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Srikanth D, Shanthi K, Paoletti N, Joshi SV, Shaik MG, Rana P, Vadakattu M, Yaddanapudi VM, Supuran CT, Nanduri S. Exploration of 1,3,5-trisubstituted pyrazoline derivatives as human carbonic anhydrase inhibitors: Synthesis, biological evaluation and in silico studies. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 280:135890. [PMID: 39313048 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.135890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2024] [Revised: 09/19/2024] [Accepted: 09/19/2024] [Indexed: 09/25/2024]
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The human carbonic anhydrase (hCA) IX and XII isoforms are overexpressed in hypoxic conditions, contributing to cancer. Lack of isoform selectivity has been one of the main challenges associated with the existing drugs targeting hCAs. Hence, the development of alternative approaches, such as tail approach to develop more selective hCA IX and XII inhibitors is need of the hour. In the present work, we designed and synthesized 24 new 1,3.5-trisubstituted-pyrazoline derivatives with diverse substitutions. The synthesized analogs were evaluated for their hCA inhibitory activities against hCA I, II, IX, and XII isoforms. Among the tested compounds, derivative 8 displayed good inhibitory activity against hCA IX (Ki = 331 nM) and XII (Ki = 96.7 nM). In addition, 9a-g also exhibited some inhibitory activities against hCA IX and XII, with Kis ranging from 574-799 nM and 137-369 nM, respectively. Molecular modelling studies of compound 8 displayed metal coordination with zinc ion and hydrophobic, hydrophilic interactions with adjacent amino acid residues, and maintained stable interactions throughout 100 ns. In addition, ADMET studies demonstrated that compound 8 obeyed the Lipinski's rule of five and was found to be druggable and non-toxic. Hence, compound 8 was identified as potential lead for further development.
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- Danaboina Srikanth
- Department of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad 500 037, India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad 500 037, India
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- Università Degli Studi di Firenze, Neurofarba Dept., Sezione di ScienzeFarmaceutiche e Nutraceutiche, Via Ugo Schiff 6, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019 Florence, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad 500 037, India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad 500 037, India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad 500 037, India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad 500 037, India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad 500 037, India
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- Università Degli Studi di Firenze, Neurofarba Dept., Sezione di ScienzeFarmaceutiche e Nutraceutiche, Via Ugo Schiff 6, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019 Florence, Italy.
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad 500 037, India.
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Yu Y, Sternicki LM, Hilko DH, Jarrott RJ, Di Trapani G, Tonissen KF, Poulsen SA. Investigating Active Site Binding of Ligands to High and Low Activity Carbonic Anhydrase Enzymes Using Native Mass Spectrometry. J Med Chem 2024; 67:15862-15872. [PMID: 39161321 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c01512] [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: 08/21/2024]
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Carbonic anhydrases (CAs) are a family of enzymes that play an important pH regulatory role in health and disease. While different CA isozymes have a high degree of structural similarity, they have variable enzymatic activity, with CA III being the least active and having less than 1% of the activity of CA II, the most active. Furthermore, ligand binding studies for CA III are limited, and a resulting lack of chemical probes impedes understanding of this CA isozyme in comparison to other CA family members where studies are abundant. Therefore, we employed native mass spectrometry (nMS), also known as intact mass spectrometry, to assess ligand binding to CA II and CA III and discovered two novel compounds that for the first time display strong binding to CA III. We present a new data visualization and quantification tool developed to display native mass spectra as an intuitive stacked heat map representation for rapidly interpreting the results of ligand-protein binding from nMS screening.
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- Yezhou Yu
- Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia
- School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia
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- Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia
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- Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia
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- School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia
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- School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia
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- Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia
- School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia
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- Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia
- School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia
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Sadanala BD, Trivedi R. Ferrocenyl Azoles: Versatile N-Containing Heterocycles and their Anticancer Activities. CHEM REC 2024; 24:e202300347. [PMID: 38984727 DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202300347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2023] [Revised: 05/04/2024] [Indexed: 07/11/2024]
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The medicinal chemistry of ferrocene has gained its momentum after the discovery of biological activities of ferrocifen and ferroquine. These ferrocenyl drugs have been designed by replacing the aromatic moiety of the organic drugs, tamoxifen and chloroquine respectively, with a ferrocenyl unit. The promising biological activities of these ferrocenyl drugs have paved a path to explore the medicinal applications of several ferrocenyl conjugates. In these conjugates, the ferrocenyl moiety has played a vital role in enhancing or imparting the anticancer activity to the molecule. The ferrocenyl conjugates induce the cytotoxicity by generating reactive oxygen species and thereby damaging the DNA. In medicinal chemistry, the five membered nitrogen heterocycles (azoles) play a significant role due to their rigid ring structure and hydrogen bonding ability with the biomolecules. Several potent drug candidates with azole groups have been in use as chemotherapeutics. Considering the importance of ferrocenyl moiety and azole groups, several ferrocenyl azole conjugates have been synthesized and screened for their biological activities. Hence, in the view of a wide scope in the development of potent drugs based on ferrocenyl azole conjugates, herein we present the details of synthesis and the anticancer activities of ferrocenyl compounds bearing azole groups such as imidazole, triazoles, thiazole and isoxazoles.
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- Bhavya Deepthi Sadanala
- Catalysis and Fine Chemicals Department, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, Uppal Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad, 500007, Telangana, India
- Present address, Department of Chemistry, Central University of Karnataka, Kalaburagi, 585367, Karnataka, India
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- Catalysis and Fine Chemicals Department, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, Uppal Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad, 500007, Telangana, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, AcSIR, Headquarters, CSIR-HRDC campus Sector 19, Kamala Nehru Nagar, Ghaziabad, U.P., 201 002, India
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Bendi A, Taruna, Rajni, Kataria S, Singh L, Kennedy JF, Supuran CT, Raghav N. Chemistry of heterocycles as carbonic anhydrase inhibitors: A pathway to novel research in medicinal chemistry review. Arch Pharm (Weinheim) 2024; 357:e2400073. [PMID: 38683875 DOI: 10.1002/ardp.202400073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2024] [Revised: 03/12/2024] [Accepted: 03/14/2024] [Indexed: 05/02/2024]
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Nowadays, the scientific community has focused on dealing with different kinds of diseases by exploring the chemistry of various heterocycles as novel drugs. In this connection, medicinal chemists identified carbonic anhydrases (CA) as one of the biologically active targets for curing various diseases. The widespread distribution of these enzymes and the high degree of homology shared by the different isoforms offer substantial challenges to discovering potential drugs. Medicinal and synthetic organic chemists have been continuously involved in developing CA inhibitors. This review explored the chemistry of different heterocycles as CA inhibitors using the last 11 years of published research work. It provides a pathway for young researchers to further explore the chemistry of a variety of synthetic as well as natural heterocycles as CA inhibitors.
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- Anjaneyulu Bendi
- Department of Chemistry, Presidency University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, SGT University, Gurugram, Haryana, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, SGT University, Gurugram, Haryana, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, SGT University, Gurugram, Haryana, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, SGT University, Gurugram, Haryana, India
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- Neurofarba Department, Pharmaceutical and Neutraceutical Section, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India
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Angeli A, Chelli I, Lucarini L, Sgambellone S, Marri S, Villano S, Ferraroni M, De Luca V, Capasso C, Carta F, Supuran CT. Novel Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors with Dual-Tail Core Sulfonamide Show Potent and Lasting Effects for Glaucoma Therapy. J Med Chem 2024; 67:3066-3089. [PMID: 38266245 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c02254] [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: 01/26/2024]
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Glaucoma, a leading cause of irreversible vision loss worldwide, is characterized by elevated intraocular pressure (IOP), a well-established risk factor across all its forms. We present the design and synthesis of 39 novel carbonic anhydrase inhibitors by a dual-tailed approach, strategically crafted to interact with distinct hydrophobic and hydrophilic pockets of CA active sites. The series was investigated against the CA isoforms implicated in glaucoma (hCA II, hCA IV, and hCA XII), and the X-ray crystal structures of compounds 25a, 25f, and 26a with CA II, along with 14b in complex with a hCA XII mimic, were determined. Selected compounds (14a, 25a, and 26a) underwent evaluation for their ability to reduce IOP in rabbits with ocular hypertension. Derivative 26a showed significant potency and sustained IOP-lowering effects, surpassing the efficacy of the drugs dorzolamide and bimatoprost. This positions compound 26a as a promising candidate for the development of a novel anti-glaucoma medication.
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- Andrea Angeli
- NEUROFARBA Department, Sezione di Scienze Farmaceutiche, University of Florence, Via Ugo Schiff 6, 50019 Florence, Italy
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- NEUROFARBA Department, Sezione di Scienze Farmaceutiche, University of Florence, Via Ugo Schiff 6, 50019 Florence, Italy
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- NEUROFARBA Department, Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Section, University of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy
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- NEUROFARBA Department, Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Section, University of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy
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- NEUROFARBA Department, Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Section, University of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy
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- NEUROFARBA Department, Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Section, University of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3-13, 50019 Florence, Italy
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- Istituto di Bioscienze e Biorisorse, CNR, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- NEUROFARBA Department, Sezione di Scienze Farmaceutiche, University of Florence, Via Ugo Schiff 6, 50019 Florence, Italy
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- NEUROFARBA Department, Sezione di Scienze Farmaceutiche, University of Florence, Via Ugo Schiff 6, 50019 Florence, Italy
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Romagnoli R, De Ventura T, Manfredini S, Baldini E, Supuran CT, Nocentini A, Brancale A, Bortolozzi R, Manfreda L, Viola G. Design, synthesis, and biological investigation of selective human carbonic anhydrase II, IX, and XII inhibitors using 7-aryl/heteroaryl triazolopyrimidines bearing a sulfanilamide scaffold. J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem 2023; 38:2270180. [PMID: 37850364 PMCID: PMC10586084 DOI: 10.1080/14756366.2023.2270180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2023] [Accepted: 10/07/2023] [Indexed: 10/19/2023] Open
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A novel library of human carbonic anhydrase (hCA) inhibitors based on the 2-sulfanilamido[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine skeleton modified at its 7-position was prepared by an efficient convergent procedure. These derivatives were evaluated in vitro for their inhibition properties against a representative panel of hCA isoforms (hCA I, II, IV, IX, and XII). The target tumour-associated isoforms hCA IX and XII were potently inhibited with KIs in the low nanomolar range of 5-96 nM and 4-72 nM, respectively. Compounds 1d, 1j, 1v, and 1x were the most potent hCA IX inhibitors with KIs of 5.1, 8.6, 4.7, and 5.1 nM, respectively. Along with derivatives 1d and 1j, compounds 1r and 1ab potently inhibited hCA XII isoform with KIs in a single-digit nanomolar range of 8.8, 5.4, 4.3, and 9.0 nM, respectively. Compounds 1e, 1m, and 1p exhibited the best selectivity against hCA IX and hCA XII isoforms over off-target hCA II, with selectivity indexes ranging from 5 to 14.
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- Romeo Romagnoli
- Department of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of NEUROFARBA, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of NEUROFARBA, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Vysoká Škola Chemicko-Technologická v Praze, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Woman’s and Child’s Health, Hemato-Oncology Lab, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, Section of Pharmacology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
- Laboratory of Experimental Pharmacology, Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica (IRP), Padova, Italy
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- Department of Woman’s and Child’s Health, Hemato-Oncology Lab, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
- Laboratory of Experimental Pharmacology, Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica (IRP), Padova, Italy
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- Department of Woman’s and Child’s Health, Hemato-Oncology Lab, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
- Laboratory of Experimental Pharmacology, Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica (IRP), Padova, Italy
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Carlucci R, Lisa MN, Labadie GR. 1,2,3-Triazoles in Biomolecular Crystallography: A Geometrical Data-Mining Approach. J Med Chem 2023; 66:14377-14390. [PMID: 37903297 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c01097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2023]
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The 1,2,3-triazole scaffold has become very attractive to identify new chemical entities in drug discovery projects. Despite the widespread use of click chemistry to synthesize numerous 123Ts, there are few drugs on the market that incorporate this scaffold as a substructure. To investigate the true potential of 123Ts in protein-ligand interactions, we examined the noncovalent interactions between the 1,2,3-triazole ring and amino acids in protein-ligand cocrystals using a geometrical approach. For this purpose, we constructed a nonredundant database of 220 PDB IDs from available 123T-protein cocrystal structures. Subsequently, using the Protein Ligand Interaction Profiler web platform (PLIP), we determined whether 1,2,3-triazoles primarily act as linkers or if they can be considered interactive scaffolds. We then manually analyzed the geometrical descriptors from 333 interactions between 1,4-disubstituted 123T rings and amino acid residues in proteins. This study demonstrates that 1,2,3-triazoles exhibit diverse preferred interactions with amino acids, which contribute to protein-ligand binding.
