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Tang LWT, DaSilva E, Lapham K, Obach RS. Evaluation of Icotinib as a Potent and Selective Inhibitor of Aldehyde Oxidase for Reaction Phenotyping in Human Hepatocytes. Drug Metab Dispos 2024; 52:565-573. [PMID: 38565303 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.124.001693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2024] [Revised: 03/18/2024] [Accepted: 03/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024] Open
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Aldehyde oxidase (AO) is a molybdenum cofactor-containing cytosolic enzyme that has gained prominence due to its involvement in the developmental failure of several drug candidates in first-in-human trials. Unlike cytochrome P450s (P450) and glucuronosyltransferase, AO substrates have been plagued by poor in vitro to in vivo extrapolation, leading to low systemic exposures and underprediction of human dose. However, apart from measuring a drug's AO clearance rates, it is also important to determine the relative contribution to metabolism by this enzyme (fm,AO). Although hydralazine is the most well-studied time-dependent inhibitor (TDI) of AO and is frequently employed for AO reaction phenotyping in human hepatocytes to derive fm,AO, multiple studies have expressed concerns pertaining to its utility in providing accurate estimates of fm,AO values due to its propensity to significantly inhibit P450s at the concentrations typically used for reaction phenotyping. In this study, we characterized icotinib, a cyclized analog of erlotinib, as a potent TDI of AO-inactivating human liver cytosolic zoniporide 2-oxidation equipotently with erlotinib with a maximal inactivate rate/inactivator concentration at half maximal inactivation rate (K I) ratio of 463 and 501 minute-1mM-1 , respectively. Moreover, icotinib also exhibits selectivity against P450 and elicits significantly weaker inhibition against human liver microsomal UGT1A1/3 as compared with erlotinib. Finally, we evaluated icotinib as an inhibitor of AO for reaction phenotyping in cryopreserved human hepatocytes and demonstrated that it can yield more accurate prediction of fm,AO compared with hydralazine and induce sustained suppression of AO activity at higher cell densities, which will be important for reaction phenotyping endeavors of low clearance drugs SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: In this study, we characterized icotinib as a potent time-dependent inhibitor of AO with ample selectivity margins against the P450s and UGT1A1/3 and demonstrated its utility for reaction phenotyping in human hepatocytes to obtain accurate estimates of fm,AO for victim DDI risk predictions. We envisage the adoption of icotinib in place of hydralazine in AO reaction phenotyping.
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- Lloyd Wei Tat Tang
- Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics, and Metabolism, Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut
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- Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics, and Metabolism, Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut
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- Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics, and Metabolism, Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut
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- Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics, and Metabolism, Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut
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Xiong J, Cui R, Li Z, Zhang W, Zhang R, Fu Z, Liu X, Li Z, Chen K, Zheng M. Transfer learning enhanced graph neural network for aldehyde oxidase metabolism prediction and its experimental application. Acta Pharm Sin B 2024; 14:623-634. [PMID: 38322350 PMCID: PMC10840476 DOI: 10.1016/j.apsb.2023.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2023] [Revised: 09/07/2023] [Accepted: 10/11/2023] [Indexed: 02/08/2024] Open
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Aldehyde oxidase (AOX) is a molybdoenzyme that is primarily expressed in the liver and is involved in the metabolism of drugs and other xenobiotics. AOX-mediated metabolism can result in unexpected outcomes, such as the production of toxic metabolites and high metabolic clearance, which can lead to the clinical failure of novel therapeutic agents. Computational models can assist medicinal chemists in rapidly evaluating the AOX metabolic risk of compounds during the early phases of drug discovery and provide valuable clues for manipulating AOX-mediated metabolism liability. In this study, we developed a novel graph neural network called AOMP for predicting AOX-mediated metabolism. AOMP integrated the tasks of metabolic substrate/non-substrate classification and metabolic site prediction, while utilizing transfer learning from 13C nuclear magnetic resonance data to enhance its performance on both tasks. AOMP significantly outperformed the benchmark methods in both cross-validation and external testing. Using AOMP, we systematically assessed the AOX-mediated metabolism of common fragments in kinase inhibitors and successfully identified four new scaffolds with AOX metabolism liability, which were validated through in vitro experiments. Furthermore, for the convenience of the community, we established the first online service for AOX metabolism prediction based on AOMP, which is freely available at https://aomp.alphama.com.cn.
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- Jiacheng Xiong
- Drug Discovery and Design Center, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Drug Discovery and Design Center, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- College of Computer and Information Engineering, Dezhou University, Dezhou 253023, China
- AI Department, Suzhou Alphama Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Suzhou 215000, China
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- Drug Discovery and Design Center, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Drug Discovery and Design Center, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Drug Discovery and Design Center, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- AI Department, Suzhou Alphama Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Suzhou 215000, China
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- Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies, and School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 200031, China
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- Drug Discovery and Design Center, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Drug Discovery and Design Center, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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Khojasteh SC, Argikar UA, Cheruzel L, Cho S, Crouch RD, Dhaware D, Heck CJS, Johnson KM, Kalgutkar AS, King L, Liu J, Ma B, Maw H, Miller GP, Seneviratne HK, Takahashi RH, Wang S, Wei C, Jackson KD. Biotransformation research advances - 2022 year in review. Drug Metab Rev 2023; 55:301-342. [PMID: 37737116 DOI: 10.1080/03602532.2023.2262161] [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: 04/19/2023] [Accepted: 06/05/2023] [Indexed: 09/23/2023]
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This annual review is the eighth of its kind since 2016 (Baillie et al. 2016, Khojasteh et al. 2017, Khojasteh et al. 2018, Khojasteh et al. 2019, Khojasteh et al. 2020, Khojasteh et al. 2021, Khojasteh et al. 2022). Our objective is to explore and share articles which we deem influential and significant in the field of biotransformation.
