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作者: Peng, Chi-Chi ; Kapoor, Rajiv ; Hughes, Paul ; Liu, Siyuan ; Wang, Paul ; Nielsen, So̷ren ; Yang, Yajing ; Ghimire-Rijal, Sudipa ; Peiró Cadahía, Jorge ; Caenepeel, Sean ; Bourbeau, Matthew ; Mardirossian, Narbe ; Allen, Jennifer R. ; Tamayo, Nuria ; Mukund, Susmith ; Franch, Thomas ; Nadali, Anna ; Pettus, Liping ; Ryborg, So̷ren ; Lo, Mei-Chu ; Glad, Sanne ; Li, Kexue ; Madsen, Mads ; Kronborg, Titi ; Madoux, Franck ; Moriguchi, Jodi ; Flagstad, Thomas ; Vestergaard, Mikkel ; Soede, Camillia ; Liu, Qingyian ; Pii, David ; Xie, Fang ; Belmontes, Brian ; Ngo, Rachel ; Husemoen, Gitte ; Slemmons, Katherine K. ; Jacso, Tomas ; Cowland, Sanne ; Andersson, Jan ; Kuropatnicka, Aleksandra ; Moretti, Loris ; Gouliaev, Alex ; Sarvary, Ian
Inhibition of the methyltransferase enzyme PRMT5 by MTA accumulation is a vulnerability of MTAP-deleted cancers. Herein, we report the discovery and optimization of a quinolin-2-amine DEL hit that cooperatively binds PRMT5:MEP50 and MTA to generate a catalytically inhibited ternary complex. X-ray crystallography confirms quinolin-2-amine binding of PRMT5 glutamate-444, while simultaneously exhibiting a hydrophobic interaction with MTA. Lead optimization produced AM-9747, which selectively inhibits PRMT5-directed symmetric dimethylation of arginine residues of proteins, leading to a potent reduction of cell viability in MTAP-del cells compared to MTAP-WT cells. Once-daily oral dosing of AM-9747 in mouse xenografts is well tolerated, displaying a robust and dose-dependent inhibition of symmetric dimethylation of arginine in MTAP-del tumor-xenografts and significant concomitant tumor growth inhibition without any significant effect on MTAP-WT tumor xenografts.