The facile and visualizable identification of broad-spectrum inhibitors of MDM2/p53 using co-expressed protein complexes.

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Yang, Yang
Dong, Zhiqiang
Hu, Hongze
Peng, Junhui
Sheng, Yaping
Tong, Yang
Yuan, Siming
Li, Zigang
Yang, Jiaxiang
Wells, Thomas
Qu, Yun
Farrell, Nicholas P
Liu, Yangzhong
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2019
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MDM2 is a well-known oncoprotein overexpressed in a variety of cancers, and the identification of inhibitors that disrupt the MDM2/p53 interaction is of great interest in anticancer drug development. Here we designed a platform for the facile and visualizable identification of inhibitors of MDM2 using co-expressed protein complexes of MDM2/p53. A hexahistidine-tag on MDM2 allows the binding of the protein complex to the Ni-NTA affinity resin, while the fluorescent protein fused to p53 enables the direct visualization of the interaction of p53 with MDM2. Hence, the inhibition of the MDM2/p53 interaction can be observed with the naked eye. The assay can be set up by directly loading cell lysate to the Ni-NTA affinity resin, and no chemical modification of proteins is needed. In addition to the qualitative analyses, the binding affinity of inhibitors to the MDM2 protein can be quantified by fluorescence titration. The applications of this system have been verified using small molecules and peptide inhibitors. As a proof of concept, we screened a small library using this platform. Interestingly, two types of novel inhibitors of MDM2, including cyclohexyl-triphenylamine derivatives and platinum complexes, were identified and their binding affinities were obtained. Quantitative measurements show that these new types of inhibitors demonstrate a high binding affinity (up to Kd = 51.9 nM) to MDM2.

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144

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12

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