Nature Communications (Jun 2020)

A potent KRAS macromolecule degrader specifically targeting tumours with mutant KRAS

  • Nicolas Bery,
  • Ami Miller,
  • Terry Rabbitts

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17022-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Targeted protein degradation is an attractive therapeutic strategy to deplete oncogenic proteins in tumours. Here the authors demonstrate the specific targeting of endogenous KRAS protein for degradation from cancer cells, and regression of tumours expressing mutant KRAS in a mouse model.