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ArticleNature chemical biology2016

Identification of cancer-cytotoxic modulators of PDE3A by predictive chemogenomics.

Luc de Waal, Timothy A Lewis, Matthew G Rees, Aviad Tsherniak, Xiaoyun Wu, Peter S Choi, Lara Gechijian, Christina Hartigan, Patrick W Faloon, Mark J Hickey and 12 more

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Article in Nature chemical biology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 61 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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61 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Pan-cancer ex vivo target evaluation of phosphodiesterase 3 A (PDE3A).Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) · 2026
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  5. MGDB: a curated database for molecular glues.Nucleic acids research · 2026
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  6. Pharmacokinetic profile andDrug delivery · 2025
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  16. A PDE3A-SLFN12 Molecular Glue Exhibits Significant Antitumor Activity in TKI-Resistant Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2024
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  19. Cancers · 2023
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  20. Molecular Glue Discovery: Current and Future Approaches.Journal of medicinal chemistry · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

22 authors.

Luc de WaalThe Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Timothy A LewisThe Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Matthew G ReesThe Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Aviad TsherniakThe Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3797-1877
Xiaoyun WuThe Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Peter S ChoiThe Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Lara GechijianThe Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Christina HartiganThe Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Patrick W FaloonThe Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Mark J HickeyThe Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Nicola TollidayThe Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Steven A CarrThe Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Paul A ClemonsThe Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Benito MunozThe Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Bridget K WagnerThe Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Alykhan F ShamjiThe Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Angela N KoehlerThe Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Monica SchenoneThe Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Alex B BurginThe Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Stuart L SchreiberThe Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1922-7558
Heidi GreulichThe Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Matthew MeyersonThe Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Funding

VIRUS PRODUCTION COREP30CA014051 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI Paula T Hammond · 1985 to 2026
$93.9M
User Driven ProjectU54HG005032 · NHGRI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI SCHREIBER, STUART L · 2008 to 2013
$88.1M
NKX2-1 Enhancer Amplification and Lineage Addiction in Lung AdenocarcinomaR35CA197568 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI Matthew L. Meyerson · 2015 to 2026
$12.4M
Cancer dependencies associated with genomic alterations and targeted by small molU01CA176152 · NCI · BROAD INSTITUTE, INC. · PI SCHREIBER, STUART L · 2013 to 2016
$4.4M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNCI NIH HHS 1R35CA197568NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014051NCI NIH HHS R35 CA197568NCI NIH HHS U01 CA176152NCI NIH HHS U01CA176152NHGRI NIH HHS 3U54HG005032-05S1NHGRI NIH HHS U54 HG005032
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

High cancer death rates indicate the need for new anticancer therapeutic agents. Approaches to discovering new cancer drugs include target-based drug discovery and phenotypic screening. Here, we identified phosphodiesterase 3A modulators as cell-selective cancer cytotoxic compounds through phenotypic compound library screening and target deconvolution by predictive chemogenomics. We found that sensitivity to 6-(4-(diethylamino)-3-nitrophenyl)-5-methyl-4,5-dihydropyridazin-3(2H)-one, or DNMDP, across 766 cancer cell lines correlates with expression of the gene PDE3A, encoding phosphodiesterase 3A. Like DNMDP, a subset of known PDE3A inhibitors kill selected cancer cells, whereas others do not. Furthermore, PDE3A depletion leads to DNMDP resistance. We demonstrated that DNMDP binding to PDE3A promotes an interaction between PDE3A and Schlafen 12 (SLFN12), suggestive of a neomorphic activity. Coexpression of SLFN12 with PDE3A correlates with DNMDP sensitivity, whereas depletion of SLFN12 results in decreased DNMDP sensitivity. Our results implicate PDE3A modulators as candidate cancer therapeutic agents and demonstrate the power of predictive chemogenomics in small-molecule discovery.

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Cell LineCell Line, TumorCell SurvivalCyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 3CytotoxinsDrug Delivery SystemsEnzyme ActivationEnzyme InhibitorsGenomicsHumansImmunoblottingNeoplasmsPyridazines6-(4-(diethylamino)-3-nitrophenyl)-5-methyl-4,5-dihydropyridazin-3(2H)-oneCyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 3CytotoxinsEnzyme InhibitorsPyridazines

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PMCPMC4718766

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