Ding Jian, Liu Lulu, Chiang Ying-Ling, Zhao Mengxi, Liu Hejun, Yang Fei, Shen Lingling, Lin Ying, Deng Huiwen, Gao Jingyan, Sage David R, West Laura, Llamas Luis A, Hao Xin, Kawatkar Sameer, Li En, Jain Rishi K, Tallarico John A, Canham Stephen M, Wang He
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Shanghai 201203, China.
J Med Chem. 2023 Jun 22;66(12):8310-8323. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c00787. Epub 2023 Jun 12.
WDR5 is a critical chromatin cofactor of MYC. WDR5 interacts with MYC through the WBM pocket and is hypothesized to anchor MYC to chromatin through its WIN site. Blocking the interaction of WDR5 and MYC impairs the recruitment of MYC to its target genes and disrupts the oncogenic function of MYC in cancer development, thus providing a promising strategy for the treatment of MYC-dysregulated cancers. Here, we describe the discovery of novel WDR5 WBM pocket antagonists containing a 1-phenyl dihydropyridazinone 3-carboxamide core that was identified from high-throughput screening and subsequent structure-based design. The leading compounds showed sub-micromolar inhibition in the biochemical assay. Among them, compound can disrupt WDR5-MYC interaction in cells and reduce MYC target gene expression. Our work provides useful probes to study WDR5-MYC interaction and its function in cancers, which can also be used as the starting point for further optimization toward drug-like small molecules.
WDR5是MYC的一种关键染色质辅因子。WDR5通过WBM口袋与MYC相互作用,并被推测通过其WIN位点将MYC锚定到染色质上。阻断WDR5与MYC的相互作用会损害MYC向其靶基因的募集,并破坏MYC在癌症发生发展中的致癌功能,从而为治疗MYC失调的癌症提供了一种有前景的策略。在此,我们描述了新型WDR5 WBM口袋拮抗剂的发现,这些拮抗剂含有从高通量筛选及后续基于结构的设计中鉴定出的1-苯基二氢哒嗪酮3-甲酰胺核心。先导化合物在生化测定中显示出亚微摩尔级别的抑制作用。其中,化合物 可破坏细胞中的WDR5-MYC相互作用并降低MYC靶基因表达。我们的工作为研究WDR5-MYC相互作用及其在癌症中的功能提供了有用的探针,也可作为进一步优化成类药小分子的起点。
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