Injin Bang, Takamitsu Hattori, Nadia Leloup, Alexis Corrado, Atekana Nyamaa, Akiko Koide, Ken Geles, Elizabeth Buck, Shohei Koide
{"title":"Selective targeting of oncogenic hotspot mutations of the HER2 extracellular domain","authors":"Injin Bang, Takamitsu Hattori, Nadia Leloup, Alexis Corrado, Atekana Nyamaa, Akiko Koide, Ken Geles, Elizabeth Buck, Shohei Koide","doi":"10.1038/s41589-024-01751-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41589-024-01751-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Oncogenic mutations in the extracellular domain (ECD) of cell-surface receptors could serve as tumor-specific antigens that are accessible to antibody therapeutics. Such mutations have been identified in receptor tyrosine kinases including HER2. However, it is challenging to selectively target a point mutant, while sparing the wild-type protein. Here we developed antibodies selective to HER2 S310F and S310Y, the two most common oncogenic mutations in the HER2 ECD, via combinatorial library screening and structure-guided design. Cryogenic-electron microscopy structures of the HER2 S310F homodimer and an antibody bound to HER2 S310F revealed that these antibodies recognize the mutations in a manner that mimics the dimerization arm of HER2 and thus inhibit HER2 dimerization. These antibodies as T cell engagers selectively killed a HER2 S310F-driven cancer cell line in vitro, and in vivo as a xenograft. These results validate HER2 ECD mutations as actionable therapeutic targets and offer promising candidates toward clinical development.</p><figure></figure>","PeriodicalId":18832,"journal":{"name":"Nature chemical biology","volume":"75 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":14.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142452541","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Studying ATP synthesis in situ","authors":"Benjamin McIlwain","doi":"10.1038/s41589-024-01768-1","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41589-024-01768-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18832,"journal":{"name":"Nature chemical biology","volume":"20 11","pages":"1387-1387"},"PeriodicalIF":12.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142452522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Paenilamicins bind to a unique site on the ribosome to inhibit protein synthesis","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41589-024-01753-8","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41589-024-01753-8","url":null,"abstract":"Cryo-electron microscopy structures of paenilamicin-stalled ribosomes showed that it has a unique ribosome-binding site located between the A- and P-site tRNAs. Additional biochemical assays demonstrated that paenilamicins inhibit protein synthesis by blocking the movement of mRNA and tRNA through the ribosome during the elongation phase.","PeriodicalId":18832,"journal":{"name":"Nature chemical biology","volume":"20 12","pages":"1562-1563"},"PeriodicalIF":12.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142452523","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Designed with interactome-based deep learning","authors":"Xueying Mao, Yanyi Chu, Dongqing Wei","doi":"10.1038/s41589-024-01754-7","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41589-024-01754-7","url":null,"abstract":"Predicting prospective drug-like molecules quickly and accurately is a considerable challenge for de novo drug design. An interactome-based deep learning method has been developed that outperforms standard chemical language models.","PeriodicalId":18832,"journal":{"name":"Nature chemical biology","volume":"20 11","pages":"1399-1401"},"PeriodicalIF":12.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142448118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Timm O. Koller, Max J. Berger, Martino Morici, Helge Paternoga, Timur Bulatov, Adriana Di Stasi, Tam Dang, Andi Mainz, Karoline Raulf, Caillan Crowe-McAuliffe, Marco Scocchi, Mario Mardirossian, Bertrand Beckert, Nora Vázquez-Laslop, Alexander S. Mankin, Roderich D. Süssmuth, Daniel N. Wilson
