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  • Cell Morphological Profiling Enables High-Throughput Screening for PROteolysis TArgeting Chimera (PROTAC) Phenotypic Signature.

Cell Morphological Profiling Enables High-Throughput Screening for PROteolysis TArgeting Chimera (PROTAC) Phenotypic Signature.

ACS chemical biology (2022-07-07)
Maria-Anna Trapotsi, Elizabeth Mouchet, Guy Williams, Tiziana Monteverde, Karolina Juhani, Riku Turkki, Filip Miljković, Anton Martinsson, Lewis Mervin, Kenneth R Pryde, Erik Müllers, Ian Barrett, Ola Engkvist, Andreas Bender, Kevin Moreau
ABSTRACT

PROteolysis TArgeting Chimeras (PROTACs) use the ubiquitin-proteasome system to degrade a protein of interest for therapeutic benefit. Advances made in targeted protein degradation technology have been remarkable, with several molecules having moved into clinical studies. However, robust routes to assess and better understand the safety risks of PROTACs need to be identified, which is an essential step toward delivering efficacious and safe compounds to patients. In this work, we used Cell Painting, an unbiased high-content imaging method, to identify phenotypic signatures of PROTACs. Chemical clustering and model prediction allowed the identification of a mitotoxicity signature that could not be expected by screening the individual PROTAC components. The data highlighted the benefit of unbiased phenotypic methods for identifying toxic signatures and the potential to impact drug design.

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Bovine Serum Albumin, cold ethanol fraction, pH 5.2, ≥96%
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