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Thorpe JR, Wilson RA, Mesiano S, Malemud CJ. Tofacitinib Inhibits STAT Phosphorylation and Matrix Metalloproteinase-3, -9 and -13 Production by C28/I2 Human Juvenile Chondrocytes. Open Access Rheumatol 2022; 14:195-209. [PMID: 36217356 PMCID: PMC9547596 DOI: 10.2147/oarrr.s363736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2022] [Accepted: 09/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Purpose This in vitro study was designed to determine the effect of the pan-Janus kinase inhibitor, Tofacitinib, on basal and interleukin-6 (IL-6)-induced signal transducers and activators of transcription (STAT) phosphorylation and matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) gene expression and MMP production by C28/I2 human chondrocytes. Methods C28/I2 chondrocytes were grown to a confluent high-density and treated either with recombinant human IL-6 (rhIL-6; 10-20ng/mL) or maintained in the basal state for up to 60 min. MMP gene expression was determined using RT-PCR and MMP production by semi-quantitative immunohistochemistry. The effect of IL-6 with or without Tofacitinib on activation of STAT proteins was determined from quantitative Western blots. Results C28/I2 chondrocytes produced STAT1, STAT3 and STAT5AB which were phosphorylated (p) following treatment with rhIL-6 for 30 min. Tofacitinib (2.5nM-100nM) decreased rhIL-6-induced activation of STAT1, STAT3, and STAT5AB as well as decreasing the expression of MMP3 and MMP13 but not MMP9, MMP1 or MMP2. In addition, Tofacitinib (50nM) reduced the number of rhIL-6-induced MMP3-, and MMP13- antibody-positive C28/I2 chondrocytes. However, Tofacitinib did decrease the number of MMP9-antibody-positive C28/I2 chondrocytes. Conclusion Taken together, these data showed that Tofacitinib, a pan-JAK small molecule inhibitor employed for the medical therapy of rheumatoid arthritis was a potent inhibitor of rhIL-6-induced STAT phosphorylation that appeared to be coupled to the inhibition of MMP-3, -9 and -13 production by C28/I2 chondrocytes.
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- Jessica R Thorpe
- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatic Diseases, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Department of Reproductive Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Department of Reproductive Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatic Diseases, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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Guti S, Baidya SK, Banerjee S, Adhikari N, Jha T. A robust classification-dependent multi-molecular modelling study on some biphenyl sulphonamide based MMP-8 inhibitors. SAR AND QSAR IN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2021; 32:835-861. [PMID: 34587852 DOI: 10.1080/1062936x.2021.1976831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2021] [Accepted: 09/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are a group of zinc and calcium-dependent endopeptidases, which contribute to different physiological and biological activities via extracellular matrix (ECM) degradation. Matrix metalloproteinase-8 (MMP-8) belongs to type-II collagenases of the MMP family that has contribution in several physiological disorders such as cardiovascular diseases, joint, renal, digestive and respiratory disorders as well as in cancer. In clinical study, MMP-8 is found to be associated with periodontal disease condition. Therefore, MMP-8 specific inhibitors should be developed to target these disorders. The biphenyl sulphonamide (BPS) moiety is one of the crucial structural characteristics found in several MMP-8 inhibitors. Here, different classification-based molecular modelling methods were used to explore the structural features that lead to the activity variation of a series of MMP-8 inhibitors possessing a BPS moiety. Our current classification-based structural analysis of these BPS-derived MMP-8 inhibitors was able to identify the importance of several structural features such as the tetrahydroisoquinoline and N-Boc pyridyl groups, which have positive influences on MMP-8 inhibition. This study was also reflected the importance of the zinc-binding groups (ZBGs) like the hydroxamate and phosphonate for potent and sub-nanomolar range MMP-8 inhibition, which may benefit the development of highly potent MMP-8 inhibitors.
