The polar warhead of a TRIM24 bromodomain inhibitor rearranges a water-mediated interaction network.

Tripartite motif-containing protein 24 (TRIM24) is closely correlated with multiple cancers, and a recent study demonstrated that the bromodomain of TRIM24 is essential for the proliferation of lethal castration-resistant prostate cancer. Here, we identify three new inhibitors of the TRIM24 bromodomain using NMR fragment-based screening. The crystal structures of two new inhibitors in complex with the TRIM24 bromodomain reveal that the water-bridged interaction network is conserved in the same fashion as those for known benzoimidazolone inhibitors. Interestingly, the polar substitution on the warhead of one new inhibitor pulls the whole ligand approximately 2 Å into the inner side pocket of the TRIM24 bromodomain, and thus exhibits a binding mode significantly different from other known bromodomain ligands. This mode provides a useful handle for further hit-to-lead evolution toward novel inhibitors of the TRIM24 bromodomain. Structural data are available in the PDB under the accession numbers 5H1T, 5H1U, and 5H1V. © 2017 Federation of European Biochemical Societies.

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Jiuyang Liu, Fudong Li, Hongyu Bao, Yiyang Jiang, Shuya Zhang, Rongsheng Ma, Jia Gao, Jihui Wu, Ke Ruan. The polar warhead of a TRIM24 bromodomain inhibitor rearranges a water-mediated interaction network. The FEBS journal. 2017 Apr;284(7):1082-1095

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