Exploration of cyanine compounds as selective inhibitors of protein arginine methyltransferases: synthesis and biological evaluation.

ABSTRACT: Protein arginine methyltransferase 1 (PRMT1) is involved in many biological activities, such as gene transcription, signal transduction, and RNA processing. Overexpression of PRMT1 is related to cardiovascular diseases, kidney diseases, and cancers; therefore, selective PRMT1 inhibitors serve as chemical probes to investigate the biological function of PRMT1 and drug candidates for disease treatment. Our previous work found trimethine cyanine compounds that effectively inhibit PRMT1 activity. In our present study, we systematically investigated the structure-activity relationship of cyanine structures. A pentamethine compound, E-84 (compound 50), showed inhibition on PRMT1 at the micromolar level and 6- to 25-fold selectivity over CARM1, PRMT5, and PRMT8. The cellular activity suggests tha

SUBMITTER: Hu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4610307 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature