Discovery of an in Vivo Chemical Probe of the Lysine Methyltransferases G9a and GLP

作者：Liu Feng; Barsyte Lovejoy Dalia; Li Fengling; Xiong Yan; Korboukh Victoria; Huang Xi Ping; Allali Hassani Abdellah; Janzen William P; Roth Bryan L; Frye Stephen V; Arrowsmith Cheryl H; Brown Peter J; Vedadi Masoud; Jin Jian^*

来源：Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2013, 56(21): 8931-8942.

DOI：10.1021/jm401480r

Among epigenetic "writers", "readers", and "erasers", the lysine methyltransferases G9a and GLP, which catalyze mono- and dimethylation of histone H3 lysine 9 (H3K9me2) and nonhistone proteins, have been implicated in a variety of human diseases. A "toolkit" of well-characterized chemical probes will allow biological and disease hypotheses concerning these proteins to be tested in cell-based and animal models with high confidence. We previously discovered potent and selective G9a/GLP inhibitors including the cellular chemical probe UNC0638, which displays an excellent separation of functional potency and cell toxicity. However, this inhibitor is not suitable for animal studies due to its poor pharmacokinetic (PK) properties. Here, we report the discovery of the first G9a and GLP in vivo chemical probe UNC0642, which not only maintains high in vitro and cellular potency, low cell toxicity, and excellent selectivity, but also displays improved in vivo PK properties, making it suitable for animal studies.

• 出版日期2013-11-14