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Identification of a Chemical Probe for Bromo and Extra C-Terminal Bromodomain Inhibition through Optimization of a Fragment-Derived Hit
Author(s) -
Paul V. Fish,
P. Filippakopoulos,
Gerwyn Bish,
Paul E. Brennan,
Mark E. Bunnage,
Andrew S. Cook,
Oleg Federov,
Brian S. Gerstenberger,
Hannah M. Jones,
Stefan Knapp,
Brian D. Marsden,
Karl Nocka,
Dafydd R. Owen,
Martin Philpott,
S. Picaud,
Michael J. Primiano,
Michael J. Ralph,
Nunzio Sciammetta,
John D. Trzupek
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of medicinal chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.01
H-Index - 261
eISSN - 1520-4804
pISSN - 0022-2623
DOI - 10.1021/jm3010515
Subject(s) - bromodomain , acetylation , histone acetyltransferases , chemistry , histone , brd4 , small molecule , epigenetics , chromatin , biochemistry , histone acetyltransferase , lysine , structure–activity relationship , computational biology , in vitro , amino acid , dna , biology , gene
The posttranslational modification of chromatin through acetylation at selected histone lysine residues is governed by histone acetyltransferases (HATs) and histone deacetylases (HDACs). The significance of this subset of the epigenetic code is interrogated and interpreted by an acetyllysine-specific protein-protein interaction with bromodomain reader modules. Selective inhibition of the bromo and extra C-terminal domain (BET) family of bromodomains with a small molecule is feasible, and this may represent an opportunity for disease intervention through the recently disclosed antiproliferative and anti-inflammatory properties of such inhibitors. Herein, we describe the discovery and structure-activity relationship (SAR) of a novel, small-molecule chemical probe for BET family inhibition that was identified through the application of structure-based fragment assessment and optimization techniques. This has yielded a potent, selective compound with cell-based activity (PFI-1) that may further add to the understanding of BET family function within the bromodomains.

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