Journal: Cancer Discov / Year: 2026 Title: TNG961 is a selective oral HBS1L molecular glue degrader for the treatment of FOCAD-deleted cancers. Authors: Hilary E Nicholson / Douglas A Whittington / Frank J Bruzzese / Katherine Lazarides / Lauren Catherine M Martires / Matthew R Tonini / Helena N Jenkins / Minjie Zhang / Preksha Shahagadkar / ...Authors: Hilary E Nicholson / Douglas A Whittington / Frank J Bruzzese / Katherine Lazarides / Lauren Catherine M Martires / Matthew R Tonini / Helena N Jenkins / Minjie Zhang / Preksha Shahagadkar / Charlotte B Pratt / Kimberly J Briggs / Patrick McCarren / Alice Tsai / Madhavi Bandi / Chengyin Min / Alan Huang / Hongxiang Zhang / Samuel R Meier / Binzhang Shen / Yi Yu / Colin Liang / Yong Liu / Teng Teng / John Zhang / Adam Crystal / William D Mallender / Xinyuan Edward Wu / John P Maxwell / Jannik N Andersen / Abstract: When tumor suppressor genes are lost through chromosomal deletion, deletion of adjacent genes can generate therapeutic vulnerabilities. MTAP is frequently co-deleted with the Chr9p21 tumor suppressor ...When tumor suppressor genes are lost through chromosomal deletion, deletion of adjacent genes can generate therapeutic vulnerabilities. MTAP is frequently co-deleted with the Chr9p21 tumor suppressor gene CDKN2A, creating synthetic lethal dependency on PRMT5. Telomeric to MTAP lies FOCAD, whose loss induces dependency on the HBS1L/PELO ribosome-rescue complex for translational maintenance. FOCAD is deleted in ~1/3 of MTAP-deleted cancers. We screened an IMiD-focused diversity library and identified a weak hit that bound cereblon, promoted HBS1L-CRBN-compound complex formation, and induced E3-ligase-dependent HBS1L ubiquitination and degradation. Guided by cryo-EM structures and proteome selectivity we developed TNG961, a potent, selective HBS1L degrader that disrupts the HBS1L/PELO complex, inducing translational arrest, unfolded protein response activation, and growth inhibition in FOCAD-negative models. Oral administration of TNG961 regresses FOCAD-negative xenografts, including PRMT5 inhibitor-refractory models, establishing HBS1L degradation as a strategy to exploit FOCAD loss and supporting clinical evaluation of TNG961 as a first-in-class precision oncology therapeutic.
Supramolecule #1: Dimeric assembly of the ternary complex of CRBN/DDB1 plus HBS1L a...
Supramolecule
Name: Dimeric assembly of the ternary complex of CRBN/DDB1 plus HBS1L and TNG-4857 type: complex / ID: 1 / Parent: 0 / Macromolecule list: #1-#2 Details: CRBN/DDB1 complex co-expressed and purified then mixed with HBS1L and TNG-4857
Source (natural)
Organism: Homo sapiens (human)
Molecular weight
Theoretical: 138 KDa
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Supramolecule #2: Dimeric assembly of CRBN + HBS1L in complex with TNG-4857 (region...
Supramolecule
Name: Dimeric assembly of CRBN + HBS1L in complex with TNG-4857 (region of focused refinement) type: complex / ID: 2 / Parent: 1 / Macromolecule list: #1-#2
Source (natural)
Organism: Homo sapiens (human)
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Macromolecule #1: HBS1-like protein
Macromolecule
Name: HBS1-like protein / type: protein_or_peptide / ID: 1 / Details: domains 2+3 / Number of copies: 2 / Enantiomer: LEVO EC number: Hydrolases; Acting on acid anhydrides; Acting on GTP to facilitate cellular and subcellular movement
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