Publication Date:
2018-04-23
Description:
Novel pyrazole-based EZH2 inhibitors have been prepared through a molecular pruning approach from known inhibitors bearing a bicyclic moiety as a central scaffold. The hit compound 1o ( N -((4,6-dimethyl-2-oxo-1,2-dihydropyridin-3-yl)methyl)-5-methyl-1-phenyl-1 H -pyrazole-4-carboxamide) showed low micromolar EZH2/PRC2 inhibition and high selectivity towards a panel of other methyltransferases. Moreover, 1o displayed cell growth arrest in breast MDA-MB231, leukaemia K562, and neuroblastoma SK-N-BE cancer cells joined to reduction of H3K27me3 levels and induction of apoptosis and autophagy. This article is part of a discussion meeting issue ‘Frontiers in epigenetic chemical biology’.
Print ISSN:
0962-8436
Electronic ISSN:
1471-2970
Topics:
Biology
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