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Sternicki LM, Poulsen SA. Native Mass Spectrometry: Insights and Opportunities for Targeted Protein Degradation. Anal Chem 2023; 95:18655-18666. [PMID: 38090751 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c03853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2023]
Abstract
Native mass spectrometry (nMS) is one of the most powerful biophysical methods for the direct observation of noncovalent protein interactions with both small molecules and other proteins. With the advent of targeted protein degradation (TPD), nMS is now emerging as a compelling approach to characterize the multiple fundamental interactions that underpin the TPD mechanism. Specifically, nMS enables the simultaneous observation of the multiple binary and ternary complexes [i.e., all combinations of E3 ligase, target protein of interest, and small molecule proximity-inducing reagents (such as PROteolysis TArgeting Chimeras (PROTACs) and molecular glues)], formed as part of the TPD equilibrium; this is not possible with any other biophysical method. In this paper we overview the proof-of-concept applications of nMS within the field of TPD and demonstrate how it is providing researchers with critical insight into the systems under study. We also provide an outlook on the scope and future opportunities offered by nMS as a core and agnostic biophysical tool for advancing research developments in TPD.
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- Louise M Sternicki
- Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia
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- Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia
- School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia
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Togre NS, Vargas AM, Bhargavi G, Mallakuntla MK, Tiwari S. Fragment-Based Drug Discovery against Mycobacteria: The Success and Challenges. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms231810669. [PMID: 36142582 PMCID: PMC9500838 DOI: 10.3390/ijms231810669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2022] [Revised: 09/10/2022] [Accepted: 09/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The emergence of drug-resistant mycobacteria, including Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) and non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), poses an increasing global threat that urgently demands the development of new potent anti-mycobacterial drugs. One of the approaches toward the identification of new drugs is fragment-based drug discovery (FBDD), which is the most ingenious among other drug discovery models, such as structure-based drug design (SBDD) and high-throughput screening. Specialized techniques, such as X-ray crystallography, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and many others, are part of the drug discovery approach to combat the Mtb and NTM global menaces. Moreover, the primary drawbacks of traditional methods, such as the limited measurement of biomolecular toxicity and uncertain bioavailability evaluation, are successfully overcome by the FBDD approach. The current review focuses on the recognition of fragment-based drug discovery as a popular approach using virtual, computational, and biophysical methods to identify potent fragment molecules. FBDD focuses on designing optimal inhibitors against potential therapeutic targets of NTM and Mtb (PurC, ArgB, MmpL3, and TrmD). Additionally, we have elaborated on the challenges associated with the FBDD approach in the identification and development of novel compounds. Insights into the applications and overcoming the challenges of FBDD approaches will aid in the identification of potential therapeutic compounds to treat drug-sensitive and drug-resistant NTMs and Mtb infections.
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Caillaud K, Ladavière C. Water‐soluble (poly)acylhydrazones: Syntheses and Applications. MACROMOL CHEM PHYS 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/macp.202200064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Kilian Caillaud
- Univ Lyon, CNRS, UMR 5223, Ingénierie des Matériaux Polymères Université Claude Bernard Lyon1, INSA Lyon, Université Jean Monnet Villeurbanne Cédex F‐69622 France
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- Univ Lyon, CNRS, UMR 5223, Ingénierie des Matériaux Polymères Université Claude Bernard Lyon1, INSA Lyon, Université Jean Monnet Villeurbanne Cédex F‐69622 France
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Bennett JL, Nguyen GTH, Donald WA. Protein-Small Molecule Interactions in Native Mass Spectrometry. Chem Rev 2021; 122:7327-7385. [PMID: 34449207 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Small molecule drug discovery has been propelled by the continual development of novel scientific methodologies to occasion therapeutic advances. Although established biophysical methods can be used to obtain information regarding the molecular mechanisms underlying drug action, these approaches are often inefficient, low throughput, and ineffective in the analysis of heterogeneous systems including dynamic oligomeric assemblies and proteins that have undergone extensive post-translational modification. Native mass spectrometry can be used to probe protein-small molecule interactions with unprecedented speed and sensitivity, providing unique insights into polydisperse biomolecular systems that are commonly encountered during the drug discovery process. In this review, we describe potential and proven applications of native MS in the study of interactions between small, drug-like molecules and proteins, including large multiprotein complexes and membrane proteins. Approaches to quantify the thermodynamic and kinetic properties of ligand binding are discussed, alongside a summary of gas-phase ion activation techniques that have been used to interrogate the structure of protein-small molecule complexes. We additionally highlight some of the key areas in modern drug design for which native mass spectrometry has elicited significant advances. Future developments and applications of native mass spectrometry in drug discovery workflows are identified, including potential pathways toward studying protein-small molecule interactions on a whole-proteome scale.
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- Jack L Bennett
- School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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Su D, Zhang Y, Ulrich S, Barboiu M. Constitutional Dynamic Inhibition/Activation of Carbonic Anhydrases. Chempluschem 2021; 86:1500-1510. [PMID: 34327867 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202100263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2021] [Revised: 07/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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In this review we consider one important member of the metalloenzymes family, the carbonic anhydrase (CA), involved in the treatment of several common diseases. Different approaches have emerged to regulate the activity of CA, mostly acting on the inner catalytic active site or outer microenvironment of the enzyme, leading to inhibition or activation of CA. In recent years, gradually increased attention has focused on the adoption of constitutional dynamic chemistry (CDC) strategies for the screening and discovery of potent inhibitors or activators. The participation of reversible covalent bonds enabled the enzyme itself to select the optimal ligands obtained from diverse building blocks with comparatively higher degree of variety, resulting in the fittest recognition of enzyme ligands from complex dynamic systems. With the increasing implementation of CDC for enzyme targets, it shows great potential for drug discovery or CO2 capture applications.
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- Dandan Su
- Institut Europeen des Membranes, Adaptive Supramolecular Nanosystems Group, University of Montpellier, ENSCM-CNRS, Place E. Bataillon CC047, 34095, Montpellier, France
- Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (IBMM), CNRS, Université de Montpellier, ENSCM, Montpellier, France
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- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue, Wuxi, 214122, P. R. China
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- Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (IBMM), CNRS, Université de Montpellier, ENSCM, Montpellier, France
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- Institut Europeen des Membranes, Adaptive Supramolecular Nanosystems Group, University of Montpellier, ENSCM-CNRS, Place E. Bataillon CC047, 34095, Montpellier, France
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Zhang JQ, Hu D, Song J, Ren H. [3 + 2]-Annulation of gem-Difluoroalkenes and Pyridinium Ylides: Access to Functionalized 2-Fluoroindolizines. J Org Chem 2021; 86:4646-4660. [PMID: 33683121 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c03041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A [3 + 2]-annulation of gem-difluoroalkenes and pyridinium ylides was developed employing ambient air as the sole oxidant in an open-vessel manner, affording a series of multifunctionalized 2-fluoroindolizines in moderate to good yields. In this reaction, gem-difluoroalkene acts as a C2 synthon and entirely avoids the competitive addition-elimination process, which provides facile access to 2-fluoroindolizines.
