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Enasidenib is an isocitrate dehydrogenase-2 inhibitor used to treat relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia with an isocitrate dehydrogenase-2 mutation.
Enasidenib is an isocitrate dehydrogenase-2 inhibitor used to treat relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia with an isocitrate dehydrogenase-2 mutation.
Enasidenib is a selective inhibitor of IDH2, a mitochondria-localized enzyme involved in diverse cellular processes, including adaptation to hypoxia, histone demethylation and DNA modification . Wild-type IDH proteins play a cruicial role in the Krebs/citric acid cycle where it catalyzes the oxidative decarboxylation of isocitrate to α-ketoglutarate. In comparison, mutant forms of IDH2 enzyme mediates a neomorphic activity and catalyze reduction of α-KG to the (R) enantiomer of 2-hydroxyglutarate, which is associated with DNA and histone hypermethylation, altered gene expression and blocked cellular differentiation of hematopoietic progenitor cells . Enasidenib primarily targets the mutant IDH2 variants R140Q, R172S, and R172K with higher potency than the wild type enzyme form . Inhibition of the enzyme leads to decreased levels of 2-hydroxyglutarate (2-HG) and promotion of proper differentiation and clonal proliferation of cells of the myeloid lineage .
Indicated for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with an isocitrate dehydrogenase-2 (IDH2) mutation.
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