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Taniguchi S, Berenger F, Doi Y, Mimura A, Yamanishi Y, Okiyoneda T. Ligand-based virtual-screening identified a novel CFTR ligand which improves the defective cell surface expression of misfolded ABC transporters. Front Pharmacol 2024; 15:1370676. [PMID: 38666024 PMCID: PMC11043560 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2024.1370676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2024] [Accepted: 04/01/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a monogenetic disease caused by the mutation of CFTR, a cAMP-regulated Cl- channel expressing at the apical plasma membrane (PM) of epithelia. ∆F508-CFTR, the most common mutant in CF, fails to reach the PM due to its misfolding and premature degradation at the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Recently, CFTR modulators have been developed to correct CFTR abnormalities, with some being used as therapeutic agents for CF treatment. One notable example is Trikafta, a triple combination of CFTR modulators (TEZ/ELX/IVA), which significantly enhances the functionality of ΔF508-CFTR on the PM. However, there's room for improvement in its therapeutic effectiveness since TEZ/ELX/IVA doesn't fully stabilize ΔF508-CFTR on the PM. To discover new CFTR modulators, we conducted a virtual screening of approximately 4.3 million compounds based on the chemical structures of existing CFTR modulators. This effort led us to identify a novel CFTR ligand named FR3. Unlike clinically available CFTR modulators, FR3 appears to operate through a distinct mechanism of action. FR3 enhances the functional expression of ΔF508-CFTR on the apical PM in airway epithelial cell lines by stabilizing NBD1. Notably, FR3 counteracted the degradation of mature ΔF508-CFTR, which still occurs despite the presence of TEZ/ELX/IVA. Furthermore, FR3 corrected the defective PM expression of a misfolded ABCB1 mutant. Therefore, FR3 may be a potential lead compound for addressing diseases resulting from the misfolding of ABC transporters.
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- Shogo Taniguchi
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Department of Complex Systems Science, Graduate School of Informatics, Nagoya University, Graduate School of Informatics, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya, Japan
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Molecular Docking and QSAR Studies as Computational Tools Exploring the Rescue Ability of F508del CFTR Correctors. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21218084. [PMID: 33138251 PMCID: PMC7663332 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21218084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2020] [Revised: 10/26/2020] [Accepted: 10/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the autosomal recessive disorder most recurrent in Caucasian populations. Different mutations involving the cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator protein (CFTR) gene, which encodes the CFTR channel, are involved in CF. A number of life-prolonging therapies have been conceived and deeply investigated to combat this disease. Among them, the administration of the so-called CFTR modulators, such as correctors and potentiators, have led to quite beneficial effects. Recently, based on QSAR (quantitative structure activity relationship) studies, we reported the rational design and synthesis of compound 2, an aminoarylthiazole-VX-809 hybrid derivative exhibiting promising F508del-CFTR corrector ability. Herein, we explored the docking mode of the prototype VX-809 as well as of the aforementioned correctors in order to derive useful guidelines for the rational design of further analogues. In addition, we refined our previous QSAR analysis taking into account our first series of in-house hybrids. This allowed us to optimize the QSAR model based on the chemical structure and the potency profile of hybrids as F508del-CFTR correctors, identifying novel molecular descriptors explaining the SAR of the dataset. This study is expected to speed up the discovery process of novel potent CFTR modulators.
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Pesce E, Pedemonte N, Leoni A, Locatelli A, Morigi R. Synthesis and biological evaluation of thiazole derivatives on basic defects underlying cystic fibrosis. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2020; 30:127473. [PMID: 32784089 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2020.127473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Revised: 07/24/2020] [Accepted: 08/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease caused by loss-of-function mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene, encoding for CFTR protein. The most frequent mutation is the deletion of phenylalanine at position 508 (F508del), which leads to distinct defects in channel gating and cellular processing. In last years, several thiazole containing small molecules, endowed with dual F508del-CFTR modulator activity, proved to be able to target these defects. In search of new chemical entities able to restore CFTR function, we designed and synthesized a small series of sixteen thiazole derivatives. The designed compounds were studied as correctors and potentiators of F508del-CFTR. Although none of the molecules showed significant corrector activity, compounds 10 and 11 exhibited potentiator effects, thus allowing to determine some basic structural features which enable to obtain F508del-CFTR potentiator activity. In silico ADME studies showed that these derivatives obey Lipinski's rule of five and are expected to be orally bioavailable. Therefore, these molecules may represent a good starting point for the design of analogues endowed with improved CFTR potentiator activity and a good pharmacokinetic profile.