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- S Cyrus Khojasteh
- Department of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Genentech, Inc, South San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Non-clinical Development, Bill and Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Genentech, Inc, South San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Genentech, Inc, South San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Medicine Design, Pfizer Worldwide Research, Development and Medical, Groton, CT, USA
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- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Inotiv, MD Heights, MO, USA
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- Medicine Design, Pfizer Worldwide Research, Development and Medical, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Quantitative Drug Discovery, UCB Biopharma UK, Slough UK
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- Department of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Genentech, Inc, South San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Genentech, Inc, South San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Ridgefield, CT, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of AR for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
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- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Denali Therapeutics, South San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Genentech, Inc, South San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Biogen Inc, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Meanwell NA. The pyridazine heterocycle in molecular recognition and drug discovery. Med Chem Res 2023; 32:1-69. [PMID: 37362319 PMCID: PMC10015555 DOI: 10.1007/s00044-023-03035-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2023] [Accepted: 02/06/2023] [Indexed: 03/17/2023]
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The pyridazine ring is endowed with unique physicochemical properties, characterized by weak basicity, a high dipole moment that subtends π-π stacking interactions and robust, dual hydrogen-bonding capacity that can be of importance in drug-target interactions. These properties contribute to unique applications in molecular recognition while the inherent polarity, low cytochrome P450 inhibitory effects and potential to reduce interaction of a molecule with the cardiac hERG potassium channel add additional value in drug discovery and development. The recent approvals of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor antagonist relugolix (24) and the allosteric tyrosine kinase 2 inhibitor deucravacitinib (25) represent the first examples of FDA-approved drugs that incorporate a pyridazine ring. In this review, the properties of the pyridazine ring are summarized in comparison to the other azines and its potential in drug discovery is illustrated through vignettes that explore applications that take advantage of the inherent physicochemical properties as an approach to solving challenges associated with candidate optimization. Graphical Abstract
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Gajula SNR, Nathani TN, Patil RM, Talari S, Sonti R. Aldehyde oxidase mediated drug metabolism: an underpredicted obstacle in drug discovery and development. Drug Metab Rev 2022; 54:427-448. [PMID: 36369949 DOI: 10.1080/03602532.2022.2144879] [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: 11/15/2022]
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Aldehyde oxidase (AO) has garnered curiosity as a non-CYP metabolizing enzyme in drug development due to unexpected consequences such as toxic metabolite generation and high metabolic clearance resulting in the clinical failure of new drugs. Therefore, poor AO mediated clearance prediction in preclinical nonhuman species remains a significant obstacle in developing novel drugs. Various isoforms of AO, such as AOX1, AOX3, AOX3L1, and AOX4 exist across species, and different AO activity among humans influences the AO mediated drug metabolism. Therefore, carefully considering the unique challenges is essential in developing successful AO substrate drugs. The in vitro to in vivo extrapolation underpredicts AO mediated drug clearance due to the lack of reliable representative animal models, substrate-specific activity, and the discrepancy between absolute concentration and activity. An in vitro tool to extrapolate in vivo clearance using a yard-stick approach is provided to address the underprediction of AO mediated drug clearance. This approach uses a range of well-known AO drug substrates as calibrators for qualitative scaling new drugs into low, medium, or high clearance category drugs. So far, in vivo investigations on chimeric mice with humanized livers (humanized mice) have predicted AO mediated metabolism to the best extent. This review addresses the critical aspects of the drug discovery stage for AO metabolism studies, challenges faced in drug development, approaches to tackle AO mediated drug clearance's underprediction, and strategies to decrease the AO metabolism of drugs.
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- Siva Nageswara Rao Gajula
- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)-Hyderabad, Balanagar, Telangana, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)-Hyderabad, Balanagar, Telangana, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)-Hyderabad, Balanagar, Telangana, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)-Hyderabad, Balanagar, Telangana, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)-Hyderabad, Balanagar, Telangana, India
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Jackson KD, Argikar UA, Cho S, Crouch RD, Driscoll JP, Heck C, King L, Maw HH, Miller GP, Seneviratne HK, Wang S, Wei C, Zhang D, Khojasteh SC. Bioactivation and Reactivity Research Advances - 2021 year in review. Drug Metab Rev 2022; 54:246-281. [PMID: 35876116 DOI: 10.1080/03602532.2022.2097254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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This year's review on bioactivation and reactivity began as a part of the annual review on biotransformation and bioactivation led by Cyrus Khojasteh (Khojasteh et al., 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017; Baillie et al., 2016). Increased contributions from experts in the field led to the development of a stand alone edition for the first time this year focused specifically on bioactivation and reactivity. Our objective for this review is to highlight and share articles which we deem influential and significant regarding the development of covalent inhibitors, mechanisms of reactive metabolite formation, enzyme inactivation, and drug safety. Based on the selected articles, we created two sections: (1) reactivity and enzyme inactivation, and (2) bioactivation mechanisms and safety (Table 1). Several biotransformation experts have contributed to this effort from academic and industry settings.
