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ArticleACS medicinal chemistry letters2023

Discovery of a Novel Benzodiazepine Series of Cbl-b Inhibitors for the Enhancement of Antitumor Immunity.

Jeffrey A Boerth, Alex J Chinn, Marianne Schimpl, Gayathri Bommakanti, Christina Chan, Erin L Code, Kathryn A Giblin, Andrea Gohlke, Catherine S Hansel, Meizhong Jin and 18 more

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Article in ACS medicinal chemistry letters, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Optimization andACS medicinal chemistry letters · 2026
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  4. A c-Cbl/Cbl-b antagonist inhibits EGFR ubiquitylation and sustains EGFR phosphorylation to enhance corneal re-epithelialization.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  5. Locking CBL TKBD in its native conformation presents a novel therapeutic opportunity in mutant CBL-dependent leukemia.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

28 authors.

Jeffrey A BoerthMedicinal Chemistry, Research and Early Development, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Waltham, Massachusetts 02451, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1880-785X
Alex J ChinnMedicinal Chemistry, Research and Early Development, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Waltham, Massachusetts 02451, United States.
Marianne SchimplDiscovery Sciences, R&D, The Discovery Centre, AstraZeneca, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, 1 Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0AA, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2284-5250
Gayathri BommakantiBioscience, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Waltham, Massachusetts 02451, United States.
Christina ChanDMPK, Research and Early Development, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, 1 Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0AA, United Kingdom.
Erin L CodeDiscovery Sciences, R&D, AstraZeneca, Waltham, Massachusetts 02451, United States.
Kathryn A GiblinMedicinal Chemistry, Research and Early Development, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, 1 Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0AA, United Kingdom.
Andrea GohlkeDiscovery Sciences, R&D, The Discovery Centre, AstraZeneca, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, 1 Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0AA, United Kingdom.
Catherine S HanselDiscovery Sciences, R&D, The Discovery Centre, AstraZeneca, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, 1 Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0AA, United Kingdom.
Meizhong JinMedicinal Chemistry, Research and Early Development, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Waltham, Massachusetts 02451, United States.
Stefan L KavanaghClinical Pharmacology and Safety Sciences, R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge CB2 0AA, United Kingdom.
Michelle L LambMedicinal Chemistry, Research and Early Development, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Waltham, Massachusetts 02451, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3005-8065
Jordan S LaneDiscovery Sciences, R&D, The Discovery Centre, AstraZeneca, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, 1 Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0AA, United Kingdom.
Carrie J B LarnerClinical Pharmacology and Safety Sciences, R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge CB2 0AA, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4471-9135
Adelphe M MfuhMedicinal Chemistry, Research and Early Development, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Waltham, Massachusetts 02451, United States.
Rachel K MooreHigh Throughput Screening, Hit Discovery, Discovery Sciences, R&D BioPharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca, Alderley Park, Macclesfield SK10 4TG, United Kingdom.
Taranee PuriMedicinal Chemistry, Research and Early Development, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Waltham, Massachusetts 02451, United States.
Taylor R QuinnMedicinal Chemistry, Research and Early Development, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Waltham, Massachusetts 02451, United States.
Minwei YeBioscience, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Waltham, Massachusetts 02451, United States.
Kevin J RobbinsMedicinal Chemistry, Research and Early Development, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Waltham, Massachusetts 02451, United States.
Miguel Gancedo-RodrigoDiscovery Sciences, R&D, The Discovery Centre, AstraZeneca, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, 1 Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0AA, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0287-4337
Haoran TangDiscovery Sciences, R&D, The Discovery Centre, AstraZeneca, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, 1 Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0AA, United Kingdom.
Jarrod WalshHigh Throughput Screening, Hit Discovery, Discovery Sciences, R&D BioPharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca, Alderley Park, Macclesfield SK10 4TG, United Kingdom.
Jamie WareDiscovery Sciences, R&D, The Discovery Centre, AstraZeneca, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, 1 Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0AA, United Kingdom.
Gail L WrigleyMedicinal Chemistry, Research and Early Development, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, 1 Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0AA, United Kingdom.
Iswarya Karapa ReddyBioscience, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Waltham, Massachusetts 02451, United States.
Yun ZhangMedicinal Chemistry, Research and Early Development, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Waltham, Massachusetts 02451, United States.
Neil P GrimsterMedicinal Chemistry, Research and Early Development, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Waltham, Massachusetts 02451, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0088-1250

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Casitas B-lineage lymphoma proto-oncogene-b (Cbl-b) is a RING finger E3 ligase that is responsible for repressing T-cell, natural killer (NK) cell, and B-cell activation. The robust antitumor activity observed in Cbl-b deficient mice arising from elevated T-cell and NK-cell activity justified our discovery effort toward Cbl-b inhibitors that might show therapeutic promise in immuno-oncology, where activation of the immune system can drive the recognition and killing of cancer cells. We undertook a high-throughput screening campaign followed by structure-enabled optimization to develop a novel benzodiazepine series of potent Cbl-b inhibitors. This series displayed nanomolar levels of biochemical potency, as well as potent T-cell activation. The functional activity of this class of Cbl-b inhibitors was further corroborated with ubiquitin-based cellular assays.

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PMID38116444
PMCPMC10726479

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