Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

Discovery of a dual Ras and ARF6 inhibitor from a GPCR endocytosis screen

  • Jenna Giubilaro,
  • Doris A. Schuetz,
  • Tomasz M. Stepniewski,
  • Yoon Namkung,
  • Etienne Khoury,
  • Mónica Lara-Márquez,
  • Shirley Campbell,
  • Alexandre Beautrait,
  • Sylvain Armando,
  • Olivier Radresa,
  • Jean Duchaine,
  • Nathalie Lamarche-Vane,
  • Audrey Claing,
  • Jana Selent,
  • Michel Bouvier,
  • Anne Marinier,
  • Stéphane A. Laporte

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24968-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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While Ras is a promising target for cancer therapy, development of inhibitors targeting Ras signaling has proven challenging. Here, the authors report the discovery of Rasarfin, a small molecule from a phenotypic screen on G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) endocytosis that acts as a dual Ras and ARF6 inhibitor.