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- Klarissa D Jackson
- Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Non-clinical Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Department of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, 94080, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Nashville, TN, 37203, USA
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- Department of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics. Bristol Myers Squibb, Brisbane, CA, 94005, USA
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- Medicine Design, Pfizer Worldwide Research, Development and Medical, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of DMPK, UCB Biopharma UK, 216 Bath Road, Slough, SL1 3WE, UK
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- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ridgefield, CT, 06877, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W Markham St Slot 516, Little Rock, Arkansas, 72205, USA
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- Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205
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- Department of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, 94080, USA
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- Drug Metabolism & Pharmacokinetics, Biogen Inc., Cambridge, MA, 02142, USA
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- Department of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, 94080, USA
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- Department of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Genentech, Inc., 1 DNA Way, MS412a, South San Francisco, CA, 94080, USA
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Rendić SP, Crouch RD, Guengerich FP. Roles of selected non-P450 human oxidoreductase enzymes in protective and toxic effects of chemicals: review and compilation of reactions. Arch Toxicol 2022; 96:2145-2246. [PMID: 35648190 PMCID: PMC9159052 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-022-03304-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2022] [Accepted: 04/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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This is an overview of the metabolic reactions of drugs, natural products, physiological compounds, and other (general) chemicals catalyzed by flavin monooxygenase (FMO), monoamine oxidase (MAO), NAD(P)H quinone oxidoreductase (NQO), and molybdenum hydroxylase enzymes (aldehyde oxidase (AOX) and xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR)), including roles as substrates, inducers, and inhibitors of the enzymes. The metabolism and bioactivation of selected examples of each group (i.e., drugs, “general chemicals,” natural products, and physiological compounds) are discussed. We identified a higher fraction of bioactivation reactions for FMO enzymes compared to other enzymes, predominately involving drugs and general chemicals. With MAO enzymes, physiological compounds predominate as substrates, and some products lead to unwanted side effects or illness. AOX and XOR enzymes are molybdenum hydroxylases that catalyze the oxidation of various heteroaromatic rings and aldehydes and the reduction of a number of different functional groups. While neither of these two enzymes contributes substantially to the metabolism of currently marketed drugs, AOX has become a frequently encountered route of metabolism among drug discovery programs in the past 10–15 years. XOR has even less of a role in the metabolism of clinical drugs and preclinical drug candidates than AOX, likely due to narrower substrate specificity.
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- College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN, 37204, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 37232-0146, USA
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Teffera Y, Liu J, Krolikowski P, Zhao Z. The Role of Aldehyde Oxidase in the Metabolic Clearance of Substituted Benzothiazoles. Drug Metab Lett 2021; 14:126-136. [PMID: 34818997 DOI: 10.2174/1872312814666210405101419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2020] [Revised: 12/03/2020] [Accepted: 02/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND A group of substituted benzothiazoles from a research project was found to have low microsomal clearance. However, these compounds had very high clearance in vivo. METHODS In the present study, the clearance mechanism of two of the structural analogs, was investigated in vitro and in vivo. RESULTS In vitro studies showed the formation of corresponding non-P450 dependent oxidative metabolites in S9, cytosol, and hepatocytes. The in vitro formation of these metabolites was observed in mice, rats, non-human primates, and humans. The dog did not form the corresponding metabolites in any of the matrices. Inhibition studies with S9 fraction and incubation with human recombinant aldehyde oxidase (AO) showed that the formation of the corresponding metabolites was AO dependent. To investigate the role of this pathway in vivo, mice were dosed with compound A and bile and plasma were analyzed. Most of the metabolites in bile contained the AO-dependent oxidized benzothiazole moiety, indicating that metabolism involving AO was probably the main pathway for clearance. The same metabolites were also observed circulating in plasma. Mass spectrometric analysis of the metabolite showed that the oxidation was on the benzothiazole moiety, but the exact position could not be identified. Isolation of the metabolite of compound A and analysis by NMR confirmed the structure of the metabolite as C2 carbon oxidation of the thiazole ring resulting in carboxamide moiety. Further comparison of both metabolites with corresponding authentic standards confirmed the structures. CONCLUSION To our knowledge, such an observation of in vitro and in vivo oxidation of substituted benzothiazole by AO has not been reported before. The results helped the medicinal chemists design compounds that avoid AO-mediated metabolism and with better ADME property.