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- S Guti
- Natural Science Laboratory, Division of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
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- Natural Science Laboratory, Division of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
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- Natural Science Laboratory, Division of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
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- Natural Science Laboratory, Division of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
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- Natural Science Laboratory, Division of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
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Ahrens CC, Chiswick EL, Ravindra KC, Miller MA, Ramseier JY, Isaacson KB, Lauffenburger DA, Griffith LG. Development and Application of the Metalloprotease Activity Multiplexed Bead-Based Immunoassay (MAMBI). Biochemistry 2019; 58:3938-3942. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.9b00584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Caroline C. Ahrens
- Department of Biological Engineering and Center for Gynepathology Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Biological Engineering and Center for Gynepathology Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Biological Engineering and Center for Gynepathology Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Biological Engineering and Center for Gynepathology Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Biological Engineering and Center for Gynepathology Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Biological Engineering and Center for Gynepathology Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Minimally Invasive Gynecology Surgery Center, Newton Wellesley Hospital, Wellesley, Massachusetts 02462, United States
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- Department of Biological Engineering and Center for Gynepathology Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Biological Engineering and Center for Gynepathology Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Malemud CJ. Inhibition of MMPs and ADAM/ADAMTS. Biochem Pharmacol 2019; 165:33-40. [PMID: 30826330 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2019.02.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2018] [Accepted: 02/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), A Disintegrin and Metalloproteinase (ADAM) and A Disintegrin and Metalloproteinase with Thrombospondin Motif (ADAMTS) are zinc-dependent endopeptidases that play a critical role in the destruction of extracellular matrix proteins and, the shedding of membrane-bound receptor molecules in various forms of arthritis and other diseases. Under normal conditions, MMP, ADAM and ADAMTS gene expression aids in the maintenance of homeostasis. However, in inflamed synovial joints characteristic of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. MMP, ADAM and ADAMTS production is greatly increased under the influence of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Analyses based on medicinal chemistry strategies designed to directly inhibit the activity of MMPs have been largely unsuccessful when these MMP inhibitors were employed in animal models of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. This is despite the fact that these MMP inhibitors were largely able to suppress pro-inflammatory cytokine-induced MMP production in vitro. A focus on ADAM and ADAMTS inhibitors has also been pursued. Thus, recent progress has identified the "sheddase" activity of ADAMs as a viable target and the development of GW280264X is an experimental ADAM17 inhibitor. Of note, a monoclonal antibody, GLPG1972, developed as an ADAMTS-5 inhibitor, entered a Phase I OA clinical trial. However, the failure of many of these previously developed inhibitors to move beyond the preclinical testing phase has required that novel strategies be developed that are designed to suppress both MMP, ADAM and ADAMTS production and activity.
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- Charles J Malemud
- Division of Rheumatic Diseases, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, United States; Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatic Diseases, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Foley Medical Building, 2061 Cornell Road, Room 207, Cleveland, OH 44106-5076, United States.
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Spicer TP, Jiang J, Taylor AB, Choi JY, Hart PJ, Roush WR, Fields GB, Hodder PS, Minond D. Characterization of selective exosite-binding inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinase 13 that prevent articular cartilage degradation in vitro. J Med Chem 2014; 57:9598-611. [PMID: 25330343 PMCID: PMC4255739 DOI: 10.1021/jm501284e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Matrix metalloproteinase 13 (MMP-13) has been shown to be the main collagenase responsible for degradation of articular cartilage during osteoarthritis and therefore represents a target for drug development. As a result of high-throughput screening and structure-activity relationship studies, we identified a novel, highly selective class of MMP-13 inhibitors (compounds 1 (Q), 2 (Q1), and 3 (Q2)). Mechanistic characterization revealed a noncompetitive nature of these inhibitors with binding constants in the low micromolar range. Crystallographic analyses revealed two binding modes for compound 2 in the MMP-13 S1' subsite and in an S1/S2* subsite. Type II collagen- and cartilage-protective effects exhibited by compounds 1, 2, and 3 suggested that these compounds might be efficacious in future in vivo studies. Finally, these compounds were also highly selective when tested against a panel of 30 proteases, which, in combination with a good CYP inhibition profile, suggested low off-target toxicity and drug-drug interactions in humans.