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- Renzo Carlucci
- Instituto de Química Rosario, UNR, CONICET; Suipacha 531, S2002LRK, Rosario, ARGENTINA
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario (IBR, CONICET-UNR), Ocampo y Esmeralda, Rosario 2000, ARGENTINA
- Plataforma de Biología Estructural y Metabolómica (PLABEM), Ocampo y Esmeralda, Rosario 2000, ARGENTINA
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- Instituto de Química Rosario, UNR, CONICET; Suipacha 531, S2002LRK, Rosario, ARGENTINA
- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 531, S2002LRK, Rosario, ARGENTINA
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Supuran CT. A simple yet multifaceted 90 years old, evergreen enzyme: Carbonic anhydrase, its inhibition and activation. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2023; 93:129411. [PMID: 37507055 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2023.129411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2023] [Accepted: 07/18/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023]
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Advances in the carbonic anhydrase (CA, EC 4.2.1.1) research over the last three decades are presented, with an emphasis on the deciphering of the activation mechanism, the development of isoform-selective inhibitors/ activators by the tail approach and their applications in the management of obesity, hypoxic tumors, neurological conditions, and as antiinfectives.
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- Claudiu T Supuran
- Neurofarba Department, University of Florence, Section of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Via Ugo Schiff 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy.
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El-Hazek RMM, Zaher NH, Emam HES, El-Gazzar MG, Khalil A. Pyrazole-sulfonamide scaffold featuring dual-tail strategy as apoptosis inducers in colon cancer. Sci Rep 2023; 13:5782. [PMID: 37031294 PMCID: PMC10082777 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-32820-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 04/10/2023] Open
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Dual-tail strategy has been successfully utilized in the development of novel carbonic anhydrase IX (CA IX) inhibitors. Herein we adopted this approach in the design and synthesis of a series of novel pyridine sulfonamide-pyrazole hybrid scaffold mimicking dual-tail inhibitors of CA IX. A library of 15 compounds was synthesized and assessed for their potential cytotoxic effects against colorectal cancer cells. Compounds 3, and 11 induced potential cytotoxic effects against the three cancer cell lines (HCT-116, HT-29, and SW-620) with IC50s' of 45.88, 28.27, and 16.57 uM, 25.01, 8.99, and 3.27 µM, respectively. Both compounds induced cellular apoptosis on HCT-116 and SW-620 cells, while compound 3 induced necrosis as well. In addition, both compounds induced cell cycle arrest on G0/G1, and S phases. Also, compound 11 showed potential autophagy induction on both colon cancer cell lines (HCT-116, and HT-29), and a little bit on metastatic type. Both compounds were less cytotoxic than the reference drug on normal epithelial cell. The migration rates of HCT-116 and the metastatic one SW-620 were reduced by both compounds. Finally, molecular docking of compounds 3 and 11 into the active site of CA IX confirmed in vitro inhibitory activity for both compounds.
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- Reham M M El-Hazek
- Drug Radiation Research Department, National Center for Radiation Research and Technology (NCRRT), Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority (EAEA), Cairo, 11787, Egypt
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- Drug Radiation Research Department, National Center for Radiation Research and Technology (NCRRT), Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority (EAEA), Cairo, 11787, Egypt
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- Biomedical Research Division, Nawah Scientific, Cairo, Egypt
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- Drug Radiation Research Department, National Center for Radiation Research and Technology (NCRRT), Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority (EAEA), Cairo, 11787, Egypt.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, The British University in Egypt (BUE), El-Sherouk City, 11837, Egypt.
- The Center for Drug Research and Development (CDRD), Faculty of Pharmacy, The British University in Egypt (BUE), El-Sherouk City, Cairo, 11837, Egypt.
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Angeli A, Paoletti N, Supuran CT. Five-Membered Heterocyclic Sulfonamides as Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28073220. [PMID: 37049983 PMCID: PMC10096498 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28073220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2023] [Revised: 03/30/2023] [Accepted: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 04/14/2023] Open
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The development of heterocyclic derivatives has progressed considerably over the past decades, and many new carbonic anhydrase inhibitors (CAIs) fall into this field. In particular, five-membered heterocyclic sulfonamides have been generally shown to be more effective inhibitors compared to six-membered rings ones. Despite the importance of oxygen and nitrogen five-membered heterocyclic aromatic rings in medicinal chemistry, the installation of sulfonamide moiety on such heterocycles has not received much attention. On the other hand, 1,3,4-thiadiazole/thiadiazoline ring-bearing sulfonamides are the scaffolds which have been widely used in a variety of pharmaceutically important CAIs such as acetazolamide, metazolamide and their many derivatives obtained by using the tail approach. Here, we reviewed the field focusing on the diverse biological activities of these CAIs, such as antiglaucoma, antiepileptic, antitumor and antiinfective properties. This review highlights developments involving five-membered heterocyclic sulfonamides over the last years, with a focus on their pharmacological/clinical applications.
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- Andrea Angeli
- NEUROFARBA Department, Sezione di Scienze Farmaceutiche, University of Florence, Via Ugo Schiff 6, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019 Florence, Italy
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- NEUROFARBA Department, Sezione di Scienze Farmaceutiche, University of Florence, Via Ugo Schiff 6, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019 Florence, Italy
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- NEUROFARBA Department, Sezione di Scienze Farmaceutiche, University of Florence, Via Ugo Schiff 6, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019 Florence, Italy
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MM/GBSA prediction of relative binding affinities of carbonic anhydrase inhibitors: effect of atomic charges and comparison with Autodock4 Zn. J Comput Aided Mol Des 2023; 37:167-182. [PMID: 36930332 PMCID: PMC10050039 DOI: 10.1007/s10822-023-00499-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2023] [Accepted: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2023]
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Carbonic anhydrase is an attractive drug target for the treatment of many diseases. This paper examines the ability of end-state MM/GBSA methods to rank inhibitors of carbonic anhydrase in terms of their binding affinities. The MM/GBSA binding energies were evaluated using different atomic charge schemes (Mulliken, ESP and NPA) at different levels of theories, including Hartree-Fock, B3LYP-D3(BJ), and M06-2X with the 6-31G(d,p) basis set. For a large test set of 32 diverse inhibitors, the use of B3LYP-D3(BJ) ESP atomic charges yielded the strongest correlation with experiment (R2 = 0.77). The use of the recently enhanced Autodock Vina and zinc optimised AD4Zn force field also predicted ligand binding affinities with moderately strong correlation (R2 = 0.64) at significantly lower computational cost. However, the docked poses deviate significantly from crystal structures. Overall, this study demonstrates the applicability of docking to estimate ligand binding affinities for a diverse range of CA inhibitors, and indicates that more theoretically robust MM/GBSA simulations show promise for improving the accuracy of predicted binding affinities, as long as a validated set of parameters is used.
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Buza A, Türkeş C, Arslan M, Demir Y, Dincer B, Nixha AR, Beydemir Ş. Discovery of novel benzenesulfonamides incorporating 1,2,3-triazole scaffold as carbonic anhydrase I, II, IX, and XII inhibitors. Int J Biol Macromol 2023; 239:124232. [PMID: 37001773 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.124232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2023] [Revised: 03/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/25/2023] [Indexed: 03/31/2023]
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Sulfonamides are among the most promising potential inhibitors for carbonic anhydrases (CAs), which are pharmaceutically relevant targets for treating several disease conditions. Herein, a series of benzenesulfonamides bearing 1,2,3-triazole moiety as inhibitors of human (h) α-CAs (hCAs) were designed using the tail approach. The design method combines a benzenesulfonamide moiety with a tail of oxime and a zinc-binding group on a 1,2,3-triazole scaffold. Among the synthesized derivatives, the naphthyl (6m, KI of 68.6 nM, SI of 10.3), and methyl (6a, KI of 56.3 nM, SI of 11.7) derivatives (over hCA IX) and propyl (6c, KI of 95.6 nM, SI of 2.7), and pentyl (6d, KI of 51.1 nM, SI of 6.6) derivatives (over hCA XII) displayed a noticeable selectivity for isoforms hCA I and II, respectively. Meanwhile, derivative 6e displayed a potent inhibitory effect versus the cytosolic isoform hCA I (KI of 47.8 nM) and tumor-associated isoforms hCA IX and XII (KIs of 195.9 and 116.9 nM, respectively) compared with the reference drug acetazolamide (AAZ, KIs of 451.8, 437.2, and 338.9 nM, respectively). Derivative 6b showed higher potency (KI of 33.2 nM) than AAZ (KI of 327.3 nM) towards another cytosolic isoform hCA II. Nevertheless, substituting the lipophilic large naphthyl tail to the 1,2,3-triazole linked benzenesulfonamides (6a-n) raised inhibitory effect versus hCA I and XII and selectivity towards hCA I and II isoforms over hCA IX. Evaluation of the cytotoxic potential of the synthesized derivatives was conducted in L929, MCF-7, and Hep-3B cell lines. Several compounds in the series demonstrated significant antiproliferative activity and minimal cytotoxicity. In the molecular docking study, the sulfonamide moiety interacted with the zinc-ion and neatly fit into the hCAs active sites. The extension of the tail was found to participate in diverse hydrophilic and hydrophobic interactions with adjacent amino acids, ultimately influencing the effectiveness and specificity of the derivatives.
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Kakakhan C, Türkeş C, Güleç Ö, Demir Y, Arslan M, Özkemahlı G, Beydemir Ş. Exploration of 1,2,3-triazole linked benzenesulfonamide derivatives as isoform selective inhibitors of human carbonic anhydrase. Bioorg Med Chem 2023; 77:117111. [PMID: 36463726 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2022.117111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2022] [Revised: 11/13/2022] [Accepted: 11/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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A novel series of 1,2,3-triazole benzenesulfonamide substituted 1,3-dioxoisoindolin-5-carboxylate (7a-l) inhibitors of human α-carbonic anhydrase (hCA) was designed using a tail approach. The design method relies on the hybridization of a benzenesulfonamide moiety with a tail of 1,3-dioxoisoindoline-5-carboxylate and a zinc-binding group on a 1,2,3-triazole scaffold. Among the synthesized analogues, 2‑iodophenyl (7f, KI of 105.00 nM and SI of 2.98) and 2‑naphthyl (7h, KI of 32.11 nM and SI of 3.48) analogues (over off-target hCA I) and phenyl (7a, KI of 50.13 nM and SI of 2.74) and 2,6‑dimethylphenyl (7d, KI of 50.60 nM and SI of 3.35) analogues (over off-target hCA II) exhibited a remarkable selectivity for tumor isoforms hCA IX and XII, respectively. Meanwhile, analogue 7a displayed a potent inhibitory effect against the tumor-associated isoform hCA IX (KI of 18.29 nM) compared with the reference drug acetazolamide (AAZ, KI of 437.20 nM), and analogue 7h showed higher potency (KI of 9.22 nM) than AAZ (KI of 338.90 nM) against another tumor-associated isoform hCA XII. However, adding the lipophilic large naphthyl tail to the 1,3-dioxoisoindolin-5-carboxylate analogues increased both the hCA inhibitory and selective activities against the target isoform, hCA XII. Additionally, these analogues (7a-l) showed IC50 values against the human lung (A549) adenocarcinoma cancer cell line ranging from 129.71 to 352.26 μM. The results of the molecular docking study suggested that the sulfonamide moiety fits snugly into the hCAs active sites and interacts with the Zn2+ ion. At the same time, the tail extension engages in various hydrophilic and hydrophobic interactions with the nearby amino acids, which affects the potency and selectivity of the hybrids.
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- Chnar Kakakhan
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts and Science, Sakarya University, 54187 Sakarya, Turkey
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University, 24002 Erzincan, Turkey.
