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Suppression of NRF2-dependent cancer growth by a covalent allosteric molecular glue

ABSTRACT: The NRF2 transcription factor is constitutively active in cancer where it functions to maintain oxidative homeostasis and reprogram cellular metabolism. NRF2-active tumors exhibit NRF2-dependency and resistance to chemo/radiotherapy. Here we developed VVD-065, a first-in-class NRF2 inhibitor that acts via an unprecedented allosteric molecular glue mechanism. In the absence of stress or mutation, NRF2 is rapidly degraded by the KEAP1-CUL3 ubiquitin-ligase complex. VVD-065 specifically and covalently adducts C151 on KEAP1, which in turn promotes KEAP1-CUL3 complex formation, leading to dramatic enhancement of NRF2 degradation. Previously reported C151-directed compounds decrease KEAP1-CUL3 interactions and stabilize NRF2, thus establishing KEAP1_C151 as a tunable regulator of the KEAP1-CUL3 complex and NRF2 stability. VVD-065 inhibited NRF2-dependent tumor growth and sensitized cancers to chemo/radiotherapy, supporting an open Phase I clinical trial (NCT05954312).

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE278482 | GEO | 2025/01/03

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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