Discovery of Potent Degraders of the Dengue Virus Envelope Protein

Abstract Targeted protein degradation has been widely adopted as a new approach to eliminate both established and previously recalcitrant therapeutic targets. Here, it is reported that the development of small molecule degraders of the envelope (E) protein of dengue virus. Two classes of bivalent E‐...

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Main Authors: Zhengnian Li, Han‐Yuan Liu, Zhixiang He, Antara Chakravarty, Ryan P. Golden, Zixuan Jiang, Inchul You, Hong Yue, Katherine A. Donovan, Guangyan Du, Jianwei Che, Jason Tse, Isaac Che, Wenchao Lu, Eric S. Fischer, Tinghu Zhang, Nathanael S. Gray, Priscilla L. Yang
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202405829
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Han‐Yuan Liu
Zhixiang He
Antara Chakravarty
Ryan P. Golden
Zixuan Jiang
Inchul You
Hong Yue
Katherine A. Donovan
Guangyan Du
Jianwei Che
Jason Tse
Isaac Che
Wenchao Lu
Eric S. Fischer
Tinghu Zhang
Nathanael S. Gray
Priscilla L. Yang
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Zhixiang He
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Jianwei Che
Jason Tse
Isaac Che
Wenchao Lu
Eric S. Fischer
Tinghu Zhang
Nathanael S. Gray
Priscilla L. Yang
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description Abstract Targeted protein degradation has been widely adopted as a new approach to eliminate both established and previously recalcitrant therapeutic targets. Here, it is reported that the development of small molecule degraders of the envelope (E) protein of dengue virus. Two classes of bivalent E‐degraders are developed by linking two previously reported E‐binding small molecules, GNF‐2, and CVM‐2‐12‐2, to a glutarimide‐based recruiter of the CRL4CRBN ligase to effect proteosome‐mediated degradation of the E protein. ZXH‐2‐107 (based on GNF‐2) is an E‐degrader with ABL inhibitory activity while ZXH‐8‐004 (based on CVM‐2‐12‐2) is a selective and potent E‐degrader. These two compounds provide proof of concept that difficult‐to‐drug targets such as a viral envelope protein can be effectively eliminated using a bivalent degrader and provide starting points for the future development of a new class of direct‐acting antiviral drugs.
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spelling doaj-art-d886eb34b9c74a7eabd320cf5081d2142025-08-20T02:11:59ZengWileyAdvanced Science2198-38442024-10-011140n/an/a10.1002/advs.202405829Discovery of Potent Degraders of the Dengue Virus Envelope ProteinZhengnian Li0Han‐Yuan Liu1Zhixiang He2Antara Chakravarty3Ryan P. Golden4Zixuan Jiang5Inchul You6Hong YueKatherine A. Donovan7Guangyan Du8Jianwei Che9Jason Tse10Isaac Che11Wenchao Lu12Eric S. Fischer13Tinghu Zhang14Nathanael S. Gray15Priscilla L. Yang16Department of Chemical and Systems Biology Chem‐H and Stanford Cancer Institute Stanford Medicine Stanford University 290 Jane Stanford Way Stanford CA 94305 USADepartment of Microbiology and Immunology Stanford University School of Medicine 279 Campus Drive Palo Alto CA 94305 USADepartment of Cancer Biology Dana‐Farber Cancer Institute 450 Brookline Avenue Boston 02215 USADepartment of Microbiology and Immunology Stanford University School of Medicine 279 Campus Drive Palo Alto CA 94305 USADepartment of Chemical and Systems Biology Chem‐H and Stanford Cancer Institute Stanford Medicine Stanford University 290 Jane Stanford Way Stanford CA 94305 USADepartment of Chemical and Systems Biology Chem‐H and Stanford Cancer Institute Stanford Medicine Stanford University 290 Jane Stanford Way Stanford CA 94305 USADepartment of Chemical and Systems Biology Chem‐H and Stanford Cancer Institute Stanford Medicine Stanford University 290 Jane Stanford Way Stanford CA 94305 USADepartment of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology Harvard Medical School 240 Longwood Avenue Boston 02115 USADepartment of Cancer Biology Dana‐Farber Cancer Institute 450 Brookline Avenue Boston 02215 USADepartment of Cancer Biology Dana‐Farber Cancer Institute 450 Brookline Avenue Boston 02215 USADepartment of Chemical and Systems Biology Chem‐H and Stanford Cancer Institute Stanford Medicine Stanford University 290 Jane Stanford Way Stanford CA 94305 USADepartment of Chemical and Systems Biology Chem‐H and Stanford Cancer Institute Stanford Medicine Stanford University 290 Jane Stanford Way Stanford CA 94305 USADepartment of Chemical and Systems Biology Chem‐H and Stanford Cancer Institute Stanford Medicine Stanford University 290 Jane Stanford Way Stanford CA 94305 USADepartment of Cancer Biology Dana‐Farber Cancer Institute 450 Brookline Avenue Boston 02215 USADepartment of Chemical and Systems Biology Chem‐H and Stanford Cancer Institute Stanford Medicine Stanford University 290 Jane Stanford Way Stanford CA 94305 USADepartment of Chemical and Systems Biology Chem‐H and Stanford Cancer Institute Stanford Medicine Stanford University 290 Jane Stanford Way Stanford CA 94305 USADepartment of Microbiology and Immunology Stanford University School of Medicine 279 Campus Drive Palo Alto CA 94305 USAAbstract Targeted protein degradation has been widely adopted as a new approach to eliminate both established and previously recalcitrant therapeutic targets. Here, it is reported that the development of small molecule degraders of the envelope (E) protein of dengue virus. Two classes of bivalent E‐degraders are developed by linking two previously reported E‐binding small molecules, GNF‐2, and CVM‐2‐12‐2, to a glutarimide‐based recruiter of the CRL4CRBN ligase to effect proteosome‐mediated degradation of the E protein. ZXH‐2‐107 (based on GNF‐2) is an E‐degrader with ABL inhibitory activity while ZXH‐8‐004 (based on CVM‐2‐12‐2) is a selective and potent E‐degrader. These two compounds provide proof of concept that difficult‐to‐drug targets such as a viral envelope protein can be effectively eliminated using a bivalent degrader and provide starting points for the future development of a new class of direct‐acting antiviral drugs.https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202405829antiviralsdengueenvelope proteininfectionprotein degradation
spellingShingle Zhengnian Li
Han‐Yuan Liu
Zhixiang He
Antara Chakravarty
Ryan P. Golden
Zixuan Jiang
Inchul You
Hong Yue
Katherine A. Donovan
Guangyan Du
Jianwei Che
Jason Tse
Isaac Che
Wenchao Lu
Eric S. Fischer
Tinghu Zhang
Nathanael S. Gray
Priscilla L. Yang
Discovery of Potent Degraders of the Dengue Virus Envelope Protein
Advanced Science
antivirals
dengue
envelope protein
infection
protein degradation
title Discovery of Potent Degraders of the Dengue Virus Envelope Protein
title_full Discovery of Potent Degraders of the Dengue Virus Envelope Protein
title_fullStr Discovery of Potent Degraders of the Dengue Virus Envelope Protein
title_full_unstemmed Discovery of Potent Degraders of the Dengue Virus Envelope Protein
title_short Discovery of Potent Degraders of the Dengue Virus Envelope Protein
title_sort discovery of potent degraders of the dengue virus envelope protein
topic antivirals
dengue
envelope protein
infection
protein degradation
url https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202405829
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