[HTML][HTML] Protein acetylation at the interface of genetics, epigenetics and environment in cancer

M Harachi, K Masui, WK Cavenee, PS Mischel… - Metabolites, 2021 - mdpi.com
Metabolic reprogramming is an emerging hallmark of cancer and is driven by abnormalities
of oncogenes and tumor suppressors. Accelerated metabolism causes cancer cell …

[HTML][HTML] Chemogenomics for drug discovery: Clinical molecules from open access chemical probes

RBA Quinlan, PE Brennan - RSC Chemical Biology, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years chemical probes have proved valuable tools for the validation of disease-
modifying targets, facilitating investigation of target function, safety, and translation. Whilst …

Discovery of a highly selective BET BD2 inhibitor from a DNA-encoded library technology screening hit

F Rianjongdee, SJ Atkinson, CW Chung… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Second-generation bromodomain and extra terminal (BET) inhibitors, which selectively
target one of the two bromodomains in the BET proteins, have begun to emerge in the …

Identification of a Series of N-Methylpyridine-2-carboxamides as Potent and Selective Inhibitors of the Second Bromodomain (BD2) of the Bromo and Extra Terminal …

LA Harrison, SJ Atkinson, A Bassil… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Domain-specific BET bromodomain ligands represent an attractive target for drug discovery
with the potential to unlock the therapeutic benefits of antagonizing these proteins without …

Template-hopping approach leads to potent, selective, and highly soluble bromo and extraterminal domain (BET) second bromodomain (BD2) inhibitors

HE Aylott, SJ Atkinson, P Bamborough… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
A number of reports have recently been published describing the discovery and optimization
of bromo and extraterminal inhibitors which are selective for the second bromodomain …

Bromodomain and extra-terminal motif (BET) inhibition is synthetic lethal with loss of SMAD4 in colorectal cancer cells via restoring the loss of MYC repression

C Shi, EJ Yang, Y Liu, PK Mou, G Ren, JS Shim - Oncogene, 2021 - nature.com
The tumor suppressor SMAD4 is frequently mutated in colorectal cancer (CRC). However,
no effective targeted therapies exist for CRC with SMAD4 loss. Here, we employed a …

The bromodomain inhibitor PFI-3 sensitizes cancer cells to DNA damage by targeting SWI/SNF

D Lee, DY Lee, YS Hwang, HR Seo, SA Lee… - Molecular Cancer …, 2021 - AACR
Many chemotherapeutic drugs produce double-strand breaks (DSB) on cancer cell DNA,
thereby inducing cell death. However, the DNA damage response (DDR) enables cancer …

Brd4-bound enhancers drive cell-intrinsic sex differences in glioblastoma

N Kfoury, Z Qi, BC Prager… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Sex can be an important determinant of cancer phenotype, and exploring sex-biased tumor
biology holds promise for identifying novel therapeutic targets and new approaches to …

Design, synthesis, and biological activity evaluation of a series of novel sulfonamide derivatives as BRD4 inhibitors against acute myeloid leukemia

Z Feng, A Chen, J Shi, D Zhou, W Shi, Q Qiu, X Liu… - Bioorganic …, 2021 - Elsevier
Accumulating researches have contributed much effect to discover novel chemotherapeutic
drug for leukemia with expeditious curative effect, of which bromodomain-containing protein …

Inhibition of the bromodomain and extra-terminal family of epigenetic regulators as a promising therapeutic approach for gastric cancer

SK Kang, HJ Bae, WS Kwon, TS Kim, KH Kim, S Park… - Cellular Oncology, 2021 - Springer
Purpose Epigenetic dysregulation is a common characteristic of cancers, including gastric
cancer (GC), and contributes to cancer development and progression. Although the efficacy …