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McCauley M, Huston M, Condren AR, Pereira F, Cline J, Yaple-Maresh M, Painter MM, Zimmerman GE, Robertson AW, Carney N, Goodall C, Terry V, Müller R, Sherman DH, Collins KL. Structure-Activity Relationships of Natural and Semisynthetic Plecomacrolides Suggest Distinct Pathways for HIV-1 Immune Evasion and Vacuolar ATPase-Dependent Lysosomal Acidification. J Med Chem 2024. [PMID: 38452116 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c01574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/09/2024]
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The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-encoded accessory protein Nef enhances pathogenicity by reducing major histocompatibility complex I (MHC-I) cell surface expression, protecting HIV-infected cells from immune recognition. Nef-dependent downmodulation of MHC-I can be reversed by subnanomolar concentrations of concanamycin A (1), a well-known inhibitor of vacuolar ATPase, at concentrations below those that interfere with lysosomal acidification or degradation. We conducted a structure-activity relationship study that assessed 76 compounds for Nef inhibition, 24 and 72 h viability, and lysosomal neutralization in Nef-expressing primary T cells. This analysis demonstrated that the most potent compounds were natural concanamycins and their derivatives. Comparison against a set of new, semisynthetic concanamycins revealed that substituents at C-8 and acylation of C-9 significantly affected Nef potency, target cell viability, and lysosomal neutralization. These findings provide important progress toward understanding the mechanism of action of these compounds and the identification of an advanced lead anti-HIV Nef inhibitory compound.
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- Morgan McCauley
- University of Michigan, Life Sciences Institute, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- University of Michigan, Department of Internal Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- University of Michigan, Life Sciences Institute, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- University of Michigan, Life Sciences Institute, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- University of Michigan, Department of Internal Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- University of Michigan, Department of Internal Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- University of Michigan, Graduate Program in Immunology, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- University of Michigan, Department of Internal Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- University of Michigan, Life Sciences Institute, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
- University of Michigan Natural Products Discovery Core, Life Sciences Institute, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- University of Michigan, Department of Chemistry, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- University of Michigan, Department of Internal Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- University of Michigan, Department of Internal Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland, Saarbrücken 66123, Germany
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- University of Michigan, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
- University of Michigan, Life Sciences Institute, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
- University of Michigan, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
- University of Michigan, Department of Chemistry, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- University of Michigan, Graduate Program in Immunology, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
- University of Michigan, Department of Internal Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
- University of Michigan, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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Liu X, Liu L, Huang T, Zhang J, Tang Z, Li C, Chen T. Trifluoromethylation of Benzoic Acids: An Access to Aryl Trifluoromethyl Ketones. Org Lett 2021; 23:4930-4934. [PMID: 34109800 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c01720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The trifluoromethylation of benzoic acids with TMSCF3 was achieved through nucleophilic substitution with the use of anhydrides as an in situ activating reagent. Under the reaction conditions, a wide range of carboxylic acids including the bioactive ones worked well, thus providing a facile and efficient method for preparing aryl trifluoromethyl ketones from the readily available starting materials.
