The histone H3 lysine 27 (H3K27) methyltransferase EZH2 plays an important role in regulating gene expression, and its aberrant activity is linked to the onset and progression of cancer.
1 GSK126 is a selective, S-
adenosyl-
methionine-
competitive small molecule inhibitor of EZH2 methyltransferase activity (K
i = 0.57 nM; IC
50 = 9.9 nM
versus that of EZH1: K
i = 89 nM; IC
50 = 680 nM).
2 It is more than 1,000-
fold selective for EZH2 over other histone methyltranferases, including both SET-
domain-
containing and non-
SET-
domain-
containing methyltransferases.
2 At concentrations of 7-
252 nM, it has been shown to inhibit global H3K27 trimethylation levels and to reactivate silenced PRC2 target genes.
2 Furthermore, GSK126 can inhibit the proliferation of EZH2 mutant DLBCL cell lines (IC
50 = 28-
61 nM) as well as the growth of EZH2 mutant DLBCL xenografts in mice receiving a daily dose of 50 mg/kg.
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