Synonyms: EPZ 015666 | EPZ-015666
Compound class:
Synthetic organic
Comment: EPZ015666 is a first-in-class, potent, selective and orally bioavailable PRMT5 inhibitor. The pharmaceutical composition may comprise the hydrochloride salt. EPZ015666 is compound 166 in patent WO2014100719 [5].
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Mechanism Of Action and Pharmacodynamic Effects ![]() |
EPZ015666 inhibits PRMT5, an arginine methyltransferase (RMT) of the histone methyltransferase (HMT) family. PRMT5 is the only PRMT reported to catalyse symmetrical methylation of arginine residues on histone tails [2], and acts to promote transcriptional silencing of target genes. Aberrant regulation of methylation is reported in disease [9], making the proteins controlling this modification attractive drug discovery targets. For example, PRMT5 is overexpressed in several malignancies [1,3,6,8,10], including mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) [4,7]. |