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- Xue Liu
- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Advanced Materials in Tropical Island Resources, Hainan Provincial Key Lab of Fine Chem, Hainan Provincial Fine Chemical Engineering Research Center, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Advanced Materials in Tropical Island Resources, Hainan Provincial Key Lab of Fine Chem, Hainan Provincial Fine Chemical Engineering Research Center, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Advanced Materials in Tropical Island Resources, Hainan Provincial Key Lab of Fine Chem, Hainan Provincial Fine Chemical Engineering Research Center, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Advanced Materials in Tropical Island Resources, Hainan Provincial Key Lab of Fine Chem, Hainan Provincial Fine Chemical Engineering Research Center, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Advanced Materials in Tropical Island Resources, Hainan Provincial Key Lab of Fine Chem, Hainan Provincial Fine Chemical Engineering Research Center, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Advanced Materials in Tropical Island Resources, Hainan Provincial Key Lab of Fine Chem, Hainan Provincial Fine Chemical Engineering Research Center, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Advanced Materials in Tropical Island Resources, Hainan Provincial Key Lab of Fine Chem, Hainan Provincial Fine Chemical Engineering Research Center, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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Ichiishi N, Moore KP, Wassermann AM, Wolkenberg SE, Krska SW. Reducing Limitation in Probe Design: The Development of a Diazirine-Compatible Suzuki-Miyaura Cross Coupling Reaction. ACS Med Chem Lett 2019; 10:56-61. [PMID: 30655947 DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.8b00403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2018] [Accepted: 12/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Access to high quality photoaffinity probe molecules is often constrained by synthetic limitations related to diazirine installation. A survey of recently published photoaffinity probe syntheses identified the Suzuki-Miyaura (S-M) coupling reaction, ubiquitous in drug discovery, as being underutilized to incorporate diazirines. To test whether advances in modern cross-coupling catalysis might enable efficient S-M couplings tolerant of the diazirine moiety, a fragment-based screening approach was employed. A model S-M coupling reaction was screened under various conditions in the presence of an aromatic diazirine fragment. This screen identified reaction conditions that gave good yields of S-M coupling product while minimally perturbing the diazirine reporter fragment. These conditions were found to be highly scalable and exhibited broad scope when applied to a chemistry informer library of 24 pharmaceutically relevant aryl boron pinacol esters. Furthermore, these conditions were used to synthesize a known diazirine-containing probe molecule with improved synthetic efficiency.
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- Naoko Ichiishi
- Merck & Co., Inc., Discovery Chemistry, HTE and Lead Discovery Capabilities, Kenilworth, New Jersey 07033, United States
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- Merck & Co., Inc., Discovery Chemistry, Chemical Biology, West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States
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- Merck & Co., Inc., Discovery Chemistry, Chemistry Informatics, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Merck & Co., Inc., Discovery Chemistry, Chemical Biology, West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States
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- Merck & Co., Inc., Discovery Chemistry, HTE and Lead Discovery Capabilities, Kenilworth, New Jersey 07033, United States
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Hosoya T, Watanabe K, Tsuda J, Ochiai H, Niwa T. Divergent Synthesis of Photoaffinity Probe Candidates by Click Reactions of Azido-Substituted Aryltrifluoromethyldiazirines. HETEROCYCLES 2019. [DOI: 10.3987/com-18-s(f)76] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Ge SS, Chen B, Wu YY, Long QS, Zhao YL, Wang PY, Yang S. Current advances of carbene-mediated photoaffinity labeling in medicinal chemistry. RSC Adv 2018; 8:29428-29454. [PMID: 35547988 PMCID: PMC9084484 DOI: 10.1039/c8ra03538e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2018] [Accepted: 07/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Photoaffinity labeling (PAL) in combination with a chemical probe to covalently bind its target upon UV irradiation has demonstrated considerable promise in drug discovery for identifying new drug targets and binding sites. In particular, carbene-mediated photoaffinity labeling (cmPAL) has been widely used in drug target identification owing to its excellent photolabeling efficiency, minimal steric interference and longer excitation wavelength. Specifically, diazirines, which are among the precursors of carbenes and have higher carbene yields and greater chemical stability than diazo compounds, have proved to be valuable photolabile reagents in a diverse range of biological systems. This review highlights current advances of cmPAL in medicinal chemistry, with a focus on structures and applications for identifying small molecule–protein and macromolecule–protein interactions and ligand-gated ion channels, coupled with advances in the discovery of targets and inhibitors using carbene precursor-based biological probes developed in recent decades. Photoaffinity labeling (PAL) in combination with a chemical probe to covalently bind its target upon UV irradiation has demonstrated considerable promise in drug discovery for identifying new drug targets and binding sites.![]()