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- Timothy P Spicer
- Lead Identification Division, Translational Research Institute, ‡Department of Molecular Therapeutics, and §Department of Chemistry, Scripps Florida, The Scripps Research Institute , Jupiter, Florida 33458, United States
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Hendry RG, Bilawchuk LM, Marchant DJ. Targeting matrix metalloproteinase activity and expression for the treatment of viral myocarditis. J Cardiovasc Transl Res 2014; 7:212-25. [PMID: 24381086 DOI: 10.1007/s12265-013-9528-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2013] [Accepted: 11/29/2013] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
Abstract
Infectious agents including viruses can infect the heart muscle, resulting in the development of heart inflammation called myocarditis. Chronic myocarditis can lead to dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). DCM develops from the extensive extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling caused by myocarditis and may result in heart failure. Epidemiological data for viral myocarditis has long suggested a worse pathology in males, with more recent data demonstrating sex-dependent pathogenesis in DCM as well. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), long known modulators of the extracellular matrix, have important roles in mediating heart inflammation and remodeling during disease and in convalescence. This ability of MMPs to control both the inflammatory response and ECM remodeling during myocarditis makes them potential drug targets. In this review, we analyze the role of MMPs in mediating myocarditis/DCM disease progression, their sex-dependent expression, and their potential as drug targets during viral myocarditis and DCM.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/drug therapy
- Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/enzymology
- Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/genetics
- Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/immunology
- Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/virology
- Extracellular Matrix/metabolism
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
- Humans
- Male
- Matrix Metalloproteinase Inhibitors/therapeutic use
- Matrix Metalloproteinases/genetics
- Matrix Metalloproteinases/metabolism
- Molecular Targeted Therapy
- Myocarditis/drug therapy
- Myocarditis/enzymology
- Myocarditis/genetics
- Myocarditis/immunology
- Myocarditis/virology
- Myocytes, Cardiac/drug effects
- Myocytes, Cardiac/enzymology
- Myocytes, Cardiac/immunology
- Myocytes, Cardiac/virology
- Sex Factors
- Treatment Outcome
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- Reid G Hendry
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Fuchs JE, von Grafenstein S, Huber RG, Kramer C, Liedl KR. Substrate-driven mapping of the degradome by comparison of sequence logos. PLoS Comput Biol 2013; 9:e1003353. [PMID: 24244149 PMCID: PMC3828135 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2013] [Accepted: 10/05/2013] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Sequence logos are frequently used to illustrate substrate preferences and specificity of proteases. Here, we employed the compiled substrates of the MEROPS database to introduce a novel metric for comparison of protease substrate preferences. The constructed similarity matrix of 62 proteases can be used to intuitively visualize similarities in protease substrate readout via principal component analysis and construction of protease specificity trees. Since our new metric is solely based on substrate data, we can engraft the protease tree including proteolytic enzymes of different evolutionary origin. Thereby, our analyses confirm pronounced overlaps in substrate recognition not only between proteases closely related on sequence basis but also between proteolytic enzymes of different evolutionary origin and catalytic type. To illustrate the applicability of our approach we analyze the distribution of targets of small molecules from the ChEMBL database in our substrate-based protease specificity trees. We observe a striking clustering of annotated targets in tree branches even though these grouped targets do not necessarily share similarity on protein sequence level. This highlights the value and applicability of knowledge acquired from peptide substrates in drug design of small molecules, e.g., for the prediction of off-target effects or drug repurposing. Consequently, our similarity metric allows to map the degradome and its associated drug target network via comparison of known substrate peptides. The substrate-driven view of protein-protein interfaces is not limited to the field of proteases but can be applied to any target class where a sufficient amount of known substrate data is available.
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- Julian E. Fuchs
- Institute of General, Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry, and Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck (CMBI), University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of General, Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry, and Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck (CMBI), University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of General, Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry, and Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck (CMBI), University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of General, Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry, and Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck (CMBI), University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of General, Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry, and Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck (CMBI), University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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Shannon DA, Gu C, McLaughlin CJ, Kaiser M, van der Hoorn RAL, Weerapana E. Sulfonyl fluoride analogues as activity-based probes for serine proteases. Chembiochem 2012; 13:2327-30. [PMID: 23008217 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201200531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Enriched with fluoride: To expand on the available tools to interrogate proteases, we explored sulfonyl fluorides as activity-based probes. An alkyne-tagged sulfonyl fluoride covalently modifies members of the S1 family of serine proteases. By applying click chemistry, avidin enrichment and mass spectrometry, we can enrich and identify active endogenous serine proteases from a complex proteome.
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Tandem photoaffinity labeling-bioorthogonal conjugation in medicinal chemistry. Bioorg Med Chem 2012; 20:6237-47. [PMID: 23026086 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2012.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2012] [Revised: 08/30/2012] [Accepted: 09/05/2012] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Photoaffinity labeling has a longstanding history as a powerful biochemical technique. However, photoaffinity labeling has significantly evolved over the past decade principally due to its coupling with bioorthogonal/click chemistry reactions. This review aims to highlight tandem photoaffinity labeling-bioorthogonal conjugation as a chemical approach in medicinal chemistry and chemical biology. In particular, recent examples of using this strategy for affinity-based protein profiling (AfBPP), drug target identification, binding ensemble profiling, studying endogenous biological molecules, and imaging applications will be presented. Additionally, recent advances in the development of 'all-in-one' compact moieties possessing a photoreactive group and clickable handle will be discussed.
