Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is an attractive drug target due to its overexpression in cancer. FAK functions as a non-receptor tyrosine kinase and scaffolding protein, coordinating several downstream signaling effectors and cellular processes. While drug discovery efforts have largely focused on targeting FAK kinase activity, FAK inhibitors have failed to show efficacy as single agents in clinical trials. Here, using structure-guided design, we report the development of a selective FAK inhibitor (BSJ-04-175) and degrader (BSJ-04-146) to evaluate the consequences and advantages of abolishing all FAK activity in cancer models. BSJ-04-146 achieves rapid and potent FAK degradation with high proteome-wide specificity in cancer cells and induces durable degradation in mice. Compared to kinase inhibition, targeted degradation of FAK exhibits pronounced improved activity on downstream signaling and cancer cell viability and migration. Together, BSJ-04-175 and BSJ-04-146 are valuable chemical tools to dissect the specific consequences of targeting FAK through small-molecule inhibition or degradation. 相似文献
An expedient cleavage of the C S bond of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) has been developed for the preparation of substituted pyridines from ketones. In this transformation, the co‐product formic acid was formed from ammonium formate, which acted as an important catalyst for the reaction. Notably, this transformation exhibited a broad substrate scope towards a wide variety of different ketones to give the corresponding substituted pyridines in high yields. Mechanistic studies suggested that dimethyl sulfoxide delivered a methylene fragment, which was subsequently captured in situ to give a pyridine.
