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Ezhov RN, Metzel GA, Mukhina OA, Musselman CA, Kutateladze TG, Gustafson TP, Kutateladze AG. Photoactive Spatial Proximity Probes for Binding Pairs with Epigenetic Marks. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2014; 290:101-108. [PMID: 25197204 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2014.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A new strategy for encoding polypeptide libraries with photolabile tags is developed. The photoassisted assay, based on conditional release of encoding tags only from bound pairs, can differentiate between peptides which have minor differences in a form of post-translational modifications with epigenetic marks. The encoding strategy is fully compatible with automated peptide synthesis. The encoding pendants are compact and do not perturb potential binding interactions.
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- Roman N Ezhov
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Denver, Denver, CO 80208
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Denver, Denver, CO 80208
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Denver, Denver, CO 80208
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Denver, Denver, CO 80208
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Denver, Denver, CO 80208
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Qiu Z, Yan M, Li Q, Liu D, Van den Steen PE, Wang M, Opdenakker G, Hu J. Definition of peptide inhibitors from a synthetic peptide library by targeting gelatinase B/matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) and TNF-α converting enzyme (TACE/ADAM-17). J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem 2011; 27:533-40. [DOI: 10.3109/14756366.2011.599323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Zheng Qiu
- School of Life Science & Technology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China
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- New Drug Screening Center, China Pharmaceutical University,
Nanjing, China
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- School of Life Science & Technology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China
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- Shanghai Sine Pharmaceutical Company,
Shanghai, China
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- Laboratory of Immunobiology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, University of Leuven,
Minderbroedersstraat 10, Leuven, Belgium
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- School of Life Science & Technology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China
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- Laboratory of Immunobiology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, University of Leuven,
Minderbroedersstraat 10, Leuven, Belgium
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- School of Life Science & Technology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China
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Kottani R, Valiulin RA, Kutateladze AG. Direct screening of solution phase combinatorial libraries encoded with externally sensitized photolabile tags. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:13917-21. [PMID: 16956977 PMCID: PMC1599888 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0606380103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Solution phase combinatorial chemistry holds an enormous promise for modern drug discovery. Much needed are direct methods to assay such libraries for binding of biological targets. An approach to encoding and screening of solution phase libraries has been developed based on the conditional photorelease of externally sensitized photolabile tags. The encoding tags are released into solution only when a sought-for binding event occurs between the ligand and the receptor, outfitted with an electron-transfer sensitizer. The released tags are analyzed in solution revealing the identity of the lead ligand or narrowing the range of potential leads.
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- Rudresha Kottani
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Denver, Denver, CO 80208-2436
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Denver, Denver, CO 80208-2436
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Hu J, Fiten P, Van den Steen PE, Chaltin P, Opdenakker G. Simulation of Evolution-Selected Propeptide by High-Throughput Selection of a Peptidomimetic Inhibitor on a Capillary DNA Sequencer Platform. Anal Chem 2005; 77:2116-24. [PMID: 15801745 DOI: 10.1021/ac048631p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Many proteinases, including gelatinase B/MMP-9, fulfill crucial regulatory or effector functions in disease states and may be pharmacologically targeted by specific inhibitors. Denatured collagen type II provides one of the best gelatinase B substrates, and the characteristics of its cleavage were employed to define the requirements of a novel optimal substrate probe. A synthetic fluorescent derivative was used for the development of a new high-throughput technology for the selection of inhibitors on the principles of sensitivity of confocal fluorescence detection, resolution capacity of capillary electrophoresis, and multichannel power of DNA sequencers. Combinatorial chemical synthesis of a library of peptide-based inhibitors, library deconvolution, high-throughput screening, isolation, and mass spectrometric techniques enabled us to identify a novel single-peptide gelatinase B inhibitor. A notable finding is that the in vitro-selected inhibitor mimics many of the characteristics of the evolution-selected MMP propeptide sequence.