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- Emanuela Pesce
- U.O.C. Genetica Medica, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via Gerolamo Gaslini 5, 16147 Genova, Italy
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- U.O.C. Genetica Medica, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via Gerolamo Gaslini 5, 16147 Genova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia e Biotecnologie, Università di Bologna, Via Belmeloro 6, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia e Biotecnologie, Università di Bologna, Via Belmeloro 6, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia e Biotecnologie, Università di Bologna, Via Belmeloro 6, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
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Cabrini G. Innovative Therapies for Cystic Fibrosis: The Road from Treatment to Cure. Mol Diagn Ther 2019; 23:263-279. [PMID: 30478715 DOI: 10.1007/s40291-018-0372-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Cystic fibrosis (CF), a life-threatening multiorgan genetic disease, is facing a new era of research and development using innovative gene-directed personalized therapies. The priority organ to cure is the lung, which suffers recurrent and chronic bacterial infection and inflammation since infancy, representing the main cause of morbidity and precocious mortality of these individuals. After the disappointing failure of gene-replacement approaches using gene therapy vectors, no single drug is presently available to repair all the CF gene defects. The impressive number of different CF gene mutations is now tackled with different chemical and biotechnological tools tailored to the specific molecular derangements, thanks to the extensive knowledge acquired over many years on the mechanisms of CF cell and organ pathology. This review provides an overview and recalls both the successes and limitations of the different experimental approaches, such as high-throughput screening on chemical libraries to discover CF gene correctors and potentiators, dual-acting compounds, read-through molecules, splicing defect repairing tools, cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) "amplifiers," CFTR interactome modulators and the first gene editing attempts.
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- Giulio Cabrini
- Laboratory of Molecular Pathology, University Hospital, Verona, Italy. .,Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
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Spanò V, Montalbano A, Carbone A, Scudieri P, Galietta LJV, Barraja P. An overview on chemical structures as ΔF508-CFTR correctors. Eur J Med Chem 2019; 180:430-448. [PMID: 31326599 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2019.07.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2019] [Revised: 07/09/2019] [Accepted: 07/10/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Deletion of phenylalanine at position 508 (F508del) in the CFTR protein, is the most common mutation causing cystic fibrosis (CF). F508del causes misfolding and rapid degradation of CFTR protein a defect that can be targeted with pharmacological agents termed "correctors". Correctors belong to various chemical classes but are generally small molecules based on nitrogen sulfur or oxygen heterocycles. The mechanism of action of correctors is generally unknown but there is experimental evidence that some of them can directly act on mutant CFTR improving folding and stability. Here we overview the characteristics of the various F508del correctors described so far to obtain indications on key chemical structures and modifications that are required for mutant protein rescue.
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- Virginia Spanò
- Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (STEBICEF), University of Palermo, Via Archirafi 32, 90123, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (STEBICEF), University of Palermo, Via Archirafi 32, 90123, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (STEBICEF), University of Palermo, Via Archirafi 32, 90123, Palermo, Italy
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- Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Campi Flegrei 34, 80078, Pozzuoli, NA, Italy
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- Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Campi Flegrei 34, 80078, Pozzuoli, NA, Italy; Department of Translational Medical Sciences (DISMET), University of Naples, "Federico II", 80131, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (STEBICEF), University of Palermo, Via Archirafi 32, 90123, Palermo, Italy.
