Nature Communications (Jan 2018)

Targeted NUDT5 inhibitors block hormone signaling in breast cancer cells

  • Brent D. G. Page,
  • Nicholas C. K. Valerie,
  • Roni H. G. Wright,
  • Olov Wallner,
  • Rebecka Isaksson,
  • Megan Carter,
  • Sean G. Rudd,
  • Olga Loseva,
  • Ann-Sofie Jemth,
  • Ingrid Almlöf,
  • Jofre Font-Mateu,
  • Sabin Llona-Minguez,
  • Pawel Baranczewski,
  • Fredrik Jeppsson,
  • Evert Homan,
  • Helena Almqvist,
  • Hanna Axelsson,
  • Shruti Regmi,
  • Anna-Lena Gustavsson,
  • Thomas Lundbäck,
  • Martin Scobie,
  • Kia Strömberg,
  • Pål Stenmark,
  • Miguel Beato,
  • Thomas Helleday

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02293-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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NUDIX hydrolases are an important family of nucleotide-metabolizing enzymes. Here, the authors identify potent, small molecule inhibitors of NUDT5, which is implicated in ADP-ribose and 8-oxo-guanine metabolism, and confirm its role in gene regulation and proliferation in breast cancer cells.