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- Jun-Qi Zhang
- Advanced Research Institute and Department of Chemistry, Taizhou University, 1139 Shifu Avenue, Taizhou 318000, P.R. China
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- Advanced Research Institute and Department of Chemistry, Taizhou University, 1139 Shifu Avenue, Taizhou 318000, P.R. China
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- Advanced Research Institute and Department of Chemistry, Taizhou University, 1139 Shifu Avenue, Taizhou 318000, P.R. China
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- Advanced Research Institute and Department of Chemistry, Taizhou University, 1139 Shifu Avenue, Taizhou 318000, P.R. China
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Bagatin MC, F Rozada AM, V Rodrigues FA, A Bueno PS, Santos JL, Canduri F, Kioshima ÉS, V Seixas FA, Basso EA, Gauze GF. New 4-methoxy-naphthalene derivatives as promisor antifungal agents for paracoccidioidomycosis treatment. Future Microbiol 2019; 14:235-245. [PMID: 30663901 DOI: 10.2217/fmb-2018-0276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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AIM Novel 4-methoxy-naphthalene derivatives were synthesized based on hits structures in order to evaluate the antifungal activity against Paracoccidioides spp. METHODS Antifungal activity of compounds was evaluated against P. brasiliensis and most promising compounds 2 and 3 were tested against eight clinically important fungal species. RESULTS Compound 3 was the more active compound with MIC 8 to 32 μg.ml-1 for Paracoccidioides spp without toxicity monkey kidney and murine macrophagecells. Carbohydrazide 3 showed good synergistic antifungal activity with amphotericin B against P. brasiliensis specie. Titration assay of carbohydrazide 3 with PbHSD enzyme demonstrates the binding ligand-protein. Molecular dynamics simulations show that ligand 3 let the PbHSD protein more stable. CONCLUSION New carbohydrazide 3 is an attractive lead for drug development to treat paracoccidioidomycoses.
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- Mariane C Bagatin
- Department of Chemistry, State University of Maringá, Maringá, PR, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry, State University of Maringá, Maringá, PR, Brazil
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- Department of Clinical Analysis & Biomedicine, State University of Maringá, Maringá, PR, Brazil
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- Department of Technology, State University of Maringá, Umuarama, PR, Brazil
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- São Carlos Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- São Carlos Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Clinical Analysis & Biomedicine, State University of Maringá, Maringá, PR, Brazil
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- Department of Technology, State University of Maringá, Umuarama, PR, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry, State University of Maringá, Maringá, PR, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry, State University of Maringá, Maringá, PR, Brazil
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Frei P, Hevey R, Ernst B. Dynamic Combinatorial Chemistry: A New Methodology Comes of Age. Chemistry 2018; 25:60-73. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201803365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Priska Frei
- Institute of Molecular Pharmacy, PharmacenterUniversity of Basel Klingelbergstrasse 50 4056 Basel Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Pharmacy, PharmacenterUniversity of Basel Klingelbergstrasse 50 4056 Basel Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Pharmacy, PharmacenterUniversity of Basel Klingelbergstrasse 50 4056 Basel Switzerland
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Das M, Yang T, Dong J, Prasetya F, Xie Y, Wong KHQ, Cheong A, Woon ECY. Multiprotein Dynamic Combinatorial Chemistry: A Strategy for the Simultaneous Discovery of Subfamily-Selective Inhibitors for Nucleic Acid Demethylases FTO and ALKBH3. Chem Asian J 2018; 13:2854-2867. [PMID: 29917331 DOI: 10.1002/asia.201800729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2018] [Revised: 06/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Dynamic combinatorial chemistry (DCC) is a powerful supramolecular approach for discovering ligands for biomolecules. To date, most, if not all, biologically templated DCC systems employ only a single biomolecule to direct the self-assembly process. To expand the scope of DCC, herein, a novel multiprotein DCC strategy has been developed that combines the discriminatory power of a zwitterionic "thermal tag" with the sensitivity of differential scanning fluorimetry. This strategy is highly sensitive and could differentiate the binding of ligands to structurally similar subfamily members. Through this strategy, it was possible to simultaneously identify subfamily-selective probes against two clinically important epigenetic enzymes: FTO (7; IC50 =2.6 μm) and ALKBH3 (8; IC50 =3.7 μm). To date, this is the first report of a subfamily-selective ALKBH3 inhibitor. The developed strategy could, in principle, be adapted to a broad range of proteins; thus it is of broad scientific interest.
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MESH Headings
- AlkB Homolog 3, Alpha-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenase/antagonists & inhibitors
- AlkB Homolog 3, Alpha-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenase/chemistry
- AlkB Homolog 3, Alpha-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenase/genetics
- AlkB Homolog 5, RNA Demethylase/antagonists & inhibitors
- AlkB Homolog 5, RNA Demethylase/chemistry
- AlkB Homolog 5, RNA Demethylase/genetics
- Alpha-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenase FTO/antagonists & inhibitors
- Alpha-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenase FTO/chemistry
- Alpha-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenase FTO/genetics
- Catalysis
- Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques/methods
- Enzyme Inhibitors/chemistry
- Fluorometry/methods
- Humans
- Hydrazones/chemistry
- Kinetics
- Ligands
- Molecular Structure
- Oxidoreductases, O-Demethylating/antagonists & inhibitors
- Oxidoreductases, O-Demethylating/chemistry
- Oxidoreductases, O-Demethylating/genetics
- Peptides/chemistry
- Peptides/genetics
- Protein Denaturation
- Protein Engineering
- Protein Structure, Secondary
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/chemistry
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics
- Transition Temperature
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- Mohua Das
- Department of Pharmacy, National University of Singapore, 18 Science Drive 4, Singapore, 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Pharmacy, National University of Singapore, 18 Science Drive 4, Singapore, 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Pharmacy, National University of Singapore, 18 Science Drive 4, Singapore, 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Pharmacy, National University of Singapore, 18 Science Drive 4, Singapore, 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Pharmacy, National University of Singapore, 18 Science Drive 4, Singapore, 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Pharmacy, National University of Singapore, 18 Science Drive 4, Singapore, 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Pharmacy, National University of Singapore, 18 Science Drive 4, Singapore, 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Pharmacy, National University of Singapore, 18 Science Drive 4, Singapore, 117543, Singapore
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Ekström AG, Wang JT, Bella J, Campopiano DJ. Non-invasive 19F NMR analysis of a protein-templated N-acylhydrazone dynamic combinatorial library. Org Biomol Chem 2018; 16:8144-8149. [DOI: 10.1039/c8ob01918e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Dynamic combinatorial chemistry (DCC) is a powerful tool to identify ligands for biological targets.