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts and Science, Sakarya University, 54187 Sakarya, Turkey
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- Department of Pharmacy Services, Nihat Delibalta Göle Vocational High School, Ardahan University, 75700 Ardahan, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts and Science, Sakarya University, 54187 Sakarya, Turkey.
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- Department of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University, 24002 Erzincan, Turkey
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Anadolu University, 26470 Eskişehir, Turkey; The Rectorate of Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University, 11230 Bilecik, Turkey
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Al-Warhi T, Elbadawi MM, Bonardi A, Nocentini A, Al-Karmalawy AA, Aljaeed N, Alotaibi OJ, Abdel-Aziz HA, Supuran CT, Eldehna WM. Design and synthesis of benzothiazole-based SLC-0111 analogues as new inhibitors for the cancer-associated carbonic anhydrase isoforms IX and XII. J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem 2022; 37:2635-2643. [PMID: 36146927 PMCID: PMC9518259 DOI: 10.1080/14756366.2022.2124409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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In this work, different series of benzothiazole-based sulphonamides 8a-c, 10, 12, 16a-b and carboxylic acids 14a-c were developed as novel SLC-0111 analogues with the goal of generating potent carbonic anhydrase (CA) inhibitors. The adopted strategy involved replacing the 4-fluorophenyl tail in SLC-0111 with a benzothiazole motif that attached to the ureido linker to produce compounds 8c and its regioisomers 8a-b. In addition, the ureido spacer was elongated by methylene or ethylene groups to afford the counterparts 10 and 12. In turn, the primary sulfamoyl zinc binding group (ZBG) was either substituted or replaced by carboxylic acid functionality in order to provide the secondary sulphonamide-based SLC-0111 analogues 16a-b, and the carboxylic acid derivatives 14a-c, respectively. All compounds (8a-c, 10, 12, 14a-c and 16a-b) were tested for their ability to inhibit CA isoforms CA I, II, IX and XII. Additionally, the in vitro anticancer properties of the developed CAIs were evaluated.
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- Tarfah Al-Warhi
- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafr el-sheikh, Egypt
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- Department of NE.UROFARBA, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, University of Florence, Polo Scientifico, Firenze, Italy
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- Department of NE.UROFARBA, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, University of Florence, Polo Scientifico, Firenze, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Horus University-Egypt, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Applied Organic Chemistry, National Research Center, Dokki, Egypt
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- Department of NE.UROFARBA, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, University of Florence, Polo Scientifico, Firenze, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafr el-sheikh, Egypt
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Beatriz Vermelho A, Rodrigues GC, Nocentini A, Mansoldo FRP, Supuran CT. Discovery of novel drugs for Chagas disease: is carbonic anhydrase a target for antiprotozoal drugs? Expert Opin Drug Discov 2022; 17:1147-1158. [PMID: 36039500 DOI: 10.1080/17460441.2022.2117295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Carbonic anhydrase (CA) arose significant interest as a potential new target for Chagas disease since its discovery in Trypanosoma cruzi in 2013. Benznidazole and Nifurtimox have been used for Chagas disease treatment for 60 years despite all efforts done for obtaining more efficient treatments, acting in the acute and chronic phases of illness, with fewer side effects and resistance induction. AREAS COVERED We discuss the positive and negative aspects of T. cruzi CA (TcCA) studies as a target for developing new drugs. The current research discoveries and the classes of TcCA inhibitors are reviewed. The sulfonamides and their derivatives are the main inhibitor classes, but hydroxamates and the thiols, were investigated too. These compounds inhibited the growth of the evolutive forms of the parasite. A comparative analysis was done with CAs from other Trypanosomatids and protozoans. EXPERT OPINION The search for new targets and drugs is a significant challenge worldwide, and TcCA is a potential candidate for developing new drugs. Several studied inhibitors were active against Trypanosoma cruzi, but their penetration and toxicity problems emerged. New approaches are in progress to obtain inhibitors with desired properties, allowing further steps such as tests using an adequate animal model and subsequent developments for the preclinical testing.
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- Alane Beatriz Vermelho
- BIOINOVAR - Biotechnology Laboratories: Biocatalysis, Bioproducts, and Bioenergy, Institute of Microbiology Paulo de Goes, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- UNIGRANRIO - Universidade do Grande Rio Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ensino das Ciências, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research, and Child's Health, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- BIOINOVAR - Biotechnology Laboratories: Biocatalysis, Bioproducts, and Bioenergy, Institute of Microbiology Paulo de Goes, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research, and Child's Health, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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Abdelgawad MA, Bukhari SNA, Musa A, Elmowafy M, Elkomy MH, Nayl AA, El-Ghorab AH, Alsohaimi IH, Abdel-Bakky MS, Althobaiti IO, Altaleb HA, Omar HA, Abdelazeem AH, Zaki MA, Shaker ME, Elshemy HAH. New Sulfamethoxazole Derivatives as Selective Carbonic Anhydrase IX and XII Inhibitors: Design, Synthesis, Cytotoxic Activity and Molecular Modeling. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2022; 15:ph15091134. [PMID: 36145355 PMCID: PMC9501356 DOI: 10.3390/ph15091134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2022] [Revised: 08/31/2022] [Accepted: 09/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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In this study new sulphamethoxazole derivatives (S1-S4, S6-S12, and S14-S22) were designed and synthesized and their structures were fully characterized and validated using NMR, mass, and IR spectroscopy, as well as elemental analyses. All new derivatives (S1-S22) were assayed against human carbonic anhydrase (hCAs IX and XII) for their inhibitory activities. hCAs IX and XII were chosen due to the fact that CAIX expression is recognized as a hypoxia marker with a poor prognosis in breast cancer. When compared to Dorzolamide HCl as a standard reference, derivatives S2, S3, S8, S9, and S15 had the most effective inhibition with low IC50 values. The active compounds were further evaluated against hCAs I and II inhibitory activity and compounds S8, S9 and S15 showed the least inhibitory effect compared to the reference standard, acetazolamide, indicating that their effect in normal cells is the lowest. Cell viability tests for the selected compounds were carried out on MCF7 (normoxia and hypoxia) and on the normal breast cell line (MCF10a) with Staurosporine as a standard. The results showed that compound S15 had a highly potent cytotoxic effect. Furthermore, cell cycle analysis results showed that compound S15 triggered cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in G1/S of MCF7 cancer cells. Finally, molecular docking was performed to point out the possible explanation for the vital structural features and key-interactions exerted by our ligands with hCAs IX and XII that might share additional designs and highlight possible leads for a hopeful anticancer agent. Consequently, sulphamethoxazole Derivative S15 could be the potential lead for emerging selective cytotoxic compounds directing h CAs IX and XII.
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- Mohamed A. Abdelgawad
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Jouf University, Sakaka 72431, Saudi Arabia
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +96-65-9543-5214
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Jouf University, Sakaka 72431, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, Jouf University, Sakaka 72341, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Jouf University, Sakaka 72341, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Jouf University, Sakaka 72341, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Jouf University, Sakaka 72341, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Jouf University, Sakaka 72341, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, Qassim University, Buraydah 51452, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science and Arts, Jouf University, Sakaka 72341, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Islamic University of Madinah, Madinah 41477, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Pharmacy, University of Sharjah, Sharjah P.O. Box 27272, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef 62514, Egypt
- Pharmacy Department, College of Pharmacy, Riyadh Elm University, Riyadh 11681, Saudi Arabia
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- Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef 62514, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Jouf University, Sakaka 72341, Saudi Arabia
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- Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef 62514, Egypt
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A decade of tail-approach based design of selective as well as potent tumor associated carbonic anhydrase inhibitors. Bioorg Chem 2022; 126:105920. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2022.105920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2021] [Revised: 05/22/2022] [Accepted: 05/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Elbadawi MM, Eldehna WM, Nocentini A, Somaa WR, Al-Rashood ST, Elkaeed EB, El Hassab MA, Abdel-Aziz HA, Supuran CT, Fares M. Development of 4-((3-oxo-3-phenylpropyl)amino)benzenesulfonamide derivatives utilizing tail/dual-tail approaches as novel carbonic anhydrase inhibitors. Eur J Med Chem 2022; 238:114412. [PMID: 35551035 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2022.114412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2021] [Revised: 04/12/2022] [Accepted: 04/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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In the current work, we adopted the tail/dual tail approaches to design and synthesize the benzenesulfonamide derivatives 6a-b, 8, 10a-b, 12a-b, 14, and 16 as new SLC-0111 analogs endowed with carbonic anhydrase (CA) inhibitory activity. All the prepared benzenesulfonamide derivatives were tested for their inhibitory action towards hCA isoforms; hCA I, II, IX, and XII. The results revealed their ability to affect the examined isoforms in variable degrees with KI ranges: 49.3-6459 nM for CA I, 5.1-4171 nM for CA II, 9.4-945.1 nM for CA IX, and 5.2-1159 nM for CA XII. As expected, appending a second hydrophilic tail (ethanolamine) in compound 16 significantly enhanced the inhibitory activities towards hCA IX and hCA XII isoforms by about 5-fold in comparison to its single tail analogue 6c (KI = 51.5 and 28.2 nM for 6cvs. 10.2 and 5.2 nM for 16, respectively). Moreover, SAR analysis pointed out the significance of grafting the sulfamoyl functionality at para-position, as well as the incorporation of a bulky hydrophobic tail for CA inhibitory activity. The most potent hCA IX inhibitors (6f and 16) displayed efficient cell growth inhibitory activity against breast cancer cell lines; T-47D (IC50 = 19 and 10.9 μM, respectively) and MCF-7 (IC50 = 7.5 and 5.7 μM, respectively).
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- Mostafa M Elbadawi
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, 33516, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, 33516, Egypt; School of Biotechnology, Badr University in Cairo, Badr City, Cairo, 11829, Egypt.
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- Department of NEUROFARBA, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, University of Florence, Polo Scientifico, Via U. Schiff 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, 33516, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy (Boys), Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Salman International University (KSIU), South Sinai, Egypt
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- Department of Applied Organic Chemistry, National Research Center, Dokki, Cairo, 12622, Egypt
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- Department of NEUROFARBA, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, University of Florence, Polo Scientifico, Via U. Schiff 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Egyptian Russian University, Badr City, Cairo, 11829, Egypt; School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
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Zhang L, Wei F, Borrego D, Zhao F, Río JMD, Frutos-Beltrán E, Zhang J, Xu S, López-Carrobles N, Gao S, Kang D, Pannecouque C, Clercq ED, Liu X, Menéndez-Arias L, Zhan P. Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of novel double-winged galloyl derivatives as HIV-1 RNase H inhibitors. Eur J Med Chem 2022; 240:114563. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2022.114563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2022] [Revised: 06/18/2022] [Accepted: 06/20/2022] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Bonardi A, Bua S, Combs J, Lomelino C, Andring J, Osman SM, Toti A, Di Cesare Mannelli L, Gratteri P, Ghelardini C, McKenna R, Nocentini A, Supuran CT. The three-tails approach as a new strategy to improve selectivity of action of sulphonamide inhibitors against tumour-associated carbonic anhydrase IX and XII. J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem 2022; 37:930-939. [PMID: 35306936 PMCID: PMC8942523 DOI: 10.1080/14756366.2022.2053526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Human (h) carbonic anhydrase (CAs, EC 4.2.1.1) isoforms IX and XII were recently confirmed as anticancer targets against solid hypoxic tumours. The “three-tails approach” has been proposed as an extension of the forerunner “tail” and “dual-tail approach” to fully exploit the amino acid differences at the medium/outer active site rims among different hCAs and to obtain more isoform-selective inhibitors. Many three-tailed inhibitors (TTIs) showed higher selectivity against the tumour-associated isoforms hCA IX and XII with respect to the off-targets hCA I and II. X-ray crystallography studies were performed to investigate the binding mode of four TTIs in complex with a hCA IX mimic. The ability of the most potent and selective TTIs to reduce in vitro the viability of colon cancer (HT29), prostate adenocarcinoma (PC3), and breast cancer (ZR75-1) cell lines was evaluated in normoxic (21% O2) and hypoxic (3% O2) conditions demonstrating relevant anti-proliferative effects.
