MEN1 mutations mediate clinical resistance to menin inhibition

F Perner, EM Stein, DV Wenge, S Singh, J Kim… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Chromatin-binding proteins are critical regulators of cell state in haematopoiesis,. Acute
leukaemias driven by rearrangement of the mixed lineage leukaemia 1 gene (KMT2A r) or …

The menin inhibitor revumenib in KMT2A-rearranged or NPM1-mutant leukaemia

GC Issa, I Aldoss, J DiPersio, B Cuglievan, R Stone… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Targeting critical epigenetic regulators reverses aberrant transcription in cancer, thereby
restoring normal tissue function,–. The interaction of menin with lysine methyltransferase 2A …

Menin inhibitor MI-3454 induces remission in MLL1-rearranged and NPM1-mutated models of leukemia

S Klossowski, H Miao, K Kempinska… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Am Soc Clin Investig
The protein-protein interaction between menin and mixed lineage leukemia 1 (MLL1) plays
a critical role in acute leukemias with translocations of the MLL1 gene or with mutations in …

Menin inhibitors in acute myeloid leukemia—what does the future hold?

M Swaminathan, W Bourgeois, SA Armstrong… - The Cancer …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Menin inhibitors constitute a novel class of agents targeting the underlying biology of
nucleophosmin (NPM1) mutant and KMT2A (formerly known as MLL1) rearranged (KMT2Ar) …

The same pocket in menin binds both MLL and JUND but has opposite effects on transcription

J Huang, B Gurung, B Wan, S Matkar, NA Veniaminova… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Menin is a tumour suppressor protein whose loss or inactivation causes multiple endocrine
neoplasia 1 (MEN1), a hereditary autosomal dominant tumour syndrome that is …

Update on a phase 1/2 first-in-human study of the menin-KMT2A (MLL) inhibitor ziftomenib (KO-539) in patients with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia

HP Erba, AT Fathi, GC Issa, JK Altman, P Montesinos… - Blood, 2022 - ashpublications.org
Abstract Histone-lysine-N-methyltransferase 2A (KMT2A) is a central regulator of target
genes that drive leukemogenic transformation. KMT2A rearrangements (KMT2Ar) and …

Therapeutic implications of menin inhibition in acute leukemias

GC Issa, F Ravandi, CD DiNardo, E Jabbour… - Leukemia, 2021 - nature.com
Menin inhibitors are novel targeted agents currently in clinical development for the treatment
of genetically defined subsets of acute leukemia. Menin has a tumor suppressor function in …

The tumor suppressor menin regulates hematopoiesis and myeloid transformation by influencing Hox gene expression

YX Chen, J Yan, K Keeshan… - Proceedings of the …, 2006 - National Acad Sciences
Menin is the product of the tumor suppressor gene Men1 that is mutated in the inherited
tumor syndrome multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1). Menin has been shown to …

Effective Menin inhibitor-based combinations against AML with MLL rearrangement or NPM1 mutation (NPM1c)

W Fiskus, S Boettcher, N Daver, CP Mill, K Sasaki… - Blood cancer …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Treatment with Menin inhibitor (MI) disrupts the interaction between Menin and
MLL1 or MLL1-fusion protein (FP), inhibits HOXA9/MEIS1, induces differentiation and loss of …

Activity of menin inhibitor ziftomenib (KO-539) as monotherapy or in combinations against AML cells with MLL1 rearrangement or mutant NPM1

W Fiskus, N Daver, S Boettcher, CP Mill, K Sasaki… - Leukemia, 2022 - nature.com
In MLL1-rearranged AML (MLL1-r), the MLL1 fusion protein (MLLFP) causes dysregulated
expression of HOXA9, MEIS1, PBX3, MEF2C and CDK6 [1, 2]. HOXA9 and its co-factor …