Nature Communications (May 2017)

Discovery of first-in-class reversible dual small molecule inhibitors against G9a and DNMTs in hematological malignancies

  • Edurne San José-Enériz,
  • Xabier Agirre,
  • Obdulia Rabal,
  • Amaia Vilas-Zornoza,
  • Juan A. Sanchez-Arias,
  • Estibaliz Miranda,
  • Ana Ugarte,
  • Sergio Roa,
  • Bruno Paiva,
  • Ander Estella-Hermoso de Mendoza,
  • Rosa María Alvarez,
  • Noelia Casares,
  • Victor Segura,
  • José I. Martín-Subero,
  • François-Xavier Ogi,
  • Pierre Soule,
  • Clara M. Santiveri,
  • Ramón Campos-Olivas,
  • Giancarlo Castellano,
  • Maite Garcia Fernandez de Barrena,
  • Juan Roberto Rodriguez-Madoz,
  • Maria José García-Barchino,
  • Juan Jose Lasarte,
  • Matias A Avila,
  • Jose Angel Martinez-Climent,
  • Julen Oyarzabal,
  • Felipe Prosper

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15424
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Epigenetic drugs are emerging as a powerful therapeutic option for cancer treatment. Here, the authors synthesized selective chemical probes that simultaneously inhibit the G9a and DNMTs methyltransferase activity and demonstrate their anti-tumour activity usingin vitro and in vivomodels of haematological neoplasia.