EPZ-6438 is a potent and bio-available inhibitor of EZH2, the catalytic subunit of polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) catalyzing the methylation of lysine 27 of histone H3 (H3K27), that inhibits the activity of human PRC2-containing wild-type EZH2 with a value of inhibition constant Ki of 2.5 nM. EPZ-6438 competitively binds to the S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) binding site of EZH2 and also non-competitively binds to the binding sites of peptide or nucleosome substrate. EPZ-6438 selectively inhibits EZH2 with selectivity 35-fold greater than EZH1. Study results have suggested that EPZ-6438 exhibits dramatic and permanent anti-tumor activity in MRT models through synergistic effects of EPZ-6438-mediated EZH2 inhibition on several cancer pathways.
EPZ-6438 是一种有效且具有生物利用度的 EZH2 抑制剂,EZH2 是多梳抑制复合物 2 (PRC2) 的催化亚基,可催化组蛋白 H3 (H3K27) 的赖氨酸 27 甲基化,从而抑制含有人 PRC2 的活性抑制常数 Ki 值为 2.5 nM 的野生型 EZH2。 EPZ-6438 竞争性结合 EZH2 的 S-腺苷甲硫氨酸 (SAM) 结合位点,也非竞争性结合肽或核小体底物的结合位点。 EPZ-6438 选择性抑制 EZH2,选择性比 EZH1 高 35 倍。研究结果表明,EPZ-6438 通过 EPZ-6438 介导的 EZH2 抑制对多种癌症通路的协同作用,在 MRT 模型中表现出显着和永久的抗肿瘤活性。
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