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Targeting Transforming Growth Factor Beta-Activated Kinase 1 as a Therapeutic Strategy in Cancer and Immune Disease

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2017
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Totzke, Juliane
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Haystead, Timothy AJ
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Abstract

Tumor necrosis factor  (TNF) has positive and negative roles in human disease. In certain cancers, TNF is infused locally to promote tumor regression, but dose-limiting inflammatory effects limit broader utility. In autoimmune disease, anti-TNF antibodies control inflammation in most patients, but these benefits are offset by cost and tachyphylaxis that develops during chronic treatment. Transforming growth factor beta-activated kinase 1 (TAK1) acts as a key mediator between survival and cell death in TNF-mediated signaling, uniquely providing a drug development opportunity for cancer and autoimmunity. Takinib is a potent and selective TAK1 inhibitor (IC50 9.5nM) that induces apoptosis in a TNF-dependent manner in cell models of metastatic breast cancer and rheumatoid arthritis. The mechanisms underlying this specificity were revealed in enzymatic and co-crystallization studies. These data show that Takinib targets the kinase in the DFG-in conformation and forms direct and water-mediated hydrogen bonds with catalytic residues. Mechanistic studies of TAK1 autophosphorylation demonstrated a substrate-like intermolecular mechanism, during which Takinib treatment slows down the rate-limiting step. Overall, our data show Takinib is an attractive starting point for the development of inhibitors that greatly sensitize cells to TNF-induced cell death, broadening the therapeutic efficacy of TNF for cancer and autoimmune disease.

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Dissertation
Department
Pharmacology
Subject
Pharmacology
Biochemistry
cancer
enzyme
immune disease
kinase inhibitor
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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/16337
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Totzke, Juliane (2017). Targeting Transforming Growth Factor Beta-Activated Kinase 1 as a Therapeutic Strategy in Cancer and Immune Disease. Dissertation, Duke University. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/16337.
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