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Dechecchi MC, Tamanini A, Cabrini G. Molecular basis of cystic fibrosis: from bench to bedside. ANNALS OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE 2018; 6:334. [PMID: 30306073 PMCID: PMC6174194 DOI: 10.21037/atm.2018.06.48] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2018] [Accepted: 06/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Cystic fibrosis (CF), is an autosomal recessive disease affecting different organs. The lung disease, characterized by recurrent and chronic bacterial infection and inflammation since infancy, is the main cause of morbidity and precocious mortality of these individuals. The innovative therapies directed to repair the defective CF gene should account for the presence of more than 200 disease-causing mutations of the CF transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene. The review will recall the different experimental approaches in discovering CFTR protein targeted molecules, such as the high throughput screening on chemical libraries to discover correctors and potentiators of CFTR protein, dual-acting compounds, read-through molecules, splicing defects repairing tools, CFTR "amplifiers".
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- Maria Cristina Dechecchi
- Laboratory of Analysis, Section of Molecular Pathology, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Laboratory of Analysis, Section of Molecular Pathology, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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Liessi N, Cichero E, Pesce E, Arkel M, Salis A, Tomati V, Paccagnella M, Damonte G, Tasso B, Galietta LJ, Pedemonte N, Fossa P, Millo E. Synthesis and biological evaluation of novel thiazole- VX-809 hybrid derivatives as F508del correctors by QSAR-based filtering tools. Eur J Med Chem 2018; 144:179-200. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.12.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2017] [Revised: 12/07/2017] [Accepted: 12/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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El-Hiti GA, Abdel-Wahab BF, Hegazy AS, Kariuki BM. Crystal structure of ( E)-2-(5-(4-fluorophenyl)-3-(furan-2-yl)-4,5-dihydro-1 H-pyrazol-1-yl)-5-((4-fluorophenyl)diazenyl)-4-methylthiazole, C 23H 17F 2N 5OS. Z KRIST-NEW CRYST ST 2017. [DOI: 10.1515/ncrs-2016-0293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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C23H17F2N5OS, monoclinic, P21/c (no. 14), a = 5.2272(4) Å, b = 26.7398(15) Å, c = 15.2645(10) Å, β = 97.726(7)°, V = 2114.2(2) Å3, Z = 4, R
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- Gamal A. El-Hiti
- Cornea Research Chair, Department of Optometry, College of Applied Medical Sciences , King Saud University , P.O. Box 10219 , Riyadh 11433 , Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science and Humanities , Shaqra University , Duwadimi , Saudi Arabia
- Applied Organic Chemistry Department , National Research Centre, Dokki , Giza , Egypt
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- School of Chemistry, Cardiff University , Main Building, Park Place , Cardiff CF10 3AT , UK
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- School of Chemistry, Cardiff University , Main Building, Park Place , Cardiff CF10 3AT , UK
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A Simple Process for the Synthesis of Novel Pyrazolyltriazole and Dihydropyrazolylthiazole Derivatives as Antimicrobial Agents. ARABIAN JOURNAL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s13369-017-2530-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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El-Hiti GA, Abdel-Wahab BF, Baashen M, Ghabbour HA. Crystal structure of 2-(3-(benzofuran-2-yl)-5-(4-fluorophenyl)-4,5-dihydro-1 H-pyrazol-1-yl)-4-(4-chlorophenyl)thiazole, C 26H 17ClFN 3OS. Z KRIST-NEW CRYST ST 2016. [DOI: 10.1515/ncrs-2016-0004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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C26H17ClFN3OS, monoclinic, P21/c (no. 14), a = 6.4955(2) Å, b = 14.6143(5) Å, c = 22.6492(8) Å, β = 94.568(1)°, V = 2143.20(12) Å3, Z = 4, R
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- Gamal A. El-Hiti
- Cornea Research Chair, Department of Optometry , College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University , P. O. Box 10219, Riyadh 11433, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry , College of Science and Humanities, Shaqra University , Duwadimi, Saudi Arabia
