1. Drug screening on Hutchinson Gilford progeria pluripotent stem cells reveals aminopyrimidines as new modulators of farnesylation.
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Blondel S, Egesipe AL, Picardi P, Jaskowiak AL, Notarnicola M, Ragot J, Tournois J, Le Corf A, Brinon B, Poydenot P, Georges P, Navarro C, Pitrez PR, Ferreira L, Bollot G, Bauvais C, Laustriat D, Mejat A, De Sandre-Giovannoli A, Levy N, Bifulco M, Peschanski M, and Nissan X
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- Binding Sites, Cell Differentiation drug effects, Farnesyltranstransferase antagonists & inhibitors, Farnesyltranstransferase metabolism, Geranyltranstransferase antagonists & inhibitors, Geranyltranstransferase metabolism, Humans, Lamin Type A antagonists & inhibitors, Lamin Type A genetics, Molecular Docking Simulation, Osteogenesis drug effects, Pluripotent Stem Cells cytology, Pluripotent Stem Cells drug effects, Pluripotent Stem Cells metabolism, Progeria metabolism, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Pyrimidines chemistry, Pyrimidines metabolism, Small Molecule Libraries chemistry, Small Molecule Libraries metabolism, Small Molecule Libraries pharmacology, Structure-Activity Relationship, Lamin Type A metabolism, Progeria pathology, Protein Prenylation drug effects, Pyrimidines pharmacology
- Abstract
Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by a dramatic appearance of premature aging. HGPS is due to a single-base substitution in exon 11 of the LMNA gene (c.1824C>T) leading to the production of a toxic form of the prelamin A protein called progerin. Because farnesylation process had been shown to control progerin toxicity, in this study we have developed a screening method permitting to identify new pharmacological inhibitors of farnesylation. For this, we have used the unique potential of pluripotent stem cells to have access to an unlimited and relevant biological resource and test 21,608 small molecules. This study identified several compounds, called monoaminopyrimidines, which target two key enzymes of the farnesylation process, farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase and farnesyl transferase, and rescue in vitro phenotypes associated with HGPS. Our results opens up new therapeutic possibilities for the treatment of HGPS by identifying a new family of protein farnesylation inhibitors, and which may also be applicable to cancers and diseases associated with mutations that involve farnesylated proteins.
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- 2016
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