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- Alessandro Bonardi
- Department NEUROFARBA – Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Section, University of Firenze, Florence, Italy
- Department NEUROFARBA – Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Section, Laboratory of Molecular Modeling Cheminformatics & QSAR, University of Firenze, Florence, Italy
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- Department NEUROFARBA – Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Section, University of Firenze, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Chemistry Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department NEUROFARBA – Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Section, University of Firenze, Florence, Italy
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- Department NEUROFARBA – Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Section, University of Firenze, Florence, Italy
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- Department NEUROFARBA – Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Section, Laboratory of Molecular Modeling Cheminformatics & QSAR, University of Firenze, Florence, Italy
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- Department NEUROFARBA – Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Section, University of Firenze, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department NEUROFARBA – Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Section, University of Firenze, Florence, Italy
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- Department NEUROFARBA – Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Section, University of Firenze, Florence, Italy
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Kumar A, Siwach K, Rom T, Kumar R, Angeli A, Kumar Paul A, Supuran CT, Sharma PK. Tail-approach based design and synthesis of Arylthiazolylhydrazono-1,2,3-triazoles incorporating sulfanilamide and metanilamide as human carbonic anhydrase I, II, IV and IX inhibitors. Bioorg Chem 2022; 123:105764. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2022.105764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2022] [Revised: 03/23/2022] [Accepted: 03/24/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Design, synthesis and human carbonic anhydrase I, II, IX and XII inhibitory properties of 1,3-thiazole sulfonamides. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2022; 59:128581. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2022.128581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2021] [Revised: 01/07/2022] [Accepted: 01/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Tawfik HO, Petreni A, Supuran CT, El-Hamamsy MH. Discovery of new carbonic anhydrase IX inhibitors as anticancer agents by toning the hydrophobic and hydrophilic rims of the active site to encounter the dual-tail approach. Eur J Med Chem 2022; 232:114190. [PMID: 35182815 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2022.114190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2021] [Revised: 01/19/2022] [Accepted: 02/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The hydrophobic and the hydrophilic rims in the active site of human carbonic anhydrase IX (hCA IX) which as well contains a zinc ion as part of the catalytic core, were simultaneously matched to design and synthesize potent and selective inhibitors using a dual-tail approach. Seventeen new compounds, 5a-q, were designed to have the benzenesulfonamide moiety as a zinc binding group. In addition, N-substituted hydrazone and N-phenyl fragments were chosen as the hydrophilic and hydrophobic parts, respectively to achieve favorable interactions with the corresponding halves of the active site. All synthesized compounds successfully suppressed the CA IX, with IC50 values in nanomolar range from 13.3 to 259 nM. Compounds, 5h, 5c, 5m, 5e, and 5k were the top-five compounds efficiently inhibited the tumor-related CA IX isoform in the low nanomolar range (KI = 13.3, 22.6, 25.8, 26.9 and 27.2 nM, respectively). The target compounds 5a-q developed remarkable selectivity toward the tumor-associated isoforms (hCA IX and XII) over the off-target isoforms (hCA I and II). Furthermore, they were assessed for their anti-proliferative activity, according to US-NCI protocol, against a panel of fifty-nine cancer cell lines. Compounds 5d, 5k and 5o were passed the criteria for activity and scheduled automatically for evaluation at five concentrations with 10-fold dilutions. Compound 5k exhibited significant in vitro anticancer activity with GI50-MID; 8.68 μM compared to compounds 5d and 5o with GI50-MID; 25.76 μM and 34.97 μM respectively. The most selective compounds 5h and 5k were further screened for their in vitro cytotoxic activity against SK-MEL-5, HCC-2998 and RXF 393 cancer cell lines under hypoxic conditions. Furthermore, 5k was screened for cell cycle disturbance, apoptosis induction and intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) production in SK-MEL-5 cancer cells. Finally, molecular docking studies were performed to gain insights for the plausible binding interactions and affinities for selected compounds within hCA IX active site.
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- Haytham O Tawfik
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tanta University, Tanta, 31527, Egypt.
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- Department of NEUROFARBA, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, University of Florence, Polo Scientifico, Via U. Schiff 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy.
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- Department of NEUROFARBA, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, University of Florence, Polo Scientifico, Via U. Schiff 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tanta University, Tanta, 31527, Egypt.
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Abdel-Mohsen HT, El Kerdawy AM, Omar MA, Petreni A, Allam RM, El Diwani HI, Supuran CT. Application of the dual-tail approach for the design and synthesis of novel Thiopyrimidine-Benzenesulfonamide hybrids as selective carbonic anhydrase inhibitors. Eur J Med Chem 2022; 228:114004. [PMID: 34847409 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.114004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2021] [Revised: 11/15/2021] [Accepted: 11/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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A dual-tail approach was applied to the design of a novel series of 2-thiopyrimidine-benzenesulfonamides as carbonic anhydrase (CA) inhibitors. The design strategy is based on the hybridization between a benzenesulfonamide moiety as Zn2+ binding group and 2,4-disubstituted thiopyridimidine as a tail. Among the synthesized compounds, 14h displayed the highest potency (Ki = 1.72 nM) and selectivity for CA II over the isoforms CA IX and CA XII with selectivity indexes of 50 and 5.26, respectively. Meanwhile, compounds 14a and 14l displayed a potent inhibitory activity against CA IX (Ki = 7.4 and 7.0 nM, respectively) compared with the reference drug acetazolamide (AAZ) (Ki = 25 nM), and compound 14l showed higher potency (Ki = 4.67 nM) than AAZ (Ki = 5.7 nM) against the tumor-associated isoform CA XII. Evaluation of the antiproliferative activity in NCI single-dose testing of selected hybrids revealed a pronounced potency of the selective CA II inhibitor 14h against most of the tested NCI cancer cell lines. Moreover, compound 14h demonstrated an IC50 values ranging from 2.40 to 4.50 μM against MCF-7, T-47D, MDA-MB-231, HCT-116, HT29 and SW-620. These results demonstrate that CA II inhibition can be an alternative therapeutic target for cancer treatment. A cell cycle analysis of MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 showed that treatment with 14h arrested both cell lines at the G2/M phase with significant accumulation of cells in the pre-G1 phase. Moreover, compound 14h showed a noticeable induction of late apoptosis and necrotic cell death of both cell lines compared with untreated cells as a control. A molecular docking study suggested that the sulfonamide moiety accommodates deeply in the CA active site and interacts with the Zn2+ ion while the dual-tail extension interacts with the surrounding amino acids via several hydrophilic and hydrophobic interactions, which affects the potency and selectivity of the hybrids.
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- Heba T Abdel-Mohsen
- Department of Chemistry of Natural and Microbial Products, Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Institute, National Research Centre, El-Buhouth St., Dokki, P.O. Box 12622, Cairo, Egypt.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Kasr El-Aini Street, Cairo, P.O. Box 11562, Egypt; Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Newgiza University (NGU), NewGiza, Km 22 Cairo-Alexandria Desert Road, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry of Natural and Microbial Products, Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Institute, National Research Centre, El-Buhouth St., Dokki, P.O. Box 12622, Cairo, Egypt
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- Università Degli Studi di Firenze, Department NEUROFARBA - Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Section, University of Firenze, Via Ugo Schiff 6, I-50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacology, National Research Centre, El-Buhouth St., Dokki, P.O. Box 12622, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry of Natural and Microbial Products, Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Institute, National Research Centre, El-Buhouth St., Dokki, P.O. Box 12622, Cairo, Egypt
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- Università Degli Studi di Firenze, Department NEUROFARBA - Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Section, University of Firenze, Via Ugo Schiff 6, I-50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy.
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Zhang Z, Yang H, Zhong Y, Wang Y, Wang J, Cheng M, Liu Y. Synthesis, Molecular Docking Analysis, and Biological Evaluations of Saccharide-Modified Sulfonamides as Carbonic Anhydrase IX Inhibitors. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms222413610. [PMID: 34948406 PMCID: PMC8704611 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222413610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2021] [Revised: 12/14/2021] [Accepted: 12/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Based on the strategy of the “tail approach”, 15 novel saccharide-modified sulfonamides were designed and synthesised. The novel compounds were evaluated as inhibitors of three human carbonic anhydrase (CA) isoforms, namely cytoplasmic CA II, transmembrane CA IX, and XII. Most of these compounds showed good activity against CAs and high topological polar surface area (TPSA) values, which had a positive effect on the selective inhibition of transmembrane isoforms CA IX and XII. In the in vitro activity studies, compounds 16a, 16b, and 16e reduced the viability of HT-29 and MDA-MB-231 cells with a high expression of CA IX under hypoxia. The inhibitory activity of compound 16e on the human osteosarcoma cell line MG-63 with a high expression of CA IX and XII was better than that of AZM. Moreover, high concentrations of compounds 16a and 16b reversed the acidification of the tumour microenvironment. In addition, compound 16a had a certain inhibitory effect on the migration of MDA-MB-231 cells. All the above results indicate that the saccharide-modified sulfonamide has further research value for the development of CA IX inhibitors.
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Eldeeb AH, Abo-Ashour MF, Angeli A, Bonardi A, Lasheen DS, Elrazaz EZ, Nocentini A, Gratteri P, Abdel-Aziz HA, Supuran CT. Novel benzenesulfonamides aryl and arylsulfone conjugates adopting tail/dual tail approaches: Synthesis, carbonic anhydrase inhibitory activity and molecular modeling studies. Eur J Med Chem 2021; 221:113486. [PMID: 33965860 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.113486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2021] [Revised: 04/13/2021] [Accepted: 04/15/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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New series of benzenesulfonamide and benzoic acid derivatives were designed and synthesized using tail/dual tail approach to improve potency and selectivity as carbonic anhydrase inhibitors. The synthesized compounds evaluated as CAIs against isoforms hCA I, II, IV and IX with acetazolamide (AAZ) as standard inhibitor. The benzenesulfonamide derivatives 7a-d, 8a-h, 12a-c, 13a and 15a-c showed moderate to potent inhibitory activity with selectivity toward isoform hCA II, especially, compound 13a with (Ki = 7.6 nM), while the benzoic acid analogues 12d-f, 13b and 15d-f didn't show any activity except compounds 12d,f and 15e that showed weak activity. Additionally, molecular docking was performed for compounds 7a, 8a, 8e, 12a, 13a and 15a on isoform hCA I, II to illustrate the possible interaction with the active site to justify the inhibitory activity.
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- Assem H Eldeeb
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Egyptian Russian University, Badr City, Cairo, 11829, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Egyptian Russian University, Badr City, Cairo, 11829, Egypt.
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- Department of NEUROFARBA, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, University of Florence, Polo Scientifico, Via U. Schiff 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
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- Department of NEUROFARBA, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, University of Florence, Polo Scientifico, Via U. Schiff 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy; Department of NEUROFARBA, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, Laboratory of Molecular Modeling Cheminformatics & QSAR, University of Florence, Polo Scientifico, Via U. Schiff 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, P.O. Box 11566, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, P.O. Box 11566, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of NEUROFARBA, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, University of Florence, Polo Scientifico, Via U. Schiff 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy; Department of NEUROFARBA, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, Laboratory of Molecular Modeling Cheminformatics & QSAR, University of Florence, Polo Scientifico, Via U. Schiff 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
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- Department of NEUROFARBA, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, Laboratory of Molecular Modeling Cheminformatics & QSAR, University of Florence, Polo Scientifico, Via U. Schiff 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
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- Department of Applied Organic Chemistry, National Research Center, Dokki, Cairo, 12622, Egypt
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- Department of NEUROFARBA, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, University of Florence, Polo Scientifico, Via U. Schiff 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy.
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Nocentini A, Angeli A, Carta F, Winum JY, Zalubovskis R, Carradori S, Capasso C, Donald WA, Supuran CT. Reconsidering anion inhibitors in the general context of drug design studies of modulators of activity of the classical enzyme carbonic anhydrase. J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem 2021; 36:561-580. [PMID: 33615947 PMCID: PMC7901698 DOI: 10.1080/14756366.2021.1882453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Inorganic anions inhibit the metalloenzyme carbonic anhydrase (CA, EC 4.2.1.1) generally by coordinating to the active site metal ion. Cyanate was reported as a non-coordinating CA inhibitor but those erroneous results were subsequently corrected by another group. We review the anion CA inhibitors (CAIs) in the more general context of drug design studies and the discovery of a large number of inhibitor classes and inhibition mechanisms, including zinc binders (sulphonamides and isosteres, dithiocabamates and isosteres, thiols, selenols, benzoxaboroles, ninhydrins, etc.); inhibitors anchoring to the zinc-coordinated water molecule (phenols, polyamines, sulfocoumarins, thioxocoumarins, catechols); CAIs occluding the entrance to the active site (coumarins and derivatives, lacosamide), as well as compounds that bind outside the active site. All these new chemotypes integrated with a general procedure for obtaining isoform-selective compounds (the tail approach) has resulted, through the guidance of rigorous X-ray crystallography experiments, in the development of highly selective CAIs for all human CA isoforms with many pharmacological applications.
