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ArticleNature communications2025

Chemical catalyst manipulating cancer epigenome and transcription.

Yuki Yamanashi, Shinpei Takamaru, Atsushi Okabe, Satoshi Kaito, Yuto Azumaya, Yugo R Kamimura, Kenzo Yamatsugu, Tomoya Kujirai, Hitoshi Kurumizaka, Atsushi Iwama and 3 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Precision Chemistry for Protein Lysine Modification.Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Yuki YamanashiGraduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-2317-3715
Shinpei TakamaruGraduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Atsushi OkabeDepartment of Molecular Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chuo-ku, Chiba, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7748-6078
Satoshi KaitoDivision of Stem Cell and Molecular Medicine, Center for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Yuto AzumayaGraduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Yugo R KamimuraGraduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Kenzo YamatsuguGraduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Tomoya KujiraiInstitute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Hitoshi KurumizakaInstitute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7412-3722
Atsushi IwamaDivision of Stem Cell and Molecular Medicine, Center for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9410-8992
Atsushi KanedaDepartment of Molecular Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chuo-ku, Chiba, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6980-5515
Shigehiro A KawashimaGraduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. skawashima@mol.f.u-tokyo.ac.jp.
Motomu KanaiGraduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. kanai@mol.f.u-tokyo.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1977-7648

Funding

Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) 21cm0106510h0006Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) JP24ama121009MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP21H02074MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP21K19326MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP22H05018MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP22K15033MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP22K19553MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP23H05466MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP23K17392MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP23K19423MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP24H02328MEXT | JST | Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST) JPMJCR24T3MEXT | JST | Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology (ERATO) JPMJER1901
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The number and variety of identified histone post-translational modifications (PTMs) are continually increasing. However, the specific consequences of each histone PTM remain largely unclear, primarily due to the lack of methods for selectively and rapidly introducing a desired histone PTM in living cells without genetic engineering. Here, we report the development of a cell-permeable histone acetylation catalyst, BAHA-LANA-PEG-CPP44, which selectively enters leukemia cells, binds to chromatin, and acetylates H2BK120 of endogenous histones in a short reaction time. Time-course analyses of this in-cell catalytic reaction revealed that H2BK120 acetylation attenuates the chromatin binding of negative elongation factor E (NELFE), an onco-transcription factor. This H2BK120 acetylation-mediated removal of NELFE from chromatin reshapes transcription, slows leukemia cell viability, and reduces their tumorigenic potential in mice. Therefore, this histone acetylation catalyst provides a unique tool for elucidating the time-resolved consequences of histone PTMs and may offer a modality for cancer chemotherapy.

Indexed as

EpigenomeLeukemiaTranscription, GeneticAcetylationAnimalsCatalysisCell Line, TumorCell SurvivalChromatinEpigenesis, GeneticHistonesHumansMiceProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalTranscriptional Elongation FactorsChromatinHistonesTranscriptional Elongation Factors

Identifiers

PMID39856033
PMCPMC11760346

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