| Structural highlights
Function
[8ODP_HUMAN] Antimutagenic. Acts as a sanitizing enzyme for oxidized nucleotide pools, thus suppressing cell dysfunction and death induced by oxidative stress. Hydrolyzes 8-oxo-dGTP, 8-oxo-dATP and 2-OH-dATP, thus preventing misincorporation of oxidized purine nucleoside triphosphates into DNA and subsequently preventing A:T to C:G and G:C to T:A transversions. Able to hydrolyze also the corresponding ribonucleotides, 2-OH-ATP, 8-oxo-GTP and 8-oxo-ATP.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Recent literature has claimed that inhibition of the enzyme MTH1 can eradicate cancer. MTH1 is one of the "housekeeping" enzymes that are responsible for hydrolyzing damaged nucleotides in cells and thus prevent them from being incorporated into DNA. We have developed orthogonal and chemically distinct tool compounds to those published in the literature to allow us to test the hypothesis that inhibition of MTH1 has wide applicability in the treatment of cancer. Here we present the work that led to the discovery of three structurally different series of MTH1 inhibitors with excellent potency, selectivity, and proven target engagement in cells. None of these compounds elicited the reported cellular phenotype, and additional siRNA and CRISPR experiments further support these observations. Critically, the difference between the responses of our highly selective inhibitors and published tool compounds suggests that the effect reported for the latter may be due to off-target cytotoxic effects. As a result, we conclude that the role of MTH1 in carcinogenesis and utility of its inhibition is yet to be established.
Potent and Selective Inhibitors of MTH1 Probe Its Role in Cancer Cell Survival.,Kettle JG, Alwan H, Bista M, Breed J, Davies NL, Eckersley K, Fillery S, Foote KM, Goodwin L, Jones DR, Kack H, Lau A, Nissink JW, Read J, Scott JS, Taylor B, Walker G, Wissler L, Wylot M J Med Chem. 2016 Feb 16. PMID:26878898[6]
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References
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- ↑ Fujii Y, Shimokawa H, Sekiguchi M, Nakabeppu Y. Functional significance of the conserved residues for the 23-residue module among MTH1 and MutT family proteins. J Biol Chem. 1999 Dec 31;274(53):38251-9. PMID:10608900
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- ↑ Takagi Y, Setoyama D, Ito R, Kamiya H, Yamagata Y, Sekiguchi M. Human MTH3 (NUDT18) protein hydrolyzes oxidized forms of guanosine and deoxyguanosine diphosphates: comparison with MTH1 and MTH2. J Biol Chem. 2012 Jun 15;287(25):21541-9. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M112.363010. Epub 2012, May 3. PMID:22556419 doi:10.1074/jbc.M112.363010
- ↑ Kettle JG, Alwan H, Bista M, Breed J, Davies NL, Eckersley K, Fillery S, Foote KM, Goodwin L, Jones DR, Kack H, Lau A, Nissink JW, Read J, Scott JS, Taylor B, Walker G, Wissler L, Wylot M. Potent and Selective Inhibitors of MTH1 Probe Its Role in Cancer Cell Survival. J Med Chem. 2016 Feb 16. PMID:26878898 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b01760
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