Selected Publications
MYC, a downstream target of BRD-NUT, is necessary and sufficient for the blockade of differentiation in NUT midline carcinoma.
71. Grayson, A.R., Walsh, E.M., Cameron, M.J., Godec, J., Ashworth, T., Ambrose, J.M., Aserlind, A.B., Wang, H., Evan, G.I., Kluk, M.J., Bradner, J.E., Aster, J.C., French, C.A.
Oncogene (2013) EPub ahead of print.
Transcriptional Amplification in Tumor Cells with Elevated c-Myc
Charles Y. Lin, Jakob Loven, Peter B. Rahl, Ronald M. Paranal, Christopher B. Burge, James E. Bradner, Tong Ihn Lee, and Richard A. Young*
*Corresponding authors. Cell. 26 August 2012; In press.
Small-molecule inhibition of BRDT for male contraception
Matzuk MM*, McKeown MR, Filippakopoulos P, Li Q, Ma L, Ango JE, Lemieux ME, Picaud S, Yu RN, Qi J, Knapp S, Bradner JE*.
*Corresponding authors. Cell. 17 August 2012; In press.
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BET bromodomain inhibition targets both c-MYC and IL7R in high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Christopher J. Ott, Nadja Kopp, Liat Bird, Ronald M. Paranal, Jun Qi, Teresa Bowman, Scott J. Rodig, Andrew L. Kung, James E. Bradner* and David M. Weinstock*.
*Corresponding Authors. Blood. 2012 Aug 17. [Epub ahead of print]
Preclinical activity, pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic properties of a selective HDAC6 inhibitor, ACY-1215, in combination with bortezomib in multiple myeloma.
Santo L, Hideshima T, Kung AL, Tseng JC, Tamang D, Yang M, Jarpe M, van Duzer JH, Mazitschek R, Ogier WC, Cirstea D, Rodig S, Eda H, Scullen T, Canavese M,Bradner, J. E., Anderson KC, Jones SS, Raje N.
Blood. 2012 Jan 19. [Epub ahead of print]
BET Bromodomain Inhibition as a Therapeutic Strategy to Target c-Myc.
Delmore, J. E., Issa, G. C., Lemieux, M. E., Rahl, P. B., Shi, J., Jacobs, H. M., Kastritis, E., Gilpatrick, T., Paranal, R. M., Qi, J., Chesi, M., Schinzel, A. C., McKeown, M. R., Heffernan, T. P., Vakoc, C. R., Bergsagel, P. L., Ghobrial, I. M., Richardson, P. G., Young, R. A., Hahn, W. C., Anderson, K. C., Kung, A. L., Bradner, J. E.*, Mitsiades, C. S*.
Cell. 2011 Sep 16;146(6):904-17. Epub 2011 Sep 1. *Corresponding authors
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RNAi screen identifies Brd4 as a therapeutic target in acute myeloid leukaemia.
Zuber J, Shi J, Wang E, Rappaport AR, Herrmann H, Sison EA, Magoon D, Qi J, Blatt K, Wunderlich M, Taylor MJ, Johns C, Chicas A, Mulloy JC, Kogan SC, Brown P, Valent P, Bradner JE, Lowe SW, Vakoc CR.
Nature. 2011 Aug 3. doi: 10.1038/nature10334. [Epub ahead of print]
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Differentiation of NUT Midline Carcinoma in Humans and Mice by Epigenomic Reprogramming
Schwartz, B. E., Hofer, M. D., Lemieux, M. E., Bauer, D. E., Cameron, M. J., West, N. H., Agoston, E. S., Reynoird, N., Khochbin, S., Ince, T. A., Christie, A., Janeway, K. A., Vargas, S. O., Perez-Atayde, A. R., Aster, J. C., Sallan, S. E., Kung, A. L., Bradner, J. E., French, C. A.
Cancer Research - Published OnlineFirst March 31, 2011;
Selective inhibition of BET bromodomains.
Filippakopoulos P, Qi J, Picaud S, Shen Y, Smith WB, Fedorov O, Morse EM, Keates T, Hickman TT, Felletar I, Philpott M, Munro S, McKeown MR, Wang Y, Christie AL, West N, Cameron MJ, Schwartz B, Heightman TD, La Thangue N, French CA, Wiest O, Kung AL, Knapp S* and Bradner JE*.
Nature. 2010 Sep 24 [Epub ahead of print]; 468:1067-73 *Corresponding authors
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HSP90 is a therapeutic target in JAK2-dependent myeloproliferative neoplasms in mice and humans.
Chemical genetic strategy identifies histone deacetylase 1 (HDAC1) and HDAC2 as therapeutic targets in sickle cell disease.
Chemical phylogenetics of histone deacetylases.
Direct inhibition of the NOTCH transcription factor complex.
Donor-recipient mismatch for common gene deletion polymorphisms in graft-versus-host disease.
HDAC2 negatively regulates memory formation and synaptic plasticity.
A pulse at the heart of targeted therapy
Identification and characterization of small molecule inhibitors of a class I histone deacetylase from Plasmodium falciparum.
Synthesis and HDAC Inhibitory Activity of Largazole Analogs: Alteration of the Zinc-Binding Domain and Macrocyclic Scaffold.
