Potent and Selective SETDB1 Covalent Negative Allosteric Modulator Reduces Methyltransferase Activity in Cells

A promising drug target, SETDB1, is a dual Kme reader and methyltransferase, which has been implicated in cancer and neurodegenerative disease progression. To help understand the role of the triple Tudor domain (3TD) of SETDB1, its Kme reader, we first identified a low micromolar small molecule liga...

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Main Authors Uguen, Mélanie, Shell, Devan J, Silva, Madhushika, Deng, Yu, Li, Fengling, Szewczyk, Magdalena M, Yang, Ka, Zhao, Yani, Stashko, Michael A, Norris-Drouin, Jacqueline L, Waybright, Jarod M, Beldar, Serap, Rectenwald, Justin M, Mordant, Angie L, Webb, Thomas S, Herring, Laura E, Arrowsmith, Cheryl H, Ackloo, Suzanne, Gygi, Steven P, McGinty, Robert K, Barsyte-Lovejoy, Dalia, Liu, Pengda, Halabelian, Levon, James, Lindsey I, Pearce, Kenneth H, Frye, Stephen V
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 28.09.2024
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Summary:A promising drug target, SETDB1, is a dual Kme reader and methyltransferase, which has been implicated in cancer and neurodegenerative disease progression. To help understand the role of the triple Tudor domain (3TD) of SETDB1, its Kme reader, we first identified a low micromolar small molecule ligand, UNC6535, which occupies simultaneously both the TD2 and TD3 reader binding sites. Further optimization led to the discovery of UNC10013, the first covalent 3TD ligand targeting Cys385 of SETDB1. UNC10013 is potent with a k /K of 1.0 x 10 M s and demonstrated proteome-wide selectivity. In cells, negative allosteric modulation of SETDB1-mediated Akt methylation was observed after treatment with UNC10013. Therefore, UNC10013 is a potent, selective and cell-active covalent ligand for the 3TD of SETDB1, demonstrating negative allosteric modulator properties and making it a promising tool to study the biological role of SETDB1 in disease progression.
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ISSN:2692-8205
2692-8205
DOI:10.1101/2024.09.27.615363