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- Jialiang Hu
- Laboratory of Immunobiology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, University of Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium
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Sasubilli R, Gutheil WG. General Inverse Solid-Phase Synthesis Method for C-Terminally Modified Peptide Mimetics. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 6:911-5. [PMID: 15530118 DOI: 10.1021/cc049912d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Peptide mimetics are of considerable interest as bioactive agents and drugs. C-terminally modified peptide mimetics are of particular interest given the synthetic versatility of the carboxyl group and its derivatives. A general approach to C-terminally modified peptide mimetics, based on a urethane attachment strategy and amino acid t-butyl ester-based N-to-C peptide synthesis, is described. This approach is compatible with the reaction conditions generally employed for solution-phase peptide mimetic synthesis. To develop and demonstrate this approach, it was employed for the solid-phase synthesis of peptide trifluoromethyl ketones, peptide boronic acids, and peptide hydroxamic acids. The development of a versatile general approach to C-terminally modified peptides using readily available starting materials provides a basis for the combinatorial and parallel solid-phase synthesis of these peptide mimetic classes for bioactive agent screening and also provides a basis for the further development of solid-phase C-terminal functional group elaboration strategies.
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- Ramakrishna Sasubilli
- Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri 64110, USA
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Akavia A, Senderowitz H, Lerner A, Shamir R. Designing a multiroute synthesis scheme in combinatorial chemistry. JOURNAL OF COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY 2004; 6:540-8. [PMID: 15244415 DOI: 10.1021/cc034045i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/30/2023]
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Solid-phase mix-and-split combinatorial synthesis is often used to produce large arrays of compounds to be tested during the various stages of the drug development process. This method can be represented by a synthesis graph in which nodes correspond to grow operations and arcs to beads transferred among the different reaction vessels. In this work, we address the problem of designing such a graph which maximizes the number of produced target compounds (namely, compounds out of an input library of desired molecules), given constraints on the number of beads used for library synthesis and on the number of reaction vessels available for concurrent grow steps. We present a heuristic based on a discrete search for solving this problem, test our solution on several data sets, explore its behavior, and show that it achieves good performance.
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- Adi Akavia
- Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, The Weizmann Institute, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Maltais R, Luu-The V, Poirier D. Parallel solid-phase synthesis of 3beta-peptido-3alpha-hydroxy-5alpha-androstan-17-one derivatives for inhibition of type 3 17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase. Bioorg Med Chem 2001; 9:3101-11. [PMID: 11711285 DOI: 10.1016/s0968-0896(01)00182-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Type 3 17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (17beta-HSD), a key steroidogenic enzyme, transforms 4-androstene-3,17-dione (Delta(4)-dione) into testosterone. In order to produce potential inhibitors, we performed solid-phase synthesis of model libraries of 3beta-peptido-3alpha-hydroxy-5alpha-androstan-17-ones with 1, 2, or 3 levels of molecular diversity, obtaining good overall yields (23-58%) and a high average purity (86%, without any purification steps) using the Leznoff's acetal linker. The libraries were rapidly synthesized in a parallel format and the generated compounds were tested as inhibitors of type 3 17beta-HSD. Potent inhibitors were identified from these model libraries, especially six members of the level 3 library having at least one phenyl group. One of them, the 3beta-(N-heptanoyl-L-phenylalanine-L-leucine-aminomethyl)-3alpha-hydroxy-5alpha-androstan-17-one (42) inhibited the enzyme with an IC(50) value of 227nM, which is twice as potent as the natural substrate Delta(4)-dione when used itself as an inhibitor. Using the proliferation of androgen-sensitive (AR(+)) Shionogi cells as model of androgenicity, the compound 42 induced only a slight proliferation at 1 microM (less than previously reported type 3 17beta-HSD inhibitors) and, interestingly, no proliferation at 0.1 microM.
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- R Maltais
- Medicinal Chemistry Division, Oncology and Molecular Endocrinology Research Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec (CHUQ) and Université Laval, 2705 Laurier Blvd, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada G1V 4G2
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Triolo A, Altamura M, Cardinali F, Sisto A, Maggi CA. Mass spectrometry and combinatorial chemistry: a short outline. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2001; 36:1249-1259. [PMID: 11754116 DOI: 10.1002/jms.238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The rapid evolution of combinatorial chemistry in recent years has led to a dramatic improvement in synthetic capabilities. The goal is to accelerate the discovery of molecules showing affinity against a target, such as an enzyme or a receptor, through the simultaneous synthesis of a great number of structurally diverse compounds. This is done by generating combinatorial libraries containing as many as hundreds or thousands of compounds. The need to test all these compounds led to the development of high-throughput screening (HTS) techniques, and also high-throughput analytical techniques capable of assessing the occurrence, structure and purity of the products. In order to be applied effectively to the characterization of combinatorial libraries, an analytical technique must be adequately sensitive (to analyse samples which are typically produced in nanomole amounts or less), fast, affordable and easy to automate (to minimize analysis time and operator intervention). Although no method alone can meet all the analytical challenges underlying this task, the recent progress in mass spectrometric (MS) instrumentation renders this technique an essential tool for scientists working in this area. We describe here relevant aspects of the use of MS in combinatorial technologies, such as current methods of characterization, purification and screening of libraries. Some examples from our laboratory deal with the analysis of pooled oligomeric libraries containing n x 324(n = 1, 2) compounds, using both on-line high-performance liquid chromatography/MS with an ion trap mass spectrometer, and direct infusion into a triple quadrupole instrument. In the first approach, MS and product ion MS/MS with automatic selection of the precursor were performed in one run, allowing library confirmation and structural elucidation of unexpected by-products. The second approach used MS scans to characterize the entire library and also precursor ion and neutral loss scans to detect selectively components with given structural characteristics.
