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Discovery of a potent and isoform-selective targeted covalent inhibitor of the lipid kinase PI3Kα
Nacht, Mariana,Qiao, Lixin,Sheets, Michael P.,St. Martin, Thia,Labenski, Matthew,Mazdiyasni, Hormoz,Karp, Russell,Zhu, Zhendong,Chaturvedi, Prasoon,Bhavsar, Deepa,Niu, Deqiang,Westlin, William,Petter, Russell C.,Medikonda, Aravind Prasad,Singh, Juswinder
, p. 712 - 721 (2013/04/10)
PI3Kα has been identified as an oncogene in human tumors. By use of rational drug design, a targeted covalent inhibitor 3 (CNX-1351) was created that potently and specifically inhibits PI3Kα. We demonstrate, using mass spectrometry and X-ray crystallography, that the selective inhibitor covalently modifies PI3Kα on cysteine 862 (C862), an amino acid unique to the α isoform, and that PI3Kβ, -γ, and -δ are not covalently modified. 3 is able to potently (EC50 50 100 nM). A covalent probe, 8 (CNX-1220), which selectively bonds to PI3Kα, was used to investigate the duration of occupancy of 3 with PI3Kα in vivo. This is the first report of a PI3Kα-selective inhibitor, and these data demonstrate the biological impact of selectively targeting PI3Kα.