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry
- University of Edinburgh
- Edinburgh
- UK
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Desai TJ, Toombs JE, Minna JD, Brekken RA, Udugamasooriya DG. Identification of lipid-phosphatidylserine (PS) as the target of unbiasedly selected cancer specific peptide-peptoid hybrid PPS1. Oncotarget 2017; 7:30678-90. [PMID: 27120792 PMCID: PMC5058709 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.8929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2015] [Accepted: 03/31/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Phosphatidylserine (PS) is an anionic phospholipid maintained on the inner-leaflet of the cell membrane and is externalized in malignant cells. We previously launched a careful unbiased selection targeting biomolecules (e.g. protein, lipid or carbohydrate) distinct to cancer cells by exploiting HCC4017 lung cancer and HBEC30KT normal epithelial cells derived from the same patient, identifying HCC4017 specific peptide-peptoid hybrid PPS1. In this current study, we identified PS as the target of PPS1. We validated direct PPS1 binding to PS using ELISA-like assays, lipid dot blot and liposome based binding assays. In addition, PPS1 recognized other negatively charged and cancer specific lipids such as phosphatidic acid, phosphatidylinositol and phosphatidylglycerol. PPS1 did not bind to neutral lipids such as phosphatidylethanolamine found in cancer and phosphatidylcholine and sphingomyelin found in normal cells. Further we found that the dimeric version of PPS1 (PPS1D1) displayed strong cytotoxicity towards lung cancer cell lines that externalize PS, but not normal cells. PPS1D1 showed potent single agent anti-tumor activity and enhanced the efficacy of docetaxel in mice bearing H460 lung cancer xenografts. Since PS and anionic phospholipid externalization is common across many cancer types, PPS1 may be an alternative to overcome limitations of protein targeted agents.
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- Tanvi J Desai
- Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA
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- Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.,Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.,Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.,Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.,Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.,Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.,Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA.,Department of Cancer Systems Imaging, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Chrysanthopoulos PK, Mujumdar P, Woods LA, Dolezal O, Ren B, Peat TS, Poulsen SA. Identification of a New Zinc Binding Chemotype by Fragment Screening. J Med Chem 2017; 60:7333-7349. [PMID: 28817930 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b00606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The discovery of a new zinc binding chemotype from screening a nonbiased fragment library is reported. Using the orthogonal fragment screening methods of native state mass spectrometry and surface plasmon resonance a 3-unsubstituted 2,4-oxazolidinedione fragment was found to have low micromolar binding affinity to the zinc metalloenzyme carbonic anhydrase II (CA II). This affinity approached that of fragment sized primary benzenesulfonamides, the classical zinc binding group found in most CA II inhibitors. Protein X-ray crystallography established that 3-unsubstituted 2,4-oxazolidinediones bound to CA II via an interaction of the acidic ring nitrogen with the CA II active site zinc, as well as two hydrogen bonds between the oxazolidinedione ring oxygen and the CA II protein backbone. Furthermore, 3-unsubstituted 2,4-oxazolidinediones appear to be a viable starting point for the development of an alternative class of CA inhibitor, wherein the medicinal chemistry pedigree of primary sulfonamides has dominated for several decades.
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- Griffith University , Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia
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- Griffith University , Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia
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- CSIRO , Biomedical Manufacturing Program, 343 Royal Parade, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria 3052, Australia
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- CSIRO , Biomedical Manufacturing Program, 343 Royal Parade, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria 3052, Australia
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- CSIRO , Biomedical Manufacturing Program, 343 Royal Parade, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria 3052, Australia
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- Griffith University , Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia
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Frei P, Pang L, Silbermann M, Eriş D, Mühlethaler T, Schwardt O, Ernst B. Target-directed Dynamic Combinatorial Chemistry: A Study on Potentials and Pitfalls as Exemplified on a Bacterial Target. Chemistry 2017; 23:11570-11577. [PMID: 28654733 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201701601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Target-directed dynamic combinatorial chemistry (DCC) is an emerging technique for the efficient identification of inhibitors of pharmacologically relevant targets. In this contribution, we present an application for a bacterial target, the lectin FimH, a crucial virulence factor of uropathogenic E. coli being the main cause of urinary tract infections. A small dynamic library of acylhydrazones was formed from aldehydes and hydrazides and equilibrated at neutral pH in presence of aniline as nucleophilic catalyst. The major success factors turned out to be an accordingly adjusted ratio of scaffolds and fragments, an adequate sample preparation prior to HPLC analysis, and the data processing. Only then did the ranking of the dynamic library constituents correlate well with affinity data. Furthermore, as a support of DCC applications especially to larger libraries, a new protocol for improved hit identification was established.
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- Priska Frei
- Institute of Molecular Pharmacy, Pharmacenter, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Pharmacy, Pharmacenter, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Pharmacy, Pharmacenter, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Pharmacy, Pharmacenter, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Pharmacy, Pharmacenter, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Pharmacy, Pharmacenter, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Pharmacy, Pharmacenter, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
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van der Vlag R, Hirsch A. Analytical Methods in Protein-Templated Dynamic Combinatorial Chemistry. COMPREHENSIVE SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY II 2017. [PMCID: PMC7150222 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-409547-2.12559-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Native Mass Spectrometry in Fragment-Based Drug Discovery. Molecules 2016; 21:molecules21080984. [PMID: 27483215 PMCID: PMC6274484 DOI: 10.3390/molecules21080984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2016] [Revised: 07/14/2016] [Accepted: 07/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The advent of native mass spectrometry (MS) in 1990 led to the development of new mass spectrometry instrumentation and methodologies for the analysis of noncovalent protein-ligand complexes. Native MS has matured to become a fast, simple, highly sensitive and automatable technique with well-established utility for fragment-based drug discovery (FBDD). Native MS has the capability to directly detect weak ligand binding to proteins, to determine stoichiometry, relative or absolute binding affinities and specificities. Native MS can be used to delineate ligand-binding sites, to elucidate mechanisms of cooperativity and to study the thermodynamics of binding. This review highlights key attributes of native MS for FBDD campaigns.
