DNA甲基转移酶1单价降解剂的构效关系研究
Structure-Activity Relationship Studies of DNA Methyltransferase 1 Monovalent Degraders.
作者信息
Qian Chao, Lee Youngeun, Han Yulin, Zhong Yue, Zhou Jujun, Hrit Joel, Xie Ling, Chen Qin, Kaniskan H Ümit, Chen Xian, Rothbart Scott, Cheng Xiaodong, Xiong Yan, Jin Jian
机构信息
Mount Sinai Center for Therapeutics Discovery, Departments of Pharmacological Science, Oncological Science and Neuroscience, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029, United States.
Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, United States.
出版信息
J Med Chem. 2025 Feb 13;68(3):2903-2919. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c02161. Epub 2025 Feb 5.
DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1), which catalyzes maintenance methylation of hemimethylated DNA during DNA replication, is overexpressed in cancer. Recently, the first-in-class DNMT1-selective noncovalent small-molecule inhibitors, GSK3484862 and GSK3685032, were discovered. These inhibitors were also reported to degrade DNMT1. However, structure-activity relationship (SAR) studies of these monovalent DNMT1 degraders are lacking. Here, we report our SAR studies of this scaffold on degrading DNMT1, which led to the discovery of multiple lead degraders, including compound (MS9024). Compound potently and selectively degraded DNMT1 in multiple cancer cell lines in a concentration-, time-, and proteasome-dependent manner without altering DNMT1 transcription. Further mechanism-of-action studies suggest that the DNMT1 degradation induced by was not mediated by lysosome or cullin RING E3 ligases but could potentially be mediated by HECT E3 ligases and/or UHRF1. Collectively, these studies pave the way for further developing DNMT1 monovalent degraders as potential therapeutics and useful chemical tools.
DNA甲基转移酶1(DNMT1)在DNA复制过程中催化半甲基化DNA的维持性甲基化,在癌症中过表达。最近,发现了一流的DNMT1选择性非共价小分子抑制剂GSK3484862和GSK3685032。这些抑制剂也被报道可降解DNMT1。然而,缺乏对这些单价DNMT1降解剂的构效关系(SAR)研究。在此,我们报告了我们对该支架降解DNMT1的SAR研究,这导致发现了多种先导降解剂,包括化合物(MS9024)。化合物在多种癌细胞系中以浓度、时间和蛋白酶体依赖性方式有效且选择性地降解DNMT1,而不改变DNMT1的转录。进一步的作用机制研究表明,化合物诱导的DNMT1降解不是由溶酶体或Cullin RING E3连接酶介导的,但可能由HECT E3连接酶和/或UHRF1介导。总的来说,这些研究为进一步开发单价DNMT1降解剂作为潜在治疗药物和有用的化学工具铺平了道路。