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An allosteric pan-TEAD inhibitor blocks oncogenic YAP/TAZ signaling and overcomes KRAS G12C inhibitor resistance

  • Nat Cancer. 2023 Jun;4(6):812-828. doi: 10.1038/s43018-023-00577-0.
Thijs J Hagenbeek # 1 Jason R Zbieg # 2 Marc Hafner # 3 Rana Mroue 1 Jennifer A Lacap 4 Nicole M Sodir 4 Cameron L Noland 5 Shervin Afghani 1 Ayush Kishore 1 Kamakoti P Bhat 1 Xiaosai Yao 3 Stephen Schmidt 6 Saundra Clausen 6 Micah Steffek 6 Wendy Lee 2 Paul Beroza 2 Scott Martin 1 Eva Lin 1 Rina Fong 5 Paola Di Lello 5 Marta H Kubala 5 Michelle N-Y Yang 4 Jeffrey T Lau 4 Emily Chan 4 Alfonso Arrazate 4 Le An 7 Elizabeth Levy 7 Maria N Lorenzo 8 Ho-June Lee 1 Trang H Pham 1 Zora Modrusan 9 Richard Zang 10 Yi-Chen Chen 10 Michal Kabza 11 Musaddeque Ahmed 12 Jason Li 3 Matthew T Chang 3 Danilo Maddalo 4 Marie Evangelista 13 Xin Ye 14 James J Crawford 15 Anwesha Dey 16
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Department of Discovery Oncology, Genentech, California, CA, USA.
  • 2 Department of Discovery Chemistry, Genentech, California, CA, USA.
  • 3 Department of Oncology Bioinformatics, Genentech, California, CA, USA.
  • 4 Department of Translational Oncology, Genentech, California, CA, USA.
  • 5 Department of Structural Biology, Genentech, California, CA, USA.
  • 6 Department of Biochemical and Cellular Pharmacology, Genentech, California, CA, USA.
  • 7 Department of Small Molecule Pharmaceutical Sciences, Genentech, California, CA, USA.
  • 8 Department of Protein Chemistry, Genentech, California, CA, USA.
  • 9 Department of Microchemistry, Proteomics and Lipidomics, Genentech, California, CA, USA.
  • 10 Department of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Genentech, California, CA, USA.
  • 11 Roche Polska, Warsaw, Poland.
  • 12 Roche Canada, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
  • 13 Department of Discovery Oncology, Genentech, California, CA, USA. evangem2@gmail.com.
  • 14 Department of Discovery Oncology, Genentech, California, CA, USA. ye.xin@gene.com.
  • 15 Department of Discovery Chemistry, Genentech, California, CA, USA. crawford.james@gene.com.
  • 16 Department of Discovery Oncology, Genentech, California, CA, USA. dey.anwesha@gene.com.
  • # Contributed equally.
Abstract

The Hippo pathway is a key growth control pathway that is conserved across species. The downstream effectors of the Hippo pathway, YAP (Yes-associated protein) and TAZ (transcriptional coactivator with PDZ-binding motif), are frequently activated in cancers to drive proliferation and survival. Based on the premise that sustained interactions between YAP/TAZ and TEADs (transcriptional enhanced associate domain) are central to their transcriptional activities, we discovered a potent small-molecule inhibitor (SMI), GNE-7883, that allosterically blocks the interactions between YAP/TAZ and all human TEAD paralogs through binding to the TEAD lipid pocket. GNE-7883 effectively reduces chromatin accessibility specifically at TEAD motifs, suppresses cell proliferation in a variety of cell line models and achieves strong antitumor efficacy in vivo. Furthermore, we uncovered that GNE-7883 effectively overcomes both intrinsic and acquired resistance to KRAS (Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog) G12C inhibitors in diverse preclinical models through the inhibition of YAP/TAZ activation. Taken together, this work demonstrates the activities of TEAD SMIs in YAP/TAZ-dependent cancers and highlights their potential broad applications in precision oncology and therapy resistance.

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    Product Name
    Description
    Target
    Research Area
  • HY-147214
    98.49%, TEAD抑制剂
    YAP