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Neranon K, Ramström O. Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Constitutional Dynamic Coordination Systems Based on Fe
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II. Eur J Inorg Chem 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201600331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Kitjanit Neranon
- Department of Chemistry KTH – Royal Institute of Technology Teknikringen 30 10044 Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry KTH – Royal Institute of Technology Teknikringen 30 10044 Stockholm Sweden
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Protein-Directed Dynamic Combinatorial Chemistry: A Guide to Protein Ligand and Inhibitor Discovery. Molecules 2016; 21:molecules21070910. [PMID: 27438816 PMCID: PMC6273345 DOI: 10.3390/molecules21070910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2016] [Revised: 07/04/2016] [Accepted: 07/08/2016] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Protein-directed dynamic combinatorial chemistry is an emerging technique for efficient discovery of novel chemical structures for binding to a target protein. Typically, this method relies on a library of small molecules that react reversibly with each other to generate a combinatorial library. The components in the combinatorial library are at equilibrium with each other under thermodynamic control. When a protein is added to the equilibrium mixture, and if the protein interacts with any components of the combinatorial library, the position of the equilibrium will shift and those components that interact with the protein will be amplified, which can then be identified by a suitable biophysical technique. Such information is useful as a starting point to guide further organic synthesis of novel protein ligands and enzyme inhibitors. This review uses literature examples to discuss the practicalities of applying this method to inhibitor discovery, in particular, the set-up of the combinatorial library, the reversible reactions that may be employed, and the choice of detection methods to screen protein ligands from a mixture of reversibly forming molecules.
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Woods LA, Dolezal O, Ren B, Ryan JH, Peat TS, Poulsen SA. Native State Mass Spectrometry, Surface Plasmon Resonance, and X-ray Crystallography Correlate Strongly as a Fragment Screening Combination. J Med Chem 2016; 59:2192-204. [PMID: 26882437 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b01940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Fragment-based drug discovery (FBDD) is contingent on the development of analytical methods to identify weak protein-fragment noncovalent interactions. Herein we have combined an underutilized fragment screening method, native state mass spectrometry, together with two proven and popular fragment screening methods, surface plasmon resonance and X-ray crystallography, in a fragment screening campaign against human carbonic anhydrase II (CA II). In an initial fragment screen against a 720-member fragment library (the "CSIRO Fragment Library") seven CA II binding fragments, including a selection of nonclassical CA II binding chemotypes, were identified. A further 70 compounds that comprised the initial hit chemotypes were subsequently sourced from the full CSIRO compound collection and screened. The fragment results were extremely well correlated across the three methods. Our findings demonstrate that there is a tremendous opportunity to apply native state mass spectrometry as a complementary fragment screening method to accelerate drug discovery.
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- Lucy A Woods
- Griffith University , Eskitis Institute for Drug Discovery, Brisbane, Queensland Australia
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- CSIRO Biomedical Manufacturing Program, Melbourne, Victoria Australia
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- CSIRO Biomedical Manufacturing Program, Melbourne, Victoria Australia
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- CSIRO Biomedical Manufacturing Program, Melbourne, Victoria Australia
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- CSIRO Biomedical Manufacturing Program, Melbourne, Victoria Australia
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- Griffith University , Eskitis Institute for Drug Discovery, Brisbane, Queensland Australia
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Yang Z, Fang Z, He W, Wang Z, Gan H, Tian Q, Guo K. Identification of inhibitors for vascular endothelial growth factor receptor by using dynamic combinatorial chemistry. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2016; 26:1671-4. [PMID: 26920800 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2016.02.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2015] [Revised: 02/01/2016] [Accepted: 02/20/2016] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The novel analysis method consisting of size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) and HRMS analysis was firstly applied in the discovery of potential inhibitors towards cancer drug targets. With vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR-2) as a target, dynamic combinatorial libraries (DCLs) were prepared by reacting aldehydes with amines. Four sensitive binders targeted VEGFR-2 were directly isolated from the library. Antitumor activity test in vitro and inhibition experiments toward angiogenesis were also carried out.
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- Zhao Yang
- School of Pharmaceutical Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, No. 639 Longmian Avenue, Nanjing 211816, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science, Nanjing Technology University, No. 30 Puzhu South Road, Nanjing 211816, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Technology University, No. 30 Puzhu South Road, Nanjing 211816, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, No. 639 Longmian Avenue, Nanjing 211816, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Technology University, No. 30 Puzhu South Road, Nanjing 211816, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Technology University, No. 30 Puzhu South Road, Nanjing 211816, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Technology University, No. 30 Puzhu South Road, Nanjing 211816, China
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Teruya K, Tonissen KF, Poulsen SA. Recent developments of small molecule chemical probes for fluorescence-based detection of human carbonic anhydrase II and IX. MEDCHEMCOMM 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6md00296j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The increasingly sophisticated array of approaches for the specific labeling and fluorescence-based detection of carbonic anhydrase enzymes using small molecule affinity-based chemical probes is reviewed.
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- Kanae Teruya
- Eskitis Institute for Drug Discovery
- Griffith University
- Nathan
- Australia
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- Eskitis Institute for Drug Discovery
- Griffith University
- Nathan
- Australia
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Catrow JL, Zhang Y, Zhang M, Ji H. Discovery of Selective Small-Molecule Inhibitors for the β-Catenin/T-Cell Factor Protein-Protein Interaction through the Optimization of the Acyl Hydrazone Moiety. J Med Chem 2015; 58:4678-92. [PMID: 25985283 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b00223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Acyl hydrazone is an important functional group for the discovery of bioactive small molecules. This functional group is also recognized as a pan assay interference structure. In this study, a new small-molecule inhibitor for the β-catenin/Tcf protein-protein interaction (PPI), ZINC02092166, was identified through AlphaScreen and FP assays. This compound contains an acyl hydrazone group and exhibits higher inhibitory activities in cell-based assays than biochemical assays. Inhibitor optimization resulted in chemically stable derivatives that disrupt the β-catenin/Tcf PPI. The binding mode of new inhibitors was characterized by site-directed mutagenesis and structure-activity relationship studies. This series of inhibitors with a new scaffold exhibits dual selectivity for β-catenin/Tcf over β-catenin/cadherin and β-catenin/APC PPIs. One derivative of this series suppresses canonical Wnt signaling, downregulates the expression of Wnt target genes, and inhibits the growth of cancer cells. This compound represents a solid starting point for the development of potent and selective β-catenin/Tcf inhibitors.
