Summary: Histone lysine demethylases (KDMs) play critical roles in oncogenesis and therefore may be effective targets for anticancer therapy.Using a time-resolved fluorescence resonance energy transfer demethylation screen assay, in combination with multiple Backpack Cloth Bag orthogonal validation approaches, we identified geldanamycin and its analog 17-DMAG as KDM inhibitors.In addition, we found that these Hsp90 inhibitors increase degradation of the alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (aRMS) driver oncoprotein PAX3-FOXO1 and induce the repressive epigenetic mark 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 Eye and Lip Liner that targeting KDM in combination with chemotherapy may serve as a therapeutic approach to PAX3-FOXO1-positive aRMS.