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  2. Discovery of CBPD-409 as a Highly Potent, Selective, and Orally Efficacious CBP/p300 PROTAC Degrader for the Treatment of Advanced Prostate Cancer

Discovery of CBPD-409 as a Highly Potent, Selective, and Orally Efficacious CBP/p300 PROTAC Degrader for the Treatment of Advanced Prostate Cancer

  • J Med Chem. 2024 Mar 26. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c01789.
Zhixiang Chen 1 Mi Wang 1 Dimin Wu 1 Lijie Zhao 1 Hoda Metwally 1 Wei Jiang 1 Yu Wang 1 Longchuan Bai 1 Donna McEachern 1 Jie Luo 2 Meilin Wang 3 Qiuxia Li 3 Aleksas Matvekas 3 Bo Wen 3 Duxin Sun 3 Arul M Chinnaiyan 2 Shaomeng Wang 1
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 The Rogel Cancer Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, and Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States.
  • 2 Michigan Center for Translational Pathology, Department of Pathology, Rogel Cancer Center, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States.
  • 3 Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States.
Abstract

CBP/p300 are critical transcriptional coactivators of the Androgen Receptor (AR) and are promising Cancer therapeutic targets. Herein, we report the discovery of highly potent, selective, and orally bioavailable CBP/p300 degraders using the PROTAC technology with CBPD-409 being the most promising compound. CBPD-409 induces robust CBP/p300 degradation with DC50 0.2-0.4 nM and displays strong antiproliferative effects with IC50 1.2-2.0 nM in the VCaP, LNCaP, and 22Rv1 AR+ prostate Cancer cell lines. It has a favorable pharmacokinetic profile and achieves 50% of oral bioavailability in mice. A single oral administration of CBPD-409 at 1 mg/kg achieves >95% depletion of CBP/p300 proteins in the VCaP tumor tissue. CBPD-409 exhibits strong tumor growth inhibition and is much more potent and efficacious than two CBP/p300 inhibitors CCS1477 and GNE-049 and the AR antagonist Enzalutamide. CBPD-409 is a promising CBP/p300 degrader for further extensive evaluations for the treatment of advanced prostate Cancer and other types of human cancers.

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