DrugMap: A quantitative pan-cancer analysis of cysteine ligandability
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ABSTRACT: Cysteine-focused chemical proteomic platforms have accelerated the clinical development of covalent inhibitors of a wide-range of targets in cancer. However, how different oncogenic contexts influence cysteine targeting remains unknown. To address this question, we have developed DrugMap, an atlas of cysteine ligandability compiled across 416 cancer cell lines. We unexpectedly find that cysteine ligandability varies across cancer cell lines, and we attribute this to differences in cellular redox states, protein conformational changes, and genetic mutations. Leveraging these findings, we identify actionable cysteines in NFκB1 and SOX10 and develop corresponding covalent ligands that block the activity of these transcription factors. We demonstrate that the NFkB1 probe blocks DNA binding, whereas the SOX10 ligand increases SOX10-SOX10 interactions and disrupts melanoma transcriptional signaling. Our findings reveal heterogeneity in cysteine ligandability across cancers, pinpoint cell-intrinsic features driving cysteine targeting,and illustrate the use of covalent probes to disrupt oncogenic transcription factor activity
INSTRUMENT(S): Orbitrap Eclipse
ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human)
TISSUE(S): Malignant Cell
DISEASE(S): Glioblastoma,Brain Cancer,Malignant Neoplasm Of Ovary,Gastroesophageal Cancer,Lymphoma,Breast Cancer
SUBMITTER: liron bar-peled
LAB HEAD: Bar-peled Liron
PROVIDER: PXD047840 | Pride | 2024-04-23
REPOSITORIES: Pride
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