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Deu E, Verdoes M, Bogyo M. New approaches for dissecting protease functions to improve probe development and drug discovery. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2012; 19:9-16. [PMID: 22218294 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Proteases are well-established targets for pharmaceutical development because of their known enzymatic mechanism and their regulatory roles in many pathologies. However, many potent clinical lead compounds have been unsuccessful either because of a lack of specificity or because of our limited understanding of the biological roles of the targeted protease. In order to successfully develop protease inhibitors as drugs, it is necessary to understand protease functions and to expand the platform of inhibitor development beyond active site-directed design and in vitro optimization. Several newly developed technologies will enhance assessment of drug selectivity in living cells and animal models, allowing researchers to focus on compounds with high specificity and minimal side effects in vivo. In this review, we highlight advances in the development of chemical probes, proteomic methods and screening tools that we feel will help facilitate this paradigm shift in drug discovery.
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- Edgar Deu
- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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Probing small molecule–protein interactions: A new perspective for functional proteomics. J Proteomics 2011; 75:100-15. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2011.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2011] [Revised: 07/01/2011] [Accepted: 07/13/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Geurink PP, Prely LM, van der Marel GA, Bischoff R, Overkleeft HS. Photoaffinity labeling in activity-based protein profiling. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2011; 324:85-113. [PMID: 22028098 DOI: 10.1007/128_2011_286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Activity-based protein profiling has come to the fore in recent years as a powerful strategy for studying enzyme activities in their natural surroundings. Substrate analogs that bind covalently and irreversibly to an enzyme active site and that are equipped with an identification or affinity tag can be used to unearth new enzyme activities, to establish whether and at what subcellular location the enzymes are active, and to study the inhibitory effects of small compounds. A specific class of activity-based protein probes includes those that employ a photo-activatable group to create the covalent bond. Such probes are targeted to those enzymes that do not employ a catalytic nucleophile that is part of the polypeptide backbone. An overview of the various photo-activatable groups that are available to chemical biology researchers is presented, with a focus on their (photo)chemistry and their application in various research fields. A number of comparative studies are described in which the efficiency of various photo-activatable groups are compared.
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- Paul P Geurink
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry and the Netherlands Proteomics Centre, Leiden University, The Netherlands
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Li Q, Wang Y, Bryant SH. A novel method for mining highly imbalanced high-throughput screening data in PubChem. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 25:3310-6. [PMID: 19825798 PMCID: PMC2788930 DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btp589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Motivation: The comprehensive information of small molecules and their biological activities in PubChem brings great opportunities for academic researchers. However, mining high-throughput screening (HTS) assay data remains a great challenge given the very large data volume and the highly imbalanced nature with only small number of active compounds compared to inactive compounds. Therefore, there is currently a need for better strategies to work with HTS assay data. Moreover, as luciferase-based HTS technology is frequently exploited in the assays deposited in PubChem, constructing a computational model to distinguish and filter out potential interference compounds for these assays is another motivation. Results: We used the granular support vector machines (SVMs) repetitive under sampling method (GSVM-RU) to construct an SVM from luciferase inhibition bioassay data that the imbalance ratio of active/inactive is high (1/377). The best model recognized the active and inactive compounds at the accuracies of 86.60% and 88.89 with a total accuracy of 87.74%, by cross-validation test and blind test. These results demonstrate the robustness of the model in handling the intrinsic imbalance problem in HTS data and it can be used as a virtual screening tool to identify potential interference compounds in luciferase-based HTS experiments. Additionally, this method has also proved computationally efficient by greatly reducing the computational cost and can be easily adopted in the analysis of HTS data for other biological systems. Availability: Data are publicly available in PubChem with AIDs of 773, 1006 and 1379. Contact:ywang@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov; bryant@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Supplementary information:Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
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- Qingliang Li
- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
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Sela-Passwell N, Rosenblum G, Shoham T, Sagi I. Structural and functional bases for allosteric control of MMP activities: can it pave the path for selective inhibition? BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2009; 1803:29-38. [PMID: 19406173 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2009.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2009] [Revised: 04/20/2009] [Accepted: 04/21/2009] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The zinc-dependent matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) belong to a large family of structurally homologous enzymes. These enzymes are involved in a wide variety of biological processes ranging from physiological cell proliferation and differentiation to pathological states associated with tumor metastasis, inflammation, tissue degeneration, and cell death. Controlling the enzymatic activity of specific individual MMPs by antagonist molecules is highly desirable, first, for studying their individual roles, and second as potential therapeutic agents. However, blocking the enzymatic activity with synthetic small inhibitors appears to be an extremely difficult task. Thus, this is an unmet need presumably due to the high structural homology between MMP catalytic domains. Recent reports have recognized a potential role for exosite or allosteric protein regions, distinct from the extended catalytic pocket, in mediating MMP activation and substrate hydrolysis. This raises the possibility that MMP enzymatic and non-enzymatic activities may be modified via antagonist molecules targeted to such allosteric sites or to alternative enzyme domains. In this review, we discuss the structural and functional bases for potential allosteric control of MMPs and highlight potential alternative enzyme domains as targets for designing highly selective MMP inhibitors.
