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Pocket similarity identifies selective estrogen receptor modulators as microtubule modulators at the taxane site

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  • Yu-Chen Lo

    (Stanford University)

  • Olga Cormier

    (Stanford University)

  • Tianyun Liu

    (Stanford University
    Stanford University)

  • Kendall W. Nettles

    (Scripps Research Institute)

  • John A. Katzenellenbogen

    (University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign)

  • Tim Stearns

    (Stanford University
    Stanford University)

  • Russ B. Altman

    (Stanford University
    Stanford University)

Abstract

Taxanes are a family of natural products with a broad spectrum of anticancer activity. This activity is mediated by interaction with the taxane site of beta-tubulin, leading to microtubule stabilization and cell death. Although widely used in the treatment of breast cancer and other malignancies, existing taxane-based therapies including paclitaxel and the second-generation docetaxel are currently limited by severe adverse effects and dose-limiting toxicity. To discover taxane site modulators, we employ a computational binding site similarity screen of > 14,000 drug-like pockets from PDB, revealing an unexpected similarity between the estrogen receptor and the beta-tubulin taxane binding pocket. Evaluation of nine selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) via cellular and biochemical assays confirms taxane site interaction, microtubule stabilization, and cell proliferation inhibition. Our study demonstrates that SERMs can modulate microtubule assembly and raises the possibility of an estrogen receptor-independent mechanism for inhibiting cell proliferation.

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  • Yu-Chen Lo & Olga Cormier & Tianyun Liu & Kendall W. Nettles & John A. Katzenellenbogen & Tim Stearns & Russ B. Altman, 2019. "Pocket similarity identifies selective estrogen receptor modulators as microtubule modulators at the taxane site," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 10(1), pages 1-10, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:10:y:2019:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-019-08965-w
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-08965-w
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