Bruno Schoentjes
Janssen Pharmaceutica
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Cancer Research | 2014
Matthias Versele; Claire E. Moore; Christopher G. Proud; Cindy Rockx; Inez Van de Weyer; Kurt Van Baelen; Stephanie Blencke; Sebastian K. Wanndinger; Gaston Stanislas Marcella Diels; Didier Jean-Claude Berthelot; Marcel Viellevoye; Bruno Schoentjes; Berthold Wroblowski; Lieven Meerpoel; William N. Hait
Adaptation to nutrient deprivation in the tumour microenvironment was recently shown to be dependent on the appropriate regulation of protein elongation rate through activation of the atypical kinase, eukaryotic elongation factor 2 kinase (eEF2K) (Leprivier et al., 2013, Cell 153(5):1064-79). We have solved the crystal structure of the kinase domain of eEF2K, and used structure-based design as well as screening approaches to optimize a chemical series into single-digit nM inhibitors of eEF2K, with remarkable selectivity across the protein kinome (only 5-10 kinases out of 400 tested are inhibited to more than 50% at 1 μM). These compounds inhibit the phosphorylation of eEF2 in nutrient-starved or metabolically stressed cells, and increase protein elongation rates through stabilization of the ribosomal elongation complex under stress. Evotec9s Cellular Target Profiling of these compounds in cell lysates, revealed that a subset of the eEF2K inhibitors also bind with low nM affinity to the class III phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase, VPS34, but not to class I or II PI3Ks, and pull down the entire beclin-UVRAG-VPS34 complex. Proteomic and biochemical screening of the compound set enabled deconvolution of potent EF2K versus VPS34 inhibitors. Inhibition of VPS34 results in abrogation of autophagic flux, as indicated by rapid and massive accumulation of p62, and impairs survival in specific subsets of tumor cell lines, consistent with a pro-survival role for autophagy in those models (Cheng et al., 2013, Pharmacol Rev 65(4):1162-97). Interestingly, a whole-genome pooled shRNA screen in a KRAS/PI3KCA mutant colorectal cancer cell line revealed that reduction of beclin levels significantly increased sensitivity to VPS34 inhibition. In contrast, inhibition of eEF2K does not appear to be anti-proliferative across a wide panel of cancer cell lines under standard cell culture conditions. Our work has provided the first potent inhibitors to unravel the functional relevance of eEF2K and VPS34 in adaptation to cellular stress, and to examine the utility of inhibiting these kinases in nutrient-deprived and/or autophagy-addicted tumours. Citation Format: Matthias Versele, Claire Moore, Christopher G. Proud, Cindy Rockx, Inez Van de Weyer, Kurt Van Baelen, Stephanie Blencke, Sebastian K. Wanndinger, Gaston Diels, Didier Berthelot, Marcel Viellevoye, Bruno Schoentjes, Berthold Wroblowski, Lieven Meerpoel, William N. Hait. Managing stress: Discovery of inhibitors of the atypical kinase eEF2K and the class III PI3K, VPS34. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 105th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2014 Apr 5-9; San Diego, CA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2014;74(19 Suppl):Abstract nr 3229. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2014-3229
Archive | 2008
Jean Fernand Armand Lacrampe; Christophe Meyer; Yannick Aimé Eddy Ligny; Imre Christian Francis Csoka; Luc Van Hijfte; Janine Arts; Bruno Schoentjes; Camille Georges Wermuth; Bruno Giethlen; Jean-Marie Contreras; Muriel Joubert
Archive | 2007
Jean Fernand Armand Lacrampe; Christophe Meyer; Bruno Schoentjes; Alain Philippe Poncelet; Camille Georges Wermuth; Bruno Giethlen; Jean-Marie Contreras; Muriel Joubert; Luc Van Hijfte
Archive | 2005
Frans Eduard Janssens; Bruno Schoentjes; Sophie Coupa; Alain Philippe Poncelet; Yvan René Ferdinand Simonnet
Archive | 2010
Bruno Schoentjes; Sophie Descamps; Nathalie Claudie Isabelle Amblard
Archive | 2005
Frans Eduard Janssens; Bruno Schoentjes; Sophie Coupa; Alain Philippe Poncelet; Yvan René Ferdinand Simonnet
Archive | 2008
Alain Philippe Poncelet; Bruno Schoentjes; Pierre-Henri Storck; Virginie Sophie Poncelet; Carina Leys
Archive | 2006
Frans Eduard Jenssens; Sophie Coupa; Alain Philippe Poncelet; Bruno Schoentjes
Archive | 2015
Gaston Stanislas Marcella Diels; Bruno Schoentjes; Matthias Versele; Didier Jean-Claude Berthelot; Marc Willems; Marcel Viellevoye; Werner Constant Johan Embrechts; Berthold Wroblowski; Lieven Meerpoel
Archive | 2015
Gaston Stanislas Marcella Diels; Bruno Schoentjes; Matthias Versele; Didier Jean-Claude Berthelot; Marc Willems; Marcel Viellevoye; Francois Maria Sommen; Berthold Wroblowski; Lieven Meerpoel