Structures of potent anticancer compounds bound to tubulin

McNamara, Dan E.; Senese, Silvia; Yeates, Todd O.; Torres, Jorge Z.

doi:10.1002/pro.2704

Structures of potent anticancer compounds bound to tubulin

Journal Article · Wed May 27 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Protein Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/pro.2704· OSTI ID:1226512

McNamara, Dan E. ^[1]; Senese, Silvia ^[1]; Yeates, Todd O. ^[2]; Torres, Jorge Z. ^[3]

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles California 90095
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles California 90095, Molecular Biology Institute, University of California Los Angeles Los Angeles California 90095, Department of Energy Institute for Genomics and Proteomics University of California Los Angeles Los Angeles California 90095
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles California 90095, Molecular Biology Institute, University of California Los Angeles Los Angeles California 90095, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center University of California Los Angeles Los Angeles California 90095

Abstract

Small molecules that bind to tubulin exert powerful effects on cell division and apoptosis (programmed cell death). Cell‐based high‐throughput screening combined with chemo/bioinformatic and biochemical analyses recently revealed a novel compound MI‐181 as a potent mitotic inhibitor with heightened activity towards melanomas. MI‐181 causes tubulin depolymerization, activates the spindle assembly checkpoint arresting cells in mitosis, and induces apoptotic cell death. C2 is an unrelated compound previously shown to have lethal effects on microtubules in tumorigenic cell lines. We report 2.60 Å and 3.75 Å resolution structures of MI‐181 and C2, respectively, bound to a ternary complex of αβ‐tubulin, the tubulin‐binding protein stathmin, and tubulin tyrosine ligase. In the first of these structures, our crystallographic results reveal a unique binding mode for MI‐181 extending unusually deep into the well‐studied colchicine‐binding site on β‐tubulin. In the second structure the C2 compound occupies the colchicine‐binding site on β‐tubulin with two chemical moieties recapitulating contacts made by colchicine, in combination with another system of atomic contacts. These insights reveal the source of the observed effects of MI‐181 and C2 on microtubules, mitosis, and cultured cancer cell lines. The structural details of the interaction between tubulin and the described compounds may guide the development of improved derivative compounds as therapeutic candidates or molecular probes to study cancer cell division.

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Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1226512

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1188824
OSTI ID: 1295972

Journal Information:: Protein Science, Journal Name: Protein Science Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 24; ISSN 0961-8368

Publisher:: Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

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