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Park KD, Yang XF, Lee H, Dustrude ET, Wang Y, Khanna R, Kohn H. Discovery of lacosamide affinity bait agents that exhibit potent voltage-gated sodium channel blocking properties. ACS Chem Neurosci 2013; 4:463-74. [PMID: 23509982 DOI: 10.1021/cn300188h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
Abstract
Lacosamide ((R)-1) is a recently marketed, first-in-class, antiepileptic drug. Patch-clamp electrophysiology studies are consistent with the notion that (R)-1 modulates voltage-gated Na(+) channel function by increasing and stabilizing the slow inactivation state without affecting fast inactivation. The molecular pathway(s) that regulate slow inactivation are poorly understood. Affinity baits are chemical reactive units, which when appended to a ligand (drug) can lead to irreversible, covalent modification of the receptor thus permitting drug binding site identification including, possibly, the site of ligand function. We describe, herein, the synthesis of four (R)-1 affinity baits, (R)-N-(4″-isothiocyanatobiphenyl-4'-yl)methyl 2-acetamido-3-methoxypropionamide ((R)-8), (S)-N-(4″-isothiocyanatobiphenyl-4'-yl)methyl 2-acetamido-3-methoxypropionamide ((S)-8), (R)-N-(3″-isothiocyanatobiphenyl-4'-yl)methyl 2-acetamido-3-methoxypropionamide ((R)-9), and (R)-N-(3″-acrylamidobiphenyl-4'-yl)methyl 2-acetamido-3-methoxypropionamide ((R)-10). The affinity bait compounds were designed to interact with the receptor(s) responsible for (R)-1-mediated slow inactivation. We show that (R)-8 and (R)-9 are potent inhibitors of Na(+) channel function and function by a pathway similar to that observed for (R)-1. We further demonstrate that (R)-8 function is stereospecific. The calculated IC50 values determined for Na(+) channel slow inactivation for (R)-1, (R)-8, and (R)-9 were 85.1, 0.1, and 0.2 μM, respectively. Incubating (R)-9 with the neuronal-like CAD cells led to appreciable levels of Na(+) channel slow inactivation after cellular wash, and the level of slow inactivation only modestly decreased with further incubation and washing. Collectively, these findings have identified a promising structural template to investigate the voltage-gated Na(+) channel slow inactivation process.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ki Duk Park
- Departments of Pharmacology and
Toxicology, ‡Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and §Program in Medical Neuroscience, Paul and Carole Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis,
Indiana 46202, United States
- Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal
Chemistry, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, and ⊥Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Departments of Pharmacology and
Toxicology, ‡Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and §Program in Medical Neuroscience, Paul and Carole Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis,
Indiana 46202, United States
- Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal
Chemistry, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, and ⊥Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Departments of Pharmacology and
Toxicology, ‡Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and §Program in Medical Neuroscience, Paul and Carole Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis,
Indiana 46202, United States
- Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal
Chemistry, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, and ⊥Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Departments of Pharmacology and
Toxicology, ‡Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and §Program in Medical Neuroscience, Paul and Carole Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis,
Indiana 46202, United States
- Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal
Chemistry, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, and ⊥Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Departments of Pharmacology and
Toxicology, ‡Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and §Program in Medical Neuroscience, Paul and Carole Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis,
Indiana 46202, United States
- Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal
Chemistry, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, and ⊥Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Departments of Pharmacology and
Toxicology, ‡Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and §Program in Medical Neuroscience, Paul and Carole Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis,
Indiana 46202, United States
- Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal
Chemistry, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, and ⊥Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Departments of Pharmacology and
Toxicology, ‡Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and §Program in Medical Neuroscience, Paul and Carole Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis,
Indiana 46202, United States
- Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal
Chemistry, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, and ⊥Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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Park KD, Kim D, Reamtong O, Eyers C, Gaskell SJ, Liu R, Kohn H. Identification of a lacosamide binding protein using an affinity bait and chemical reporter strategy: 14-3-3 ζ. J Am Chem Soc 2011; 133:11320-30. [PMID: 21692503 DOI: 10.1021/ja2034156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
We have advanced a useful strategy to elucidate binding partners of ligands (drugs) with modest binding affinity. Key to this strategy is attaching to the ligand an affinity bait (AB) and a chemical reporter (CR) group, where the AB irreversibly attaches the ligand to the receptor upon binding and the CR group is employed for receptor detection and isolation. We have tested this AB&CR strategy using lacosamide ((R)-1), a low-molecular-weight antiepileptic drug. We demonstrate that using a (R)-lacosamide AB&CR agent ((R)-2) 14-3-3 ζ in rodent brain soluble lysates is preferentially adducted, adduction is stereospecific with respect to the AB&CR agent, and adduction depends upon the presence of endogenous levels of the small molecule metabolite xanthine. Substitution of lacosamide AB agent ((R)-5) for (R)-2 led to the identification of the 14-3-3 ζ adduction site (K120) by mass spectrometry. Competition experiments using increasing amounts of (R)-1 in the presence of (R)-2 demonstrated that (R)-1 binds at or near the (R)-2 modification site on 14-3-3 ζ. Structure-activity studies of xanthine derivatives provided information concerning the likely binding interaction between this metabolite and recombinant 14-3-3 ζ. Documentation of the 14-3-3 ζ-xanthine interaction was obtained with isothermal calorimetry using xanthine and the xanthine analogue 1,7-dimethylxanthine.
