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ArticleJournal of medicinal chemistry2025

Opto-Epigenetic Regulation of Histone Arginine Asymmetric Dimethylation via Type I Protein Arginine Methyltransferase Inhibition.

Shuting Xu, Kaiqi Long, Tianyi Wang, Yangyang Zhu, Yunjiao Zhang, Weiping Wang

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Article in Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Shuting XuState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China.
Kaiqi LongState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China.
Tianyi WangState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0453-5331
Yangyang ZhuThe Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China.
Yunjiao ZhangThe Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China.ORCID 0000-0002-6465-7488
Weiping WangState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7511-3497

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Abstract

Histone arginine asymmetric dimethylation, which is mainly catalyzed by type I protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMTs), is involved in broad biological and pathological processes. Recently, several type I PRMT inhibitors, such as MS023, have been developed to reverse the histone arginine dimethylation status in tumor cells, but extensive inhibition of type I PRMTs may cause side effects in normal tissues. Herein, we designed a photoactivatable MS023 prodrug (C-MS023) to achieve spatiotemporal inhibition of histone arginine asymmetric dimethylation. In vitro studies showed that C-MS023 exhibited reduced potency in inhibiting type I PRMTs. Importantly, visible light irradiation at 420 nm could trigger the photolysis of the prodrug, thereby liberating MS023 for effective downregulation of histone arginine asymmetric dimethylation and DNA replication-related transcriptomic activities. This opto-epigenetic small-molecule prodrug potentially aids in further research into the pathophysiological functions of type I PRMTs and the development of targeted epigenetic therapeutics.

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ArginineEpigenesis, GeneticHistonesProdrugsProtein-Arginine N-MethyltransferasesEnzyme InhibitorsHumansLightMethylationArginineEnzyme InhibitorsHistonesProdrugsProtein-Arginine N-Methyltransferases

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PMID39961800
PMCPMC11873949

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