2013
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084147
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Structural Context of Disease-Associated Mutations and Putative Mechanism of Autoinhibition Revealed by X-Ray Crystallographic Analysis of the EZH2-SET Domain

Abstract: The enhancer-of-zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) gene product is an 87 kDa polycomb group (PcG) protein containing a C-terminal methyltransferase SET domain. EZH2, along with binding partners, i.e., EED and SUZ12, upon which it is dependent for activity forms the core of the polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2). PRC2 regulates gene silencing by catalyzing the methylation of histone H3 at lysine 27. Both overexpression and mutation of EZH2 are associated with the incidence and aggressiveness of various cancers. The novel… Show more

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“…Mutations of the Y641 residue within the catalytic SET domain of EZH2 occur in 22% of diffuse large B-cell lymphomas (DLBCLs) and follicular lymphomas (FL) [38,39] , and 8%-24% of non-Hodgkin lym phomas (NHL) [40] . Homology modeling [41,42] and the solved apo-structure of the EZH2 SET domain [43,44] have disclosed Y641 as a key amino acid for substrate specificity. Mutations of Y641 into other smaller amino acids, such as phenylalanine (F), serine (S), histidine (H) and cysteine (C) resulted in changes in pocket dimensions, as well as hydrogen bonding, which allowed the free rotation of H3K27me2 and subsequent tri-methylation to H3K27me3 (a transcriptionally repressive mark) and led to repression of key tumor suppressor genes [45,46] .…”
Section: Ezh2 and Prc2mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Mutations of the Y641 residue within the catalytic SET domain of EZH2 occur in 22% of diffuse large B-cell lymphomas (DLBCLs) and follicular lymphomas (FL) [38,39] , and 8%-24% of non-Hodgkin lym phomas (NHL) [40] . Homology modeling [41,42] and the solved apo-structure of the EZH2 SET domain [43,44] have disclosed Y641 as a key amino acid for substrate specificity. Mutations of Y641 into other smaller amino acids, such as phenylalanine (F), serine (S), histidine (H) and cysteine (C) resulted in changes in pocket dimensions, as well as hydrogen bonding, which allowed the free rotation of H3K27me2 and subsequent tri-methylation to H3K27me3 (a transcriptionally repressive mark) and led to repression of key tumor suppressor genes [45,46] .…”
Section: Ezh2 and Prc2mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Com essa observação em mãos, levantamos a hipótese de que ao se adicionar um iEZH2 juntamente com o iHDAC poderiamos reduzir ainda mais a atividade do complexo PRC2, desencadeando um efeito maior de desregulação da cromatina e induzindo a morte. A partir desta hipótese, testamos o inibidor GSK343, que já havia sido descrito em humanos como sendo um competidor do cofator SAM de hEZH2 no domínio SET (Antonysamy, Condon et al 2013), e observamos que somente o iEZH2 não induzia grande mortalidade em esquistossômulos. Porém ao adicionar o iHDAC (TSA), notamos um aumento significativo da mortalidade, indicando um possível sinergismo entre TSA e GSK343, supostamente pelo mecanismo proposto acima.…”
Section: Discussionunclassified
“…Assim, acreditamos que inibidores de enzimas modificadoras de cromatina podem atuar por alterar a expressão de genes e desregular mecanismos da cromatina, além de agir sinergicamente para desencadear a morte celular no parasita. DISCUSSÃO Ao contrário do TSA que não possui afinidade por uma única HDAC, GSK343 foi desenvolvido para inibir especificamente a hEZH2 (Verma, Tian et al 2012, Antonysamy, Condon et al 2013. A alta similaridade entre SmEZH2 e hEZH2 permitiram gerar um modelo in silico da estrutura da histona metiltransferase de S. mansoni.…”
Section: Discussionunclassified
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