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Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 Modulation through the Development of EZH2-EED Interaction Inhibitors and EED Binders.


ABSTRACT: Epigenetics is nowadays a well-accepted area of research. In the last years, tremendous progress was made regarding molecules targeting EZH2, directly or indirectly. Recently tazemetostat hit the market after FDA-approval for the treatment of lymphoma. However, the impairment of EZH2 activity by orthosteric intervention has proven to be effective only in a limited subset of cancers. Considering the multiproteic nature of the PRC2 complex and the marked dependence of EZH2 functions on the other core subunits such as EED, in recent years, a new targeting approach ascended to prominence. The possibility to cripple the function of the PRC2 complex by interfering with its multimeric integrity fueled the interest in developing EZH2-EED protein-protein interaction and EED inhibitors as indirect modulators of PRC2-dependent methyltransferase activity. In this Perspective, we aim to summarize the latest findings regarding the development and the biological activity of these emerging classes of PRC2 modulators from a medicinal chemist's viewpoint.

SUBMITTER: Tomassi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8404197 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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