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- J Leon Catrow
- Department of Chemistry, Center for Cell and Genome Science, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0850, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Cell and Genome Science, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0850, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Cell and Genome Science, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0850, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Cell and Genome Science, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0850, United States
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Mondal M, Hirsch AKH. Dynamic combinatorial chemistry: a tool to facilitate the identification of inhibitors for protein targets. Chem Soc Rev 2015; 44:2455-88. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cs00493k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Dynamic combinatorial chemistry enables efficient identification of protein binder(s) from a library of interconverting compounds. The library responds to the addition of the target by amplifying the strongest binder.
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- Milon Mondal
- Stratingh Institute for Chemistry
- University of Groningen
- 9747 AG Groningen
- The Netherlands
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- Stratingh Institute for Chemistry
- University of Groningen
- 9747 AG Groningen
- The Netherlands
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Herrmann A. Dynamic combinatorial/covalent chemistry: a tool to read, generate and modulate the bioactivity of compounds and compound mixtures. Chem Soc Rev 2014; 43:1899-933. [PMID: 24296754 DOI: 10.1039/c3cs60336a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 277] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Reversible covalent bond formation under thermodynamic control adds reactivity to self-assembled supramolecular systems, and is therefore an ideal tool to assess complexity of chemical and biological systems. Dynamic combinatorial/covalent chemistry (DCC) has been used to read structural information by selectively assembling receptors with the optimum molecular fit around a given template from a mixture of reversibly reacting building blocks. This technique allows access to efficient sensing devices and the generation of new biomolecules, such as small molecule receptor binders for drug discovery, but also larger biomimetic polymers and macromolecules with particular three-dimensional structural architectures. Adding a kinetic factor to a thermodynamically controlled equilibrium results in dynamic resolution and in self-sorting and self-replicating systems, all of which are of major importance in biological systems. Furthermore, the temporary modification of bioactive compounds by reversible combinatorial/covalent derivatisation allows control of their release and facilitates their transport across amphiphilic self-assembled systems such as artificial membranes or cell walls. The goal of this review is to give a conceptual overview of how the impact of DCC on supramolecular assemblies at different levels can allow us to understand, predict and modulate the complexity of biological systems.
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- Andreas Herrmann
- Firmenich SA, Division Recherche et Développement, Route des Jeunes 1, B. P. 239, CH-1211 Genève 8, Switzerland.
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N-Terminal Acetylation of Phosphopeptides to Enhance the Interaction with SH2 Domain by Electrosprary Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry. Int J Pept Res Ther 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s10989-014-9422-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Matache M, Bogdan E, Hădade ND. Selective Host Molecules Obtained by Dynamic Adaptive Chemistry. Chemistry 2014; 20:2106-31. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201303504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Misuraca MC, Moulin E, Ruff Y, Giuseppone N. Experimental and theoretical methods for the analyses of dynamic combinatorial libraries. NEW J CHEM 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4nj00304g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Progresses in spatial and temporal analytical tools open new avenues for the study and control of increasingly complex chemical systems.
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- Maria Cristina Misuraca
- SAMS research group – University of Strasbourg – Institut Charles Sadron
- CNRS
- 67034 Strasbourg Cedex 2, France
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- SAMS research group – University of Strasbourg – Institut Charles Sadron
- CNRS
- 67034 Strasbourg Cedex 2, France
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- SAMS research group – University of Strasbourg – Institut Charles Sadron
- CNRS
- 67034 Strasbourg Cedex 2, France
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- SAMS research group – University of Strasbourg – Institut Charles Sadron
- CNRS
- 67034 Strasbourg Cedex 2, France
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Ulrich S, Dumy P. Probing secondary interactions in biomolecular recognition by dynamic combinatorial chemistry. Chem Commun (Camb) 2014; 50:5810-25. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cc00263f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Abdelrahim MYM, Tanc M, Winum JY, Supuran CT, Barboiu M. Dominant behaviours in the expression of human carbonic anhydrase hCA I activity. Chem Commun (Camb) 2014; 50:8043-6. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cc03289f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Dynamic deconvolution ofDCLsof inhibitors (CAIs) and activators (CAAs) of hCA I show that the inhibitory effects dominate over the activating ones.
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- M. Yahia M. Abdelrahim
- Adaptative Supramolecular Nanosystems Group
- Institut Européen des Membranes
- ENSCM/UMII/UMR-CNRS 5635
- 34095 Montpellier, Cedex 5, France
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- Università degli Studi di Firenze
- Polo Scientifico, Laboratorio di Chimica Bioinorganica
- 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (Florence), Italy
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- Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (IBMM) UMR 5247 CNRS
- Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier
- 34296 Montpellier Cedex, France
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- Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (IBMM) UMR 5247 CNRS
- Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier
- 34296 Montpellier Cedex, France
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- Adaptative Supramolecular Nanosystems Group
- Institut Européen des Membranes
- ENSCM/UMII/UMR-CNRS 5635
- 34095 Montpellier, Cedex 5, France
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Wang Z, Kuninobu Y, Kanai M. Copper-Catalyzed Intramolecular N–S Bond Formation by Oxidative Dehydrogenative Cyclization. J Org Chem 2013; 78:7337-42. [DOI: 10.1021/jo401056g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- Zhen Wang
- Graduate School
of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Hongo,
Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- ERATO, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Kanai Life Science Catalysis
Project, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Graduate School
of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Hongo,
Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- ERATO, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Kanai Life Science Catalysis
Project, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Graduate School
of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Hongo,
Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- ERATO, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Kanai Life Science Catalysis
Project, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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Native state mass spectrometry (MS) has been recognised as a rapid, sensitive, and high throughput method to directly investigate protein-ligand interactions for some time, however there are few examples reporting this approach as a screening method to identify relevant protein–fragment interactions in fragment-based drug discovery (FBDD). In this paper an overview of native state MS will be presented, highlighting the attractive properties of this method within the context of fragment screening applications. A summary of published examples using MS for fragment screening will be described and reflection on the outlook for the future adoption and implementation of native state MS as a complementary fragment screening method will be presented.