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Park J, Khloya P, Seo Y, Kumar S, Lee HK, Jeon DK, Jo S, Sharma PK, Namkung W. Potentiation of ΔF508- and G551D-CFTR-Mediated Cl- Current by Novel Hydroxypyrazolines. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0149131. [PMID: 26863533 PMCID: PMC4749168 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2015] [Accepted: 01/27/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The most common mutation of CFTR, affecting approximately 90% of CF patients, is a deletion of phenylalanine at position 508 (F508del, ΔF508). Misfolding of ΔF508-CFTR impairs both its trafficking to the plasma membrane and its chloride channel activity. To identify small molecules that can restore channel activity of ΔF508-CFTR, we synthesized and evaluated eighteen novel hydroxypyrazoline analogues as CFTR potentiators. To elucidate potentiation activities of hydroxypyrazolines for ΔF508-CFTR, CFTR activity was measured using a halide-sensitive YFP assay, Ussing chamber assay and patch-clamp technique. Compounds 7p, 7q and 7r exhibited excellent potentiation with EC50 value <10 μM. Among the compounds, 7q (a novel CFTR potentiator, CP7q) showed the highest potentiation activity with EC50 values of 0.88 ± 0.11 and 4.45 ± 0.31 μM for wild-type and ΔF508-CFTR, respectively. In addition, CP7q significantly potentiated chloride conductance of G551D-CFTR, a CFTR gating mutant; its maximal potentiation activity was 1.9 fold higher than the well-known CFTR potentiator genistein. Combination treatment with CP7q and VX-809, a corrector of ΔF508-CFTR, significantly enhanced functional rescue of ΔF508-CFTR compared with VX-809 alone. CP7q did not alter the cytosolic cAMP level and showed no cytotoxicity at the concentration showing maximum efficacy. The hydroxypyrazolines may be potential development candidates for drug therapy of cystic fibrosis.
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- Jinhong Park
- College of Pharmacy, Yonsei Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Yonsei University, Incheon 406–840, Korea
- Department of Integrated OMICS for Biomedical Science, WCU Program of Graduate School, Yonsei University, Seoul 120–749, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana 136119, India
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- College of Pharmacy, Yonsei Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Yonsei University, Incheon 406–840, Korea
- Department of Integrated OMICS for Biomedical Science, WCU Program of Graduate School, Yonsei University, Seoul 120–749, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana 136119, India
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- Department of Integrated OMICS for Biomedical Science, WCU Program of Graduate School, Yonsei University, Seoul 120–749, Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Yonsei Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Yonsei University, Incheon 406–840, Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Yonsei Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Yonsei University, Incheon 406–840, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana 136119, India
- * E-mail: (WN); (PKS)
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- College of Pharmacy, Yonsei Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Yonsei University, Incheon 406–840, Korea
- Department of Integrated OMICS for Biomedical Science, WCU Program of Graduate School, Yonsei University, Seoul 120–749, Korea
- * E-mail: (WN); (PKS)
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Nieddu E, Pollarolo B, Mazzei MT, Anzaldi M, Schenone S, Pedemonte N, Galietta LJV, Mazzei M. Phenylhydrazones as Correctors of a Mutant Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator. Arch Pharm (Weinheim) 2015; 349:112-23. [DOI: 10.1002/ardp.201500352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2015] [Revised: 11/23/2015] [Accepted: 11/26/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Erika Nieddu
- Department of Pharmacy; University of Genova; Genova Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy; University of Genova; Genova Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy; University of Genova; Genova Italy
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Solvent-free synthesis of novel (E)-2-(3,5-dimethyl-4-(aryldiazenyl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)-4-arylthiazoles: determination of their biological activity. Med Chem Res 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s00044-015-1429-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The search for a common structural moiety among selected pharmacological correctors of the mutant CFTR chloride channel. Future Med Chem 2015; 6:1857-68. [PMID: 25495980 DOI: 10.4155/fmc.14.118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The F508del mutation impairs the trafficking of CFTR from endoplasmic reticulum to plasma membrane and is responsible of a severe form of cystic fibrosis. Trafficking can be improved by small organic molecules called 'correctors'. MATERIALS & METHODS By different synthetic ways, we prepared 4-chloroanisole and 2-(4-chloroanisol-2-yl)aminothiazole derivatives. Such compounds were ineffective as correctors but we could find a sign of activity in an intermediate. In the meantime, we found a common pharmacophoric moiety present in four known correctors. RESULTS Following this structural indication, we synthesized a small set of new molecules endowed with a significant, even if not great, F508del-CFTR rescue activity. CONCLUSION The cited structural feature seems interesting in the search of new correctors. To corroborate this observation, later on we found a new pyrazine derivative (Novartis) endowed with a potent activity as corrector and having the cited common design.
