Identification of a Sonically Activated Degrader of Methionine Adenosyltransferase 2A by an in Silico Approach Assisted with the Hole–Electron Analysis

H He, Z Wang, X Peng, L Qing, Y Zhang… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Small molecules capable of modulating methionine adenosyltransferase 2A (MAT2A) are of
significant interest in precise cancer therapeutics. Herein, we raised the hole–electron …

Discovery of novel methionine adenosyltransferase 2A (MAT2A) allosteric inhibitors by structure-based virtual screening

T Kalliokoski, H Kettunen, E Kumpulainen… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Methionine adenosyltransferase 2A (MAT2A) has been indicated as a drug target
for oncology indications. Clinical trials with MAT2A inhibitors are currently on-going. Here, a …

Fragment-Based Design of a Potent MAT2a Inhibitor and in Vivo Evaluation in an MTAP Null Xenograft Model

C De Fusco, M Schimpl, U Borjesson… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
MAT2a is a methionine adenosyltransferase that synthesizes the essential metabolite S-
adenosylmethionine (SAM) from methionine and ATP. Tumors bearing the co-deletion of …

Discovery of Potent and Oral Bioavailable MAT2A Inhibitors for the Treatment of MTAP-Deleted Tumors

Q Li, Y Zang, D An, L Liu, W Jiang, R Liu… - ACS Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Inhibition of methionine adenosyltransferase 2A (MAT2A) has received significant interest
because of its implication as a synthetic lethal target in methylthioadenosine phosphorylase …

Discovery of novel MAT2A inhibitors by an allosteric site-compatible fragment growing approach

F Gao, X Ding, Z Cao, W Zhu, Y Fan, B Steurer… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2024 - Elsevier
The methionine adenosyltransferase MAT2A catalyzes the synthesis of the methyl donor S-
adenosylmethionine (SAM) and thereby regulates critical aspects of metabolism and …

Design and structural optimization of methionine adenosyltransferase 2A (MAT2A) inhibitors with high in vivo potency and oral bioavailability

S Zhang, L Qing, Z Wang, Y Zhang, Y Li… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Inhibition of methionine adenosyltransferase 2A (MAT2A) in cancers with a deletion of
methylthioadenosine phosphorylase (MTAP) gene leads to synthetic lethality, thus receiving …

Overview of methionine adenosyltransferase 2A (MAT2A) as an anticancer target: structure, function, and inhibitors

C Li, G Gui, L Zhang, A Qin, C Zhou… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Methionine adenosyltransferase 2A (MAT2A) is a rate-limiting enzyme in the methionine
cycle that primarily catalyzes the synthesis of S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) from methionine …

Leveraging structure-based drug design to identify next-generation MAT2A inhibitors, including brain-penetrant and peripherally efficacious leads

M Li, Z Konteatis, N Nagaraja, Y Chen… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Inhibition of the S-adenosyl methionine (SAM)-producing metabolic enzyme, methionine
adenosyltransferase 2A (MAT2A), has received significant interest in the field of medicinal …

Structure-Based Design and Optimization of Methionine Adenosyltransferase 2A (MAT2A) Inhibitors with High Selectivity, Brain Penetration, and In Vivo Efficacy

Faridoon, J Zheng, T Zhang, S Tong, T Liu… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Synthetic lethality has recently emerged as a new approach for the treatment of mutated
genes that were previously considered undruggable. Targeting methionine …

Discovery of AG-270, a First-in-Class Oral MAT2A Inhibitor for the Treatment of Tumors with Homozygous MTAP Deletion

Z Konteatis, J Travins, S Gross, K Marjon… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The metabolic enzyme methionine adenosyltransferase 2A (MAT2A) was recently implicated
as a synthetic lethal target in cancers with deletion of the methylthioadenosine …