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Discovery of highly potent PARP7 inhibitors for cancer immunotherapy

  • Bioorg Chem. 2024 Jul:148:107469. doi: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2024.107469.
Jieping Yang 1 Beibei Liu 1 Wenxin Yan 1 Xiaolin Zhao 1 Chenghao Wang 1 Qihua Zhu 1 Yi Zou 2 Yungen Xu 3 Hongfeng Gu 4
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Design and Optimization, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China.
  • 2 Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Design and Optimization, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China. Electronic address: zouyi@cpu.edu.cn.
  • 3 State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Design and Optimization, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China. Electronic address: xyg@cpu.edu.cn.
  • 4 State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Design and Optimization, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China. Electronic address: guhongfengabc@163.com.
Abstract

PARP7 has been proven to play an important role in immunity. Substantial upregulation of PARP7 is observed in numerous cancerous cell types, consequently resulting in the inhibition of type Ⅰ interferon signaling pathways. Therefore, inhibiting the activity of PARP7 can enhance type Ⅰ interferon signaling to exert an anti-tumor immune response. In this study, we reported the identification of a newly found PARP7 Inhibitor (XLY-1) with higher inhibitory activity (IC50 = 0.6 nM) than that of RBN-2397 (IC50 = 6.0 nM). Additionally, XYL-1 displayed weak inhibitory activity on PARP1 (IC50 > 1.0 μM). Mechanism studies showed that XYL-1 could enhance the type Ⅰ interferon signaling in vitro. Pharmacodynamic experiments showed that 50 mg/kg XYL-1 could significantly inhibit tumor growth (TGI: 76.5 %) and related experiments showed that XYL-1 could restore type Ⅰ interferon signaling and promote T cell infiltration in tumor tissues. Taken together, XYL-1 shows promise as a potential candidate for developing Cancer Immunotherapy agents.

Keywords

Anticancer studies; IFN-β; Immunotherapy; Mono-PARP; PARP1; PARP7; RBN-2397; TBK1.

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    PARP7抑制剂