PMID- 37836790 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20231023 LR - 20240210 IS - 1420-3049 (Electronic) IS - 1420-3049 (Linking) VI - 28 IP - 19 DP - 2023 Oct 6 TI - Discovery of a SHP2 Degrader with In Vivo Anti-Tumor Activity. LID - 10.3390/molecules28196947 [doi] LID - 6947 AB - Src homology 2 domain-containing phosphatase 2 (SHP2) is an attractive target for cancer therapy due to its multifaceted roles in both tumor and immune cells. Herein, we designed and synthesized a novel series of proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) using a SHP2 allosteric inhibitor as warhead, with the goal of achieving SHP2 degradation both inside the cell and in vivo. Among these molecules, compound P9 induces efficient degradation of SHP2 (DC(50) = 35.2 +/- 1.5 nM) in a concentration- and time-dependent manner. Mechanistic investigation illustrates that the P9-mediated SHP2 degradation requires the recruitment of the E3 ligase and is ubiquitination- and proteasome-dependent. P9 shows improved anti-tumor activity in a number of cancer cell lines over its parent allosteric inhibitor. Importantly, administration of P9 leads to a nearly complete tumor regression in a xenograft mouse model, as a result of robust SHP2 depletion and suppression of phospho-ERK1/2 in the tumor. Hence, P9 represents the first SHP2 PROTAC molecule with excellent in vivo efficacy. It is anticipated that P9 could serve not only as a new chemical tool to interrogate SHP2 biology but also as a starting point for the development of novel therapeutics targeting SHP2. FAU - Miao, Jinmin AU - Miao J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7471-0847 AD - Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. FAU - Bai, Yunpeng AU - Bai Y AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5879-3555 AD - Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. FAU - Miao, Yiming AU - Miao Y AD - Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. FAU - Qu, Zihan AU - Qu Z AUID- ORCID: 0009-0004-8446-8459 AD - Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. FAU - Dong, Jiajun AU - Dong J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6901-5070 AD - Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. FAU - Zhang, Ruo-Yu AU - Zhang RY AD - Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. FAU - Aggarwal, Devesh AU - Aggarwal D AD - Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. FAU - Jassim, Brenson A AU - Jassim BA AD - Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. FAU - Nguyen, Quyen AU - Nguyen Q AD - Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. FAU - Zhang, Zhong-Yin AU - Zhang ZY AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5527-7910 AD - Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. AD - Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. AD - Institute for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. AD - Institute for Drug Discovery, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. LA - eng GR - R01 CA069202/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20231006 PL - Switzerland TA - Molecules JT - Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) JID - 100964009 RN - EC 3.1.3.48 (Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 11) RN - EC 3.4.25.1 (Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Animals MH - Mice MH - *Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 11 MH - *Neoplasms/drug therapy MH - Cell Line MH - Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex/metabolism MH - Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/metabolism MH - Proteolysis PMC - PMC10574094 OTO - NOTNLM OT - PROTAC OT - SHP2 OT - anti-cancer agent OT - protein tyrosine phosphatase OT - target protein degradation COIS- Z.-Y.Z. is an academic co-founder of Tyligand Bioscience. The other authors have no competing interest to declare. EDAT- 2023/10/14 10:48 MHDA- 2023/10/23 01:18 PMCR- 2023/10/06 CRDT- 2023/10/14 01:20 PHST- 2023/09/04 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/10/03 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/10/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/10/23 01:18 [medline] PHST- 2023/10/14 10:48 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/10/14 01:20 [entrez] PHST- 2023/10/06 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - molecules28196947 [pii] AID - molecules-28-06947 [pii] AID - 10.3390/molecules28196947 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Molecules. 2023 Oct 6;28(19):6947. doi: 10.3390/molecules28196947.