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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry

Dissecting the molecular determinants of clinical PARP1 inhibitor selectivity for tankyrase1.

Kevin Ryan, Ben Bolaňos, Marissa Smith, Prakash B Palde, Paulina Delgado Cuenca, Todd L VanArsdale, Sherry Niessen, Lianglin Zhang, Douglas Behenna, Martha A Ornelas and 5 more

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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40citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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40 citing papers in PubMed, 77 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kevin RyanStructural Biology and Protein Science, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, San Diego, California, USA.
Ben BolaňosStructural Biology and Protein Science, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, San Diego, California, USA.
Marissa SmithOncology Research Unit, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, San Diego, California, USA.
Prakash B PaldeOncology Research Unit, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, San Diego, California, USA.
Paulina Delgado CuencaOncology Research Unit, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, San Diego, California, USA.
Todd L VanArsdaleOncology Research Unit, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, San Diego, California, USA.
Sherry NiessenOncology Research Unit, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, San Diego, California, USA.
Lianglin ZhangOncology Research Unit, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, San Diego, California, USA.
Douglas BehennaOncology Medicinal Chemistry, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, San Diego, California, USA.
Martha A OrnelasOncology Medicinal Chemistry, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, San Diego, California, USA.
Khanh T TranOncology Medicinal Chemistry, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, San Diego, California, USA.
Stephen KaiserStructural Biology and Protein Science, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, San Diego, California, USA.
Lawrence LumOncology Research Unit, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, San Diego, California, USA.
Al StewartStructural Biology and Protein Science, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, San Diego, California, USA.
Ketan S GajiwalaStructural Biology and Protein Science, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, San Diego, California, USA. Electronic address: ketan.gajiwala@pfizer.com.
Pfizer (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Poly-ADP-ribosyltransferases play a critical role in DNA repair and cell death, and poly(ADP-ribosyl) polymerase 1 (PARP1) is a particularly important therapeutic target for the treatment of breast cancer because of its synthetic lethal relationship with breast cancer susceptibility proteins 1 and 2. Numerous PARP1 inhibitors have been developed, and their efficacy in cancer treatment is attributed to both the inhibition of enzymatic activity and their ability to trap PARP1 on to the damaged DNA, which is cytotoxic. Of the clinical PARP inhibitors, talazoparib is the most effective at trapping PARP1 on damaged DNA. Biochemically, talazoparib is also suspected to be a potent inhibitor of PARP5a/b (tankyrase1/2 [TNKS1/2]), which is an important regulator of Wnt/β-catenin pathway. Here we show using competition experiments in cell lysate that, at a clinically relevant concentration, talazoparib can potentially bind and engage TNKS1. Using surface plasmon resonance, we measured the dissociation constants of talazoparib, olaparib, niraparib, and veliparib for their interaction with PARP1 and TNKS1. The results show that talazoparib has strong affinity for PARP1 as well as uniquely strong affinity for TNKS1. Finally, we used crystallography and hydrogen deuterium exchange mass spectroscopy to dissect the molecular mechanism of differential selectivity of these PARP1 inhibitors. From these data, we conclude that subtle differences between the ligand-binding sites of PARP1 and TNKS1, differences in the electrostatic nature of the ligands, protein dynamics, and ligand conformational energetics contribute to the different pharmacology of these PARP1 inhibitors. These results will help in the design of drugs to treat Wnt/β-catenin pathway-related cancers, such as colorectal cancers.

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Antineoplastic AgentsBenzimidazolesBinding SitesBreast NeoplasmsDNA DamageDNA RepairFemaleHumansIndazolesLigandsPhthalazinesPiperidinesPoly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase-1Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase InhibitorsTankyrasesWnt Signaling PathwayAntineoplastic AgentsBenzimidazolesIndazolesLigandsniraparibPARP1 protein, humanPhthalazinesPiperidinesPoly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase-1Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase InhibitorstalazoparibTankyrasesTNKS2 protein, humanTNKS protein, humanveliparibanticancer drugcrystal structuredrug designhydrogen-deuterium exchangeniraparibolaparibPARP1protein–ligand interactionsurface plasmon resonance (SPR)talazoparibtankyrase1veliparib

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PMID33361107
PMCPMC7948648
OpenAlexW3117358516

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