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Nour HF, Islam T, Fernández-Lahore M, Kuhnert N. Probing the dynamic reversibility and generation of dynamic combinatorial libraries in the presence of bacterial model oligopeptides as templating guests of tetra-carbohydrazide macrocycles using electrospray mass spectrometry. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2012; 26:2865-2876. [PMID: 23136017 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.6401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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RATIONALE Over the past few decades, bacterial resistance to antibiotics has emerged as a real threat to human health. Accordingly, there is an urgent demand for the development of innovative strategies for discovering new antibiotics. We present the first use of tetra-carbohydrazide cyclophane macrocycles in dynamic combinatorial chemistry (DCC) and molecular recognition as chiral hosts binding oligopeptides, which mimic bacterial cell wall. This study introduces an innovative application of electrospray ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry (ESI-TOF MS) to oligopeptides recognition using DCC. METHODS A small dynamic library composed of eight functionalised macrocycles has been generated in solution and all members were characterised by ESI-TOF MS. We also probed the dynamic reversibility and mechanism of formation of tetra-carbohydrazide cyclophanes in real-time using ESI-TOF MS. RESULTS Dynamic reversibility of tetra-carbohydrazide cyclophanes is favored under thermodynamic control. The mechanism of formation of tetra-carbohydrazide cyclophanes involves key dialdehyde intermediates, which have been detected and assigned according to their high-resolution m/z values. Three members of the dynamic library bind efficiently in the gas phase to a selection of oligopeptides, unique to bacteria, allowing observation of host/guest complex ions in the gas phase. CONCLUSIONS We probed the mechanism of the [2+2]-cyclocondensation reaction forming library members, proved dynamic reversibility of tetra-carbohydrazide cyclophanes and showed that complex ions formed between library members and hosts can be observed in the gas phase, allowing the solution of an important problem of biological interest.
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- Hany F Nour
- School of Engineering and Science, Centre for Nano and Functional Materials (NanoFun), Jacobs University, 28759 Bremen, Germany
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Phillips HIA, Chernikov AV, Fletcher NC, Ashcroft AE, Ault JR, Filby MH, Wilson AJ. The use of electrospray mass spectrometry to determine speciation in a dynamic combinatorial library for anion recognition. Chemistry 2012; 18:13733-42. [PMID: 22996943 PMCID: PMC3569615 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201201302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2012] [Revised: 07/26/2012] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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The composition of a dynamic mixture of similar 2,2'-bipyridine complexes of iron(II) bearing either an amide (5-benzylamido-2,2'-bipyridine and 5-(2-methoxyethane)amido-2,2'-bipyridine) or an ester (2,2'-bipyridine-5-carboxylic acid benzylester and 2,2'-bipyridine-5-carboxylic acid 2-methoxyethane ester) side chain have been evaluated by electrospray mass spectroscopy in acetonitrile. The time taken for the complexes to come to equilibrium appears to be dependent on the counteranion, with chloride causing a rapid redistribution of two preformed heteroleptic complexes (of the order of 1 hour), whereas the time it takes in the presence of tetrafluoroborate salts is in excess of 24 h. Similarly the final distribution of products is dependent on the anion present, with the presence of chloride, and to a lesser extent bromide, preferring three amide-functionalized ligands, and a slight preference for an appended benzyl over a methoxyethyl group. Furthermore, for the first time, this study shows that the distribution of a dynamic library of metal complexes monitored by ESI-MS can adapt following the introduction of a different anion, in this case tetrabutylammonium chloride to give the most favoured heteroleptic complex despite the increasing ionic strength of the solution.
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- Hazel I A Phillips
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen's University BelfastStranmillis Road, Belfast BT9 5AG (UK)
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen's University BelfastStranmillis Road, Belfast BT9 5AG (UK)
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen's University BelfastStranmillis Road, Belfast BT9 5AG (UK)
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- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds InstitutionWoodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT (UK)
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- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds InstitutionWoodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT (UK)
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- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds InstitutionWoodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT (UK)
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- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds InstitutionWoodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT (UK)
- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds InstitutionWoodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT (UK)
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Clipson AJ, Bhat VT, McNae I, Caniard AM, Campopiano DJ, Greaney MF. Bivalent enzyme inhibitors discovered using dynamic covalent chemistry. Chemistry 2012; 18:10562-70. [PMID: 22782854 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201201507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2012] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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A bivalent dynamic covalent chemistry (DCC) system has been designed to selectively target members of the homodimeric glutathione-S-transferase (GST) enzyme family. The dynamic covalent libraries (DCLs) use aniline-catalysed acylhydrazone exchange between bivalent hydrazides and glutathione-conjugated aldehydes and the bis-hydrazides act as linkers to bridge between each glutathione binding site. The resultant DCLs were found to be compatible and highly responsive to templating with different GST isozymes, with the best results coming from the M and Schistosoma japonicum (Sj) class of GSTs, targets in cancer and tropical disease, respectively. The approach yielded compounds with selective, nanomolar affinity (K(i) =61 nM for mGSTM1-1) and demonstrates that DCC can be used to simultaneously interrogate binding sites on different subunits of a dimeric protein.
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- Alexandra J Clipson
- School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, West Mains Rd., Edinburgh, UK
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Miller BL. DCC in the development of nucleic acid targeted and nucleic acid inspired structures. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2012; 322:107-37. [PMID: 21769715 DOI: 10.1007/128_2011_200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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Nucleic acids were one of the first biological targets explored with DCC, and research into the application has continued to yield novel and useful structures for sequence- and structure-selective recognition of oligonucleotides. This chapter reviews major developments in DNA- and RNA-targeted DCC, including methods under development for the conversion of DCC-derived lead compounds into probe molecules suitable for studies in vitro and in vivo. Innovative applications of DCC for the discovery of new materials based on nucleic acids and new methods for the modification of nucleic acid structure and function are also discussed.
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- Benjamin L Miller
- Department of Dermatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642, USA.