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- A Triolo
- Menarini Ricerche SpA, via Sette Santi 3, 50131 Florence, Italy.
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Seneci P. Direct deconvolution techniques for pool libraries of small organic molecules. J Recept Signal Transduct Res 2001; 21:377-408. [PMID: 11789690 DOI: 10.1081/rrs-100107924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- P Seneci
- GlaxoWellcome Medicines Research Centre, Verona, Italy
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Teixido J, Michelotti EL, Tice CM. Ruminations regarding the design of small mixtures for biological testing. JOURNAL OF COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY 2000; 2:658-74. [PMID: 11126294 DOI: 10.1021/cc0000390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Synthesis and screening of compound mixtures offer avenues to increase throughput and reduce cycle time in the discovery of new drugs and agrochemicals. Equations are derived which show that the efficiency of synthesis and screening of mixtures is a function of the screening hit rate and the number of compounds in each mixture when simple one-step deconvolution by retesting the individual compounds in each active mixture is employed. Values of hit rate and number of compounds in each mixture which afford various levels of increased efficiency are delineated. Two-step deconvolution, in which the active mixtures from the first round of testing are subdivided into mixtures with fewer compounds for a second round of mixture screening prior to final testing of individual compounds, is shown to be more efficient than simple one-step deconvolution under most conditions. For optimum efficiency, the number of compounds in each mixture in the second round testing should be the square root of the number of compounds in each mixture in the first round. At high hit rates the efficiency of the double scan or indexed approach to deconvolution is shown to be higher than that of simple deconvolution. This discussion is oriented mainly toward mixtures of 4-20 compounds and screens which give hit rates in the 1-10% range. The equations describing efficiency are applied in the context of a 49-member amide library produced as mixtures of seven compounds. This library includes the commercial herbicide pronamide and was screened for herbicidal and insecticidal utility.
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- J Teixido
- Institut Quimic de Sarria, Ramon Llull University, Barcelona, Spain
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Floyd CD, Leblanc C, Whittaker M. Combinatorial chemistry as a tool for drug discovery. PROGRESS IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY 2000; 36:91-168. [PMID: 10818672 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6468(08)70046-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The question 'will combinatorial chemistry deliver real medicines' has been posed [96]. First it is important to realise that the chemical part of the drug discovery process cannot stand alone; the integration of synthesis and biological assays is fundamental to the combinatorial approach. The results presented in Tables 3.1 to 3.8 suggest that so far smaller directed combinatorial libraries have obtained equivalent results to those obtained previously from traditional medicinal chemistry analogue programs. Unfortunately, because of the long time it takes to develop pharmaceutical drugs there are no examples yet of marketed drugs discovered by combinatorial methods. There are interesting examples where active leads have been discovered from the screening of the same library against multiple targets (e.g. libraries 13, 39, 43, 66, 71 and 76). It is now possible to handle much larger libraries of non-oligomeric structures and the chemistry required for such applications is becoming available. Whether combinatorial approaches can also be adapted to deal with all the other requirements of a successful pharmaceutical (lack of toxicity, bioavailability etc.) is open to question but there are already examples such as cassette dosing [235-237]. However we can still be optimistic about the possibility of larger libraries producing avenues of investigation for the medicinal chemist to develop into real drugs. Combinatorial chemistry is an important tool for the medicinal chemist.
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- C D Floyd
- British Biotech Pharmaceuticals Limited, Oxford, U.K
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