PFI-1, a highly selective protein interaction inhibitor, targeting BET Bromodomains.

Picaud, S; Da Costa, D; Thanasopoulou, A; Filippakopoulos, P; Fish, P; Philpott, M; Fedorov, O; Brennan, P; Bunnage, M; Owen, DR; Bradner, J; Taniere, P; O'Sullivan, B; Müller, S; Schwaller, J; Stankovic, T; Knapp, S

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PFI-1, a highly selective protein interaction inhibitor, targeting BET Bromodomains.

Abstract:: Bromo and extra terminal (BET) proteins (BRD2, BRD3, BRD4, and BRDT) are transcriptional regulators required for efficient expression of several growth promoting and antiapoptotic genes as well as for cell-cycle progression. BET proteins are recruited on transcriptionally active chromatin via their two N-terminal bromodomains (BRD), a protein interaction module that specifically recognizes acetylated lysine residues in histones H3 and H4. Inhibition of the BET-histone interaction results in transcriptional downregulation of a number of oncogenes, providing a novel pharmacologic strategy for the treatment of cancer. Here, we present a potent and highly selective dihydroquinazoline-2-one inhibitor, PFI-1, which efficiently blocks the interaction of BET BRDs with acetylated histone tails. Cocrystal structures showed that PFI-1 acts as an acetyl-lysine (Kac) mimetic inhibitor efficiently occupying the Kac binding site in BRD4 and BRD2. PFI-1 has antiproliferative effects on leukemic cell lines and efficiently abrogates their clonogenic growth. Exposure of sensitive cell lines with PFI-1 results in G1 cell-cycle arrest, downregulation of MYC expression, as well as induction of apoptosis and induces differentiation of primary leukemic blasts. Intriguingly, cells exposed to PFI-1 showed significant downregulation of Aurora B kinase, thus attenuating phosphorylation of the Aurora substrate H3S10, providing an alternative strategy for the specific inhibition of this well-established oncology target.

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Picaud, S., Da Costa, D., Thanasopoulou, A., Filippakopoulos, P., Fish, P., Philpott, M., Fedorov, O., Brennan, P., Bunnage, M., Owen, D. R., Bradner, J., Taniere, P., O'Sullivan, B., Müller, S., Schwaller, J., Stankovic, T., & Knapp, S. (2013). PFI-1, a highly selective protein interaction inhibitor, targeting BET Bromodomains. Cancer Research, 73(11), 3336–3346.

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Picaud, S, et al. “PFI-1, a Highly Selective Protein Interaction Inhibitor, Targeting BET Bromodomains.” Cancer Research, vol. 73, no. 11, 2013, pp. 3336–46.

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Picaud, S, D Da Costa, A Thanasopoulou, et al. 2013. “PFI-1, a Highly Selective Protein Interaction Inhibitor, Targeting BET Bromodomains.” Cancer Research 73 (11): 3336–46.
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