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- Yohannes Teffera
- Chimerix, 2505 Meridian Pkwy, Suite 100, Durham, NC 27713, United States
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Mota C, Diniz A, Coelho C, Santos-Silva T, Esmaeeli M, Leimkühler S, Cabrita EJ, Marcelo F, Romão MJ. Interrogating the Inhibition Mechanisms of Human Aldehyde Oxidase by X-ray Crystallography and NMR Spectroscopy: The Raloxifene Case. J Med Chem 2021; 64:13025-13037. [PMID: 34415167 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c01125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Human aldehyde oxidase (hAOX1) is mainly present in the liver and has an emerging role in drug metabolism, since it accepts a wide range of molecules as substrates and inhibitors. Herein, we employed an integrative approach by combining NMR, X-ray crystallography, and enzyme inhibition kinetics to understand the inhibition modes of three hAOX1 inhibitors-thioridazine, benzamidine, and raloxifene. These integrative data indicate that thioridazine is a noncompetitive inhibitor, while benzamidine presents a mixed type of inhibition. Additionally, we describe the first crystal structure of hAOX1 in complex with raloxifene. Raloxifene binds tightly at the entrance of the substrate tunnel, stabilizing the flexible entrance gates and elucidating an unusual substrate-dependent mechanism of inhibition with potential impact on drug-drug interactions. This study can be considered as a proof-of-concept for an efficient experimental screening of prospective substrates and inhibitors of hAOX1 relevant in drug discovery.
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- Cristiano Mota
- Associate Laboratory i4HB-Institute for Health and Bioeconomy, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal.,UCIBIO-Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit, Department of Chemistry, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Associate Laboratory i4HB-Institute for Health and Bioeconomy, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal.,UCIBIO-Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit, Department of Chemistry, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Associate Laboratory i4HB-Institute for Health and Bioeconomy, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal.,UCIBIO-Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit, Department of Chemistry, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Associate Laboratory i4HB-Institute for Health and Bioeconomy, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal.,UCIBIO-Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit, Department of Chemistry, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Department of Molecular Enzymology, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Enzymology, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Associate Laboratory i4HB-Institute for Health and Bioeconomy, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal.,UCIBIO-Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit, Department of Chemistry, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Associate Laboratory i4HB-Institute for Health and Bioeconomy, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal.,UCIBIO-Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit, Department of Chemistry, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Associate Laboratory i4HB-Institute for Health and Bioeconomy, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal.,UCIBIO-Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit, Department of Chemistry, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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Case Study 11: Considerations for Enzyme Mapping Experiments-Interaction Between the Aldehyde Oxidase Inhibitor Hydralazine and Glutathione. Methods Mol Biol 2021. [PMID: 34272718 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1554-6_30] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Often it may be convenient and efficient to address multiple research questions with a single experiment. In many instances, however, the best approach is to design the experiment to address one question at a time. The design of enzyme mapping experiments is discussed in this chapter, focusing on considerations pertinent to the study of aldehyde oxidase (AO) vs. cytochrome P450 metabolism. Specifically, a case is presented in which reduced glutathione (GSH) was included in an experiment with human liver S9 fraction to trap reactive metabolites generated from cytochrome P450-mediated metabolism of lapatinib and its O-dealkylated metabolite, M1 (question 1). The AO inhibitor hydralazine was included in this experiment to investigate the involvement of AO-mediated metabolism of M1 (question 2). The presence of GSH was found to interfere with the inhibitory activity of hydralazine. Consideration of the time-dependent nature of hydralazine inhibitory activity toward AO when designing this experiment could have predicted the potential for GSH to interfere with hydralazine. This case underscores the importance of clearly identifying the research question, tailoring the experimental protocol to answer that question, and then meticulously considering how the experimental conditions could influence the results, particularly if attempting to address multiple questions with a single experiment.
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Kozminski KD, Selimkhanov J, Heyward S, Zientek MA. Contribution of Extrahepatic Aldehyde Oxidase Activity to Human Clearance. Drug Metab Dispos 2021; 49:743-749. [PMID: 34162687 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.120.000313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2020] [Accepted: 06/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Aldehyde oxidase (AOX) is a soluble, cytosolic enzyme that metabolizes various N-heterocyclic compounds and organic aldehydes. It has wide tissue distribution with highest levels found in liver, kidney, and lung. Human clearance projections of AOX substrates by in vitro assessments in isolated liver fractions (cytosol, S9) and even hepatocytes have been largely underpredictive of clinical outcomes. Various hypotheses have been suggested as to why this is the case. One explanation is that extrahepatic AOX expression contributes measurably to AOX clearance and is at least partially responsible for the often observed underpredictions. Although AOX expression has been confirmed in several extrahepatic tissues, activities therein and potential contribution to overall human clearance have not been thoroughly studied. In this work, the AOX enzyme activity using the S9 fractions of select extrahepatic human tissues (kidney, lung, vasculature, and intestine) were measured using carbazeran as a probe substrate. Measured activities were scaled to a whole-body clearance using best-available parameters and compared with liver S9 fractions. Here, the combined scaled AOX clearance obtained from the kidney, lung, vasculature, and intestine is very low and amounted to <1% of liver. This work suggests that AOX metabolism from extrahepatic sources plays little role in the underprediction of activity in human. One of the notable outcomes of this work has been the first direct demonstration of AOX activity in human vasculature. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: This work demonstrates aldehyde oxidase (AOX) activity is measurable in a variety of extrahepatic human tissues, including vasculature, yet activities and potential contributions to human clearance are relatively low and insignificant when compared with the liver. Additionally, the modeling of the tissue-specific in vitro kinetic data suggests that AOX may be influenced by the tissue it resides in and thus show different affinity, activity, and modified activity over time.
