Structural analysis of the human fibroblast growth factor receptor 4 kinase.
E.Lesca,
A.Lammens,
R.Huber,
M.Augustin.
ABSTRACT
The family of fibroblast growth factor receptors (FGFRs) plays an important and
well-characterized role in a variety of pathological disorders. FGFR4 is
involved in myogenesis and muscle regeneration. Mutations affecting the kinase
domain of FGFR4 may cause cancer, for example, breast cancer or
rhabdomyosarcoma. Whereas FGFR1-FGFR3 have been structurally characterized, the
structure of the FGFR4 kinase domain has not yet been reported. In this study,
we present four structures of the kinase domain of FGFR4, in its apo-form and in
complex with different types of small-molecule inhibitors. The two apo-FGFR4
kinase domain structures show an activation segment similar in conformation to
an autoinhibitory segment observed in the hepatocyte growth factor receptor
kinase but different from the known structures of other FGFR kinases. The
structures of FGFR4 in complex with the type I inhibitor Dovitinib and the type
II inhibitor Ponatinib reveal the molecular interactions with different types of
kinase inhibitors and may assist in the design and development of FGFR4
inhibitors.