ACS Chemical Biology
ACS Chemical Biology
5 years ago

Novel Class of Potent and Cellularly Active Inhibitors Devalidates MTH1 as Broad-Spectrum Cancer Target

Novel Class of Potent and Cellularly Active Inhibitors Devalidates MTH1 as Broad-Spectrum Cancer Target
Stefanie Bunse, Nina Queisser, Camilla Silvander, Hanna Meyer, Maria Quanz, Mátyás Gorjánácz, Anja Giese, Tobias Ginman, Fredrik Rahm, Lionel Trésaugues, Judith Guenther, Ulrika Ericsson, Martin Andersson, Andrea Haegebarth, Marcus Bauser, Andrea Glasauer, Manuel Ellermann, Katrin Nowak-Reppel, Ashley Eheim, Horst Irlbacher, Jörg Weiske, Rickard Forsblom, Jenny Viklund, Roland Neuhaus, Johan Lindström, Benjamin Bader
MTH1 is a hydrolase responsible for sanitization of oxidized purine nucleoside triphosphates to prevent their incorporation into replicating DNA. Early tool compounds published in the literature inhibited the enzymatic activity of MTH1 and subsequently induced cancer cell death; however recent studies have questioned the reported link between these two events. Therefore, it is important to validate MTH1 as a cancer dependency with high quality chemical probes. Here, we present BAY-707, a substrate-competitive, highly potent and selective inhibitor of MTH1, chemically distinct compared to those previously published. Despite superior cellular target engagement and pharmacokinetic properties, inhibition of MTH1 with BAY-707 resulted in a clear lack of in vitro or in vivo anticancer efficacy either in mono- or in combination therapies. Therefore, we conclude that MTH1 is dispensable for cancer cell survival.

Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acschembio.7b00370

DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.7b00370

You might also like
Discover & Discuss Important Research

Keeping up-to-date with research can feel impossible, with papers being published faster than you'll ever be able to read them. That's where Researcher comes in: we're simplifying discovery and making important discussions happen. With over 19,000 sources, including peer-reviewed journals, preprints, blogs, universities, podcasts and Live events across 10 research areas, you'll never miss what's important to you. It's like social media, but better. Oh, and we should mention - it's free.

  • Download from Google Play
  • Download from App Store
  • Download from AppInChina

Researcher displays publicly available abstracts and doesn’t host any full article content. If the content is open access, we will direct clicks from the abstracts to the publisher website and display the PDF copy on our platform. Clicks to view the full text will be directed to the publisher website, where only users with subscriptions or access through their institution are able to view the full article.