期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
卷 22, 期 10, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms22105262
关键词
VX-445; elexacaftor; conformational stability; allosteric folding correction; chloride secretion; primary bronchial cells
资金
- Italian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation [9/2019, 6/2019]
- Task Force for Cystic Fibrosis-Extension
- Italian Ministry of Health
- Telethon Foundation [TMLGCBX16TT]
The deletion of phenylalanine at position 508 (F508del) in the CFTR chloride channel is the most common mutation in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, and it can be overcome with small molecules called correctors, with VX-445 showing promising efficacy. However, even with corrector combinations, the behavior of F508del-CFTR is not fully normalized, indicating the potential for further improvements in rescuing mutant CFTR.
Deletion of phenylalanine at position 508 (F508del) in the CFTR chloride channel is the most frequent mutation in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. F508del impairs the stability and folding of the CFTR protein, thus resulting in mistrafficking and premature degradation. F508del-CFTR defects can be overcome with small molecules termed correctors. We investigated the efficacy and properties of VX-445, a newly developed corrector, which is one of the three active principles present in a drug (Trikafta(R)/Kaftrio(R)) recently approved for the treatment of CF patients with F508del mutation. We found that VX-445, particularly in combination with type I (VX-809, VX-661) and type II (corr-4a) correctors, elicits a large rescue of F508del-CFTR function. In particular, in primary bronchial epithelial cells of CF patients, the maximal rescue obtained with corrector combinations including VX-445 was close to 60-70% of CFTR function in non-CF cells. Despite this high efficacy, analysis of ubiquitylation, resistance to thermoaggregation, protein half-life, and subcellular localization revealed that corrector combinations did not fully normalize F508del-CFTR behavior. Our study indicates that it is still possible to further improve mutant CFTR rescue with the development of corrector combinations having maximal effects on mutant CFTR structural and functional properties.
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