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Sindelar M, Wanner KT. Library Screening by Means of Mass Spectrometry (MS) Binding Assays-Exemplarily Demonstrated for a Pseudostatic Library Addressing γ-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) Transporter 1 (GAT1). ChemMedChem 2012; 7:1678-90. [DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201200201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2012] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Demetriades M, Leung IKH, Chowdhury R, Chan MC, McDonough MA, Yeoh KK, Tian YM, Claridge TDW, Ratcliffe PJ, Woon ECY, Schofield CJ. Dynamic Combinatorial Chemistry Employing Boronic Acids/Boronate Esters Leads to Potent Oxygenase Inhibitors. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201202000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Demetriades M, Leung IKH, Chowdhury R, Chan MC, McDonough MA, Yeoh KK, Tian YM, Claridge TDW, Ratcliffe PJ, Woon ECY, Schofield CJ. Dynamic Combinatorial Chemistry Employing Boronic Acids/Boronate Esters Leads to Potent Oxygenase Inhibitors. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012; 51:6672-5. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201202000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Biros S, Hof F. Supramolecular Approaches to Medicinal Chemistry. Supramol Chem 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/9780470661345.smc182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Woon ECY, Demetriades M, Bagg EAL, Aik W, Krylova SM, Ma JHY, Chan M, Walport LJ, Wegman DW, Dack KN, McDonough MA, Krylov SN, Schofield CJ. Dynamic combinatorial mass spectrometry leads to inhibitors of a 2-oxoglutarate-dependent nucleic acid demethylase. J Med Chem 2012; 55:2173-84. [PMID: 22263962 DOI: 10.1021/jm201417e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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2-Oxoglutarate-dependent nucleic acid demethylases are of biological interest because of their roles in nucleic acid repair and modification. Although some of these enzymes are linked to physiology, their regulatory roles are unclear. Hence, there is a desire to develop selective inhibitors for them; we report studies on AlkB, which reveal it as being amenable to selective inhibition by small molecules. Dynamic combinatorial chemistry linked to mass spectrometric analyses (DCMS) led to the identification of lead compounds, one of which was analyzed by crystallography. Subsequent structure-guided studies led to the identification of inhibitors of improved potency, some of which were shown to be selective over two other 2OG oxygenases. The work further validates the use of the DCMS method and will help to enable the development of inhibitors of nucleic acid modifying 2OG oxygenases both for use as functional probes and, in the longer term, for potential therapeutic use.
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- Esther C Y Woon
- Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK
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Design and synthesis of thiourea compounds that inhibit transmembrane anchored carbonic anhydrases. Bioorg Med Chem 2012; 20:2392-404. [PMID: 22370338 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2012.01.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2011] [Revised: 01/21/2012] [Accepted: 01/28/2012] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A library of 32 novel glycoconjugate thiourea-bridged benzene sulfonamides have been synthesized from the reaction of glycosyl isothiocyanates with a panel of simple benzene sulfonamides comprising either a free amine or hydrazide. All compounds were investigated for their ability to inhibit the enzymatic activity of five human carbonic anhydrase (hCA) isozymes: hCA I, II and membrane-associated isozymes IX, XII and XIV. A physicochemical feature of the free sugar thioureido glycoconjugates was high water solubility (> 20 mg/mL), as well many of these compounds exhibited a desirable potency and CA isozyme selectivity profile. From this library several inhibitors displayed excellent potency-selectivity profiles for transmembrane anchored CAs over off-target CA I and II. These molecules provide potential dual-acting candidates for the development of inhibitors that target the extracellular CAs (IX, XII and XIV)-either directly as free sugars (membrane impermeable) or indirectly as acetylated prodrugs, becoming free sugars upon esterase hydrolysis.
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Woon ECY, Tumber A, Kawamura A, Hillringhaus L, Ge W, Rose NR, Ma JHY, Chan MC, Walport LJ, Che KH, Ng SS, Marsden BD, Oppermann U, McDonough MA, Schofield CJ. Linking of 2-oxoglutarate and substrate binding sites enables potent and highly selective inhibition of JmjC histone demethylases. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012; 51:1631-4. [PMID: 22241642 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201107833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2011] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Esther C Y Woon
- Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK
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Woon ECY, Tumber A, Kawamura A, Hillringhaus L, Ge W, Rose NR, Ma JHY, Chan MC, Walport LJ, Che KH, Ng SS, Marsden BD, Oppermann U, McDonough MA, Schofield CJ. Linking of 2-Oxoglutarate and Substrate Binding Sites Enables Potent and Highly Selective Inhibition of JmjC Histone Demethylases. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201107833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Ganguly T, Kasten BB, Bučar DK, MacGillivray LR, Berkman CE, Benny PD. The hydrazide/hydrazone click reaction as a biomolecule labeling strategy for M(CO)3 (M = Re, (99m)Tc) radiopharmaceuticals. Chem Commun (Camb) 2011; 47:12846-8. [PMID: 22044929 DOI: 10.1039/c1cc15451f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Facile reactivity of hydrazides and aldehydes was explored as potential coupling partners for incorporation into M(CO)(3) (M = Re, (99m)Tc) based radiopharmaceuticals. Both 'click, then chelate' and 'prelabel, then click' synthetic routes produced identical products in high yields and lacked metal-hydrazide/-hydrazone interactions, highlighting the potential of this click strategy.
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- Tanushree Ganguly
- Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman WA 99164, USA
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Lopez M, Vu H, Wang CK, Wolf MG, Groenhof G, Innocenti A, Supuran CT, Poulsen SA. Promiscuity of carbonic anhydrase II. Unexpected ester hydrolysis of carbohydrate-based sulfamate inhibitors. J Am Chem Soc 2011; 133:18452-62. [PMID: 21958118 DOI: 10.1021/ja207855c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Carbonic anhydrases (CAs) are enzymes whose endogenous reaction is the reversible hydration of CO(2) to give HCO(3)(-) and a proton. CA are also known to exhibit weak and promiscuous esterase activity toward activated esters. Here, we report a series of findings obtained with a set of CA inhibitors that showed quite unexpectedly that the compounds were both inhibitors of CO(2) hydration and substrates for the esterase activity of CA. The compounds comprised a monosaccharide core with the C-6 primary hydroxyl group derivatized as a sulfamate (for CA recognition). The remaining four sugar hydroxyl groups were acylated. Using protein X-ray crystallography, the crystal structures of human CA II in complex with four of the sulfamate inhibitors were obtained. As expected, the four structures displayed the canonical CA protein-sulfamate interactions. Unexpectedly, a free hydroxyl group was observed at the anomeric center (C-1) rather than the parent C-1 acyl group. In addition, this hydroxyl group is observed axial to the carbohydrate ring while in the parent structure it is equatorial. A mechanism is proposed that accounts for this inversion of stereochemistry. For three of the inhibitors, the acyl groups at C-2 or at C-2 and C-3 were also absent with hydroxyl groups observed in their place and retention of stereochemistry. With the use of electrospray ionization-Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance-mass spectrometry (ESI-FTICR-MS), we observed directly the sequential loss of all four acyl groups from one of the carbohydrate-based sulfamates. For this compound, the inhibitor and substrate binding mode were further analyzed using free energy calculations. These calculations suggested that the parent compound binds almost exclusively as a substrate. To conclude, we have demonstrated that acylated carbohydrate-based sulfamates are simultaneously inhibitor and substrate of human CA II. Our results suggest that, initially, the substrate binding mode dominates, but following hydrolysis, the ligand can also bind as a pure inhibitor thereby competing with the substrate binding mode.
