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作者: Stellwagen, John ; Eshon, Josephine ; Huang, David ; Pickrell, Alexander J. ; Li, Cui ; Lopez, Patricia ; Mohr, Christopher ; Medina, Jose M. ; Li, Xun ; Dahal, Upendra P. ; Lanman, Brian A. ; Rex, Karen ; Cee, Victor J. ; Kaller, Matthew R. ; Saiki, Anne Y. ; Sun, Zhen ; Ma, Yingli ; Dai, Dongcheng ; Li, Yu ; Wu, Wenting ; Ma, Vu ; Banerjee, Abhisek ; Allen, Jennifer R. ; Sun, Yaping ; Mukhina, Olga A. ; Manoni, Francesco ; Tamayo, Nuria A. ; Hu, Liaoyuan A. ; Lee, Heejun ; Leavitt, Monica ; Liu, Rongfeng ; Zhang, Wenhan ; Wang, Paul ; Frohn, Michael J. ; Zhu, Kai ; Li, Wencui
Covalent inhibition of the KRASG12C oncoprotein has emerged as a promising therapeutic approach for the treatment of nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The identification of KRASG12C inhibitors has typically relied on the high-throughput screening (HTS) of libraries of cysteine-reactive small molecules or on the attachment of cysteine-reactive warheads to noncovalent binders of KRAS. Such screening approaches have historically been limited in the size and diversity of molecules that could be effectively screened. DNA-encoded library (DEL) screening has emerged as a promising approach to accelerate the preparation and screening of incredibly large and diverse chemical libraries. Here, we describe the design and synthesis of a covalent DEL to screen ∼16 million compounds against KRASG12C. We additionally describe the hit identification, validation, and structure-based optimization that culminated in the identification of a series of structurally novel, potent, and selective covalent inhibitors of KRASG12C with good pharmacokinetic profiles and promising in vivo pharmacodynamic effects.