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- Alessio Nocentini
- Neurofarba Department, Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Section, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Neurofarba Department, Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Section, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Neurofarba Department, Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Section, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, Riga, Latvia.,Institute of Technology of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Materials Science and Applied Chemistry, Riga Technical University, Riga, Latvia
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- Department of Pharmacy, "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, National Research Council, Napoli, Italy
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- School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Neurofarba Department, Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Section, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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Mincione F, Nocentini A, Supuran CT. Advances in the discovery of novel agents for the treatment of glaucoma. Expert Opin Drug Discov 2021; 16:1209-1225. [PMID: 33914670 DOI: 10.1080/17460441.2021.1922384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Glaucoma, a neuropathy characterized by increased intraocular pressure (IOP), is the major cause of blindness worldwide and its treatment aims at reducing IOP. AREAS COVERED The authors review the design of the main classes of anti-glaucoma agents. Drugs which interfere with the aqueous humor secretion (adrenergic agonists/antagonists, carbonic anhydrase inhibitors) and with its outflow, by means of both conventional and non-conventional pathways (prostaglandin (PG) analogs, rho kinase inhibitors, nitric oxide (NO) donors) as well as new agents (adenosine receptors modulators, melatonin - fatty acid amide hydrolase hybrids, tyrosine kinase activators, natriuretic peptide analogs) are considered. EXPERT OPINION The anti-glaucoma drug field has undergone several developments in recent years with the approval of at least three new drugs belonging to novel pharmacological classes, the rho kinase inhibitors ripasudil and netarsudil, and the PG-NO donor hybrid latanoprostene bunod. Eye drops with combinations of two different drugs are also available, allowing for effective IOP control, with once daily administration for some of them, which assures a better patient compliance and ease of administration. Overall, after more than a decade without new anti-glaucoma drugs, the last year afforded interesting new pharmacological opportunities for the management of this disease.
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- Francesco Mincione
- U.O. Oculistica Az. USL 3, Val Di Nievole, Ospedale Di Pescia, Pescia, Italy
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- Università Degli Studi Di Firenze, NEUROFARBA Department, Sezione Di Scienze Farmaceutiche E Nutraceutiche, Sesto Fiorentino (Firenze), Italy
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- Università Degli Studi Di Firenze, NEUROFARBA Department, Sezione Di Scienze Farmaceutiche E Nutraceutiche, Sesto Fiorentino (Firenze), Italy
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Elbadawi MM, Eldehna WM, Nocentini A, Abo-Ashour MF, Elkaeed EB, Abdelgawad MA, Alharbi KS, Abdel-Aziz HA, Supuran CT, Gratteri P, Al-Sanea MM. Identification of N-phenyl-2-(phenylsulfonyl)acetamides/propanamides as new SLC-0111 analogues: Synthesis and evaluation of the carbonic anhydrase inhibitory activities. Eur J Med Chem 2021; 218:113360. [PMID: 33773285 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.113360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2020] [Revised: 03/03/2021] [Accepted: 03/03/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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As a front-runner selective CA IX inhibitor currently in Phase Ib/II clinical trials, SLC-0111 has been herein exploited as a lead molecule for development of new different sets of N-phenyl-2-(phenylsulfonyl)acetamides/propanamides incorporating different functionalities; primary sulfonamide (5a-f), free carboxylic (8a, 8d), ethyl ester (8b, 8e), acetyl (8c, 8f) and nitro (10a, 10b), as potential carbonic anhydrase (CA, EC 4.2.1.1) inhibitors. All the prepared analogues have been examined for their CA inhibitory activities towards four human (h) isoenzymes, hCA I, II, IX and XII. Interestingly, replacement of SLC-0111 ureido linker with the flexible sulfonyl acetamide linker, as well as linker branching and elongation strategies successfully enhanced the inhibitory action toward hCA IX isoform, such as in sulfones 5a-d and 5f which displayed better activity than SLC-0111. Furthermore, sulfonamide-based sulfone (5f) and carboxylic acid-based sulfones (8a and 8d) demonstrated interesting selectivity toward the tumor-related hCA IX isoform over both hCA I and hCA II, which suggests them as promising candidates for further development as potential anticancer candidates. Thereafter, the anti-proliferative action for sulfones 5f, 8a and 8d was examined against breast (MCF-7) and colon (HCT-116) cancer cell lines. Also, sulfone 5f was further assessed for its impact on the cell cycle progression and apoptosis in HCT-116 cells.
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- Mostafa M Elbadawi
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh 33516, Egypt; Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh 33516, Egypt.
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- Department of NEUROFARBA, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, University of Florence, Polo Scientifico, Via U. Schiff 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy; Department of NEUROFARBA, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, Laboratory of Molecular Modeling Cheminformatics & QSAR, University of Florence, Polo Scientifico, Via U. Schiff 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Egyptian Russian University, Badr City, Cairo 11829, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, AlMaarefa University, Ad Diriyah 13713, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Department of Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy (Boys), Al-Azhar University, Nasr City 11884, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Jouf University, Sakaka, Aljouf 72341, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Jouf University, Sakakah, 72341, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Applied Organic Chemistry, National Research Center, Dokki, Cairo 12622, Egypt
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- Department of NEUROFARBA, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, University of Florence, Polo Scientifico, Via U. Schiff 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy.
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- Department of NEUROFARBA, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, Laboratory of Molecular Modeling Cheminformatics & QSAR, University of Florence, Polo Scientifico, Via U. Schiff 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Jouf University, Sakaka, Aljouf 72341, Saudi Arabia
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PEG Linker Length Strongly Affects Tumor Cell Killing by PEGylated Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors in Hypoxic Carcinomas Expressing Carbonic Anhydrase IX. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22031120. [PMID: 33498779 PMCID: PMC7866101 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22031120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2020] [Revised: 01/20/2021] [Accepted: 01/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Hypoxic tumors overexpress membrane-bound isozymes of carbonic anhydrase (CA) CA IX and CA XII, which play key roles in tumor pH homeostasis under hypoxia. Selective inhibition of these CA isozymes has the potential to generate pH imbalances that can lead to tumor cell death. Since these isozymes are dimeric, we designed a series of bifunctional PEGylated CA inhibitors (CAIs) through the attachment of our preoptimized CAI warhead 1,3,4-thiadiazole-2-sulfonamide to polyethylene glycol (PEG) backbones with lengths ranging from 1 KDa to 20 KDa via a succinyl linker. A detailed structure−thermal properties and structure–biological activity relationship study was conducted via differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and via viability testing in 2D and 3D (tumor spheroids) cancer cell models, either CA IX positive (HT-29 colon cancer, MDA-MB 231 breast cancer, and SKOV-3 ovarian cancer) or CA IX negative (NCI-H23 lung cancer). We identified PEGylated CAIs DTP1K 28, DTP2K 23, and DTP3.4K 29, bearing short and medium PEG backbones, as the most efficient conjugates under both normoxic and hypoxic conditions, and in the tumor spheroid models. PEGylated CAIs did not affect the cell viability of CA IX-negative NCI-H23 tumor spheroids, thus confirming a CA IX-mediated cell killing for these potential anticancer agents.
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Supuran CT. Experimental Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors for the Treatment of Hypoxic Tumors. J Exp Pharmacol 2020; 12:603-617. [PMID: 33364855 DOI: 10.2147/jep.s265620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2020] [Accepted: 11/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Carbonic anhydrase (CA, EC 4.2.1.1) isoforms IX and XII are overexpressed in many hypoxic tumors as a consequence of the hypoxia inducible factor (HIF) activation cascade, being present in limited amounts in normal tissues. These enzymes together with many others are involved in the pH regulation and metabolism of hypoxic cancer cells, and were validated as antitumor targets recently. A multitude of targeting strategies against these enzymes have been proposed and are reviewed in this article. The small molecule inhibitors, small molecule drug conjugates (SMDCs), antibody-drug conjugates (ADACs) or cytokine-drug conjugates but not the monoclonal antibodies against CA IX/XII will be discussed. Relevant synthetic chemistry efforts, coupled with a multitude of preclinical studies, demonstrated that CA IX/XII inhibition leads to the inhibition of growth of primary tumors and metastases and depletes cancer stem cell populations, all factors highly relevant in clinical settings. One small molecule inhibitor, sulfonamide SLC-0111, is the most advanced candidate, having completed Phase I and being now in Phase Ib/II clinical trials for the treatment of advanced hypoxic solid tumors.
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- Claudiu T Supuran
- Neurofarba Department, Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Section, University of Florence, Florence 50019, Italy
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Nekvinda J, Kugler M, Holub J, El Anwar S, Brynda J, Pospíšilová K, Růžičková Z, Řezáčová P, Grüner B. Direct Introduction of an Alkylsulfonamido Group on C‐sites of Isomeric Dicarba‐
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‐dodecaboranes: The Influence of Stereochemistry on Inhibitory Activity against the Cancer‐Associated Carbonic Anhydrase IX Isoenzyme. Chemistry 2020; 26:16541-16553. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.202002809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2020] [Revised: 07/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Jan Nekvinda
- Department of Synthesis Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of, the Czech Academy of Sciences 25068 Řež Czech Republic
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics Czech Academy of Sciences Vídeňská 1083 14220 Prague 4 Czech Republic
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry Czech Academy of, Sciences Flemingovo nám. 2 16610 Prague Czech Republic
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- Department of Synthesis Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of, the Czech Academy of Sciences 25068 Řež Czech Republic
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- Department of Synthesis Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of, the Czech Academy of Sciences 25068 Řež Czech Republic
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics Czech Academy of Sciences Vídeňská 1083 14220 Prague 4 Czech Republic
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry Czech Academy of, Sciences Flemingovo nám. 2 16610 Prague Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry Czech Academy of, Sciences Flemingovo nám. 2 16610 Prague Czech Republic
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- Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry Faculty of Chemical Technology University of Pardubice Studentská 573 53210 Pardubice Czech Republic
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics Czech Academy of Sciences Vídeňská 1083 14220 Prague 4 Czech Republic
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry Czech Academy of, Sciences Flemingovo nám. 2 16610 Prague Czech Republic
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- Department of Synthesis Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of, the Czech Academy of Sciences 25068 Řež Czech Republic
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Andring JT, Fouch M, Akocak S, Angeli A, Supuran CT, Ilies MA, McKenna R. Structural Basis of Nanomolar Inhibition of Tumor-Associated Carbonic Anhydrase IX: X-Ray Crystallographic and Inhibition Study of Lipophilic Inhibitors with Acetazolamide Backbone. J Med Chem 2020; 63:13064-13075. [PMID: 33085484 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c01390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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This study provides a structure-activity relationship study of a series of lipophilic carbonic anhydrase (CA) inhibitors with an acetazolamide backbone. The inhibitors were tested against the tumor-expressed CA isozyme IX (CA IX), and the cytosolic CA I, CA II, and membrane-bound CA IV. The study identified several low nanomolar potent inhibitors against CA IX, with lipophilicities spanning two log units. Very potent pan-inhibitors with nanomolar potency against CA IX and sub-nanomolar potency against CA II and CA IV, and with potency against CA I one order of magnitude better than the parent acetazolamide 1 were also identified in this study, together with compounds that displayed selectivity against membrane-bound CA IV. A comprehensive X-ray crystallographic study (12 crystal structures), involving both CA II and a soluble CA IX mimetic (CA IX-mimic), revealed the structural basis of this particular inhibition profile and laid the foundation for further developments toward more potent and selective inhibitors for the tumor-expressed CA IX.