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- Kirk D Kozminski
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals Limited, San Diego, California (K.D.K., J.S., M.A.Z.); and BioIVT, Baltimore, Maryland (S.H.)
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- Takeda Pharmaceuticals Limited, San Diego, California (K.D.K., J.S., M.A.Z.); and BioIVT, Baltimore, Maryland (S.H.)
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- Takeda Pharmaceuticals Limited, San Diego, California (K.D.K., J.S., M.A.Z.); and BioIVT, Baltimore, Maryland (S.H.)
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- Takeda Pharmaceuticals Limited, San Diego, California (K.D.K., J.S., M.A.Z.); and BioIVT, Baltimore, Maryland (S.H.)
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Soltani S, Hallaj-Nezhadi S, Rashidi MR. A comprehensive review of in silico approaches for the prediction and modulation of aldehyde oxidase-mediated drug metabolism: The current features, challenges and future perspectives. Eur J Med Chem 2021; 222:113559. [PMID: 34119831 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.113559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2021] [Revised: 05/10/2021] [Accepted: 05/13/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The importance of aldehyde oxidase (AOX) in drug metabolism necessitates the development and application of the in silico rational drug design methods as an integral part of drug discovery projects for the early prediction and modulation of AOX-mediated metabolism. The current study represents an up-to-date and thorough review of in silico studies of AOX-mediated metabolism and modulation methods. In addition, the challenges and the knowledge gap that should be covered have been discussed. The importance of aldehyde oxidase (AOX) in drug metabolism is a hot topic in drug discovery. Different strategies are available for the modulation of the AOX-mediated metabolism of drugs. Application of the rational drug design methods as an integral part of drug discovery projects is necessary for the early prediction of AOX-mediated metabolism. The current study represents a comprehensive review of AOX molecular structure, AOX-mediated reactions, AOX substrates, AOX inhibition, approaches to modify AOX-mediated metabolism, prediction of AOX metabolism/substrates/inhibitors, and the AOX related structure-activity relationship (SAR) studies. Furthermore, an up-to-date and thorough review of in silico studies of AOX metabolism has been carried out. In addition, the challenges and the knowledge gap that should be covered in the scientific literature have been discussed in the current review.
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- Somaieh Soltani
- Pharmaceutical Analysis Research Center and Pharmacy Faculty, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
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- Drug Applied Research Center and Pharmacy Faculty, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Institute and Pharmacy faculty, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
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Subash S, Gogtay NJ, Iyer KR, Gandhe P, Budania R, Thatte UM. Evaluation of vanillin as a probe drug for aldehyde oxidase and phenotyping for its activity in a Western Indian Cohort. Indian J Pharmacol 2021; 53:213-220. [PMID: 34169906 PMCID: PMC8262417 DOI: 10.4103/ijp.ijp_463_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2018] [Revised: 05/02/2019] [Accepted: 05/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Aldehyde oxidase (AO), a molybdoflavoenzyme, is emerging as a key player in drug discovery and metabolism. Despite having several known substrates, there are no validated probes reported for studying the activity of AO in vivo. Vanillin (4-hydroxy 3-methoxy benzaldehyde) is an excellent substrate of AO, in vitro. In the present study, vanillin has been validated as an in vivo probe for AO. Subsequently, a phenotyping study was carried out using vanillin in a subset of Indian population with 100 human volunteers. METHODS For the purposes of in vitro probe validation, initially the metabolism of vanillin was characterized in partially purified guinea pig AO fraction. Further, vanillin was incubated with partially purified xanthine oxidase fraction and AO fractions, and liver microsomes obtained from different species (in presence and absence of specific inhibitors). For the phenotyping study, an oral dose of 500 mg of vanillin was administered to the participants in the study and cumulative urine samples were obtained up to 8 h after giving the dose. The samples were analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography and metabolic ratios were calculated as peak area ratio of vanillic acid/vanillin. RESULTS (a) The results of the in vitro validation studies clearly indicated that vanillin is preferentially metabolized by AO. (b) Normal distribution tests and probit analysis revealed that AO activity was not normally distributed and that 73.72% of the participants were fast metabolizers, 24.28% intermediate metabolizers, and 2% were slow metabolizers. CONCLUSIONS Data of the phenotyping study suggest the existence of AO polymorphism, in a Western Indian cohort.