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Yang H, Ma T. F508del-cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator correctors for treatment of cystic fibrosis: a patent review. Expert Opin Ther Pat 2015; 25:991-1002. [PMID: 25971311 DOI: 10.1517/13543776.2015.1045878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an autosomal recessive genetic disease caused by malfunction of CF transmembrane regulator (CFTR). The deletion of a phenylalanine at residue 508 (F508del) is the most common mutation that causes cellular processing, chloride channel gating and protein stability defects in CFTR. Pharmacological modulators of F508del-CFTR, aimed at correcting the cellular processing defect (correctors) and the gating defect (potentiators) in CFTR protein, are regarded as promising therapeutic agents for CF disease. Endeavors in searching F508del-CFTR modulators have shown encouraging results, with several small-molecule compounds having entered clinical trials or even represented clinical options. AREAS COVERED This review covers the discovery of F508del-CFTR correctors described in both patents (2005 - present) and scientific literatures. EXPERT OPINION Cyclopropane carboxamide derivatives of CFTR correctors continue to dominate in this area, among which lumacaftor (a NBD1-MSD1/2 interface stabilizer) is the most promising compound and is now under the priority review by US FDA. However, the abrogation effect of ivacaftor (potentiator) on lumacaftor suggests the requirement of discovering new correctors and potentiators that can cooperate well. Integration screening for simultaneously identifying combinations of correctors (particularly NBD1 stabilizer) and potentiators should provide an alternative strategy. A recently reported natural product fraction library may be useful for the integration screening.
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- Hong Yang
- a 1 School of Life Sciences, Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology and Drug Discovery, Liaoning Normal University , Dalian 116029, P.R. China +86 411 85827085 ; +86 411 85827068 ;
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Ye L, Hu B, El-Badri F, Hudson BM, Phuan PW, Verkman AS, Tantillo DJ, Kurth MJ. ΔF508-CFTR correctors: synthesis and evaluation of thiazole-tethered imidazolones, oxazoles, oxadiazoles, and thiadiazoles. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014; 24:5840-5844. [PMID: 25452003 PMCID: PMC4255153 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.09.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2014] [Revised: 09/14/2014] [Accepted: 09/24/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The most common mutation causing cystic fibrosis (CF) is deletion of phenylalanine residue 508 in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator conductance (CFTR) protein. Small molecules that are able to correct the misfolding of defective ΔF508-CFTR have considerable promise for therapy. Reported here are the design, preparation, and evaluation of five more hydrophilic bisazole analogs of previously identified bithiazole CF corrector 1. Interestingly, bisazole ΔF508-CFTR corrector activity was not increased by incorporation of more H-bond acceptors (O or N), but correlated best with the overall bisazole molecular geometry. The structure activity data, together with molecular modeling, suggested that active bisazole correctors adopt a U-shaped conformation, and that corrector activity depends on the molecule's ability to access this molecular geometry.
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- Long Ye
- Department of Chemistry, College of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430081, PR China.
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430081, PR China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, United States
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0521, United States; Department Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0521, United States
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0521, United States; Department Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0521, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, United States.
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Genetics of cystic fibrosis: CFTR mutation classifications toward genotype-based CF therapies. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2014; 52:94-102. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2014.02.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2013] [Revised: 02/24/2014] [Accepted: 02/28/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Rowe SM, Verkman AS. Cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator correctors and potentiators. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med 2013; 3:3/7/a009761. [PMID: 23818513 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a009761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is caused by loss-of-function mutations in the CF transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) protein, a cAMP-regulated anion channel expressed primarily at the apical plasma membrane of secretory epithelia. Nearly 2000 mutations in the CFTR gene have been identified that cause disease by impairing its translation, cellular processing, and/or chloride channel gating. The fundamental premise of CFTR corrector and potentiator therapy for CF is that addressing the underlying defects in the cellular processing and chloride channel function of CF-causing mutant CFTR alleles will result in clinical benefit by addressing the basic defect underlying CF. Correctors are principally targeted at F508del cellular misprocessing, whereas potentiators are intended to restore cAMP-dependent chloride channel activity to mutant CFTRs at the cell surface. This article reviews the discovery of CFTR potentiators and correctors, what is known regarding their mechanistic basis, and encouraging results achieved in clinical testing.
