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ArticleExploration of targeted anti-tumor therapy2021

The bromodomain and extra-terminal domain degrader MZ1 exhibits preclinical anti-tumoral activity in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the activated B cell-like type.

Chiara Tarantelli, Eleonora Cannas, Hillarie Ekeh, Carmelo Moscatello, Eugenio Gaudio, Luciano Cascione, Sara Napoli, Cesare Rech, Andrea Testa, Chiara Maniaci and 5 more

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Article in Exploration of targeted anti-tumor therapy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. PROTACs in cancer therapy: targeted degradation of GPX4, PARP and epigenetic regulators.Journal of enzyme inhibition and medicinal chemistry · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Chiara TarantelliInstitute of Oncology Research, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, USI, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4394-7742
Eleonora CannasInstitute of Oncology Research, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, USI, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland.
Hillarie EkehInstitute of Oncology Research, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, USI, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland.
Carmelo MoscatelloInstitute of Oncology Research, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, USI, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4994-8658
Eugenio GaudioInstitute of Oncology Research, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, USI, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland.
Luciano CascioneInstitute of Oncology Research, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, USI, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4606-0637
Sara NapoliInstitute of Oncology Research, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, USI, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9699-7540
Cesare RechInstitute of Oncology Research, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, USI, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland.
Andrea TestaDivision of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 5EH, Scotland, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8973-9711
Chiara ManiaciDivision of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 5EH, Scotland, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7887-7388
Andrea RinaldiInstitute of Oncology Research, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, USI, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland.
Emanuele ZuccaInstitute of Oncology Research, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, USI, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5522-6109
Anastasios StathisOncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland.
Alessio CiulliDivision of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 5EH, Scotland, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-1670
Francesco BertoniInstitute of Oncology Research, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, USI, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5637-8983
Institute of Oncology Research · CHEnte Ospedaliero Cantonale · CHUniversity of Dundee · GBSIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics · CHUniversity of Chieti-Pescara · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aim: Bromodomain and extra-terminal domain (BET) proteins are epigenetic readers that play a fundamental role in transcription regulation. Preclinical and early clinical evidence sustain BET targeting as an anti-cancer approach. BET degraders are chimeric compounds comprising of a BET inhibitor, which allows the binding to BET bromodomains, linked to a small molecule, binder for an E3 ubiquitin ligase complex, triggering BET proteins degradation via the proteasome. These degraders, called proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs), can exhibit greater target specificity compared to BET inhibitors and overcome some of their limitations, such as the upregulation of the BET proteins themselves. Here are presented data on the anti-tumor activity and the mechanism of action of the BET degrader MZ1 in diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) of the activated B-cell like (ABC, ABC DLBCL), using a BET inhibitor as a comparison. Methods: Established lymphoma cell lines were exposed for 72 h to increasing doses of the compounds. Cell proliferation was evaluated by using an 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazolyl-2)-2,5-diphenyltetrazoliumbromide (MTT) assay. Fluorescent-Activated Cell Sorter (FACS) analysis was performed to measure apoptotic activation and RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) to study the transcriptional changes induced by the compounds. Results: MZ1, and not its negative control epimer cisMZ1, was very active with a median half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC Conclusions: The BET degrader MZ1 had strong cytotoxic activity in all the ABC DLBCL cell lines that were tested, and, at least

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BETbromodomainbromodomain-containing protein 4diffuse large B-cell lymphomaepigeneticsimmuno-oncologylymphomaproteolysis-targeting chimeras

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PMID36046113
PMCPMC9400774
OpenAlexW4206707998

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