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- Sha-Sha Ge
- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering
- Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering
- Ministry of Education
- Center for R&D of Fine Chemicals of Guizhou University
- Guiyang 550025
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering
- Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering
- Ministry of Education
- Center for R&D of Fine Chemicals of Guizhou University
- Guiyang 550025
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering
- Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering
- Ministry of Education
- Center for R&D of Fine Chemicals of Guizhou University
- Guiyang 550025
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering
- Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering
- Ministry of Education
- Center for R&D of Fine Chemicals of Guizhou University
- Guiyang 550025
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering
- Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering
- Ministry of Education
- Center for R&D of Fine Chemicals of Guizhou University
- Guiyang 550025
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering
- Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering
- Ministry of Education
- Center for R&D of Fine Chemicals of Guizhou University
- Guiyang 550025
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering
- Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering
- Ministry of Education
- Center for R&D of Fine Chemicals of Guizhou University
- Guiyang 550025
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An improved synthesis of 3-[3-(trifluoromethyl)-3H-1,2-diazirin-3-yl]aniline: A key intermediate in the synthesis of photoaffinity probes. Tetrahedron Lett 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2017.07.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Antibacterial photosensitization through activation of coproporphyrinogen oxidase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:E6652-E6659. [PMID: 28739897 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1700469114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Gram-positive bacteria cause the majority of skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs), resulting in the most common reason for clinic visits in the United States. Recently, it was discovered that Gram-positive pathogens use a unique heme biosynthesis pathway, which implicates this pathway as a target for development of antibacterial therapies. We report here the identification of a small-molecule activator of coproporphyrinogen oxidase (CgoX) from Gram-positive bacteria, an enzyme essential for heme biosynthesis. Activation of CgoX induces accumulation of coproporphyrin III and leads to photosensitization of Gram-positive pathogens. In combination with light, CgoX activation reduces bacterial burden in murine models of SSTI. Thus, small-molecule activation of CgoX represents an effective strategy for the development of light-based antimicrobial therapies.
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Wu W, Tian Q, Chen T, Weng Z. Copper-Mediated Trifluoroacetylation of Arenediazonium Salts with Ethyl Trifluoropyruvate. Chemistry 2016; 22:16455-16458. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201604300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2016] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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- Wei Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment College of Chemistry; Fuzhou University; Fuzhou 350108 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment College of Chemistry; Fuzhou University; Fuzhou 350108 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment College of Chemistry; Fuzhou University; Fuzhou 350108 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment College of Chemistry; Fuzhou University; Fuzhou 350108 P. R. China
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Osteresch C, Bender T, Grond S, von Zezschwitz P, Kunze B, Jansen R, Huss M, Wieczorek H. The binding site of the V-ATPase inhibitor apicularen is in the vicinity of those for bafilomycin and archazolid. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:31866-76. [PMID: 22815478 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.372169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The investigation of V-ATPases as potential therapeutic drug targets and hence of their specific inhibitors is a promising approach in osteoporosis and cancer treatment because the occurrence of these diseases is interrelated to the function of the V-ATPase. Apicularen belongs to the novel inhibitor family of the benzolactone enamides, which are highly potent but feature the unique characteristic of not inhibiting V-ATPases from fungal sources. In this study we specify, for the first time, the binding site of apicularen within the membrane spanning V(O) complex. By photoaffinity labeling using derivatives of apicularen and of the plecomacrolides bafilomycin and concanamycin, each coupled to (14)C-labeled 4-(3-trifluoromethyldiazirin-3-yl)benzoic acid, we verified that apicularen binds at the interface of the V(O) subunits a and c. The binding site is in the vicinity to those of the plecomacrolides and of the archazolids, a third family of V-ATPase inhibitors. Expression of subunit c homologues from Homo sapiens and Manduca sexta, both species sensitive to benzolactone enamides, in a Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain lacking the corresponding intrinsic gene did not transfer this sensitivity to yeast. Therefore, the binding site of benzolactone enamides cannot be formed exclusively by subunit c. Apparently, subunit a substantially contributes to the binding of the benzolactone enamides.