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- Steven M Rowe
- Department of Medicine, Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
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Ye L, Dickerson T, Kaur H, Takada YK, Fujita M, Liu R, Knapp JM, Lam KS, Schore NE, Kurth MJ, Takada Y. Identification of inhibitors against interaction between pro-inflammatory sPLA2-IIA protein and integrin αvβ3. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2012; 23:340-5. [PMID: 23164706 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2012.10.080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2012] [Revised: 10/15/2012] [Accepted: 10/16/2012] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Increased concentrations of secreted phospholipase A2 type IIA (sPLA2-IIA), have been found in the synovial fluid of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. It has been shown that sPLA2-IIA specifically binds to integrin αvβ3, and initiates a signaling pathway that leads to cell proliferation and inflammation. Therefore, the interaction between integrin and sPLA2-IIA could be a potential therapeutic target for the treatment of proliferation or inflammation-related diseases. Two one-bead-one-compound peptide libraries were constructed and screened, and seven target hits were identified. Herein we report the identification, synthesis, and biological testing of two pyrazolylthiazole-tethered peptide hits and their analogs. Biological assays showed that these compounds were able to suppress the sPLA2-IIA-integrin interaction and sPLA2-IIA-induced migration of monocytic cells and that the blockade of the sPLA2-IIA-integrin binding was specific to sPLA2-IIA and not to the integrin.
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- Long Ye
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, United States
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Donald MB, Rodriguez KX, Shay H, Phuan PW, Verkman AS, Kurth MJ. Click-based synthesis of triazolobithiazole ΔF508-CFTR correctors for cystic fibrosis. Bioorg Med Chem 2012; 20:5247-53. [PMID: 22841006 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2012.06.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2012] [Revised: 06/21/2012] [Accepted: 06/27/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Copper catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) chemistry is reported for the construction of previously unknown 5-(1H-1,2,3-triazol-1-yl)-4,5'-bithiazoles from 2-bromo-1-(thiazol-5-yl)ethanones. These novel triazolobithiazoles are shown to have cystic fibrosis (CF) corrector activity and, compared to the benchmark bithiazole CF corrector corr-4a, improved logP values (4.5 vs 5.96).
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- Michael B Donald
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Nowakowska E, Schulz T, Molenda N, Schillers H, Prehm P. Recovery of ΔF508-CFTR function by analogs of hyaluronan disaccharide. J Cell Biochem 2012; 113:156-64. [PMID: 21882224 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.23339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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We recently discovered that hyaluronan was exported from fibroblasts by MRP5 and from epithelial cells by cystic fibrosis (CF) transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) that was known as a chloride channel. On this basis we developed membrane permeable analogs of hyaluronan disaccharide as new class of compounds to modify their efflux. We found substances that activated hyaluronan export from human breast cancer cells. The most active compound 2-(2-acetamido-3,5-dihydroxyphenoxy)-5-aminobenzoic acid (Hylout4) was tested for its influence on the activity of epithelial cells. It activated the ion efflux by normal and defective ΔF508-CFTR. It also enhanced the plasma membrane concentration of the ΔF508-CFTR protein and reduced the transepithelial resistance of epithelial cells. In human trials of healthy persons, it caused an opening of CFTR in the nasal epithelium. Thus compound Hylout4 is a corrector that recovered ΔF508-CFTR from intracellular degradation and activated its export function.