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- Sandhya Subash
- Biocon Bristol-Myers Squibb Research Centre, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Bombay College of Pharmacy, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Head, Medical Affairs, Pharmeasy, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Lin Z, Tan X, Li F, Zhang Y, Luo P, Lin X, Liu H. Identification of aldehyde oxidase 3 as a binding protein for squid ink polysaccharides using magnetic nanoparticles. RSC Adv 2021; 11:3596-3602. [PMID: 35424304 PMCID: PMC8694236 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra09222c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2020] [Accepted: 01/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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To explore the interactive molecules of squid ink polysaccharides (SIP) for further understanding the action mechanisms of SIP bio-function, this study prepared SIP binding proteins from mouse liver using superparamagnetic nanometer beads. Michaelis–Menten constant (Km) was detected from a Lineweaver–Burk double reciprocal plot to assess effect of SIP on activity of aldehyde oxidase (AOX). Results showed that three proteins, AOX-3, regucalcin (RGN) and α1-antitrypsin (A1AT3) were separated from mouse liver by magnetic nanoparticles conjugated with SIP. Contents of AOX-3 were much more than RGN and A1AT3. SIP (0.5 mg mL−1) reduced Km value of aldehyde oxidase of mouse liver from 91.79 μmol L−1 to 43.70 μmol L−1. Superparamagnetic nanometer beads bonding SIP was employed to pull down the binding protein from the liver of mouse, which was identified as aldehyde oxidase 3. By means of enzyme kinetics analysis, SIP was found to activate AOX3 enzyme activity.![]()
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- Zhen Lin
- College of Chemistry & Environmental Science
- Guangdong Ocean University
- Zhanjiang 524088
- China
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- College of Chemistry & Environmental Science
- Guangdong Ocean University
- Zhanjiang 524088
- China
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- College of Chemistry & Environmental Science
- Guangdong Ocean University
- Zhanjiang 524088
- China
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- College of Chemistry & Environmental Science
- Guangdong Ocean University
- Zhanjiang 524088
- China
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- College of Chemistry & Environmental Science
- Guangdong Ocean University
- Zhanjiang 524088
- China
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- College of Chemistry & Environmental Science
- Guangdong Ocean University
- Zhanjiang 524088
- China
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- College of Chemistry & Environmental Science
- Guangdong Ocean University
- Zhanjiang 524088
- China
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Degorce SL, Aagaard A, Anjum R, Cumming IA, Diène CR, Fallan C, Johnson T, Leuchowius KJ, Orton AL, Pearson S, Robb GR, Rosen A, Scarfe GB, Scott JS, Smith JM, Steward OR, Terstiege I, Tucker MJ, Turner P, Wilkinson SD, Wrigley GL, Xue Y. Improving metabolic stability and removing aldehyde oxidase liability in a 5-azaquinazoline series of IRAK4 inhibitors. Bioorg Med Chem 2020; 28:115815. [PMID: 33091850 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2020.115815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2020] [Accepted: 10/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In this article, we report our efforts towards improving in vitro human clearance in a series of 5-azaquinazolines through a series of C4 truncations and C2 expansions. Extensive DMPK studies enabled us to tackle high Aldehyde Oxidase (AO) metabolism and unexpected discrepancies in human hepatocyte and liver microsomal intrinsic clearance. Our efforts culminated with the discovery of 5-azaquinazoline 35, which also displayed exquisite selectivity for IRAK4, and showed synergistic in vitro activity against MyD88/CD79 double mutant ABC-DLBCL in combination with the covalent BTK inhibitor acalabrutinib.
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- Sébastien L Degorce
- Medicinal Chemistry, Research and Early Development, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Boston, 35 Gatehouse Drive, Waltham, MA 02451, United States.
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- Discovery Sciences, R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, SE-431 83 Mölndal, Sweden
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- Bioscience, Research and Early Development, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Boston, 35 Gatehouse Drive, Waltham, MA 02451, United States
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Research and Early Development, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge Science Park, Unit 310 Darwin Building, Cambridge CB4 0WG, United Kingdom
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Research and Early Development, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge Science Park, Unit 310 Darwin Building, Cambridge CB4 0WG, United Kingdom
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Research and Early Development, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge Science Park, Unit 310 Darwin Building, Cambridge CB4 0WG, United Kingdom
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Research and Early Development, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge Science Park, Unit 310 Darwin Building, Cambridge CB4 0WG, United Kingdom
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- DMPK, Research and Early Development, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge Science Park, Unit 310 Darwin Building, Cambridge CB4 0WG, United Kingdom
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Research and Early Development, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge Science Park, Unit 310 Darwin Building, Cambridge CB4 0WG, United Kingdom
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Research and Early Development, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge Science Park, Unit 310 Darwin Building, Cambridge CB4 0WG, United Kingdom
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- Bioscience, Research and Early Development, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Boston, 35 Gatehouse Drive, Waltham, MA 02451, United States
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- DMPK, Research and Early Development, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge Science Park, Unit 310 Darwin Building, Cambridge CB4 0WG, United Kingdom
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Research and Early Development, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge Science Park, Unit 310 Darwin Building, Cambridge CB4 0WG, United Kingdom
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Research and Early Development, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge Science Park, Unit 310 Darwin Building, Cambridge CB4 0WG, United Kingdom
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Research and Early Development, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge Science Park, Unit 310 Darwin Building, Cambridge CB4 0WG, United Kingdom
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- Medicinal Chemistry, R&I, R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, SE-431 83 Mölndal, Sweden
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Research and Early Development, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge Science Park, Unit 310 Darwin Building, Cambridge CB4 0WG, United Kingdom
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Research and Early Development, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge Science Park, Unit 310 Darwin Building, Cambridge CB4 0WG, United Kingdom