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- Christin Osteresch
- Fachbereich Biologie/Chemie, Abteilung Tierphysiologie, Universität Osnabrück, Barbarastrasse 11, 49069 Osnabrück, German
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Dubinsky L, Krom BP, Meijler MM. Diazirine based photoaffinity labeling. Bioorg Med Chem 2011; 20:554-70. [PMID: 21778062 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2011.06.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 283] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2011] [Revised: 06/19/2011] [Accepted: 06/24/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Diazirines are among the smallest photoreactive groups that form a reactive carbene upon light irradiation. This feature has been widely utilized in photoaffinity labeling to study ligand-receptor, ligand-enzyme and protein-protein interactions, and in the isolation and identification of unknown proteins. This review summarizes recent advances in the use of diazirines in photoaffinity labeling.
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- Luba Dubinsky
- Department of Chemistry and National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel
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Huss M, Vitavska O, Albertmelcher A, Bockelmann S, Nardmann C, Tabke K, Tiburcy F, Wieczorek H. Vacuolar H(+)-ATPases: intra- and intermolecular interactions. Eur J Cell Biol 2011; 90:688-95. [PMID: 21640428 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2011.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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V-ATPases in eukaryotes are heteromultimeric, H(+)-transporting proteins. They are localized in a multitude of different membranes and energize many different transport processes. Unique features of V-ATPases are, on the one hand, their ability to regulate enzymatic and ion transporting activity by the reversible dissociation of the catalytic V(1) complex from the membrane bound proton translocating V(0) complex and, on the other hand, their high sensitivity to specific macrolides such as bafilomycin and concanamycin from streptomycetes or archazolid and apicularen from myxomycetes. Both features require distinct intramolecular as well as intermolecular interactions. Here we will summarize our own results together with newer developments in both of these research areas.
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- Markus Huss
- University of Osnabrück, Faculty of Biology and Chemistry, Department of Animal Physiology, Barbarastrasse 11, 49076 Osnabrück, Germany.
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Bockelmann S, Menche D, Rudolph S, Bender T, Grond S, von Zezschwitz P, Muench SP, Wieczorek H, Huss M. Archazolid A binds to the equatorial region of the c-ring of the vacuolar H+-ATPase. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:38304-14. [PMID: 20884613 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.137539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The macrolactone archazolid is a novel, highly specific V-ATPase inhibitor with an IC(50) value in the low nanomolar range. The binding site of archazolid is presumed to overlap with the binding site of the established plecomacrolide V-ATPase inhibitors bafilomycin and concanamycin in subunit c of the membrane-integral V(O) complex. Using a semi-synthetic derivative of archazolid for photoaffinity labeling of the V(1)V(O) holoenzyme we confirmed binding of archazolid to the V(O) subunit c. For the plecomacrolide binding site a model has been published based on mutagenesis studies of the c subunit of Neurospora crassa, revealing 11 amino acids that are part of the binding pocket at the interface of two adjacent c subunits (Bowman, B. J., McCall, M. E., Baertsch, R., and Bowman, E. J. (2006) J. Biol. Chem. 281, 31885-31893). To investigate the contribution of these amino acids to the binding of archazolid, we established in Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutations that in N. crassa had changed the IC(50) value for bafilomycin 10-fold or more and showed that out of the amino acids forming the plecomacrolide binding pocket only one amino acid (tyrosine 142) contributes to the binding of archazolid. Using a fluorescent derivative of N,N'-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide, we found that the binding site for archazolid comprises the essential glutamate within helix 4 of subunit c. In conclusion the archazolid binding site resides within the equatorial region of the V(O) rotor subunit c. This hypothesis was supported by an additional subset of mutations within helix 4 that revealed that leucine 144 plays a role in archazolid binding.
