Disease related mutations in PI3Kγ disrupt regulatory C-terminal dynamics and reveal a path to selective inhibitors
- University of Victoria, Canada
- University of California, San Diego, United States
- University of Basel, Switzerland
Abstract
Class I Phosphoinositide 3-kinases (PI3Ks) are master regulators of cellular functions, with the class IB PI3K catalytic subunit (p110g) playing key roles in immune signalling. p110g is a key factor in inflammatory diseases, and has been identified as a therapeutic target for cancers due to its immunomodulatory role. Using a combined biochemical/biophysical approach, we have revealed insight into regulation of kinase activity, specifically defining how immunodeficiency and oncogenic mutations of R1021 in the C-terminus can inactivate or activate enzyme activity. Screening of inhibitors using HDX-MS revealed that activation loop-binding inhibitors induce allosteric conformational changes that mimic those in the R1021C mutant. Structural analysis of advanced PI3K inhibitors in clinical development revealed novel binding pockets that can be exploited for further therapeutic development. Overall this work provides unique insights into regulatory mechanisms that control PI3Kg kinase activity, and shows a framework for the design of PI3K isoform and mutant selective inhibitors.
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The crystallography data has been deposited in the protein data bank with accession numbers (PDB: 7JWE, 7JX0, 7JWZ). The mass spectrometry proteomics data have been deposited to the ProteomeXchange Consortium via the PRIDE partner repository[83] with the dataset identifier PXD021132. All data generated or analyzed during this study are included in the manuscript and supporting files. Specifically biochemical kinase assay data are included in the source data files.
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Cancer Research Society (CRS-24368)
- John E Burke
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (17686)
- John E Burke
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (New Investigator)
- John E Burke
National Institutes of Health (GM132826)
- Zied Gaieb
- Rommie E Amaro
Stiftung FHNW (341)
- Matthias P Wymann
Swiss National Science (310030_189065)
- Matthias P Wymann
Novartis Foundation (14B095)
- Matthias P Wymann
Innosuisse - Schweizerische Agentur für Innovationsförderung (37213.1 IP-LS)
- Matthias P Wymann
The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.
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© 2021, Rathinaswamy et al.
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Disease related mutations in PI3Kγ disrupt regulatory C-terminal dynamics and reveal a path to selective inhibitors
eLife 10:e64691.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.64691
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