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- DMPK, Research and Early Development, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge Science Park, Unit 310 Darwin Building, Cambridge CB4 0WG, United Kingdom
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Research and Early Development, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge Science Park, Unit 310 Darwin Building, Cambridge CB4 0WG, United Kingdom
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- Discovery Sciences, R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, SE-431 83 Mölndal, Sweden
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Zhang Y, Yang Y, Shen G, Mao X, Jiao M, Lin Y. Identification and Characterization of Aldehyde Oxidase 5 in the Pheromone Gland of the Silkworm (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae). JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE (ONLINE) 2020; 20:6029056. [PMID: 33295983 PMCID: PMC7724976 DOI: 10.1093/jisesa/ieaa132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Aldehyde oxidases (AOXs) are a subfamily of cytosolic molybdo-flavoenzymes that play critical roles in the detoxification and degradation of chemicals. Active AOXs, such as AOX1 and AOX2, have been identified and functionally analyzed in insect antennae but are rarely reported in other tissues. This is the first study to isolate and characterize the cDNA that encodes aldehyde oxidase 5 (BmAOX5) in the pheromone gland (PG) of the silkworm, Bombyx mori. The size of BmAOX5 cDNA is 3,741 nucleotides and includes an open reading frame, which encodes a protein of 1,246 amino acid residues. The theoretical molecular weight and isoelectric point of BmAOX5 are approximately 138 kDa and 5.58, respectively. BmAOX5 shares a similar primary structure with BmAOX1 and BmAOX2, containing two [2Fe-2S] redox centers, a FAD-binding domain, and a molybdenum cofactor (MoCo)-binding domain. RT-PCR revealed BmAOX5 to be particularly highly expressed in the PG (including ovipositor) of the female silkworm moth, and the expression was further confirmed by in situ hybridization, AOX activity staining, and anti-BmAOX5 western blotting. Further, BmAOX5 was shown to metabolize aromatic aldehydes, such as benzaldehyde, salicylaldehyde, and vanillic aldehyde, and fatty aldehydes, such as heptaldehyde and propionaldehyde. The maximum reaction rate (Vmax) of benzaldehyde as substrate was 21 mU and Km was 1.745 mmol/liter. These results suggested that BmAOX5 in the PG could metabolize aldehydes in the cytoplasm for detoxification or participate in the degradation of aldehyde pheromone substances and odorant compounds to identify mating partners and locate suitable spawning sites.
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- Yandi Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Biological Science Research Center, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Biological Science Research Center, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Biological Science Research Center, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Sericulture Science, Chongqing, China
- Chongqing Engineering and Technology Research Center for Novel Silk Materials, Chongqing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Biological Science Research Center, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Biological Science Research Center, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Biological Science Research Center, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Sericulture Science, Chongqing, China
- Chongqing Engineering and Technology Research Center for Novel Silk Materials, Chongqing, China
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Goracci L, Desantis J, Valeri A, Castellani B, Eleuteri M, Cruciani G. Understanding the Metabolism of Proteolysis Targeting Chimeras (PROTACs): The Next Step toward Pharmaceutical Applications. J Med Chem 2020; 63:11615-11638. [PMID: 33026811 PMCID: PMC8015227 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c00793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Hetero-bifunctional PROteolysis TArgeting Chimeras (PROTACs) represent a new emerging class of small molecules designed to induce polyubiquitylation and proteasomal-dependent degradation of a target protein. Despite the increasing number of publications about the synthesis, biological evaluation, and mechanism of action of PROTACs, the characterization of the pharmacokinetic properties of this class of compounds is still minimal. Here, we report a study on the metabolism of a series of 40 PROTACs in cryopreserved human hepatocytes at multiple time points. Our results indicated that the metabolism of PROTACs could not be predicted from that of their constituent ligands. Their linkers' chemical nature and length resulted in playing a major role in the PROTACs' liability. A subset of compounds was also tested for metabolism by human cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) and human aldehyde oxidase (hAOX) for more in-depth data interpretation, and both enzymes resulted in active PROTAC metabolism.
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- Laura Goracci
- Department
of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Montelino
Therapeutics, LLC, 7
Powdermill Lane, Southborough, Massachusetts 01772 Unites States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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Abbasi A, Joswig-Jones CA, Jones JP. Site-Directed Mutagenesis at the Molybdenum Pterin Cofactor Site of the Human Aldehyde Oxidase: Interrogating the Kinetic Differences Between Human and Cynomolgus Monkey. Drug Metab Dispos 2020; 48:1364-1371. [PMID: 33020066 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.120.000187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2020] [Accepted: 09/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The estimation of the drug clearance by aldehyde oxidase (AO) has been complicated because of this enzyme's atypical kinetics and species and substrate specificity. Since human AO (hAO) and cynomolgus monkey AO (mAO) have a 95.1% sequence identity, cynomolgus monkeys may be the best species for estimating AO clearance in humans. Here, O6-benzylguanine (O6BG) and dantrolene were used under anaerobic conditions, as oxidative and reductive substrates of AO, respectively, to compare and contrast the kinetics of these two species through numerical modeling. Whereas dantrolene reduction followed the same linear kinetics in both species, the oxidation rate of O6BG was also linear in mAO and did not follow the already established biphasic kinetics of hAO. In an attempt to determine why hAO and mAO are kinetically distinct, we have altered the hAO V811 and F885 amino acids at the oxidation site adjacent to the molybdenum pterin cofactor to the corresponding alanine and leucine in mAO, respectively. Although some shift to a more monkey-like kinetics was observed for the V811A mutant, five more mutations around the AO cofactors still need to be investigated for this purpose. In comparing the oxidative and reductive rates of metabolism under anaerobic conditions, we have come to the conclusion that despite having similar rates of reduction (4-fold difference), the oxidation rate in mAO is more than 50-fold slower than hAO. This finding implies that the presence of nonlinearity in AO kinetics is dependent upon the degree of imbalance between the rates of oxidation and reduction in this enzyme. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: Although they have as much as 95.1% sequence identity, human and cynomolgus monkey aldehyde oxidase are kinetically distinct. Therefore, monkeys may not be good estimators of drug clearance in humans.