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Lauer-Fields JL, Minond D, Chase PS, Baillargeon PE, Saldanha SA, Stawikowska R, Hodder P, Fields GB. High throughput screening of potentially selective MMP-13 exosite inhibitors utilizing a triple-helical FRET substrate. Bioorg Med Chem 2009; 17:990-1005. [PMID: 18358729 PMCID: PMC3298815 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2008.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2007] [Revised: 02/29/2008] [Accepted: 03/04/2008] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The major components of the cartilage extracellular matrix are type II collagen and aggrecan. Matrix metalloproteinase 13 (MMP-13) has been implicated as the protease responsible for collagen degradation in cartilage during osteoarthritis (OA). In the present study, a triple-helical FRET substrate has been utilized for high throughput screening (HTS) of MMP-13 with the MLSCN compound library (n approximately 65,000). Thirty-four compounds from the HTS produced pharmacological dose-response curves. A secondary screen using RP-HPLC validated 25 compounds as MMP-13 inhibitors. Twelve of these compounds were selected for counter-screening with 6 representative MMP family members. Five compounds were found to be broad-spectrum MMP inhibitors, 3 inhibited MMP-13 and one other MMP, and 4 were selective for MMP-13. One of the selective inhibitors was more active against MMP-13 triple-helical peptidase activity compared with single-stranded peptidase activity. Since the THP FRET substrate has distinct conformational features that may interact with MMP secondary binding sites (exosites), novel non-active site-binding inhibitors may be identified via HTS protocols utilizing such assays.
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- Janelle L. Lauer-Fields
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Florida Atlantic University, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, FL 33431-0991
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- Lead Identification Department, The Scripps Research Institute Molecular Screening Center, Scripps Florida, 5353 Parkside Drive, RF-1, Jupiter, FL 33458
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- Lead Identification Department, The Scripps Research Institute Molecular Screening Center, Scripps Florida, 5353 Parkside Drive, RF-1, Jupiter, FL 33458
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- Lead Identification Department, The Scripps Research Institute Molecular Screening Center, Scripps Florida, 5353 Parkside Drive, RF-1, Jupiter, FL 33458
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- Lead Identification Department, The Scripps Research Institute Molecular Screening Center, Scripps Florida, 5353 Parkside Drive, RF-1, Jupiter, FL 33458
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Florida Atlantic University, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, FL 33431-0991
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- Lead Identification Department, The Scripps Research Institute Molecular Screening Center, Scripps Florida, 5353 Parkside Drive, RF-1, Jupiter, FL 33458
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Florida Atlantic University, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, FL 33431-0991
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Enzyme assays are analytical tools to visualize enzyme activities. In recent years a large variety of enzyme assays have been developed to assist the discovery and optimization of industrial enzymes, in particular for "white biotechnology" where selective enzymes are used with great success for economically viable, mild and environmentally benign production processes. The present article highlights the aspects of fluorogenic and chromogenic substrates, sensors, and enzyme fingerprinting, which are our particular areas of interest.
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- Jean-Louis Reymond
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Berne, Freiestrasse 3, Berne, 3012, Switzerland.
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