Protein arginine methyltransferase 4 (PRMT4) is a transcription regulator involved in the modulation of oxidative stress and autophagy[1].TP-064 is a potent and selective PRMT4 inhibitor. The in vitro activity of TP-064 includes inhibition of PRMT4 with IC50 < 10nM for methylation of H3 (1-25) and greater than 100-fold selectivity over other histone methyltransferases and non-epigenetic targets. In cellular assays, TP-064 inhibits the methylation of MED12 with IC50 = 43 nM.TP-064 induced a dose-dependent decrease in lipopolysaccharide-induced ex vivo blood monocyte Tnfα secretion (p < 0.05 for trend) in the context of unchanged blood monocyte concentrations and neutrophilia induction (p < 0.01 for trend). A dose-dependent decrease in gonadal white adipose tissue expression levels of PPARγ target genes was detected, which translated into a reduced body weight gain after high dose TP-064 treatment (p < 0.05). TP-064 treatment also dose-dependently downregulated gene expression of the glycogen metabolism related protein G6pc in the liver (p < 0.001 for trend)[2].TP-064 treatment downregulated hepatic mRNA expression levels of the PRMT4 target genes glucose-6-phosphatase catalytic subunit (-50%, P < 0.05) and the cyclin-dependent kinases 2 (-50%, P < 0.05) and 4 (-30%, P < 0.05), suggesting a direct transcriptional effect of PRMT4 also in hepatocytes[3].
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