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- Jacob T Andring
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Moulder Center for Drug Discovery Research, Temple University School of Pharmacy, 3307 N Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Moulder Center for Drug Discovery Research, Temple University School of Pharmacy, 3307 N Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140, United States
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- NEUROFARBA Department, Pharmaceutical Sciences Section, Universita degli Studi di Firenze, Polo Scientifico, Via Ugo Schiff no. 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- NEUROFARBA Department, Pharmaceutical Sciences Section, Universita degli Studi di Firenze, Polo Scientifico, Via Ugo Schiff no. 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Moulder Center for Drug Discovery Research, Temple University School of Pharmacy, 3307 N Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
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Cuffaro D, Nuti E, Rossello A. An overview of carbohydrate-based carbonic anhydrase inhibitors. J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem 2020; 35:1906-1922. [PMID: 33078634 PMCID: PMC7717713 DOI: 10.1080/14756366.2020.1825409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Carbonic anhydrases (CAs) are metalloenzymes responsible for the reversible hydration of carbon dioxide to bicarbonate, a fundamental reaction involved in various physiological and pathological processes. In the last decades, CAs have been considered as important drug targets for different pathologies such as glaucoma, epilepsy and cancer. The design of potent and selective inhibitors has been an outstanding goal leading to the discovery of new drugs. Among the different strategies developed to date, the design of carbohydrate-based CA inhibitors (CAIs) has emerged as a versatile tool in order to selectively target CAs. The insertion of a glycosyl moiety as a hydrophilic tail in sulfonamide, sulfenamide, sulfamate or coumarin scaffolds allowed the discovery of many different series of sugar-based CAIs, with relevant inhibitory results. This review will focus on carbohydrate-based CAIs developed so far, classifying them in glycosidic and glycoconjugated inhibitors based on the conjugation chemistry adopted.
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Soliman AM, Ghorab MM, Bua S, Supuran CT. Iodoquinazolinones bearing benzenesulfonamide as human carbonic anhydrase I, II, IX and XII inhibitors: Synthesis, biological evaluation and radiosensitizing activity. Eur J Med Chem 2020; 200:112449. [PMID: 32485534 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2020.112449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2020] [Revised: 05/10/2020] [Accepted: 05/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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In the present work, we report the design and synthesis of a set of iodinated quinazolinones carrying benzenesulfonamide moiety as carbonic anhydrase (CA, EC 4.2.1.1) inhibitors. The target compounds showed promising inhibitory activity against the four examined human (h) CA isoforms; I, II, IX and XII. Compounds 4-18 displayed variable inhibition constants, ranging as follows: 7.6-782.8 nM for hCA I, 34.4-412.1 nM for hCA II, 29.1-2225.3 nM for hCA IX and 8.8-429.4 nM for hCA XII. Compound 9, the most potent against the tumor-specific CA IX/CA XII (KI = 29.1 and 8.8 nM) gives the possibility to evaluate its cytotoxicity and selectivity in vitro against HepG-2, HCT-116 and MCF-7 cancer cell lines. Compound 9 showed significant cytotoxicity against the tumor cell lines (IC50 = 1.78, 1.94 and 3.07 μM, respectively) and relatively lower toxicity against WI38 normal cell line. The radiosensitizing activity of compound 9 was evaluated and displayed an increase in the radiation-induced cell death in cancer cells after receiving a single dose of 8 Gy gamma radiation. Thus, radiation was able to enhance the antiproliferative activity of compound 9. Molecular docking of 9 into the active site of CA IX and XII revealed the key interactions that could explain its potent activity and selectivity towards these isoforms.
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- Aiten M Soliman
- Department of Drug Radiation Research, National Center for Radiation Research and Technology (NCRRT), Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority (EAEA), Nasr City P.O. Box 29, Cairo, 11765, Egypt
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- Department of Drug Radiation Research, National Center for Radiation Research and Technology (NCRRT), Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority (EAEA), Nasr City P.O. Box 29, Cairo, 11765, Egypt.
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- University of Florence, NEUROFARBA Department, Sezione di Scienze Farmaceutiche e Nutraceutiche, Via U. Schiff 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- University of Florence, NEUROFARBA Department, Sezione di Scienze Farmaceutiche e Nutraceutiche, Via U. Schiff 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy.
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Kaur J, Cao X, Abutaleb NS, Elkashif A, Graboski AL, Krabill AD, AbdelKhalek AH, An W, Bhardwaj A, Seleem MN, Flaherty DP. Optimization of Acetazolamide-Based Scaffold as Potent Inhibitors of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus. J Med Chem 2020; 63:9540-9562. [PMID: 32787141 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c00734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are the second leading cause of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) attributed to a drug-resistant bacterium in the United States, and resistance to the frontline treatments is well documented. To combat VRE, we have repurposed the FDA-approved carbonic anhydrase drug acetazolamide to design potent antienterococcal agents. Through structure-activity relationship optimization we have arrived at two leads possessing improved potency against clinical VRE strains from MIC = 2 μg/mL (acetazolamide) to MIC = 0.007 μg/mL (22) and 1 μg/mL (26). Physicochemical properties were modified to design leads that have either high oral bioavailability to treat systemic infections or low intestinal permeability to treat VRE infections in the gastrointestinal tract. Our data suggest the intracellular targets for the molecules are putative α-carbonic and γ-carbonic anhydrases, and homology modeling and molecular dynamics simulations were performed. Together, this study presents potential anti-VRE therapeutic options to provide alternatives for problematic VRE infections.
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- Jatinder Kaur
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Purdue University, 575 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Purdue University, 575 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Comparative Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, 625 Harrison Street, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Comparative Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, 625 Harrison Street, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Purdue University, 575 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Purdue University, 575 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Comparative Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, 625 Harrison Street, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Purdue University, 575 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Purdue University, 575 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Comparative Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, 625 Harrison Street, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States.,Purdue Institute for Drug Discovery, 720 Clinic Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States.,Purdue Institute of Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Disease, 207 South Martin Jischke Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Purdue University, 575 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States.,Purdue Institute for Drug Discovery, 720 Clinic Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States.,Purdue Institute of Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Disease, 207 South Martin Jischke Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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Mishra CB, Tiwari M, Supuran CT. Progress in the development of human carbonic anhydrase inhibitors and their pharmacological applications: Where are we today? Med Res Rev 2020; 40:2485-2565. [PMID: 32691504 DOI: 10.1002/med.21713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2020] [Revised: 06/14/2020] [Accepted: 07/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Carbonic anhydrases (CAs, EC 4.2.1.1) are widely distributed metalloenzymes in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. They efficiently catalyze the reversible hydration of carbon dioxide to bicarbonate and H+ ions and play a crucial role in regulating many physiological processes. CAs are well-studied drug target for various disorders such as glaucoma, epilepsy, sleep apnea, and high altitude sickness. In the past decades, a large category of diverse families of CA inhibitors (CAIs) have been developed and many of them showed effective inhibition toward specific isoforms, and effectiveness in pathological conditions in preclinical and clinical settings. The discovery of isoform-selective CAIs in the last decade led to diminished side effects associated with off-target isoforms inhibition. The many new classes of such compounds will be discussed in the review, together with strategies for their development. Pharmacological advances of the newly emerged CAIs in diseases not usually associated with CA inhibition (neuropathic pain, arthritis, cerebral ischemia, and cancer) will also be discussed.
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- Chandra B Mishra
- Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.,Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Dipartimento Neurofarba, Sezione di Scienze Farmaceutiche e Nutraceutiche, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy
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Bonardi A, Nocentini A, Bua S, Combs J, Lomelino C, Andring J, Lucarini L, Sgambellone S, Masini E, McKenna R, Gratteri P, Supuran CT. Sulfonamide Inhibitors of Human Carbonic Anhydrases Designed through a Three-Tails Approach: Improving Ligand/Isoform Matching and Selectivity of Action. J Med Chem 2020; 63:7422-7444. [PMID: 32519851 PMCID: PMC8008423 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c00733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The “tail
approach” has become a milestone in human
carbonic anhydrase inhibitor (hCAI) design for various therapeutics,
including antiglaucoma agents. Besides the classical hydrophobic/hydrophilic
division of hCAs active site, several subpockets have been identified
at the middle/outer active sites rim, which could be targeted to increase
the CAI isoform selectivity. This postulate is explored here by three-tailed
benzenesulfonamide CAIs (TTI) to fully exploit such amino
acid differences among hCAs. In this proof-of-concept study, an extensive
structure–activity relationship (SAR) study was carried out
with 32 such benzenesulfonamides differing in tails combination that
were assayed for hCAs I, II, IV, and XII inhibition. A structural
study was undertaken by X-ray crystallography and in silico tools to assess the ligand/target interaction mode. The most active
and selective inhibitors against isoforms implicated in glaucoma were
assessed in a rabbit model of the disease achieving an intraocular
pressure-lowering action comparable to the clinically used dorzolamide.
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- Alessandro Bonardi
- Department NEUROFARBA - Pharmaceutical and nutraceutical section, University of Firenze, via Ugo Schiff 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence Italy.,Department NEUROFARBA - Pharmaceutical and nutraceutical section; Laboratory of Molecular Modeling Cheminformatics & QSAR, University of Firenze, via Ugo Schiff 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Department NEUROFARBA - Pharmaceutical and nutraceutical section, University of Firenze, via Ugo Schiff 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence Italy.,Department NEUROFARBA - Pharmaceutical and nutraceutical section; Laboratory of Molecular Modeling Cheminformatics & QSAR, University of Firenze, via Ugo Schiff 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Department NEUROFARBA - Pharmaceutical and nutraceutical section, University of Firenze, via Ugo Schiff 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Box 100245, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Box 100245, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Box 100245, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
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- Department NEUROFARBA - Pharmaceutical and nutraceutical section, University of Firenze, viale Gaetano Pieraccini 6, 50139 Firenze, Florence, Italy
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- Department NEUROFARBA - Pharmaceutical and nutraceutical section, University of Firenze, viale Gaetano Pieraccini 6, 50139 Firenze, Florence, Italy
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- Department NEUROFARBA - Pharmaceutical and nutraceutical section, University of Firenze, viale Gaetano Pieraccini 6, 50139 Firenze, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Box 100245, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
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- Department NEUROFARBA - Pharmaceutical and nutraceutical section, University of Firenze, via Ugo Schiff 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence Italy.,Department NEUROFARBA - Pharmaceutical and nutraceutical section; Laboratory of Molecular Modeling Cheminformatics & QSAR, University of Firenze, via Ugo Schiff 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Department NEUROFARBA - Pharmaceutical and nutraceutical section, University of Firenze, via Ugo Schiff 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence Italy
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Ali M, Bozdag M, Farooq U, Angeli A, Carta F, Berto P, Zanotti G, Supuran CT. Benzylaminoethyureido-Tailed Benzenesulfonamides: Design, Synthesis, Kinetic and X-ray Investigations on Human Carbonic Anhydrases. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E2560. [PMID: 32272689 PMCID: PMC7177897 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21072560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2020] [Revised: 04/02/2020] [Accepted: 04/02/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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A drug design strategy of carbonic anhydrase inhibitors (CAIs) belonging to sulfonamides incorporating ureidoethylaminobenzyl tails is presented. A variety of substitution patterns on the ring and the tails, located on para- or meta- positions with respect to the sulfonamide warheads were incorporated in the new compounds. Inhibition of human carbonic anhydrases (hCA) isoforms I, II, IX and XII, involving various pathologies, was assessed with the new compounds. Selective inhibitory profile towards hCA II was observed, the most active compounds being low nM inhibitors (KIs of 2.8-9.2 nM, respectively). Extensive X-ray crystallographic analysis of several sulfonamides in an adduct with hCA I allowed an in-depth understanding of their binding mode and to lay a detailed structure-activity relationship.
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- Majid Ali
- Dipartimento Neurofarba, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Sezione di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Polo Scientifico, Via Ugo Schiff 6, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019 Florence, Italy; (M.A.); (A.A.); (F.C.); (C.T.S.)
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Università di Padova, Via Ugo Bassi 58/B, 35131 Padua, Italy;
- Department of Chemistry, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, KPK 22060, Islamabad 45550, Pakistan;
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- Dipartimento Neurofarba, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Sezione di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Polo Scientifico, Via Ugo Schiff 6, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019 Florence, Italy; (M.A.); (A.A.); (F.C.); (C.T.S.)
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- Department of Chemistry, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, KPK 22060, Islamabad 45550, Pakistan;
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- Dipartimento Neurofarba, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Sezione di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Polo Scientifico, Via Ugo Schiff 6, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019 Florence, Italy; (M.A.); (A.A.); (F.C.); (C.T.S.)