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- Marie Lopez
- Eskitis Institute for Cell and Molecular Therapies, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland 4111, Australia
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Liu YH, Ramanathan L, Malcolm B, Njoroge G, Chan TY, Pramanik BN. Screening and rank ordering of reversible mechanism-based inhibitors of hepatitis C virus NS3 protease using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2011; 46:764-771. [PMID: 21766396 DOI: 10.1002/jms.1948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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An affinity-selection study using size exclusion chromatography (SEC) combined with off-line electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) was performed on libraries of peptidic α-ketoamide inhibitors directed against the hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3 protease. A limiting amount of HCV NS3 protease (25 µM) was incubated with equimolar amounts (100 µM) of 49 reversible mechanism-based ketoamide inhibitors, previously grouped into seven sets to ensure clearly distinguishable mass differences of the enzyme-inhibitor complexes (>10 Da). The unbound compounds were separated rapidly from the protease and the protease-inhibitor complexes by SEC spin columns. The eluate of the SEC was immediately analyzed by direct-infusion ESI-MS. An enzyme-inhibitor complex, with a molecular mass corresponding to the NS3 protease binding to the preferred inhibitor, SCH212986, was the only molecular species detected. By increasing the molar ratio of HCV NS3 protease to inhibitors to 1:2 while keeping the inhibitors' concentration constant, the complex of the second most tightly bound inhibitor, SCH215426, was also identified. Although the potencies of these inhibitors were virtually un-measurable by kinetic assays, a rank order of CVS4441 > SCH212986 > SCH215426 was deduced for their inhibition potencies by direct competition experiment with CVS4441 (K(i)*>80 µM). As discussed in the article, through judicious application of this strategy, even large libraries of fairly weak, reversible and slow-binding inhibitors could be rapidly screened and rank ordered to provide critical initial structure-activity insights.
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- Yan-Hui Liu
- Molecular Biomarkers, Merck Research Laboratories, 2015 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA.
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Reversible covalent chemistries compatible with the principles of constitutional dynamic chemistry: new reactions to create more diversity. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2011; 322:291-314. [PMID: 22025070 DOI: 10.1007/128_2011_277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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An approach to make chemical diversity space more manageable is to search for smaller molecules, or fragments, and then combine or elaborate these fragments. Dynamic Combinatorial Chemistry (DCC) is a powerful approach whereby a number of molecular elements each with binding potential can be reversibly combined via covalent or noncovalent linkages to generate a dynamic library of products under thermodynamic equilibrium. Once a target molecule has been added, the distribution of products can be shifted to favor products that bind to the target. Thus the approach can be employed to identify products that selectively recognize the target. Although the size of the repertoire of reversible covalent reactions suitable for DCC has increased significantly over the past 5-10 years, the discovery of new reactions that satisfy all the criteria of reversibility and biocompatibility remains an exciting challenge for chemists. Increasing the number of chemical reactions will enable the engineering of larger and more diverse DCLs, which remains a key step toward a broader use of DCC. In this review, we aim to provide a nonexhaustive list of reversible covalent reactions that are compatible with the concept of DCC, focusing mainly on the most recent examples that were reported in the literature in the past 5 years.
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Barboiu M. Multistate and Phase Change Selection in Constitutional Multivalent Systems. CONSTITUTIONAL DYNAMIC CHEMISTRY 2011; 322:33-53. [DOI: 10.1007/128_2011_196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Leung IKH, Brown Jr T, Schofield CJ, Claridge TDW. An approach to enzyme inhibition employing reversible boronate ester formation. MEDCHEMCOMM 2011. [DOI: 10.1039/c1md00011j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Fragment-based screening by X-ray crystallography, MS and isothermal titration calorimetry to identify PNMT (phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase) inhibitors. Biochem J 2010; 431:51-61. [PMID: 20642456 DOI: 10.1042/bj20100651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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CNS (central nervous system) adrenaline (epinephrine) is implicated in a wide range of physiological and pathological conditions. PNMT (phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase) catalyses the final step in the biosynthesis of adrenaline, the conversion of noradrenaline (norepinephrine) to adrenaline by methylation. To help elucidate the role of CNS adrenaline, and to develop potential drug leads, potent, selective and CNS-active inhibitors are required. The fragment screening approach has advantages over other lead discovery methods including high hit rates, more efficient hits and the ability to sample chemical diversity more easily. In the present study we applied fragment-based screening approaches to the enzyme PNMT. We used crystallography as the primary screen and identified 12 hits from a small commercial library of 384 drug-like fragments. The hits include nine chemicals with two fused rings and three single-ring chemical systems. Eight of the hits come from three chemical classes: benzimidazoles (a known class of PNMT inhibitor), purines and quinolines. Nine of the hits have measurable binding affinities (~5-700 μM) as determined by isothermal titration calorimetry and all nine have ligand efficiencies of 0.39 kcal/mol per heavy atom or better (1 kcal≈4.184 kJ). We synthesized five elaborated benzimidazole compounds and characterized their binding to PNMT, showing for the first time how this class of inhibitors interact with the noradrenaline-binding site. Finally, we performed a pilot study with PNMT for fragment-based screening by MS showing that this approach could be used as a fast and efficient first-pass screening method prior to characterization of binding mode and affinity of hits.
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Bhat VT, Caniard AM, Luksch T, Brenk R, Campopiano DJ, Greaney MF. Nucleophilic catalysis of acylhydrazone equilibration for protein-directed dynamic covalent chemistry. Nat Chem 2010; 2:490-7. [PMID: 20489719 PMCID: PMC2913121 DOI: 10.1038/nchem.658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2009] [Accepted: 03/30/2010] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Dynamic covalent chemistry uses reversible chemical reactions to set up an equilibrating network of molecules at thermodynamic equilibrium, which can adjust its composition in response to any agent capable of altering the free energy of the system. When the target is a biological macromolecule, such as a protein, the process corresponds to the protein directing the synthesis of its own best ligand. Here, we demonstrate that reversible acylhydrazone formation is an effective chemistry for biological dynamic combinatorial library formation. In the presence of aniline as a nucleophilic catalyst, dynamic combinatorial libraries equilibrate rapidly at pH 6.2, are fully reversible, and may be switched on or off by means of a change in pH. We have interfaced these hydrazone dynamic combinatorial libraries with two isozymes from the glutathione S-transferase class of enzyme, and observed divergent amplification effects, where each protein selects the best-fitting hydrazone for the hydrophobic region of its active site.
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- Venugopal T. Bhat
- EastChem, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JJ, UK
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- EastChem, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JJ, UK
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- College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, James Black Centre, Dow Street, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK
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- College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, James Black Centre, Dow Street, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK
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- EastChem, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JJ, UK
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- EastChem, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JJ, UK
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