leading to its ubiquitylation and degradation by the proteasome. Most degraders lie outside the chemical space associated with most membrane-permeable drugs. Although many PROTACs have been described with potent activity in cells, our understanding of the relationship between structure and permeability in these c  ...[more]

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