Search Results - "Wigle, Tim J."
-
1
Durable tumor regression in genetically altered malignant rhabdoid tumors by inhibition of methyltransferase EZH2
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (07-05-2013)“…Inactivation of the switch/sucrose nonfermentable complex component SMARCB1 is extremely prevalent in pediatrie malignant rhabdoid tumors (MRTs) or atypical…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
2
Selective inhibition of EZH2 by EPZ-6438 leads to potent antitumor activity in EZH2-mutant non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Published in Molecular cancer therapeutics (01-04-2014)“…Mutations within the catalytic domain of the histone methyltransferase EZH2 have been identified in subsets of patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). These…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
3
A chemical probe selectively inhibits G9a and GLP methyltransferase activity in cells
Published in Nature chemical biology (10-07-2011)“…Protein lysine methyltransferases modulate the activities of chromatin and non-chromatin proteins by specific methylation of lysine side chains. A large-scale…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
4
A selective inhibitor of EZH2 blocks H3K27 methylation and kills mutant lymphoma cells
Published in Nature chemical biology (01-11-2012)“…EZH2 is a protein methyltransferase component of the polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) that installs the H3K27me3 chromatin mark. EPZ005687 inhibits EZH2…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
5
The Importance of Being Me: Magic Methyls, Methyltransferase Inhibitors, and the Discovery of Tazemetostat
Published in Journal of medicinal chemistry (25-02-2016)“…Posttranslational methylation of histones plays a critical role in gene regulation. Misregulation of histone methylation can lead to oncogenic transformation…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
6
A687V EZH2 is a gain-of-function mutation found in lymphoma patients
Published in FEBS letters (21-09-2012)“…► Heterozygous EZH2 A687V mutation is associated with lymphoma. ► A687V EZH2 mutant shown to be active with altered substrate specificity. ► Mutation changes…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
7
Synergistic Anti-Tumor Activity of EZH2 Inhibitors and Glucocorticoid Receptor Agonists in Models of Germinal Center Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas
Published in PloS one (10-12-2014)“…Patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) are treated today with a cocktail of drugs referred to as CHOP (Cyclophosphamide, Hydroxyldaunorubicin, Oncovin, and…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
8
Protein Lysine Methyltransferase G9a Inhibitors: Design, Synthesis, and Structure Activity Relationships of 2,4-Diamino-7-aminoalkoxy-quinazolines
Published in Journal of medicinal chemistry (12-08-2010)“…Protein lysine methyltransferase G9a, which catalyzes methylation of lysine 9 of histone H3 (H3K9) and lysine 373 (K373) of p53, is overexpressed in human…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
9
The Y641C mutation of EZH2 alters substrate specificity for histone H3 lysine 27 methylation states
Published in FEBS letters (03-10-2011)“…► Heterozygous EZH2 Y641C mutation is associated with lymphoma and myelodisplasia. ► Y641C EZH2 mutant shown to be active with altered substrate specificity. ►…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
10
Identification of a peptide inhibitor for the histone methyltransferase WHSC1
Published in PloS one (09-05-2018)“…WHSC1 is a histone methyltransferase that is responsible for mono- and dimethylation of lysine 36 on histone H3 and has been implicated as a driver in a…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
11
Identification of Non-Peptide Malignant Brain Tumor (MBT) Repeat Antagonists by Virtual Screening of Commercially Available Compounds
Published in Journal of medicinal chemistry (11-11-2010)“…The malignant brain tumor (MBT) repeat is an important epigenetic-code “reader” and is functionally associated with differentiation, gene silencing, and tumor…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
12
Inhibitors of RecA activity discovered by high-throughput screening: cell-permeable small molecules attenuate the SOS response in Escherichia coli
Published in Journal of biomolecular screening (01-10-2009)“…The phenomenon of antibiotic resistance has created a need for the development of novel antibiotic classes with nonclassical cellular targets. Unfortunately,…”
Get more information
Journal Article -
13
A selective inhibitor of PRMT5 with in vivo and in vitro potency in MCL models
Published in Nature chemical biology (01-06-2015)“…Protein methyltransferase PRMT5 symmetrically dimethylates arginine residues in proteins, including histones, and has been associated with tumorigenesis. The…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
14
A potent and selective PARP14 inhibitor decreases protumor macrophage gene expression and elicits inflammatory responses in tumor explants
Published in Cell chemical biology (19-08-2021)“…PARP14 has been implicated by genetic knockout studies to promote protumor macrophage polarization and suppress the antitumor inflammatory response due to its…”
Get more information
Journal Article -
15
Drugging the human methylome: an emerging modality for reversible control of aberrant gene transcription
Published in Current opinion in chemical biology (01-06-2013)“…•Methylation of lysine, arginine and cytosine is important for epigenetic signaling.•An overview of the writers, erasers and readers of the methylome is…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
16
Aryl Pyrazoles as Potent Inhibitors of Arginine Methyltransferases: Identification of the First PRMT6 Tool Compound
Published in ACS medicinal chemistry letters (11-06-2015)“…A novel aryl pyrazole series of arginine methyltransferase inhibitors has been identified. Synthesis of analogues within this series yielded the first potent,…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
17
Targeted Degradation of PARP14 Using a Heterobifunctional Small Molecule
Published in Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology (15-06-2021)“…PARP14 is an interferon‐stimulated gene that is overexpressed in multiple tumor types, influencing pro‐tumor macrophage polarization as well as suppressing the…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
18
Small-Molecule Ligands of Methyl-Lysine Binding Proteins
Published in Journal of medicinal chemistry (14-04-2011)“…Proteins which bind methylated lysines (“readers” of the histone code) are important components in the epigenetic regulation of gene expression and can also…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
19
Conformational Adaptation Drives Potent, Selective and Durable Inhibition of the Human Protein Methyltransferase DOT1L
Published in Chemical biology & drug design (01-12-2012)“…DOT1L is the human protein methyltransferase responsible for catalyzing the methylation of histone H3 on lysine 79 (H3K79). The ectopic activity of DOT1L,…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
20
EPZ011989, A Potent, Orally-Available EZH2 Inhibitor with Robust in Vivo Activity
Published in ACS medicinal chemistry letters (14-05-2015)“…Inhibitors of the protein methyltransferase Enhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 (EZH2) may have significant therapeutic potential for the treatment of B cell lymphomas…”
Get full text
Journal Article