PMID- 34203850 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210713 LR - 20240402 IS - 1422-0067 (Electronic) IS - 1422-0067 (Linking) VI - 22 IP - 12 DP - 2021 Jun 15 TI - Hydrophobic Tagging-Mediated Degradation of Transcription Coactivator SRC-1. LID - 10.3390/ijms22126407 [doi] LID - 6407 AB - Steroid receptor coactivator-1 (SRC-1) is a transcription coactivator playing a pivotal role in mediating a wide range of signaling pathways by interacting with related transcription factors and nuclear receptors. Aberrantly elevated SRC-1 activity is associated with cancer metastasis and progression, and therefore, suppression of SRC-1 is emerging as a promising therapeutic strategy. In this study, we developed a novel SRC-1 degrader for targeted degradation of cellular SRC-1. This molecule consists of a selective ligand for SRC-1 and a bulky hydrophobic group. Since the hydrophobic moiety on the protein surface could mimic a partially denatured hydrophobic region of a protein, SRC-1 could be recognized as an unfolded protein and experience the chaperone-mediated degradation in the cells through the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS). Our results demonstrate that a hydrophobic-tagged chimeric molecule is shown to significantly reduce cellular levels of SRC-1 and suppress cancer cell migration and invasion. Together, these results highlight that our SRC-1 degrader represents a novel class of therapeutic candidates for targeting cancer metastasis. Moreover, we believe that the hydrophobic tagging strategy would be widely applicable to develop peptide-based protein degraders with enhanced cellular activity. FAU - Choi, So Ra AU - Choi SR AD - Department of Chemistry and Division of Advanced Material Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Korea. FAU - Wang, Hee Myeong AU - Wang HM AD - Department of Chemistry and Division of Advanced Material Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Korea. FAU - Shin, Min Hyeon AU - Shin MH AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6205-2621 AD - Department of Chemistry and Division of Advanced Material Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Korea. AD - POSTECH Biotech Center, Pohang 37673, Korea. FAU - Lim, Hyun-Suk AU - Lim HS AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4083-2998 AD - Department of Chemistry and Division of Advanced Material Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Korea. LA - eng GR - NRF-2018R1A4A1024713/National Research Foundation of Korea/ GR - NRF-2019M3e5d4065251/National Research Foundation of Korea/ GR - NRF-2019H1A2A1074381/National Research Foundation of Korea/ GR - NRF-2020M3H1A1075314/National Research Foundation of Korea/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210615 PL - Switzerland TA - Int J Mol Sci JT - International journal of molecular sciences JID - 101092791 RN - 0 (Antigens, CD) RN - 0 (CDH1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Cadherins) RN - 0 (Molecular Chaperones) RN - 0 (Peptides) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Trans-Activators) RN - 81627-83-0 (Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor) RN - EC 2.3.1.48 (Nuclear Receptor Coactivator 1) RN - EC 3.4.25.1 (Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex) SB - IM MH - Antigens, CD/genetics/metabolism MH - Cadherins/genetics/metabolism MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Membrane Permeability MH - Cell Movement MH - Humans MH - *Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions MH - Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor/genetics/metabolism MH - Molecular Chaperones/metabolism MH - Neoplasm Invasiveness MH - Nuclear Receptor Coactivator 1/*metabolism MH - Peptides/chemistry MH - Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex/metabolism MH - Protein Stability MH - *Proteolysis MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism MH - Trans-Activators/*metabolism PMC - PMC8232704 OTO - NOTNLM OT - PROTACs OT - SRC-1 transcriptional coactivator OT - cancer metastasis OT - hydrophobic tagging OT - proteasomal degradation OT - ubiquitination OT - ubiquitin-proteasome system COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2021/07/03 06:00 MHDA- 2021/07/14 06:00 PMCR- 2021/06/15 CRDT- 2021/07/02 01:18 PHST- 2021/05/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/06/11 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/06/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/07/02 01:18 [entrez] PHST- 2021/07/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/07/14 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/06/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ijms22126407 [pii] AID - ijms-22-06407 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ijms22126407 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Jun 15;22(12):6407. doi: 10.3390/ijms22126407.