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| Title | Discovery of BMS-986458, a Potent and Selective B-Cell Lymphoma 6 Protein Ligand-Directed Degrader, for the Treatment of B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. |
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| Journal, issue, pages | J Med Chem, Year 2026 |
| Publish date | Feb 11, 2026 |
Authors | Deborah S Mortensen / Hunter P Shunatona / Natalie Holmberg-Douglas / Jayce Rhodes / Diogo Da Silva / Jim Gamez / Matt Groza / Jinyi Zhu / Andy Christoforou / Scott A Johnson / Godrej Khambatta / Rama Krishna Narla / Roshan Y Nimje / Dehua Huang / Dharmpal S Dodd / Jennifer Griffin / Giulianna Miseo / Brandon Whitefield / Dahlia R Weiss / James Rader / Elif Kuzu / Jim Leisten / Chon Lai / Lihong Shi / Joselyn Del Rosario / Deepak Dalvie / Mark Rolfe / Christoph W Zapf / Peter Belmont / Matt Alexander / Neil Bence / Lynda Groocock / ![]() |
| PubMed Abstract | B-cell lymphoma 6 protein (BCL6) is an oncogenic driver dysregulated and overexpressed in subtypes of high-risk non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). Development of agents that induce the targeted degradation ...B-cell lymphoma 6 protein (BCL6) is an oncogenic driver dysregulated and overexpressed in subtypes of high-risk non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). Development of agents that induce the targeted degradation of BCL6 would offer a promising novel therapeutic approach. For this purpose, we employed ligand-directed degraders, heterobifunctional molecules linking a BCL6-binding ligand to a cereblon recruiter, enabling cereblon-mediated BCL6 degradation. Through a focused optimization effort, we identified highly potent BCL6 degraders, culminating in the selection of BMS-986458 for clinical development. BMS-986458 induces rapid cereblon-dependent BCL6 degradation while sparing known CRBN neosubstrates such as CK1α, GSPT1, Aiolos, Ikaros, or SALL4. Oral administration of BMS-986458 results in dose-dependent pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and significant antitumor efficacy in mouse models of lymphoma. A potential first-in-class agent, BMS-986458, is currently being evaluated in a phase 1/2 clinical trial (NCT06090539) for patients with relapsed/refractory NHL. |
External links | J Med Chem / PubMed:41670385 |
| Methods | EM (single particle) |
| Resolution | 3.09 Å |
| Structure data | EMDB-72725, PDB-9ya9: |
| Chemicals | ![]() PDB-1ctu: ![]() ChemComp-ZN: |
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Keywords | LIGASE / Cereblon / BCL6 / LDD / degrader / E3 |
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