Target Identification and Mechanistic Characterization of Indole Terpenoid Mimics: Proper Spindle Microtubule Assembly Is Essential for Cdh1-Mediated Proteolysis of CENP-A.

Centromere protein A (CENP-A), a centromere-specific histone H3 variant, is crucial for kinetochore positioning and chromosome segregation. However, its regulatory mechanism in human cells remains incompletely understood. A structure-activity relationship (SAR) study of the cell-cycle-arresting indole terpenoid mimic JP18 leads to the discovery of two more potent analogs, (+)-6-Br-JP18 and (+)-6-Cl-JP18. Tubulin is identified as a potential cellular target of these halogenated analogs by using the drug affinity responsive target stability (DARTS) based method. X-ray crystallography analysis reveals that both molecules bind to the colchicine-binding site of β-tubulin. Treatment of human cells with microtubule-targeting agents (MTAs), including these two compounds, results in CENP-A accumulation by destabilizing Cdh1, a co-activator of the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C) E3 ubiquitin ligase. This study establishes a link between microtubule dynamics and CENP-A accumulation using small-molecule tools and highlights the role of Cdh1 in CENP-A proteolysis. © 2024 The Author(s). Advanced Science published by Wiley‐VCH GmbH.

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Yan Peng, Yumeng Zhang, Ruan Fang, Hao Jiang, Gongcai Lan, Zhou Xu, Yajie Liu, Zhaoyang Nie, Lu Ren, Fengcan Wang, Shou-De Zhang, Yuyong Ma, Peng Yang, Hong-Hua Ge, Wei-Dong Zhang, Cheng Luo, Ang Li, Weiwei He. Target Identification and Mechanistic Characterization of Indole Terpenoid Mimics: Proper Spindle Microtubule Assembly Is Essential for Cdh1-Mediated Proteolysis of CENP-A. Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany). 2024 Aug;11(29):e2305593

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