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. 2021 Jun 25;10(7):581. doi: 10.3390/biology10070581

Table 2.

Potential therapeutic inhibitors targeting H3K4-specific HMTs.

Inhibitor Structure Mode of Action Kd or Ki Methylation
IC50
PPI IC50 GI50 Cancer Cell Type In Vivo
Validation
Ref
MM-102 graphic file with name biology-10-00581-i001.jpg WDR5–MLL <1 nM 400 nM 2.4 nM 25 μM MLL1-rearranged leukemia [200]
MM-401 graphic file with name biology-10-00581-i002.jpg WDR5–MLL <1 nM 320 nM 0.9 nM 5.9~12.6 μM MLL1-rearranged leukemia [201]
MM-589 graphic file with name biology-10-00581-i003.jpg WDR5–MLL <1 nM 12.7 nM 0.9 nM 0.21~0.25 μM MLL1-rearranged leukemia [202]
WDR5-0103 graphic file with name biology-10-00581-i004.jpg WDR5–MLL 450 nM 39 μM [203]
OICR-9429 graphic file with name biology-10-00581-i005.jpg WDR5–MLL 30 nM ~5 μM C/EBPα-mutant AML
Ovarian cancer (with topotecan)
Prostate cancer (with cisplatin)
 
Yes
Yes
[204,207]
[208]
[209]
Piribedil graphic file with name biology-10-00581-i006.jpg WDR5–MLL 180 nM 65~92 μM MLL1-rearranged AML Yes [205]
Win6mer graphic file with name biology-10-00581-i007.jpg WDR5–MLLWDR5–SETD1A 2.9 nM 2.2 nM2.5 nM [206]
Compound C6 graphic file with name biology-10-00581-i008.jpg WDR5–MLL 0.1 nM 20 nM 2.5~6.4 μM MLL1-rearranged leukemia [210]
Compound 16 graphic file with name biology-10-00581-i009.jpg WDR5–MLL <0.02 nM 2.2 nM 38~78 nM
0.26~0.49 μM
MLL1-rearranged leukemia Neuroblastoma and Burkitt’s lymphoma [211]
 
MCP-1 graphic file with name biology-10-00581-i010.jpg Menin–MLL 4.7 nM 18.5 nM MLL1-rearranged leukemia [212]
MI-2 graphic file with name biology-10-00581-i011.jpg Menin–MLL 158 nM 446 nM 7.2~18 μM MLL1-rearranged leukemia [213]
MI-2-2 graphic file with name biology-10-00581-i012.jpg Menin–MLL 22 nM 46 nM 3 μM MLL1-rearranged leukemia (with DOT1L inhibitor) Yes [214,215]
MI-463 graphic file with name biology-10-00581-i013.jpg Menin–MLL 9.9 nM 15.3 nM 0.23 μM MLL1-rearranged leukemia Yes [216]
MI-503 graphic file with name biology-10-00581-i014.jpg Menin–MLL 9.3 nM 14.7 nM 0.22 μM
1.5~11.7 μM
MLL1-rearranged leukemia
Castration-resistant prostate cancer
Yes
Yes
[216]
[135]
MI-538 graphic file with name biology-10-00581-i015.jpg Menin–MLL 6.5 nM 21 nM 83 nM MLL1-rearranged leukemia Yes [217]
MI-3454 graphic file with name biology-10-00581-i016.jpg Menin–MLL 0.51 nM 7.6~27.1 nM MLL1-rearranged or NPM1-mutated leukemia Yes [218]
BAY-155 graphic file with name biology-10-00581-i017.jpg Menin–MLL 75 nM 8 nM 90~140 nM MLL1-rearranged leukemia Yes [219]
VTP50469 graphic file with name biology-10-00581-i018.jpg Menin–MLL 104 pM 13~37 nM MLL1-rearranged leukemia Yes [220]
M-89 graphic file with name biology-10-00581-i019.jpg Menin–MLL 1.4 nM 5 nM 25~55 nM MLL1-rearranged leukemia [221]
M-525 graphic file with name biology-10-00581-i020.jpg Menin–MLL 3.3 nM 2.3~10.3 nM The first irreversible Menin inhibitor [222]
M-808 graphic file with name biology-10-00581-i021.jpg Menin–MLL 2.6 nM 1~4 nM MLL1-rearranged leukemia Yes [223]
AZ505 graphic file with name biology-10-00581-i022.jpg SMYD2 500 nM 120 nM MDR-clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC)
Triple-negative breast cancer
Yes [224]
[117]
LLY-507 graphic file with name biology-10-00581-i023.jpg SMYD2 <15 nM 1.5~6 μM
1.77~2.9 μM
Esophageal, liver, and breast cancer cells
High-grade serous ovarian carcinomas (HGSOCs).
[225]
[226]
A-893. graphic file with name biology-10-00581-i024.jpg SMYD2 2.8 nM Lung cancer [227]
BAY598 graphic file with name biology-10-00581-i025.jpg SMYD2 1.1~1.2 nM 27 nM <10 μM Esophageal cancer (combi w/doxorubicin) Yes [228]
EPZ031686 graphic file with name biology-10-00581-i026.jpg SMYD3 1.3~4.7 nM 3 nM [229]
EPZ028862 graphic file with name biology-10-00581-i027.jpg SMYD3 1.8 nM >40 μM Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma [230]
GSK2807 graphic file with name biology-10-00581-i028.jpg SMYD3 14 nM 130 nM [231]
Compound 29 graphic file with name biology-10-00581-i029.jpg SMYD3 440 nM 11.7 nM 17.7 μM (2D)
1.04 μM (3D)
Hepatocarcinoma [232]
(R)-PFI-2 graphic file with name biology-10-00581-i030.jpg SETD7/9 0.33 nM 2 nM Breast cancer cells [233]