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Histone demethylases such as KDM4B play critical roles in oncogenic pathophysiology and, therefore may be effective targets for anticancer therapy. More...

Histone demethylases such as KDM4B play critical roles in oncogenic pathophysiology and, therefore may be effective targets for anticancer therapy. Using a TR-FRET demethylation screen assay, in combination with multiple orthogonal validation approaches, we identified geldanamycin and its analog 17-DMAG as novel KDM4B inhibitors. In addition, we found that these Hsp90 inhibitors effect increased degradation of the alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (aRMS) driver oncoprotein PAX3-FOXO1 and induce the H3K9me3 and H3K36me3 at genomic loci of PAX3-FOXO1 targets. We found that as monotherapy 17-DMAG significantly inhibits expression of PAX3-FOXO1 target genes and multiple oncogenic pathways, induces a muscle differentiation signature, delays tumor growth and extends survival in aRMS xenograft mouse models. The combination of 17-DMAG with conventional chemotherapy significantly enhances therapeutic efficacy, indicating that targeting KDM4B in combination with chemotherapy may serve as a novel therapy to PAX3-FOXO1-positive aRMS. Overall design: Examination of histone modification post geldanamycin treatment. Less...