GMB-475 is a proteolysis-targeting chimera (PROTAC) that allosterically targets BCR-ABL1 protein and recruit the E3 ligase Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL), resulting in ubiquitination and subsequent degradation of the oncogenic fusion protein.
GMB-475 induces rapid proteasomal degradation and inhibition of downstream biomarkers, such as STAT5 in both human CML K562 cells and murine Ba/F3 cells expressing BCR-ABL1. GMB-475 inhibits the proliferation of certain clinically relevant BCR-ABL1 kinase domain point mutants and further sensitizes Ba/F3 BCR-ABL1 cells to inhibition by imatinib, while demonstrating no toxicity toward Ba/F3 parental cells.[1]
[1] Burslem GM, et al. Cancer Res. 2019 Sep 15;79(18):4744-4753.