Quantitative high-throughput screening identifies 8-hydroxyquinolines as cell-active histone demethylase inhibitors.

<h4>Background</h4>Small molecule modulators of epigenetic processes are currently sought as basic probes for biochemical mechanisms, and as starting points for development of therapeutic agents. N(ε)-Methylation of lysine residues on histone tails is one of a number of post-translationa...

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Main Authors: Oliver N F King, Xuan Shirley Li, Masaaki Sakurai, Akane Kawamura, Nathan R Rose, Stanley S Ng, Amy M Quinn, Ganesha Rai, Bryan T Mott, Paul Beswick, Robert J Klose, Udo Oppermann, Ajit Jadhav, Tom D Heightman, David J Maloney, Christopher J Schofield, Anton Simeonov
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Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-11-01
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author Oliver N F King
Xuan Shirley Li
Masaaki Sakurai
Akane Kawamura
Nathan R Rose
Stanley S Ng
Amy M Quinn
Ganesha Rai
Bryan T Mott
Paul Beswick
Robert J Klose
Udo Oppermann
Ajit Jadhav
Tom D Heightman
David J Maloney
Christopher J Schofield
Anton Simeonov
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Xuan Shirley Li
Masaaki Sakurai
Akane Kawamura
Nathan R Rose
Stanley S Ng
Amy M Quinn
Ganesha Rai
Bryan T Mott
Paul Beswick
Robert J Klose
Udo Oppermann
Ajit Jadhav
Tom D Heightman
David J Maloney
Christopher J Schofield
Anton Simeonov
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description <h4>Background</h4>Small molecule modulators of epigenetic processes are currently sought as basic probes for biochemical mechanisms, and as starting points for development of therapeutic agents. N(ε)-Methylation of lysine residues on histone tails is one of a number of post-translational modifications that together enable transcriptional regulation. Histone lysine demethylases antagonize the action of histone methyltransferases in a site- and methylation state-specific manner. N(ε)-Methyllysine demethylases that use 2-oxoglutarate as co-factor are associated with diverse human diseases, including cancer, inflammation and X-linked mental retardation; they are proposed as targets for the therapeutic modulation of transcription. There are few reports on the identification of templates that are amenable to development as potent inhibitors in vivo and large diverse collections have yet to be exploited for the discovery of demethylase inhibitors.<h4>Principal findings</h4>High-throughput screening of a ∼236,000-member collection of diverse molecules arrayed as dilution series was used to identify inhibitors of the JMJD2 (KDM4) family of 2-oxoglutarate-dependent histone demethylases. Initial screening hits were prioritized by a combination of cheminformatics, counterscreening using a coupled assay enzyme, and orthogonal confirmatory detection of inhibition by mass spectrometric assays. Follow-up studies were carried out on one of the series identified, 8-hydroxyquinolines, which were shown by crystallographic analyses to inhibit by binding to the active site Fe(II) and to modulate demethylation at the H3K9 locus in a cell-based assay.<h4>Conclusions</h4>These studies demonstrate that diverse compound screening can yield novel inhibitors of 2OG dependent histone demethylases and provide starting points for the development of potent and selective agents to interrogate epigenetic regulation.
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spelling doaj-art-7f1b6fc84c5540f9baf8ca08a18a0aa72025-08-20T02:31:52ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032010-11-01511e1553510.1371/journal.pone.0015535Quantitative high-throughput screening identifies 8-hydroxyquinolines as cell-active histone demethylase inhibitors.Oliver N F KingXuan Shirley LiMasaaki SakuraiAkane KawamuraNathan R RoseStanley S NgAmy M QuinnGanesha RaiBryan T MottPaul BeswickRobert J KloseUdo OppermannAjit JadhavTom D HeightmanDavid J MaloneyChristopher J SchofieldAnton Simeonov<h4>Background</h4>Small molecule modulators of epigenetic processes are currently sought as basic probes for biochemical mechanisms, and as starting points for development of therapeutic agents. N(ε)-Methylation of lysine residues on histone tails is one of a number of post-translational modifications that together enable transcriptional regulation. Histone lysine demethylases antagonize the action of histone methyltransferases in a site- and methylation state-specific manner. N(ε)-Methyllysine demethylases that use 2-oxoglutarate as co-factor are associated with diverse human diseases, including cancer, inflammation and X-linked mental retardation; they are proposed as targets for the therapeutic modulation of transcription. There are few reports on the identification of templates that are amenable to development as potent inhibitors in vivo and large diverse collections have yet to be exploited for the discovery of demethylase inhibitors.<h4>Principal findings</h4>High-throughput screening of a ∼236,000-member collection of diverse molecules arrayed as dilution series was used to identify inhibitors of the JMJD2 (KDM4) family of 2-oxoglutarate-dependent histone demethylases. Initial screening hits were prioritized by a combination of cheminformatics, counterscreening using a coupled assay enzyme, and orthogonal confirmatory detection of inhibition by mass spectrometric assays. Follow-up studies were carried out on one of the series identified, 8-hydroxyquinolines, which were shown by crystallographic analyses to inhibit by binding to the active site Fe(II) and to modulate demethylation at the H3K9 locus in a cell-based assay.<h4>Conclusions</h4>These studies demonstrate that diverse compound screening can yield novel inhibitors of 2OG dependent histone demethylases and provide starting points for the development of potent and selective agents to interrogate epigenetic regulation.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0015535&type=printable
spellingShingle Oliver N F King
Xuan Shirley Li
Masaaki Sakurai
Akane Kawamura
Nathan R Rose
Stanley S Ng
Amy M Quinn
Ganesha Rai
Bryan T Mott
Paul Beswick
Robert J Klose
Udo Oppermann
Ajit Jadhav
Tom D Heightman
David J Maloney
Christopher J Schofield
Anton Simeonov
Quantitative high-throughput screening identifies 8-hydroxyquinolines as cell-active histone demethylase inhibitors.
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title Quantitative high-throughput screening identifies 8-hydroxyquinolines as cell-active histone demethylase inhibitors.
title_full Quantitative high-throughput screening identifies 8-hydroxyquinolines as cell-active histone demethylase inhibitors.
title_fullStr Quantitative high-throughput screening identifies 8-hydroxyquinolines as cell-active histone demethylase inhibitors.
title_full_unstemmed Quantitative high-throughput screening identifies 8-hydroxyquinolines as cell-active histone demethylase inhibitors.
title_short Quantitative high-throughput screening identifies 8-hydroxyquinolines as cell-active histone demethylase inhibitors.
title_sort quantitative high throughput screening identifies 8 hydroxyquinolines as cell active histone demethylase inhibitors
url https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0015535&type=printable
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