Synthesis and Conformation-Activity Relationships of the Peptide Isosteres of FK228 and Largazole.
The Total Synthesis and Biological Mode of Action of Largazole: A Potent Class I Histone Deacetylase (HDAC) Inhibitor.
On the Structural Origin of Selectivity in Class II-Selective Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors.
Coactivation of Receptor Tyrosine Kinases Affects the Response of Tumor Cells to Targeted Therapies.
Fluorous-Based Small-Molecule Microarrays for the Discovery of Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors.
A Method for the Covalent Capture and Screening of Diverse Small Molecules in a Microarray Format.
A robust small-molecule microarray platform for screening cell lysates.
Small-molecule inhibition of proteasome and aggresome function induces synergistic antitumor activity in multiple myeloma.
DNA-bend modulation in a repressor-to-activator switching mechanism.
Marubayashi S, Koppikar P, Taldone T, Abdel-Wahab O, West N, Bhagwat N, Caldas-Lopes E, Ross KN, Gonen M, Gozman A, Ahn JH, Rodina A, Ouerfelli O, Yang G, Hedvat C, Bradner JE*, Chiosis G*, Levine RL*.
J Clin Invest. 2010 Sep 13. pii: 42442. *Corresponding authors
As featured in SciBX. 2010 Sept 30; doi:10.1038/scibx.2010.1138.
Bradner JE, Mak R, Tanguturi SK, Mazitschek R, Haggarty SJ, Ross K, Chang CY, Bosco J, West N, Morse E, Lin K, Shen JP, Kwiatkowski NP, Gheldof N, Dekker J, DeAngelo DJ, Carr SA, Schreiber SL, Golub TR, Ebert BL.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Jul 13;107(28):12617-22. Epub 2010 Jun 28.
Bradner JE*, West N, Grachan ML, Greenberg EF, Haggarty SJ, Warnow T and Mazitschek R*.
Nature Chemical Biology. 2010 Feb 7; Advance online publication. *Corresponding authors
Moellering RE, Cornejo M, Davis TN, Del Bianco C, Aster JC, Blacklow SC, Kung AL, Gilliland DG, Verdine GL and Bradner JE.
Nature. 2009 Nov 12; 462: 182-188.
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As featured in Chemical & Engineering News. 2009 Nov 16; 87(46):9.
As featured in Science Signaling. 2009 Nov 17; 2:ec369.
As featured in Developmental Cell. 2009 Dec 15; 17(6):750-2.
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McCarroll SA, Bradner JE, Turpeinen H, Volin L, Martin PJ, Chilewski SD, Antin JH, Lee SJ, Ruutu T, Storer B, Warren EH, Zhang B, Zhao LP, Ginsburg D, Soiffer RJ, Partanen J, Hansen JA, Ritz J, Palotie A and Altshuler D.
Nature Genetics. 22 November 2009; 41(12):1341-4.
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Guan JS, Haggarty SJ, Giacometti E, Dannenberg JH, Joseph N, Gao J, Nieland TJ, Zhou Y, Wang X, Mazitschek R, Bradner JE, DePinho RA, Jaenisch R, Tsai LH.
Nature. 2009; 459(7243):55-60.
Bradner JE
Nature Chemical Biology. 2009;5(3):144-5.
Patel V, Mazitschek R, Coleman B, Nguyen C, Urgaonkar S, Cortese J, Barker RH, Greenberg E, Tang W, Bradner JE, Schreiber SL, Duraisingh MT, Wirth DF, Clardy J.
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 2009;52(8):2185-7.
Bowers A, West N, Newkirk TL, Troutman-Youngman AE, Schreiber SL, Bradner JE* and Williams RM*.
Organic Letters. 2009;11(6):1301-4.
Bowers A, Greshock TJ, West N, Estiu G, Schreiber SL, Wiest O, Williams RM and Bradner JE.
Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2009 Feb 4.
Bowers A, West N, Taunton J, Schreiber SL, Bradner JE and Williams RM.
Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2008 Aug 20;130(33):11219-22. Epub 2008 Jul 19.
Estiu G, Greenberg EF, Harrison CB, Mazitschek R, Bradner JE and Wiest O.
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 2008;51(10):2898-906.
Stommel JM, Kimmelman AC, Ying H, Nabioullin R, Ponugoti AH, Wiedemeyer R, Stegh AH, Bradner JE, Ligon KL, Brennan C, Chin L, Depinho RA.
Science. 2007;318(5848):287-90.
Vegas AJ, Bradner JE, Tang W, McPherson OM, Greenberg EF, Koehler AN, Schreiber SL.
Angewandte Chemie. 2007;46(42):7960-4.
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Bradner JE, McPherson OM, Koehler AN.
Nature Protocols. 2006;1(5):2344-52.
Bradner JE, McPherson OM, Mazitschek R, Barnes-Seeman D, Shen JP, Dhaliwal J, Stevenson KE, Duffner JL, Park SB, Neuberg DS, Nghiem P, Schreiber SL, Koehler AN.
Chemistry & Biology. 2006;13(5):493-504.
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Hideshima T, Bradner JE, Wong J, Chauhan D, Richardson P, Schreiber SL, Anderson KC.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2005; 102: 8567-72.
Ansari AZ, Bradner JE and O'Halloran TV
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