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- Svenja Bockelmann
- Universität Osnabrück, Fachbereich Biologie/Chemie, Abteilung Tierphysiologie, Barbarastrasse 11, 49069 Osnabrück, Germany
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Eliazyan KA, Avetisyan FV, Jivanshiryan TL, Pivazyan VA, Ghazaryan EA, Shahbazyan LV, Harutyunyan SV, Yengoyan AP. Synthesis and fungicidal activity of novel 1,3-disubstituted 1H-diazirine derivatives. J Heterocycl Chem 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/jhet.524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Burkard N, Bender T, Westmeier J, Nardmann C, Huss M, Wieczorek H, Grond S, von Zezschwitz P. New Fluorous Photoaffinity Labels (F-PAL) and Their Application in V-ATPase Inhibition Studies. European J Org Chem 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200901463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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A diazirine-based photoaffinity etoposide probe for labeling topoisomerase II. Bioorg Med Chem 2009; 18:830-8. [PMID: 20006518 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2009.11.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2009] [Revised: 11/13/2009] [Accepted: 11/21/2009] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Etoposide is a widely used anticancer drug that targets topoisomerase II, an essential nuclear enzyme. However, despite the fact that it has been in use and studied for more than 30years the specific site on the enzyme to which it binds is unknown. In order to identify the etoposide binding site(s) on topoisomerase II, a diazirine-based photoaffinity etoposide analog probe has been synthesized and its photoreactivity and biological activities have been characterized. Upon UV irradiation, the diazirine probe rapidly produced a highly reactive carbene species that formed covalent adducts containing stable carbon-based bonds indicating that it should also be able to form stable covalent adducts with amino acid residues on topoisomerase II. The human leukemia K562 cell growth and topoisomerase II inhibitory properties of the diazirine probe suggest that it targets topoisomerase II in a manner similar to etoposide. The diazirine probe was also shown to act as a topoisomerase II poison through its ability to cause topoisomerase IIalpha-mediated double-strand cleavage of DNA. Additionally, the diazirine probe significantly increased protein-DNA covalent complex formation upon photoirradiation of diazirine probe-treated K562 cells, as compared to etoposide-treated cells. This result suggests that the photoactivated probe forms a covalent adduct with topoisomerase IIalpha. In conclusion, the present characterization of the chemical, biochemical, and biological properties of the newly synthesized diazirine-based photoaffinity etoposide analog indicates that use of a proteomics mass spectrometry approach will be a tractable strategy for future identification of the etoposide binding site(s) on topoisomerase II through covalent labeling of amino acid residues.
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V-ATPases constitute a ubiquitous family of heteromultimeric, proton translocating proteins. According to their localization in a multitude of eukaryotic endomembranes and plasma membranes, they energize many different transport processes. Currently, a handful of specific inhibitors of the V-ATPase are known, which represent valuable tools for the characterization of transport processes on the level of tissues, single cells or even purified proteins. The understanding of how these inhibitors function may provide a basis to develop new drugs for the benefit of patients suffering from diseases such as osteoporosis or cancer. For this purpose, it appears absolutely essential to determine the exact inhibitor binding site in a target protein on the one side and to uncover the crucial structural elements of an inhibitor on the other side. However, even for some of the most popular and long known V-ATPase inhibitors, such as bafilomycin or concanamycin, the authentic structures of their binding sites are elusive. The aim of this review is to summarize the recent advances for the old players in the inhibition game, the plecomacrolides bafilomycin and concanamycin, and to introduce some of the new players, the macrolacton archazolid, the benzolactone enamides salicylihalamide, lobatamide, apicularen, oximidine and cruentaren, and the indolyls.
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- Markus Huss
- Department of Biology/Chemistry, University of Osnabrück, 49069 Osnabrück, Germany.
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Hashimoto M, Hatanaka Y. Recent Progress in Diazirine‐Based Photoaffinity Labeling. European J Org Chem 2008. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200701069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Makoto Hashimoto
- Department of Agricultural and Life Science, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada‐cho, Obihiro 080‐8555, Hokkaido, Japan, Fax: +81‐155‐495577
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 2360 Sugitani, Toyama 930‐0194, Japan
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