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ArticleCell chemical biology2021

Hypomorph mutation-directed small-molecule protein-protein interaction inducers to restore mutant SMAD4-suppressed TGF-β signaling.

Cong Tang, Xiulei Mo, Qiankun Niu, Alafate Wahafu, Xuan Yang, Min Qui, Andrey A Ivanov, Yuhong Du, Haian Fu

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Article in Cell chemical biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Cong TangDepartment of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA; The First Affiliated Hospital, Medical School of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shannxi 710061, P.R.China.
Xiulei MoDepartment of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. Electronic address: xmo@emory.edu.
Qiankun NiuDepartment of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Alafate WahafuDepartment of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA; The First Affiliated Hospital, Medical School of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shannxi 710061, P.R.China.
Xuan YangDepartment of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA; Emory Chemical Biology Discovery Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Min QuiDepartment of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA; Emory Chemical Biology Discovery Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Andrey A IvanovDepartment of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA; Emory Chemical Biology Discovery Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Yuhong DuDepartment of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA; Emory Chemical Biology Discovery Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Haian FuDepartment of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA; Emory Chemical Biology Discovery Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA; Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology and Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. Electronic address: hfu@emory.edu.
Emory University · US

Funding

Implementing a Maternal health and PRegnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE)UL1TR002378 · NCATS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Andres J Garcia, Elizabeth O. Ofili · 2017 to 2026
$92.1M
Winship Cancer Institute Cancer Center Support GrantP30CA138292 · NCI · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Suresh S Ramalingam · 2009 to 2026
$47.5M
Project 3: Targeting Bax signaling to overcome treatment resistance in NSCLCP50CA217691 · NCI · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI DENG, XINGMING · 2019 to 2024
$10.1M
Systematic discovery of neomorph protein-protein interactions in cancer for oncogenic pathway perturbationU01CA217875 · NCI · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI FU, HAIAN · 2017 to 2021
$4.5M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002378NCI NIH HHS P30 CA138292NCI NIH HHS P50 CA217691NCI NIH HHS U01 CA217875
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tumor suppressor genes represent a major class of oncogenic drivers. However, direct targeting of loss-of-function tumor suppressors remains challenging. To address this gap, we explored a variant-directed chemical biology approach to reverse the lost function of tumor suppressors using SMAD4 as an example. SMAD4, a central mediator of the TGF-β pathway, is recurrently mutated in many tumors. Here, we report the development of a TR-FRET technology that recapitulated the dynamic differential interaction of SMAD4 and SMAD4

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Cell LineFemaleFluorescence Resonance Energy TransferGenes, Tumor SuppressorHumansIndolesMaleProtein BindingSignal TransductionSmad4 ProteinSmall Molecule LibrariesTransforming Growth Factor betaIndolesRo 31-8220Smad4 ProteinSMAD4 protein, humanSmall Molecule LibrariesTransforming Growth Factor betahigh-throughput screening (HTS)hypomorph mutationmolecular gluePPI activatorPPI inducerprotein-protein interaction (PPI)SMAD3SMAD4TGF-beta signalingTR-FRET

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PMID33326750
PMCPMC10053325
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