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Identification of cancer-cytotoxic modulators of PDE3A by predictive chemogenomics.

ABSTRACT: High cancer death rates indicate the need for new anticancer therapeutic agents. Approaches to discovering new cancer drugs include target-based drug discovery and phenotypic screening. Here, we identified phosphodiesterase 3A modulators as cell-selective cancer cytotoxic compounds through phenotypic compound library screening and target deconvolution by predictive chemogenomics. We found that sensitivity to 6-(4-(diethylamino)-3-nitrophenyl)-5-methyl-4,5-dihydropyridazin-3(2H)-one, or DNMDP, across 766 cancer cell lines correlates with expression of the gene PDE3A, encoding phosphodiesterase 3A. Like DNMDP, a subset of known PDE3A inhibitors kill selected cancer cells, whereas others do not. Furthermore, PDE3A depletion leads to DNMDP resistance. We demonstrated that DNMDP binding to PDE3A promotes an interaction between PDE3A and Schlafen 12 (SLFN12), suggestive of a neomorphic activity. Coexpression of SLFN12 with PDE3A correlates with DNMDP sensitivity, whereas depletion of SLFN12 results in decreased DNMDP sensitivity. Our results implicate PDE3A modulators as candidate cancer therapeutic agents and demonstrate the power of predictive chemogenomics in small-molecule discovery.

SUBMITTER: de Waal L

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4718766 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Identification of cancer-cytotoxic modulators of PDE3A by predictive chemogenomics.

de Waal Luc L Lewis Timothy A TA Rees Matthew G MG Tsherniak Aviad A Wu Xiaoyun X Choi Peter S PS Gechijian Lara L Hartigan Christina C Faloon Patrick W PW Hickey Mark J MJ Tolliday Nicola N Carr Steven A SA Clemons Paul A PA Munoz Benito B Wagner Bridget K BK Shamji Alykhan F AF Koehler Angela N AN Schenone Monica M Burgin Alex B AB Schreiber Stuart L SL Greulich Heidi H Meyerson Matthew M

Nature chemical biology 20151214 2

High cancer death rates indicate the need for new anticancer therapeutic agents. Approaches to discovering new cancer drugs include target-based drug discovery and phenotypic screening. Here, we identified phosphodiesterase 3A modulators as cell-selective cancer cytotoxic compounds through phenotypic compound library screening and target deconvolution by predictive chemogenomics. We found that sensitivity to 6-(4-(diethylamino)-3-nitrophenyl)-5-methyl-4,5-dihydropyridazin-3(2H)-one, or DNMDP, ac ...[more]

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