Binding mode of the breakthrough inhibitor AZD9291 to epidermal growth factor receptor revealed.

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Yosaatmadja Y, Silva S, Dickson JM, Patterson AV, Smaill JB, Flanagan JU, McKeage MJ, Squire CJ

Binding mode of the breakthrough inhibitor AZD9291 to epidermal growth factor receptor revealed.

J Struct Biol. 2015 Dec;192(3):539-44. doi: 10.1016/j.jsb.2015.10.018. Epub 2015 Nov 2.

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Abstract

The discovery of genetic drivers of lung cancer in patient sub-groups has led to their use as predictive biomarkers and as targets for selective drug therapy. Some of the most important lung cancer drivers are mutations in the EGFR gene, for example, the exon 19 deletions and the L858R variant that confer sensitivity to the front line drugs erlotinib and gefitinib; the acquired T790M variants confer drug resistance and a poor prognosis. A challenge then in targeting EGFR is to produce drugs that inhibit both sensitising variants and resistance variants, leaving wild type protein in healthy cells unaffected. One such agent is AstraZeneca's "breakthrough" AZD9291 molecule that shows a 200-fold selectivity for T790M/L858R over wild type EGFR. Our X-ray crystal structure reveals the binding mode of AZD9291 to the kinase domain of wild type EGFR.

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Osimertinib

Drug Targets

Drug	Target	Kind	Organism	Pharmacological Action	Actions
Osimertinib	Epidermal growth factor receptor	Protein	Humans	Yes	Inhibitor Regulator	Details