{"title":"Paenilamicins are context-specific translocation inhibitors of protein synthesis","authors":"Timm O. Koller, Max J. Berger, Martino Morici, Helge Paternoga, Timur Bulatov, Adriana Di Stasi, Tam Dang, Andi Mainz, Karoline Raulf, Caillan Crowe-McAuliffe, Marco Scocchi, Mario Mardirossian, Bertrand Beckert, Nora Vázquez-Laslop, Alexander S. Mankin, Roderich D. Süssmuth, Daniel N. Wilson","doi":"10.1038/s41589-024-01752-9","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41589-024-01752-9","url":null,"abstract":"The paenilamicins are a group of hybrid nonribosomal peptide–polyketide compounds produced by the honey bee pathogen Paenibacillus larvae that display activity against Gram-positive pathogens, such as Staphylococcus aureus. While paenilamicins have been shown to inhibit protein synthesis, their mechanism of action has remained unclear. Here we determine structures of paenilamicin PamB2-stalled ribosomes, revealing a unique binding site on the small 30S subunit located between the A- and P-site transfer RNAs (tRNAs). In addition to providing a precise description of interactions of PamB2 with the ribosome, the structures also rationalize the resistance mechanisms used by P. larvae. We further demonstrate that PamB2 interferes with the translocation of messenger RNA and tRNAs through the ribosome during translation elongation, and that this inhibitory activity is influenced by the presence of modifications at position 37 of the A-site tRNA. Collectively, our study defines the paenilamicins as a class of context-specific translocation inhibitors. The paenilamicins are hybrid nonribosomal peptide–polyketide compounds that inhibit protein synthesis. Here the authors reveal that paenilamicins bind to a unique site on the ribosome, where they interfere with the translocation of mRNA and tRNAs during elongation.","PeriodicalId":18832,"journal":{"name":"Nature chemical biology","volume":"20 12","pages":"1691-1700"},"PeriodicalIF":12.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41589-024-01752-9.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142440839","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Laurence J. Seabrook, Carolina N. Franco, Cody A. Loy, Jaida Osman, Callie Fredlender, Jan Zimak, Melissa Campos, Steven T. Nguyen, Richard L. Watson, Samantha R. Levine, Marian F. Khalil, Kaelyn Sumigray, Darci J. Trader, Lauren V. Albrecht
{"title":"Methylarginine targeting chimeras for lysosomal degradation of intracellular proteins","authors":"Laurence J. Seabrook, Carolina N. Franco, Cody A. Loy, Jaida Osman, Callie Fredlender, Jan Zimak, Melissa Campos, Steven T. Nguyen, Richard L. Watson, Samantha R. Levine, Marian F. Khalil, Kaelyn Sumigray, Darci J. Trader, Lauren V. Albrecht","doi":"10.1038/s41589-024-01741-y","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41589-024-01741-y","url":null,"abstract":"A paradigm shift in drug development is the discovery of small molecules that harness the ubiquitin-proteasomal pathway to eliminate pathogenic proteins. Here we provide a modality for targeted protein degradation in lysosomes. We exploit an endogenous lysosomal pathway whereby protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMTs) initiate substrate degradation via arginine methylation. We developed a heterobifunctional small molecule, methylarginine targeting chimera (MrTAC), that recruits PRMT1 to a target protein for induced degradation in lysosomes. MrTAC compounds degraded substrates across cell lines, timescales and doses. MrTAC degradation required target protein methylation for subsequent lysosomal delivery via microautophagy. A library of MrTAC molecules exemplified the generality of MrTAC to degrade known targets and neo-substrates—glycogen synthase kinase 3β, MYC, bromodomain-containing protein 4 and histone deacetylase 6. MrTAC selectively degraded target proteins and drove biological loss-of-function phenotypes in survival, transcription and proliferation. Collectively, MrTAC demonstrates the utility of endogenous lysosomal proteolysis in the generation of a new class of small molecule degraders. Development of a targeted protein degradation platform, methylarginine targeting chimera (MrTAC), enables arginine methylation-driven degradation of intracellular proteins in lysosomes.","PeriodicalId":18832,"journal":{"name":"Nature chemical biology","volume":"20 12","pages":"1566-1576"},"PeriodicalIF":12.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142440259","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}