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CHEMMEDCHEM
Volume 14, Issue 4, Pages 494-500Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201800719
Keywords
conformational sampling; drug discovery; fibroblast growth factor receptor; irreversible inhibitor; TAS-120
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- Health Research Council of New Zealand [13-196]
- Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery
- University of Auckland Doctoral Scholarship Programme
- Cancer Society Auckland and Northland
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1-[(3S)-3-[4-Amino-3-[2-(3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)ethynyl]-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidin-1-yl]-1-pyrrolidinyl]-2-propen-1-one (TAS-120) is an irreversible inhibitor of the fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) family, and is currently under phase I/II clinical trials in patients with confirmed advanced metastatic solid tumours harbouring FGFR aberrations. This inhibitor specifically targets the P-loop of the FGFR tyrosine kinase domain, forming a covalent adduct with a cysteine side chain of the protein. Our mass spectrometry experiments characterise an exceptionally fast chemical reaction in forming the covalent complex. The structural basis of this reactivity is revealed by a sequence of three X-ray crystal structures: a free ligand structure, a reversible FGFR1 structure, and the first reported irreversible FGFR1 adduct structure. We hypothesise that the most significant reactivity feature of TAS-120 is its inherent ability to undertake conformational sampling of the FGFR P-loop. In designing novel covalent FGFR inhibitors, such a phenomenon presents an attractive strategy requiring appropriate positioning of an acrylamide group similarly to that of TAS-120.
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