Epigenetics-targeted drugs: current paradigms and future challenges

W Dai, X Qiao, Y Fang, R Guo, P Bai, S Liu… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
Epigenetics governs a chromatin state regulatory system through five key mechanisms: DNA
modification, histone modification, RNA modification, chromatin remodeling, and non-coding …

Targeting arginine methyltransferase PRMT5 for cancer therapy: updated progress and novel strategies

J Zheng, B Li, Y Wu, X Wu, Y Wang - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
As a predominant type II protein arginine methyltransferase, PRMT5 plays critical roles in
various normal cellular processes by catalyzing the mono-and symmetrical dimethylation of …

MRTX1719 Is an MTA-Cooperative PRMT5 Inhibitor That Exhibits Synthetic Lethality in Preclinical Models and Patients with MTAP-Deleted Cancer

LD Engstrom, R Aranda, L Waters, K Moya, V Bowcut… - Cancer discovery, 2023 - AACR
Previous studies implicated protein arginine methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) as a synthetic
lethal target for MTAP-deleted (MTAP del) cancers; however, the pharmacologic …

Long non-coding RNA-derived peptides are immunogenic and drive a potent anti-tumour response

W Barczak, SM Carr, G Liu, S Munro, A Nicastri… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Protein arginine methyltransferase (PRMT) 5 is over-expressed in a variety of cancers and
the master transcription regulator E2F1 is an important methylation target. We have explored …

Fragment-Based Discovery of MRTX1719, a Synthetic Lethal Inhibitor of the PRMT5•MTA Complex for the Treatment of MTAP-Deleted Cancers

CR Smith, R Aranda, TP Bobinski… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The PRMT5• MTA complex has recently emerged as a new synthetically lethal drug target
for the treatment of MTAP-deleted cancers. Here, we report the discovery of development …

[HTML][HTML] Promising role of protein arginine methyltransferases in overcoming anti-cancer drug resistance

Y Zhu, T Xia, DQ Chen, X Xiong, L Shi, Y Zuo… - Drug Resistance …, 2024 - Elsevier
Drug resistance remains a major challenge in cancer treatment, necessitating the
development of novel strategies to overcome it. Protein arginine methyltransferases …

Phase 1 study of JNJ-64619178, a protein arginine methyltransferase 5 inhibitor, in advanced solid tumors

M Vieito, V Moreno, A Spreafico, I Brana, JS Wang… - Clinical Cancer …, 2023 - AACR
Purpose: In this first-in-human, Phase 1, open-label, multicenter study, we evaluated JNJ-
64619178, a selective and potent PRMT5 inhibitor, in patients with advanced malignant …

Medicinal chemistry strategies targeting PRMT5 for cancer therapy

S Fu, Q Zheng, D Zhang, C Lin, L Ouyang… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Protein arginine methyltransferases 5 (PRMT5), a therapeutic target whose main
physiological function is mono-and symmetric dimethylation of arginine, has drawn …

Dysregulation of PRMT5 in chronic lymphocytic leukemia promotes progression with high risk of Richter's transformation

ZA Hing, JS Walker, EC Whipp, L Brinton… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Richter's Transformation (RT) is a poorly understood and fatal progression of chronic
lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) manifesting histologically as diffuse large B-cell lymphoma …

Impacts and mechanisms of alternative mRNA splicing in cancer metabolism, immune response, and therapeutics

Q Peng, Y Zhou, L Oyang, N Wu, Y Tang, M Su, X Luo… - Molecular Therapy, 2022 - cell.com
Alternative pre-mRNA splicing (AS) provides the potential to produce diversity at RNA and
protein levels. Disruptions in the regulation of pre-mRNA splicing can lead to diseases. With …