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- Dipartimento Neurofarba, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Sezione di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Polo Scientifico, Via Ugo Schiff 6, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019 Florence, Italy; (M.A.); (A.A.); (F.C.); (C.T.S.)
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Università di Padova, Via Ugo Bassi 58/B, 35131 Padua, Italy;
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Università di Padova, Via Ugo Bassi 58/B, 35131 Padua, Italy;
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- Dipartimento Neurofarba, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Sezione di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Polo Scientifico, Via Ugo Schiff 6, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019 Florence, Italy; (M.A.); (A.A.); (F.C.); (C.T.S.)
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Manasa KL, Pujitha S, Sethi A, Arifuddin M, Alvala M, Angeli A, Supuran CT. Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Imidazo[2 ,1- b]Thiazole based Sulfonyl Piperazines as Novel Carbonic Anhydrase II Inhibitors. Metabolites 2020; 10:metabo10040136. [PMID: 32244413 PMCID: PMC7240968 DOI: 10.3390/metabo10040136] [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: 03/12/2020] [Revised: 03/27/2020] [Accepted: 03/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
A novel series of imidazo[2,1-b]thiazole-sulfonyl piperazine conjugates (9aa-ee) has been synthesized and evaluated for carbonic anhydrase (CA, EC 4.2.1.1) inhibitory potency against four isoforms: The cytosolic isozyme hCA I, II and trans-membrane tumor-associated isoform hCA IX and hCA XII, taking acetazolamide (AAZ) as standard drug, using a stopped flow CO2 hydrase assay. The results revealed that most of the compounds showed selective activity against hCA II whereas none of them were active against hCA I, IX, XII (Ki > 100 µM). The physiologically dominant cytosolic isoform hCA II was inhibited by these molecules with inhibition constants in the range of 57.7–98.2 µM. This new derivative, thus, selectively inhibits hCA II over the hCA I, IX, XII isoforms, which may be used for further understanding the physiological roles of some of these isoforms in various pathologies.
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- Kesari Lakshmi Manasa
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad 500 037, India; (K.L.M.); (S.P.); (A.S.); (M.A.)
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad 500 037, India; (K.L.M.); (S.P.); (A.S.); (M.A.)
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad 500 037, India; (K.L.M.); (S.P.); (A.S.); (M.A.)
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad 500 037, India; (K.L.M.); (S.P.); (A.S.); (M.A.)
- Department of Chemistry, Anwarul Uloom College, 11-3-918, New Malleypally, Hyderabad 500001, T. S., India (Present Address)
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad 500 037, India; (K.L.M.); (S.P.); (A.S.); (M.A.)
- Correspondence: (M.A.); (C.T.S.); Tel.: +91-9441117803 (M.A.); +39-0554573729 (C.T.S.)
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- Neurofarba Dept., Università degli Studi di Firenze, Sezione di Scienze Farmaceutiche e Nutraceutiche, Via Ugo Schiff 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy;
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- Neurofarba Dept., Università degli Studi di Firenze, Sezione di Scienze Farmaceutiche e Nutraceutiche, Via Ugo Schiff 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy;
- Correspondence: (M.A.); (C.T.S.); Tel.: +91-9441117803 (M.A.); +39-0554573729 (C.T.S.)
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Supuran CT. Exploring the multiple binding modes of inhibitors to carbonic anhydrases for novel drug discovery. Expert Opin Drug Discov 2020; 15:671-686. [PMID: 32208982 DOI: 10.1080/17460441.2020.1743676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION The spacious active site cavity of the metalloenzyme carbonic anhydrase (CA, EC 4.2.1.1) shows a great versatility for a variety of binding modes for modulators of activity, inhibitors, and activators, some of which are clinically used drugs. AREAS COVERED There are at least four well-documented CA inhibition mechanisms and the same number of binding modes for CA inhibitors (CAIs), one of which superposes with the binding of activators (CAAs). They include (i) coordination to the catalytic metal ion; (ii) anchoring to the water molecule coordinated to the metal ion; (iii) occlusion of the active site entrance; and (iv) binding outside the active site. A large number of chemical classes of CAIs show these binding modes explored in detail by kinetic, crystallographic, and other techniques. The tail approach was applied to all of them and allowed many classes of highly isoform-selective inhibitors. This is the subject of our review. EXPERT OPINION All active site regions of CAs accommodate inhibitors to bind, which is reflected in very different inhibition profiles for such compounds and the possibility to design drugs with effective action and new applications, such as for the management of hypoxic tumors, neuropathic pain, cerebral ischemia, arthritis, and degenerative disorders.
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- Claudiu T Supuran
- Department of NEUROFARBA, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, University of Florence , Florence, Italy
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Fares M, Eldehna WM, Bua S, Lanzi C, Lucarini L, Masini E, Peat TS, Abdel-Aziz HA, Nocentini A, Keller PA, Supuran CT. Discovery of Potent Dual-Tailed Benzenesulfonamide Inhibitors of Human Carbonic Anhydrases Implicated in Glaucoma and in Vivo Profiling of Their Intraocular Pressure-Lowering Action. J Med Chem 2020; 63:3317-3326. [PMID: 32031797 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b02090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
The design of three dual-tailed sulfonamide series 11a-11g, 14a-14h, and 16a-16e as carbonic anhydrase (CA, EC 4.2.1.1) inhibitors are presented. All compounds were evaluated for inhibitory action against pharmacologically relevant human CA isoforms I, II, IV, and VII. Compounds 11a-11g emerged as potent CA inhibitors against the four tested isoforms with a significant selectivity to CA II, which is implicated in glaucoma (Ki in the range 0.36-6.9 nM). X-ray crystallographic analysis of three compounds (11a, 11d, and 11g) bound to CA II showed the validity of the adopted drug design strategy as specific moieties within the ligand structure interacted directly with the hydrophobic and hydrophilic halves of the CA II active site. Compounds 11b-11d and 11g were evaluated for their intraocular pressure-lowering effects in a rabbit model of glaucoma. 11b and 11d showed significant efficacy when compared to the clinically used drug dorzolamide.
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- Mohamed Fares
- School of Chemistry & Molecular Bioscience, Molecular Horizons, and Illawarra Health & Medical Research Institute, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.,School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafr El-Sheikh 33516, Egypt
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- Department of NEUROFARBA, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, University of Florence, Via Ugo Schiff 6, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019 Florence, Italy
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- Department of NEUROFARBA, Section of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Florence, Viale Gaetano Pieraccini 6, 50100 Florence, Italy
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- Department of NEUROFARBA, Section of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Florence, Viale Gaetano Pieraccini 6, 50100 Florence, Italy
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- Department of NEUROFARBA, Section of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Florence, Viale Gaetano Pieraccini 6, 50100 Florence, Italy
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- Biomedical Manufacturing Program, CSIRO, 343 Royal Parade, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Department of Applied Organic Chemistry, National Research Center, Dokki, Giza 12622, Egypt
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- Department of NEUROFARBA, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, University of Florence, Via Ugo Schiff 6, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019 Florence, Italy
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- School of Chemistry & Molecular Bioscience, Molecular Horizons, and Illawarra Health & Medical Research Institute, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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- Department of NEUROFARBA, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, University of Florence, Via Ugo Schiff 6, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019 Florence, Italy
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Zakšauskas A, Čapkauskaitė E, Jezepčikas L, Linkuvienė V, Paketurytė V, Smirnov A, Leitans J, Kazaks A, Dvinskis E, Manakova E, Gražulis S, Tars K, Matulis D. Halogenated and di-substituted benzenesulfonamides as selective inhibitors of carbonic anhydrase isoforms. Eur J Med Chem 2020; 185:111825. [PMID: 31740053 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2019.111825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2019] [Revised: 10/25/2019] [Accepted: 10/25/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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By applying an approach of a "ring with two tails", a series of novel inhibitors possessing high-affinity and significant selectivity towards selected carbonic anhydrase (CA) isoforms has been designed. The "ring" consists of 2-chloro/bromo-benzenesulfonamide, where the sulfonamide group is as an anchor coordinating the Zn(II) in the active site of CAs, and halogen atom orients the ring affecting the affinity and selectivity. First "tail" is a substituent containing carbonyl, carboxyl, hydroxyl, ether groups or hydrophilic amide linkage. The second "tail" contains aryl- or alkyl-substituents attached through a sulfanyl or sulfonyl group. Both "tails" are connected to the benzene ring and play a crucial role in selectivity. Varying the substituents, we designed compounds selective for CA VII, CA IX, CA XII, or CA XIV. Since due to binding-linked protonation reactions the binding-ready fractions of the compound and protein are much lower than one, the "intrinsic" affinities were calculated that should be used to study correlations between crystal structures and the thermodynamics of binding for rational drug design. The "intrinsic" affinities together with the intrinsic enthalpies and entropies of binding together with co-crystal structures were used demonstrate structural factors determining major contributions for compound affinity and selectivity.
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- Audrius Zakšauskas
- Department of Biothermodynamics and Drug Design, Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Saulėtekio al. 7, Vilnius, LT, 10257, Lithuania
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- Department of Biothermodynamics and Drug Design, Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Saulėtekio al. 7, Vilnius, LT, 10257, Lithuania
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- Department of Biothermodynamics and Drug Design, Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Saulėtekio al. 7, Vilnius, LT, 10257, Lithuania
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- Department of Biothermodynamics and Drug Design, Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Saulėtekio al. 7, Vilnius, LT, 10257, Lithuania
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- Department of Biothermodynamics and Drug Design, Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Saulėtekio al. 7, Vilnius, LT, 10257, Lithuania
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- Department of Biothermodynamics and Drug Design, Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Saulėtekio al. 7, Vilnius, LT, 10257, Lithuania
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- Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre, Ratsupites 1 k-1, Riga, LV, 1067, Latvia
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- Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre, Ratsupites 1 k-1, Riga, LV, 1067, Latvia
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- Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre, Ratsupites 1 k-1, Riga, LV, 1067, Latvia
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- Department of Protein - DNA Interactions, Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Saulėtekio al. 7, Vilnius, LT, 10257, Lithuania
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- Department of Protein - DNA Interactions, Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Saulėtekio al. 7, Vilnius, LT, 10257, Lithuania
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- Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre, Ratsupites 1 k-1, Riga, LV, 1067, Latvia
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- Department of Biothermodynamics and Drug Design, Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Saulėtekio al. 7, Vilnius, LT, 10257, Lithuania.
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Abo-Ashour MF, Eldehna WM, Nocentini A, Bonardi A, Bua S, Ibrahim HS, Elaasser MM, Kryštof V, Jorda R, Gratteri P, Abou-Seri SM, Supuran CT. 3-Hydrazinoisatin-based benzenesulfonamides as novel carbonic anhydrase inhibitors endowed with anticancer activity: Synthesis, in vitro biological evaluation and in silico insights. Eur J Med Chem 2019; 184:111768. [PMID: 31629164 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2019.111768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2019] [Revised: 09/25/2019] [Accepted: 10/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Herein we describe the design and synthesis of two series of sulfonamides featuring N-unsubstituted (4a-c) or N-substituted (7a-o) isatin moieties (as tails) connected to benzenesulfonamide moiety via a hydrazine linker. All the prepared sulfonamides (4a-c and 7a-o) showed potent inhibitory activities toward transmembrane tumor-associated human (h) carbonic anhydrase (hCA, EC 4.2.1.1) isoforms, IX and XII with KI range (8.3-65.4 nM) and (11.9-72.9 nM), respectively. Furthermore, six sulfonamides (7e, 7i, 7j, 7m, 7n and 7o) were assessed for their anti-proliferative activity, according to US-NCI protocol, toward a panel of sixty cancer cell lines. Compounds 7j and 7n were the most promising counterparts in this assay displaying broad spectrum anti-proliferative activity toward diverse cell lines. Also, sulfonamide 7n significantly inhibited clonogenicity of HCT-116 cells in a concentration dependent manner in the colony forming assay. Moreover, molecular modeling studies were performed to gain insights for the plausible binding interactions and affinities for the target isatin-based sulfonamides (4a-c and 7a-o) within hCA isoforms II and IX active sites.
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- Mahmoud F Abo-Ashour
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Egyptian Russian University, Badr City, Cairo, 11829, Egypt.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt.
