化学
小分子
α-突触核蛋白
分子
生物化学
医学
疾病
有机化学
病理
帕金森病
作者
Yichen Tong,Wentao Zhu,Jian Chen,Tianzhi Wen,Fang Xu,Jiyan Pang
标识
DOI:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c00274
摘要
Alpha-synuclein (αSyn) species, especially the oligomers and fibers, are associated with multiple neurodegenerative diseases and cannot be directly targeted under the conventional pharmacological paradigm. Proteolysis-targeting chimera technology confers degradation of various "undruggable" targets; however, hardly any small-molecule degrader for αSyn aggregates has been reported yet. Herein, by using the probe molecule sery308 as a warhead, a series of small-molecule degraders for αSyn aggregates were designed and synthesized. Their degradation effects on αSyn aggregates were evaluated on a modified pre-formed fibril-seeding cell model. Compound 2b exhibited the highest degradation efficiency (DC50 = 7.51 ± 0.53 μM) with high selectivity. Mechanistic exploration revealed that both proteasomal and lysosomal pathways were involved in this kind of degradation. Moreover, the therapeutic effects of 2b were tested on SH-SY5Y (human neuroblastoma cell line) cells and Caenorhabditis elegans. Our results provided a new class of small-molecule candidates against synucleinopathies and broadened the substrate spectrum of PROTAC-based degraders.
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