Discovery of a Highly Selective Cell-Active Inhibitor of the Histone Lysine Demethylases KDM2/7. Gerken, P., A., Wolstenhulme, J., R., Tumber, A., Hatch, S., B., Zhang, Y., Müller, S., Chandler, S., A., Mair, B., Li, F., Nijman, S., M., Konietzny, R., Szommer, T., Yapp, C., Fedorov, O., Benesch, J., L., Vedadi, M., Kessler, B., M., Kawamura, A., Brennan, P., E., & Smith, M., D. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 56(49):15555-15559, 12, 2017.
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Histone lysine demethylases (KDMs) are of critical importance in the epigenetic regulation of gene expression, yet there are few selective, cell-permeable inhibitors or suitable tool compounds for these enzymes. We describe the discovery of a new class of inhibitor that is highly potent towards the histone lysine demethylases KDM2A/7A. A modular synthetic approach was used to explore the chemical space and accelerate the investigation of key structure-activity relationships, leading to the development of a small molecule with around 75-fold selectivity towards KDM2A/7A versus other KDMs, as well as cellular activity at low micromolar concentrations.

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