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ArticleJournal of biomolecular screening2015

Quantification of histone H3 Lys27 trimethylation (H3K27me3) by high-throughput microscopy enables cellular large-scale screening for small-molecule EZH2 inhibitors.

Svenja Luense, Philip Denner, Amaury Fernández-Montalván, Ingo Hartung, Manfred Husemann, Carlo Stresemann, Stefan Prechtl

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Article in Journal of biomolecular screening, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Screening for Small-Molecule Inhibitors of Histone Methyltransferases.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2022
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  7. Orchestration of H3K27 methylation: mechanisms and therapeutic implication.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2018
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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Svenja LuenseLead Discovery Berlin-Screening, Global Drug Discovery, Bayer Pharma AG, Berlin, Germany.
Philip DennerLead Discovery Berlin-Screening, Global Drug Discovery, Bayer Pharma AG, Berlin, Germany.
Amaury Fernández-MontalvánLead Discovery Berlin-Screening, Global Drug Discovery, Bayer Pharma AG, Berlin, Germany.
Ingo HartungDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry Berlin, Medicinal Chemistry I, Microbiological Chemistry, Global Drug Discovery, Bayer Pharma AG, Berlin, Germany.
Manfred HusemannLead Discovery Berlin-Screening, Global Drug Discovery, Bayer Pharma AG, Berlin, Germany.
Carlo StresemannDepartment of Oncology, Chromatin Modulation and Oncogenomics, Global Drug Discovery, Bayer Pharma AG, Berlin, Germany.
Stefan PrechtlLead Discovery Berlin-Screening, Global Drug Discovery, Bayer Pharma AG, Berlin, Germany stefan.prechtl@bayer.com.
Bayer (Germany) · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

EZH2 inhibition can decrease global histone H3 lysine 27 trimethylation (H3K27me3) and thereby reactivates silenced tumor suppressor genes. Inhibition of EZH2 is regarded as an option for therapeutic cancer intervention. To identify novel small-molecule (SMOL) inhibitors of EZH2 in drug discovery, trustworthy cellular assays amenable for phenotypic high-throughput screening (HTS) are crucial. We describe a reliable approach that quantifies changes in global levels of histone modification marks using high-content analysis (HCA). The approach was validated in different cell lines by using small interfering RNA and SMOL inhibitors. By automation and miniaturization from a 384-well to 1536-well plate, we demonstrated its utility in conducting phenotypic HTS campaigns and assessing structure-activity relationships (SAR). This assay enables screening of SMOL EZH2 inhibitors and can advance the mechanistic understanding of H3K27me3 suppression, which is crucial with regard to epigenetic therapy. We observed that a decrease in global H3K27me3, induced by EZH2 inhibition, comprises two distinct mechanisms: (1) inhibition of de novo DNA methylation and (II) inhibition of dynamic, replication-independent H3K27me3 turnover. This report describes an HCA assay for primary HTS to identify, profile, and optimize cellular active SMOL inhibitors targeting histone methyltransferases, which could benefit epigenetic drug discovery.

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Drug DiscoveryHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysMicroscopySmall Molecule LibrariesAutomation, LaboratoryCell CycleCell Line, TumorDose-Response Relationship, DrugEnhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 ProteinGene Knockdown TechniquesHistonesHumansInhibitory Concentration 50MethylationPolycomb Repressive Complex 2RNA InterferenceEnhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 ProteinEZH2 protein, humanHistonesPolycomb Repressive Complex 2Small Molecule Librarieschromatin modulatorsEZH2high-content analysishistone methyltransferaseKMT6

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PMID25409661
PMCPMC4361481
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