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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2022

A screen of repurposed drugs identifies AMHR2/MISR2 agonists as potential contraceptives.

Yi Li, Lina Wei, Marie-Charlotte Meinsohn, Rana Suliman, Maeva Chauvin, Jim Berstler, Kate Hartland, Mark M Jensen, Natalie A Sicher, Nicholas Nagykery and 2 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. A divergent two-domain structure of the anti-Müllerian hormone prodomain.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  9. Ovarian Reserve Disorders, Can We Prevent Them? A Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yi LiPediatric Surgical Research Laboratories, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA  02114.
Lina WeiPediatric Surgical Research Laboratories, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA  02114.ORCID 0000-0002-6008-1194
Marie-Charlotte MeinsohnPediatric Surgical Research Laboratories, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA  02114.ORCID 0000-0002-1378-4655
Rana SulimanPediatric Surgical Research Laboratories, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA  02114.
Maeva ChauvinPediatric Surgical Research Laboratories, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA  02114.
Jim BerstlerCenter for the Development of Therapeutics (CDoT), Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142.
Kate HartlandCenter for the Development of Therapeutics (CDoT), Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142.
Mark M JensenPediatric Surgical Research Laboratories, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA  02114.
Natalie A SicherPediatric Surgical Research Laboratories, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA  02114.
Nicholas NagykeryPediatric Surgical Research Laboratories, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA  02114.
Patricia K DonahoePediatric Surgical Research Laboratories, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA  02114.ORCID 0000-0001-5502-4497
David PepinPediatric Surgical Research Laboratories, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA  02114.ORCID 0000-0003-2046-6708
Harvard University · USBroad Institute · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We identified the anti-Mullerian hormone (also known as Müllerian inhibiting substance or MIS) as an inhibitory hormone that induces long-term contraception in mammals. The type II receptor to this hormone, AMHR2 (also known as MISR2), represents a promising druggable target for the modulation of female reproduction with a mechanism of action distinct from steroidal contraceptives. We designed an in vitro platform to screen and validate small molecules that can activate MISR2 signaling and suppress ovarian folliculogenesis. Using a bone morphogenesis protein (BMP)–response element luciferase reporter cell–based assay, we screened 5,440 compounds from a repurposed drug library. Positive hits in this screen were tested for specificity and potency in luciferase dose–response assays, and biological activity was tested in ex vivo Mullerian duct regression bioassays. Selected candidates were further evaluated in ex vivo follicle/ovary culture assays and in vivo in mice and rats. Here, we report that SP600125, CYC-116, gandotinib, and ruxolitinib can specifically inhibit primordial follicle activation and repress folliculogenesis by stimulating the MISR2 pathway.

Indexed as

Contraceptive AgentsDrug RepositioningOvarian FollicleReceptors, PeptideReceptors, Transforming Growth Factor betaSmall Molecule LibrariesAnimalsAnthracenesDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalFemaleHumansMiceNitrilesPyrazolesPyrimidinesRats4-methyl-5-(2-(4-morpholinophenylamino)pyrimidin-4-yl)thiazol-2-amineAnthracenesanti-Mullerian hormone receptorContraceptive AgentsNitrilespyrazolanthronePyrazolesPyrimidinesReceptors, PeptideReceptors, Transforming Growth Factor betaruxolitinibSmall Molecule LibrariesThiazolesAMHAMHR2 agonistscontraceptionfolliculogenesissmall molecules screen

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PMID35380904
PMCPMC9169708
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