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- Department of NEUROFARBA, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, University of Florence, Polo Scientifico, Via U. Schiff 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy; Department of NEUROFARBA - Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Section, Laboratory of Molecular Modeling Cheminformatics & QSAR, University of Firenze, Via U. Schiff 6, Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, 50019, Italy
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- Department of NEUROFARBA, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, University of Florence, Polo Scientifico, Via U. Schiff 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy; Department of NEUROFARBA - Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Section, Laboratory of Molecular Modeling Cheminformatics & QSAR, University of Firenze, Via U. Schiff 6, Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, 50019, Italy
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- Department of NEUROFARBA, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, University of Florence, Polo Scientifico, Via U. Schiff 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Egyptian Russian University, Badr City, Cairo, 11829, Egypt
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- The Regional Center for Mycology and Biotechnology, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Palacky University & Institute of Experimental Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Slechtitelu 27, 78371, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Palacky University & Institute of Experimental Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Slechtitelu 27, 78371, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of NEUROFARBA - Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Section, Laboratory of Molecular Modeling Cheminformatics & QSAR, University of Firenze, Via U. Schiff 6, Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, 50019, Italy.
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- Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, El-kasr Elaini Street, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of NEUROFARBA, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, University of Florence, Polo Scientifico, Via U. Schiff 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy.
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Thermodynamic, kinetic, and structural parameterization of human carbonic anhydrase interactions toward enhanced inhibitor design. Q Rev Biophys 2019; 51:e10. [PMID: 30912486 DOI: 10.1017/s0033583518000082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The aim of rational drug design is to develop small molecules using a quantitative approach to optimize affinity. This should enhance the development of chemical compounds that would specifically, selectively, reversibly, and with high affinity interact with a target protein. It is not yet possible to develop such compounds using computational (i.e., in silico) approach and instead the lead molecules are discovered in high-throughput screening searches of large compound libraries. The main reason why in silico methods are not capable to deliver is our poor understanding of the compound structure-thermodynamics and structure-kinetics correlations. There is a need for databases of intrinsic binding parameters (e.g., the change upon binding in standard Gibbs energy (ΔGint), enthalpy (ΔHint), entropy (ΔSint), volume (ΔVintr), heat capacity (ΔCp,int), association rate (ka,int), and dissociation rate (kd,int)) between a series of closely related proteins and a chemically diverse, but pharmacophoric group-guided library of compounds together with the co-crystal structures that could help explain the structure-energetics correlations and rationally design novel compounds. Assembly of these data will facilitate attempts to provide correlations and train data for modeling of compound binding. Here, we report large datasets of the intrinsic thermodynamic and kinetic data including over 400 primary sulfonamide compound binding to a family of 12 catalytically active human carbonic anhydrases (CA). Thermodynamic parameters have been determined by the fluorescent thermal shift assay, isothermal titration calorimetry, and by the stopped-flow assay of the inhibition of enzymatic activity. Kinetic measurements were performed using surface plasmon resonance. Intrinsic thermodynamic and kinetic parameters of binding were determined by dissecting the binding-linked protonation reactions of the protein and sulfonamide. The compound structure-thermodynamics and kinetics correlations reported here helped to discover compounds that exhibited picomolar affinities, hour-long residence times, and million-fold selectivities over non-target CA isoforms. Drug-lead compounds are suggested for anticancer target CA IX and CA XII, antiglaucoma CA IV, antiobesity CA VA and CA VB, and other isoforms. Together with 85 X-ray crystallographic structures of 60 compounds bound to six CA isoforms, the database should be of help to continue developing the principles of rational target-based drug design.
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Nocentini A, Supuran CT. Advances in the structural annotation of human carbonic anhydrases and impact on future drug discovery. Expert Opin Drug Discov 2019; 14:1175-1197. [DOI: 10.1080/17460441.2019.1651289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Alessio Nocentini
- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child’s Health (NEUROFARBA), Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child’s Health (NEUROFARBA), Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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Mujumdar P, Kopecka J, Bua S, Supuran CT, Riganti C, Poulsen SA. Carbonic Anhydrase XII Inhibitors Overcome Temozolomide Resistance in Glioblastoma. J Med Chem 2019; 62:4174-4192. [PMID: 30925064 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b00282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The natural product primary sulfonamide, psammaplin C (1), when used in combination with clinically used chemotherapeutic drugs, including temozolomide, reverses multidrug resistance and increases survival in glioblastoma, a highly aggressive primary brain tumor. We showed previously that the mechanism of action of 1 is novel, acting to indirectly interfere with P-glycoprotein drug efflux activity as a consequence of carbonic anhydrase XII (CA XII) inhibition. To build structure-activity relationships, 45 derivatives of 1 were designed, synthesized, and evaluated against a panel of CA isoforms. Compound 55 was identified as a potent inhibitor of CA XII ( Ki = 0.56 nM) and was investigated in vitro and in vivo using samples from glioblastoma patients. The results strengthen the possibility that co-therapy of temozolomide with a CA XII inhibitor may more effectively treat glioblastoma by suppressing an important temozolomide resistance mechanism.
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- Prashant Mujumdar
- Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery , Griffith University , Don Young Road , Nathan, Brisbane , Queensland 4111 , Australia
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- Department of Oncology , University of Torino , Via Santena 5/bis , 10126 Torino , Italy
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- NEUROFARBA Department, Sezione di Scienze Farmaceutiche , Università degli Studi di Firenze , Via Ugo Schiff 6 , 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence , Italy
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- NEUROFARBA Department, Sezione di Scienze Farmaceutiche , Università degli Studi di Firenze , Via Ugo Schiff 6 , 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence , Italy
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- Department of Oncology , University of Torino , Via Santena 5/bis , 10126 Torino , Italy
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- Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery , Griffith University , Don Young Road , Nathan, Brisbane , Queensland 4111 , Australia
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Berrino E, Supuran CT. Novel approaches for designing drugs that interfere with pH regulation. Expert Opin Drug Discov 2019; 14:231-248. [PMID: 30681011 DOI: 10.1080/17460441.2019.1567488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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INTRODUCTION In all living species, pH regulation is a tightly controlled process, with a plethora of proteins involved in its regulation. These include sodium-proton exchangers, carbonic anhydrases, anion exchangers, bicarbonate transporters/cotransporters, H+-ATPases, and monocarboxylate transporters. All of them play crucial roles in acid-base balancing, both in eukaryotic as well as in prokaryotic organisms, making them interesting drug targets for the management of pathological events (in)directly involved in pH regulation. Areas covered: Interfering with pH regulation for the treatment of tumors and microbial infections is the main focus of this review, with particular attention paid to inhibitors targeting the above-mentioned proteins. The latest advances in each field id reviewed. Expert opinion: Interfering with the pH regulation of tumor cells is a validated approach to tackle primary tumors and metastases growth. Carbonic anhydrases are the most investigated proteins of those aforementioned, with several inhibitors in clinical development. Recent advances in the characterization of proteins involved in pH homeostasis of various pathogens evidenced their crucial role in the survival and virulence of bacterial, fungal, and protozoan microorganisms. Some encouraging results shed light on the possibility to target such proteins for obtaining new anti-infectives, overcoming the extensive drug resistance problems of clinically used drugs.
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- Emanuela Berrino
- a NEUROFARBA Department, Sezione di Scienze Farmaceutiche , University of Florence , Sesto Fiorentino (Florence) , Italy
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- a NEUROFARBA Department, Sezione di Scienze Farmaceutiche , University of Florence , Sesto Fiorentino (Florence) , Italy
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Gorantla JN, Pengthaisong S, Choknud S, Kaewpuang T, Manyum T, Promarak V, Ketudat Cairns JR. Gram scale production of 1-azido-β-d-glucose via enzyme catalysis for the synthesis of 1,2,3-triazole-glucosides. RSC Adv 2019; 9:6211-6220. [PMID: 35517277 PMCID: PMC9061115 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra00736a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2019] [Accepted: 02/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The production of analytical amounts of azido sugars is used as a means of verifying catalytic acid/base mutations of retaining glycosidase, but application of this process to preparative synthesis has not been reported. The catalytic acid/base mutant of Thermoanaerobacterium xylanolyticus GH116 β-glucosidase, TxGH116D593A, catalyzed the gram scale production of 1-azido-β-d-glucose (1) from p-nitropheyl-β-d-glucopyranoside (pNPGlc) and azide via a transglucosylation reaction. Overnight reaction of the enzyme with pNPGlc and NaN3 in aqueous MES buffer (pH 5.5) at 55 °C produced 1 (3.27 g), which was isolated as a white foamy solid in 96% yield. This 1 was successfully utilized for the synthesis of fifteen 1,2,3-triazole-β-d-glucosyl derivatives (2–16) containing a variety of functional groups, via click chemistry. The retaining β-glucosidase acid/base mutant TxGH116D593A catalyzed the production of 1-azido-β-d-glucose for synthesis of 15 1,2,3-triazole β-glucosyl derivatives.![]()
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- Jaggaiah N. Gorantla
- School of Chemistry
- Institute of Science, & Center for Biomolecular Structure, Function and Application
- Suranaree University of Technology
- Nakhon Ratchasima 30000
- Thailand
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- School of Chemistry
- Institute of Science, & Center for Biomolecular Structure, Function and Application
- Suranaree University of Technology
- Nakhon Ratchasima 30000
- Thailand
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- School of Chemistry
- Institute of Science, & Center for Biomolecular Structure, Function and Application
- Suranaree University of Technology
- Nakhon Ratchasima 30000
- Thailand
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- School of Molecular Science and Engineering
- Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology
- Rayong 21210
- Thailand
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- School of Chemistry
- Institute of Science, & Center for Biomolecular Structure, Function and Application
- Suranaree University of Technology
- Nakhon Ratchasima 30000
- Thailand
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- School of Molecular Science and Engineering
- Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology
- Rayong 21210
- Thailand
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- School of Chemistry
- Institute of Science, & Center for Biomolecular Structure, Function and Application
- Suranaree University of Technology
- Nakhon Ratchasima 30000
- Thailand
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Vaškevičienė I, Paketurytė V, Pajanok N, Žukauskas Š, Sapijanskaitė B, Kantminienė K, Mickevičius V, Zubrienė A, Matulis D. Pyrrolidinone-bearing methylated and halogenated benzenesulfonamides as inhibitors of carbonic anhydrases. Bioorg Med Chem 2018; 27:322-337. [PMID: 30553625 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2018.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2018] [Revised: 11/29/2018] [Accepted: 12/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Two series of benzenesulfonamides bearing methyl groups at ortho/ortho or meta/ortho positions and a pyrrolidinone moiety at para position were synthesized and tested as inhibitors of the twelve catalytically active human carbonic anhydrase (CA) isoforms. Observed binding affinities were determined by fluorescent thermal shift assay and intrinsic binding affinities representing the binding of benzenesulfonamide anion to the Zn(II)-bound water form of CA were calculated. Introduction of dimethyl groups into benzenesulfonamide ring decreased the binding affinity to almost all CA isoforms, but gained in selectivity towards one CA isoform. A chloro group at the meta position of 2,6-dimethylbenzenesulfonamide derivatives did not influence the binding to CA I, but it increased the affinity to all other CAs, especially, CA VII and CA XIII (up to 500 fold). The compounds may be used for further development of CA inhibitors with higher selectivity to particular CA isoforms.
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- Irena Vaškevičienė
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Kaunas University of Technology, LT-50254, Radvilėnų pl. 19, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Department of Biothermodynamics and Drug Design, Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Saulėtekio 7, Vilnius LT-10257, Lithuania
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- Department of Biothermodynamics and Drug Design, Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Saulėtekio 7, Vilnius LT-10257, Lithuania
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Kaunas University of Technology, LT-50254, Radvilėnų pl. 19, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Kaunas University of Technology, LT-50254, Radvilėnų pl. 19, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Department of Physical and Inorganic Chemistry, Kaunas University of Technology, LT-50254, Radvilėnų pl. 19, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Kaunas University of Technology, LT-50254, Radvilėnų pl. 19, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Department of Biothermodynamics and Drug Design, Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Saulėtekio 7, Vilnius LT-10257, Lithuania.
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- Department of Biothermodynamics and Drug Design, Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Saulėtekio 7, Vilnius LT-10257, Lithuania
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