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- Ki Duk Park
- Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7568, USA
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Park KD, Stables JP, Liu R, Kohn H. Proteomic searches comparing two (R)-lacosamide affinity baits: An electrophilic arylisothiocyanate and a photoactivated arylazide group. Org Biomol Chem 2010; 8:2803-13. [PMID: 20405068 DOI: 10.1039/c000987c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
Abstract
We have advanced a novel strategy to search for lacosamide ((R)-1) targets in the brain proteome where protein binding is expected to be modest. Our approach used lacosamide agents containing affinity bait (AB) and chemical reporter (CR) units. The affinity bait moiety is designed to irreversibly react with the target, and the CR group permits protein detection and capture. In this study, we report the preparation and evaluation of (R)-N-(4-azido)benzyl 2-acetamido-3-(prop-2-ynyloxy)propionamide ((R)-3) and show that this compound exhibits potent anticonvulsant activities in the MES seizure model in rodents. We compared the utility of (R)-3 with its isostere, (R)-N-(4-isothiocyanato)benzyl 2-acetamido-3-(prop-2-ynyloxy)propionamide ((R)-2), in proteomic studies designed to identify potential (R)-1 targets. We showed that despite the two-fold improved anticonvulsant activity of (R)-3 compared with (R)-2, (R)-2 was superior in revealing potential binding targets in the mouse brain soluble proteome. The difference in these agents utility has been attributed to the reactivity of the affinity baits (i.e., (R)-2: aryl isothiocyanate moiety; (R)-3: photoactivated aryl azide intermediates) in the irreversible protein modification step, and we conclude that this factor is a critical determinant of successful target detection where ligand (drug) binding is modest. The utility of (R)-2 and (R)-3 in in situ proteome studies is explored.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ki Duk Park
- Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7568, USA
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Park KD, Morieux P, Salomé C, Cotten SW, Reamtong O, Eyers C, Gaskell SJ, Stables JP, Liu R, Kohn H. Lacosamide isothiocyanate-based agents: novel agents to target and identify lacosamide receptors. J Med Chem 2009; 52:6897-911. [PMID: 19795888 DOI: 10.1021/jm9012054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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(R)-Lacosamide ((R)-2, (R)-N-benzyl 2-acetamido-3-methoxypropionamide) has recently gained regulatory approval for the treatment of partial-onset seizures in adults. Whole animal pharmacological studies have documented that (R)-2 function is unique. A robust strategy is advanced for the discovery of interacting proteins associated with function and toxicity of (R)-2 through the use of (R)-2 analogues, 3, which contain "affinity bait (AB)" and "chemical reporter (CR)" functional groups. In 3, covalent modification of the interacting proteins proceeds at the AB moiety, and detection or isolation of the selectively captured protein occurs through the bioorthogonal CR group upon reaction with an appropriate probe. We report the synthesis, pharmacological evaluation, and interrogation of the mouse soluble brain proteome using 3 where the AB group is an isothiocyanate moiety. One compound, (R)-N-(4-isothiocyanato)benzyl 2-acetamido-3-(prop-2-ynyloxy)propionamide ((R)-9), exhibited excellent seizure protection in mice, and like (R)-2, anticonvulsant activity principally resided in the (R)-stereoisomer. Several proteins were preferentially labeled by (R)-9 compared with (S)-9, including collapsin response mediator protein 2.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ki Duk Park
- Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7568, USA
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