Activation loop targeting strategy for design of receptor-interacting protein kinase 2 (RIPK2) inhibitors

Development of selective kinase inhibitors remains a challenge due to considerable amino acid sequence similarity among family members particularly in the ATP binding site. Targeting the activation loop might offer improved inhibitor selectivity since this region of kinases is less conserved. Howeve...

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Main Authors: Suebsuwong, C, Pinkas, D, Ray, S, Bufton, J, Dai, B, Bullock, A, Degterev, A, Cuny, G
Format: Journal article
Published: Elsevier 2018
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author Suebsuwong, C
Pinkas, D
Ray, S
Bufton, J
Dai, B
Bullock, A
Degterev, A
Cuny, G
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Pinkas, D
Ray, S
Bufton, J
Dai, B
Bullock, A
Degterev, A
Cuny, G
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description Development of selective kinase inhibitors remains a challenge due to considerable amino acid sequence similarity among family members particularly in the ATP binding site. Targeting the activation loop might offer improved inhibitor selectivity since this region of kinases is less conserved. However, the strategy presents difficulties due to activation loop flexibility. Herein, we report the design of receptor-interacting protein kinase 2 (RIPK2) inhibitors based on pankinase inhibitor regorafenib that aim to engage basic activation loop residues Lys169 or Arg171. We report development of CSR35 that displayed > 10-fold selective inhibition of RIPK2 versus VEGFR2, the target of regorafenib. A co-crystal structure of CSR35 with RIPK2 revealed a resolved activation loop with an ionic interaction between the carboxylic acid installed in the inhibitor and the side-chain of Lys169. Our data provides principle feasibility of developing activation loop targeting type II inhibitors as a complementary strategy for achieving improved selectivity.
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spelling oxford-uuid:7d1fe982-ea2a-4f19-80a7-8647762810812022-03-26T21:01:30ZActivation loop targeting strategy for design of receptor-interacting protein kinase 2 (RIPK2) inhibitorsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:7d1fe982-ea2a-4f19-80a7-864776281081Symplectic Elements at OxfordElsevier2018Suebsuwong, CPinkas, DRay, SBufton, JDai, BBullock, ADegterev, ACuny, GDevelopment of selective kinase inhibitors remains a challenge due to considerable amino acid sequence similarity among family members particularly in the ATP binding site. Targeting the activation loop might offer improved inhibitor selectivity since this region of kinases is less conserved. However, the strategy presents difficulties due to activation loop flexibility. Herein, we report the design of receptor-interacting protein kinase 2 (RIPK2) inhibitors based on pankinase inhibitor regorafenib that aim to engage basic activation loop residues Lys169 or Arg171. We report development of CSR35 that displayed > 10-fold selective inhibition of RIPK2 versus VEGFR2, the target of regorafenib. A co-crystal structure of CSR35 with RIPK2 revealed a resolved activation loop with an ionic interaction between the carboxylic acid installed in the inhibitor and the side-chain of Lys169. Our data provides principle feasibility of developing activation loop targeting type II inhibitors as a complementary strategy for achieving improved selectivity.
spellingShingle Suebsuwong, C
Pinkas, D
Ray, S
Bufton, J
Dai, B
Bullock, A
Degterev, A
Cuny, G
Activation loop targeting strategy for design of receptor-interacting protein kinase 2 (RIPK2) inhibitors
title Activation loop targeting strategy for design of receptor-interacting protein kinase 2 (RIPK2) inhibitors
title_full Activation loop targeting strategy for design of receptor-interacting protein kinase 2 (RIPK2) inhibitors
title_fullStr Activation loop targeting strategy for design of receptor-interacting protein kinase 2 (RIPK2) inhibitors
title_full_unstemmed Activation loop targeting strategy for design of receptor-interacting protein kinase 2 (RIPK2) inhibitors
title_short Activation loop targeting strategy for design of receptor-interacting protein kinase 2 (RIPK2) inhibitors
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