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ArticleACS medicinal chemistry letters2020

Design, Synthesis, and Pharmacological Evaluation of Second Generation EZH2 Inhibitors with Long Residence Time.

Avinash Khanna, Alexandre Côté, Shilpi Arora, Ludivine Moine, Victor S Gehling, Jehrod Brenneman, Nico Cantone, Jacob I Stuckey, Shruti Apte, Ashwin Ramakrishnan and 7 more

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Article in ACS medicinal chemistry letters, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Avinash KhannaConstellation Pharmaceuticals 215 First Street Suite 200, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States.
Alexandre CôtéConstellation Pharmaceuticals 215 First Street Suite 200, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States.
Shilpi AroraConstellation Pharmaceuticals 215 First Street Suite 200, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States.
Ludivine MoineConstellation Pharmaceuticals 215 First Street Suite 200, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States.
Victor S GehlingConstellation Pharmaceuticals 215 First Street Suite 200, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States.
Jehrod BrennemanConstellation Pharmaceuticals 215 First Street Suite 200, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States.
Nico CantoneConstellation Pharmaceuticals 215 First Street Suite 200, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States.
Jacob I StuckeyConstellation Pharmaceuticals 215 First Street Suite 200, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States.
Shruti ApteConstellation Pharmaceuticals 215 First Street Suite 200, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States.
Ashwin RamakrishnanConstellation Pharmaceuticals 215 First Street Suite 200, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States.
Kamil BruderekConstellation Pharmaceuticals 215 First Street Suite 200, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States.
William D BradleyConstellation Pharmaceuticals 215 First Street Suite 200, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States.
James E AudiaConstellation Pharmaceuticals 215 First Street Suite 200, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States.
Richard T CummingsConstellation Pharmaceuticals 215 First Street Suite 200, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States.
Robert J SimsConstellation Pharmaceuticals 215 First Street Suite 200, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States.
Patrick TrojerConstellation Pharmaceuticals 215 First Street Suite 200, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States.
Julian R LevellConstellation Pharmaceuticals 215 First Street Suite 200, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States.
Constellation Pharmaceuticals (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Histone methyltransferase EZH2, which is the catalytic subunit of the PRC2 complex, catalyzes the methylation of histone H3K27-a transcriptionally repressive post-translational modification (PTM). EZH2 is commonly mutated in hematologic malignancies and frequently overexpressed in solid tumors, where its expression level often correlates with poor prognosis. First generation EZH2 inhibitors are beginning to show clinical benefit, and we believe that a second generation EZH2 inhibitor could further build upon this foundation to fully realize the therapeutic potential of EZH2 inhibition. During our medicinal chemistry campaign, we identified 4-thiomethyl pyridone as a key modification that led to significantly increased potency and prolonged residence time. Leveraging this finding, we optimized a series of EZH2 inhibitors, with enhanced antitumor activity and improved physiochemical properties, which have the potential to expand the clinical use of EZH2 inhibition.

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PMID32551002
PMCPMC7294713
OpenAlexW3013073555

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