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. 2022 Aug 30;13(10):1532–1534. doi: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.2c00379

Novel SMARCA Degraders for Treating Cancer

Ram W Sabnis 1,*
PMCID: PMC9578032  PMID: 36267129

Abstract

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Provided herein are novel compounds as SMARCA degraders, pharmaceutical compositions, use of such compounds in treating cancer, and processes for preparing such compounds.

Important Compound Classes

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Title

SMARCA Degraders and Uses Thereof

Patent Publication Number

WO 2022/125804 A1

URL: https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2022125804A1/en

Publication Date

June 16, 2022

Priority Application

US 63/123,427

Priority Date

December 9, 2020

Inventors

Zhang, Y.; Zheng, X.; Zhu, X.

Assignee Company

Kymera Therapeutics Inc., USA

Disease Area

Cancer

Biological Target

SMARCA

Summary

The field of targeted protein degradation promoted by small molecules has been intensively studied. The ubiquitin-proteasome pathway (UPP) is a critical pathway that regulates key regulator proteins and degrades misfolded or abnormal proteins. UPP is central to multiple cellular processes and if defective or imbalanced, it leads to pathogenesis of a variety of diseases. The covalent attachment of ubiquitin to specific protein substrates is achieved through the action of E3 ubiquitin ligases.

UPP plays a key role in the degradation of short-lived and regulatory proteins important in a variety of basic cellular processes, including regulation of the cell cycle, modulation of cell cycle receptors and ion channels, and antigen presentation. The UPP is used to induce selective protein degradation, including use of fusion proteins to artificially ubiquitinate target proteins and small molecule probes to induce proteasome-dependent degradation.

The present application describes a series of novel compounds as SMARCA (Switch/Sucrose Non-Fermentable (SWI/SNF)-Related, Matrix-Associated, Actin-Dependent Regulator of Chromatin, Subfamily A) degraders for the treatment of cancer. Further, the application discloses compounds, their preparation, use, and pharmaceutical composition, and treatment.

Definitions

SMARCA is a protein binding moiety capable of binding to one or more of SMARCA2, SMARCA4, and PB1;

L is a bivalent moiety that connects SMARCA to DIM; and

DIM is a degradation inducing moiety.

Key Structures

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Biological Assay

The MSD SMARCA2 degradation in A549 cell line assay was performed. The compounds described in this application were tested for their ability to degrade SMARCA2. The SMARCA2 DC50 (nM) are shown in the table below.

Biological Data

The following table shows representative compounds tested for SMARCA2 degradation and the biological data obtained from testing representative examples.

For DC50, “A” means <100 nM, “B” means 100–500 nM, “C” means 501–1000 nM, and “D” means >1000 nM.graphic file with name ml2c00379_0004.jpg

Claims

Total claims: 30

Compound claims: 23

Pharmaceutical composition claims: 2

Method of treatment claims: 4

Method of degradation claims: 1

The author declares no competing financial interest.

Special Issue

Published as part of the ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters virtual special issue “New Drug Modalities in Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology, and Translational Science”.

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