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  2. Discovery and Preclinical Pharmacology of NX-2127, an Orally Bioavailable Degrader of Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase with Immunomodulatory Activity for the Treatment of Patients with B Cell Malignancies

Discovery and Preclinical Pharmacology of NX-2127, an Orally Bioavailable Degrader of Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase with Immunomodulatory Activity for the Treatment of Patients with B Cell Malignancies

  • J Med Chem. 2024 Feb 22;67(4):2321-2336. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c01007.
Daniel W Robbins 1 Mark A Noviski 1 Ying Siow Tan 1 Zef A Konst 1 Aileen Kelly 1 Paul Auger 1 Nivetha Brathaban 1 Robert Cass 1 Ming Liang Chan 1 Ganesh Cherala 1 Matthew C Clifton 1 Stefan Gajewski 1 Timothy G Ingallinera 1 Dane Karr 1 Daisuke Kato 1 Jun Ma 1 Jenny McKinnell 1 Joel McIntosh 1 Jeff Mihalic 1 Brent Murphy 1 Jaipal Reddy Panga 1 Ge Peng 1 Janine Powers 1 Luz Perez 1 Ryan Rountree 1 Austin Tenn-McClellan 1 Arthur T Sands 1 Dahlia R Weiss 1 Jeffrey Wu 1 Jordan Ye 1 Cristiana Guiducci 1 Gwenn Hansen 1 Frederick Cohen 1
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  • 1 Nurix Therapeutics, Inc., 1700 Owens St., San Francisco, California 94158, United States.
Abstract

Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk), a member of the TEC family of kinases, is an essential effector of B-cell receptor (BCR) signaling. Chronic activation of BTK-mediated BCR signaling is a hallmark of many hematological malignancies, which makes it an attractive therapeutic target. Pharmacological inhibition of Btk enzymatic function is now a well-proven strategy for the treatment of patients with these malignancies. We report the discovery and characterization of NX-2127, a Btk degrader with concomitant immunomodulatory activity. By design, NX-2127 mediates the degradation of transcription factors IKZF1 and IKZF3 through molecular glue interactions with the Cereblon E3 ubiquitin ligase complex. NX-2127 degrades common Btk resistance mutants, including BtkC481S. NX-2127 is orally bioavailable, exhibits in vivo degradation across species, and demonstrates efficacy in preclinical oncology models. NX-2127 has advanced into first-in-human clinical trials and achieves deep and sustained degradation of Btk following daily oral dosing at 100 mg.

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