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- Ewa Nowakowska
- Muenster University Hospital, Institute of Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Waldeyerstr. 15, D-48129 Muenster, Germany
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Bagley SW, Southers JA, Cabral S, Rose CR, Bernhardson DJ, Edmonds DJ, Polivkova J, Yang X, Kung DW, Griffith DA, Bader SJ. Synthesis of 7-Oxo-dihydrospiro[indazole-5,4′-piperidine] Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase Inhibitors. J Org Chem 2012; 77:1497-506. [DOI: 10.1021/jo202377g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Scott W. Bagley
- Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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Knapp JM, Wood AB, Phuan PW, Lodewyk MW, Tantillo DJ, Verkman AS, Kurth MJ. Structure-activity relationships of cyanoquinolines with corrector-potentiator activity in ΔF508 cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator protein. J Med Chem 2012; 55:1242-51. [PMID: 22214395 DOI: 10.1021/jm201372q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is caused by mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) chloride channel. The most common CF-causing mutation, ΔF508-CFTR, produces CFTR loss-of-function by impairing its cellular targeting to the plasma membrane and its chloride channel gating. We recently identified cyanoquinolines with both corrector ("Co", normalizing ΔF508-CFTR targeting) and potentiator ("Po", normalizing ΔF508-CFTR channel gating) activities. Here, we synthesized and characterized 24 targeted cyanoquinoline analogues to elucidate the conformational requirements for corrector and potentiator activities. Compounds with potentiator-only, corrector-only, and dual potentiator-corrector activities were found. Molecular modeling studies (conformational search ⇒ force-field lowest energy assessment ⇒ geometry optimization) suggest that (1) a flexible tether and (2) a relatively short bridge between the cyanoquinoline and arylamide moieties are important cyanoquinoline-based CoPo features. Further, these CoPo's may adopt two distinct π-stacking conformations to elicit corrector and potentiator activities.
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- John M Knapp
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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Lukacs GL, Verkman AS. CFTR: folding, misfolding and correcting the ΔF508 conformational defect. Trends Mol Med 2011; 18:81-91. [PMID: 22138491 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2011.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 288] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2011] [Revised: 10/19/2011] [Accepted: 10/19/2011] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Cystic fibrosis (CF), the most common lethal genetic disease in the Caucasian population, is caused by loss-of-function mutations of the CF transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR), a cyclic AMP-regulated plasma membrane chloride channel. The most common mutation, deletion of phenylalanine 508 (ΔF508), impairs CFTR folding and, consequently, its biosynthetic and endocytic processing as well as chloride channel function. Pharmacological treatments may target the ΔF508 CFTR structural defect directly by binding to the mutant protein and/or indirectly by altering cellular protein homeostasis (proteostasis) to promote ΔF508 CFTR plasma membrane targeting and stability. This review discusses recent basic research aimed at elucidating the structural and trafficking defects of ΔF508 CFTR, a prerequisite for the rational design of CF therapy to correct the loss-of-function phenotype.
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- Gergely L Lukacs
- Department of Physiology and GRASP, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec H3E 1Y6, Canada.
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Davison HR, Taylor S, Drake C, Phuan PW, Derichs N, Yao C, Jones EF, Sutcliffe J, Verkman AS, Kurth MJ. Functional fluorescently labeled bithiazole ΔF508-CFTR corrector imaged in whole body slices in mice. Bioconjug Chem 2011; 22:2593-9. [PMID: 22034937 DOI: 10.1021/bc2004457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We previously reported the identification and structure-activity analysis of bithiazole-based correctors of defective cellular processing of the cystic fibrosis-causing CFTR mutant, ΔF508-CFTR. Here, we report the synthesis and uptake of a functional, fluorescently labeled bithiazole corrector. Following synthesis and functional analysis of four bithiazole-fluorophore conjugates, we found that 5, a bithazole-based BODIPY conjugate, had low micromolar potency for correction of defective ΔF508-CFTR cellular misprocessing, with comparable efficacy to benchmark corrector corr-4a. Intravenous administration of 5 to mice established its stability in extrahepatic tissues for tens of minutes. By fluorescence imaging of whole-body frozen slices, fluorescent corrector 5 was visualized strongly in gastrointestinal organs, with less in lung and liver. Our results provide proof-of-concept for mapping the biodistribution of a ΔF508-CFTR corrector by fluorophore labeling and fluorescence imaging of whole-body slices.
