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Record W4414518010 · doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5c01919

Application of Weighted Interaction-Fingerprints for Rationalizing Neosubstrate Potency and Selectivity of Cereblon-Based Molecular Glues

2025· article· en· W4414518010 on OpenAlexaff
Guilian Luchini, Shuang Liu, Hannah L. Powers, Emily C. Cherney, J. Zhu, Kristina Danga, Joel W. Thompson, Lihong Shi, Barbra Pagarigan, Wei Dong, Peter J. Park, Andrew P. Degnan, Christoph W. Zapf, Jennifer R. Riggs, S.A. Johnson, Thomas J. Cummins

Bibliographic record

VenueJournal of Medicinal Chemistry · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
TopicProtein Degradation and Inhibitors
Canadian institutionsDiscovery Centre
Fundersnot available
KeywordsCereblonSelectivityUbiquitin ligasePotencyMolecular modelDrug discoveryDNA ligaseLigand efficiency

Abstract

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Abstract Cullin-RING Ligase 4 Cereblon (CRL4CRBN) (CRBN) E3 ligase modulatory drugs (CELMoDsTM) make up a successful class of compounds targeting neosubstrates for proteasome-dependent degradation. Early immunomodulatory drugs (IMiDsTM) target Ikaros and Aiolos degradation. In addition, there are ongoing clinical trials targeting the degradation of biologically relevant proteins such as GSPT1, CK1α, and Helios with CRBN-based molecular glues. To date, most advanced preclinical and clinical CRBN-based molecular glues recruit their neosubstrates through canonical G-motifs, secondary protein features that are structurally similar but have significantly different amino acid sequence identities. Analogous to the development of kinase inhibitors, optimizing both neosubstrate recruitment and degradation selectivity is important to minimize potential off-target activity. Here, we describe a computational structure-based approach to analyze and predict putative ligand interactions important in the neosubstrate ternary complex. This approach provides valuable insights for enhanced designs toward the development of more selective and efficacious CRBN-based molecular glues.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.002
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Bench or experimental · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.003
Threshold uncertainty score0.007

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0010.002
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.001
Bibliometrics0.0010.001
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0010.001
Open science0.0010.001
Research integrity0.0010.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0010.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.005
GPT teacher head0.272
Teacher spread0.268 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designBench or experimental
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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