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The SUV4-20 inhibitor A-196 verifies a role for epigenetics in genomic integrity

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Bromberg, Kenneth D. ; Mitchell, Taylor R. H. ; Upadhyay, Anup K. ; Jakob, Clarissa G. ; Jhala, Manisha A. ; Comess, Kenneth M. ; Lasko, Loren M. ; Li, Conglei ; Tuzon, Creighton T. ; Dai, Yujia ; Li, Fengling ; Eram, Mohammad S. ; Nuber, Alexander ; Soni, Niru B. ; Manaves, Vlasios ; Algire, Mikkel A. ; Sweis, Ramzi F. ; Torrent, Maricel ; Schotta, Gunnar ; Sun, Chaohong ; Michaelides, Michael R. ; Shoemaker, Alex R. ; Arrowsmith, Cheryl H. ; Brown, Peter J. ; Santhakumar, Vijayaratnam ; Martin, Alberto ; Rice, Judd C. ; Chiang, Gary G. ; Vedadi, Masoud ; Barsyte-Lovejoy, Dalia ; Pappano, William N.
Total Authors: 31
Document type: Journal article
Source: Nature Chemical Biology; v. 13, n. 3, p. 317+, MAR 2017.
Web of Science Citations: 31
Abstract

Protein lysine methyltransferases (PKMTs) regulate diverse physiological processes including transcription and the maintenance of genomic integrity. Genetic studies suggest that the PKMTs SUV420H1 and SUV420H2 facilitate proficient non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ)-directed DNA repair by catalyzing the di- and trimethylation (me2 and me3, respectively) of lysine 20 on histone 4 (H4K20). Here we report the identification of A-196, a potent and selective inhibitor of SUV420H1 and SUV420H2. Biochemical and co-crystallization analyses demonstrate that A-196 is a substrate-competitive inhibitor of both SUV4-20 enzymes. In cells, A-196 induced a global decrease in H4K20me2 and H4K20me3 and a concomitant increase in H4K20me1. A-196 inhibited 53BP1 foci formation upon ionizing radiation and reduced NHEJ-mediated DNA-break repair but did not affect homology-directed repair. These results demonstrate the role of SUV4-20 enzymatic activity in H4K20 methylation and DNA repair. A-196 represents a first-in-class chemical probe of SUV4-20 to investigate the role of histone methyltransferases in genomic integrity. (AU)