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- Holly R Davison
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, Davis, California 95616, United States
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Hutt DM, Olsen CA, Vickers CJ, Herman D, Chalfant MA, Montero A, Leman LJ, Burkle R, Maryanoff BE, Balch WE, Ghadiri MR. Potential Agents for Treating Cystic Fibrosis: Cyclic Tetrapeptides that Restore Trafficking and Activity of ΔF508-CFTR. ACS Med Chem Lett 2011; 2:703-707. [PMID: 21984958 DOI: 10.1021/ml200136e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a loss-of-function disease caused by mutations in the CF transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) protein, a chloride ion channel that localizes to the apical plasma membrane of epithelial cells. The most common form of the disease results from the deletion of phenylalanine-508 (ΔF508), leading to the accumulation of CFTR in the endoplasmic reticulum with a concomitant loss of chloride flux. We discovered that cyclic tetrapeptides, such as 11, 14, and 15, are able to correct the trafficking defect and restore cell surface activity of ΔF508-CFTR. Although this class of cyclic tetrapeptides is known to contain inhibitors of certain histone deacetylase (HDAC) isoforms, their HDAC inhibitory potencies did not directly correlate with their ability to rescue ΔF508-CFTR. In full HDAC profiling, 15 strongly inhibited HDACs 1, 2, 3, 10 and 11, but not HDACs 4-9. Although 15 had less potent IC(50) values than reference agent vorinostat (2) in HDAC profiling, it was markedly more potent than 2 in rescuing ΔF508-CFTR. We suggest that specific HDACs can have a differential influence on correcting ΔF508-CFTR, which may reflect both deacetylase and protein scaffolding actions.
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- Darren M. Hutt
- Departments of †Cell Biology, ‡Chemical Physiology, and §Chemistry, and ∥The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Departments of †Cell Biology, ‡Chemical Physiology, and §Chemistry, and ∥The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Departments of †Cell Biology, ‡Chemical Physiology, and §Chemistry, and ∥The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Departments of †Cell Biology, ‡Chemical Physiology, and §Chemistry, and ∥The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Departments of †Cell Biology, ‡Chemical Physiology, and §Chemistry, and ∥The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Departments of †Cell Biology, ‡Chemical Physiology, and §Chemistry, and ∥The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Departments of †Cell Biology, ‡Chemical Physiology, and §Chemistry, and ∥The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Departments of †Cell Biology, ‡Chemical Physiology, and §Chemistry, and ∥The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Departments of †Cell Biology, ‡Chemical Physiology, and §Chemistry, and ∥The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Departments of †Cell Biology, ‡Chemical Physiology, and §Chemistry, and ∥The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Departments of †Cell Biology, ‡Chemical Physiology, and §Chemistry, and ∥The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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Phuan PW, Yang B, Knapp JM, Wood AB, Lukacs GL, Kurth MJ, Verkman AS. Cyanoquinolines with independent corrector and potentiator activities restore ΔPhe508-cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator chloride channel function in cystic fibrosis. Mol Pharmacol 2011; 80:683-93. [PMID: 21730204 DOI: 10.1124/mol.111.073056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The ΔPhe508 mutation in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) protein impairs its folding, stability, and chloride channel gating. Although small molecules that separately correct defective ΔPhe508-CFTR folding/cellular processing ("correctors") or chloride channel gating ("potentiators") have been discovered and are in clinical trials, single compounds with bona fide dual corrector and potentiator activities have not been identified. Here, screening of ∼110,000 small molecules not tested previously revealed a cyanoquinoline class of compounds with independent corrector and potentiator activities (termed CoPo). Analysis of 180 CoPo analogs revealed 6 compounds with dual corrector and potentiator activities and 13 compounds with only potentiator activity. N-(2-((3-Cyano-5,7-dimethylquinolin-2-yl)amino)ethyl)-3-methoxybenzamide (CoPo-22), which was synthesized in six steps in 52% overall yield, had low micromolar EC(50) for ΔPhe508-CFTR corrector and potentiator activities by short-circuit current assay. Maximal corrector and potentiator activities were comparable with those conferred by the bithiazole Corr-4a and the flavone genistein, respectively. CoPo-22 also activated wild-type and G551D CFTR chloride conductance within minutes in a forskolin-dependent manner. Compounds with dual corrector and potentiator activities may be useful for single-drug treatment of cystic fibrosis caused by ΔPhe508 mutation.
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- Puay-Wah Phuan
- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
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