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Targeting histone demethylase KDM5B for cancer treatment

  • Eur J Med Chem. 2020 Dec 15;208:112760. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2020.112760.
Yun-Dong Fu 1 Ming-Jie Huang 1 Jia-Wen Guo 1 Ya-Zhen You 1 Hong-Min Liu 2 Li-Hua Huang 3 Bin Yu 4
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Green Catalysis Center, And College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China.
  • 2 School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China.
  • 3 Green Catalysis Center, And College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China. Electronic address: [email protected].
  • 4 School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China. Electronic address: [email protected].
Abstract

KDM5B (Lysine-Specific Demethylase 5B) erases the methyl group from H3K4me2/3, which performs wide regulatory effects on chromatin structure, and represses the transcriptional function of genes. KDM5B functions as an oncogene and associates with human cancers closely. Targeting KDM5B has been a promising direction for curing Cancer since the emergence of potent KDM5B inhibitor CPI-455. In this area, most reported KDM5B inhibitors are Fe (Ⅱ) chelators, which also compete with the cofactor 2-OG in the active pockets. Besides, Some KDM5B inhibitors have been identified through high throughput screening or biochemical screening. In this reviewing article, we summarized the pioneering progress in KDM5B to provide a comprehensive realization, including crystal structure, transcriptional regulation function, cancer-related functions, development of inhibitors, and SAR studies. We hope to provide a comprehensive overview of KDM5B and the development of KDM5B inhibitors.

Keywords

Cancer; Fe(2+); Inhibitors; KDM5B; Transcriptional repression.

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