High-affinity small molecular blockers of mixed lineage leukemia 1 (MLL1)-WDR5 interaction inhibit MLL1 complex H3K4 methyltransferase activity
摘要:
MLL1-WDR5 protein-protein interaction is essential for MLL1 H3K4 methyltransferase activity. Targeting MLL1 enzymatic activity to regulate expression level of MLL-dependent genes represents a therapeutic strategy for acute leukemia harboring MLL fusion proteins. Herein we reported a series of biphenyl compounds disturbed MLL1-WDR5 interaction. These compounds effectively inhibited MLL1 histone methyltransferase (HMT) activity in vitro and in MV4-11 cell line. The representative compound 30 (DDO-2084) inhibited proliferation and induced apoptosis of MV4-11 cells through deregulating expression level of Hoxa9 and Meis-1 genes, which emphasized our compounds were on-target. Optimization of compound 30 led to high-affinity inhibitors. Especially, compound 42 (DDO-2117, IC50 = 7.6 nM) bearing an amino and a 4-aminobutanamido group was the most potent inhibitor reported to-date, and showed the most potent inhibitory activity (IC50 = 0.19 mu M) in HMT assay. (C) 2016 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
High-affinity small molecular blockers of mixed lineage leukemia 1 (MLL1)-WDR5 interaction inhibit MLL1 complex H3K4 methyltransferase activity
摘要:
MLL1-WDR5 protein-protein interaction is essential for MLL1 H3K4 methyltransferase activity. Targeting MLL1 enzymatic activity to regulate expression level of MLL-dependent genes represents a therapeutic strategy for acute leukemia harboring MLL fusion proteins. Herein we reported a series of biphenyl compounds disturbed MLL1-WDR5 interaction. These compounds effectively inhibited MLL1 histone methyltransferase (HMT) activity in vitro and in MV4-11 cell line. The representative compound 30 (DDO-2084) inhibited proliferation and induced apoptosis of MV4-11 cells through deregulating expression level of Hoxa9 and Meis-1 genes, which emphasized our compounds were on-target. Optimization of compound 30 led to high-affinity inhibitors. Especially, compound 42 (DDO-2117, IC50 = 7.6 nM) bearing an amino and a 4-aminobutanamido group was the most potent inhibitor reported to-date, and showed the most potent inhibitory activity (IC50 = 0.19 mu M) in HMT assay. (C) 2016 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
Synthesis, Optimization, and Evaluation of Novel Small Molecules as Antagonists of WDR5-MLL Interaction
作者:Yuri Bolshan、Matthäus Getlik、Ekaterina Kuznetsova、Gregory A. Wasney、Taraneh Hajian、Gennadiy Poda、Kong T. Nguyen、Hong Wu、Ludmila Dombrovski、Aiping Dong、Guillermo Senisterra、Matthieu Schapira、Cheryl H. Arrowsmith、Peter J. Brown、Rima Al-awar、Masoud Vedadi、David Smil
DOI:10.1021/ml300467n
日期:2013.3.14
The WD40-repeat protein WDRS plays a critical role in maintaining the integrity of MLL complexes and fully activating their methyltransferase function. MLL complexes, the trithorax-like family of SET1 methyltransferases, catalyze trimethylation of lysine 4 on histone 3, and they have been widely implicated in various cancers. Antagonism of WDR5 and MLL subunit interaction by small molecules has recently been presented as a practical way to inhibit activity of the MLL1 complex, and N-(2-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-5-substituted-phenyl) benzamides were reported as potent and selective antagonists of such an interaction. Here, we describe the protein crystal structure guided optimization of prototypic compound 2 (K-dis = 7 mu M), leading to identification of more potent antagonist 47 (K-dis = 0.3 mu M).