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- Armina Abbasi
- Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
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Cronin CN, Liu J, Grable N, Strelevitz TJ, Obach RS, Carlo A. Production of active recombinant human aldehyde oxidase (AOX) in the baculovirus expression vector system (BEVS) and deployment in a pre-clinical fraction-of-control AOX compound exposure assay. Protein Expr Purif 2020; 177:105749. [PMID: 32911062 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2020.105749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2020] [Revised: 09/01/2020] [Accepted: 09/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Human aldehyde oxidase (AOX) has emerged as a key enzyme activity for consideration in modern drug discovery. The enzyme catalyzes the oxidation of a wide variety of compounds, most notably azaheterocyclics that often form the building blocks of small molecule therapeutics. Failure to consider and assess AOX drug exposure early in the drug development cycle can have catastrophic consequences for novel compounds entering the clinic. AOX is a complex molybdopterin-containing iron-sulfur flavoprotein comprised of two identical 150 kDa subunits that has proven difficult to produce in recombinant form, and a commercial source of the purified human enzyme is currently unavailable. Thus, the potential exposure of novel drug development candidates to human AOX metabolism is usually assessed by using extracts of pooled human liver cytosol as a source of the enzyme. This can complicate the assignment of AOX-specific compound exposure due to its low activity and the presence of contaminating enzymes that may have overlapping substrate specificities. Herein is described a two-step process for the isolation of recombinant human AOX dimers to near homogeneity following production in the baculovirus expression vector system (BEVS). The deployment of this BEVS-produced recombinant human AOX as a substitute for human liver extracts in a fraction-of-control AOX compound-exposure screening assay is described. The ability to generate this key enzyme activity readily in a purified recombinant form provides for a more accurate and convenient approach to the assessment of new compound exposure to bona fide AOX drug metabolism.
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- Ciarán N Cronin
- Structural Biology and Protein Sciences, Pfizer Global Research and Development, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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- Hit Discovery and Optimization Group, Pfizer Global Research and Development, Groton, CT, USA
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- Structural Biology and Protein Sciences, Pfizer Global Research and Development, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Global Research and Development, Groton, CT, USA
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- Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Global Research and Development, Groton, CT, USA
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- Hit Discovery and Optimization Group, Pfizer Global Research and Development, Groton, CT, USA
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Terao M, Garattini E, Romão MJ, Leimkühler S. Evolution, expression, and substrate specificities of aldehyde oxidase enzymes in eukaryotes. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:5377-5389. [PMID: 32144208 PMCID: PMC7170512 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.rev119.007741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Aldehyde oxidases (AOXs) are a small group of enzymes belonging to the larger family of molybdo-flavoenzymes, along with the well-characterized xanthine oxidoreductase. The two major types of reactions that are catalyzed by AOXs are the hydroxylation of heterocycles and the oxidation of aldehydes to their corresponding carboxylic acids. Different animal species have different complements of AOX genes. The two extremes are represented in humans and rodents; whereas the human genome contains a single active gene (AOX1), those of rodents, such as mice, are endowed with four genes (Aox1-4), clustering on the same chromosome, each encoding a functionally distinct AOX enzyme. It still remains enigmatic why some species have numerous AOX enzymes, whereas others harbor only one functional enzyme. At present, little is known about the physiological relevance of AOX enzymes in humans and their additional forms in other mammals. These enzymes are expressed in the liver and play an important role in the metabolisms of drugs and other xenobiotics. In this review, we discuss the expression, tissue-specific roles, and substrate specificities of the different mammalian AOX enzymes and highlight insights into their physiological roles.
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- Mineko Terao
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, via La Masa 19, 20156 Milano, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, via La Masa 19, 20156 Milano, Italy
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- UCIBIO-Applied Biomolecular Sciences Unit, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Department of Molecular Enzymology, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany.
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Manevski N, King L, Pitt WR, Lecomte F, Toselli F. Metabolism by Aldehyde Oxidase: Drug Design and Complementary Approaches to Challenges in Drug Discovery. J Med Chem 2019; 62:10955-10994. [PMID: 31385704 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b00875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Aldehyde oxidase (AO) catalyzes oxidations of azaheterocycles and aldehydes, amide hydrolysis, and diverse reductions. AO substrates are rare among marketed drugs, and many candidates failed due to poor pharmacokinetics, interspecies differences, and adverse effects. As most issues arise from complex and poorly understood AO biology, an effective solution is to stop or decrease AO metabolism. This perspective focuses on rational drug design approaches to modulate AO-mediated metabolism in drug discovery. AO biological aspects are also covered, as they are complementary to chemical design and important when selecting the experimental system for risk assessment. The authors' recommendation is an early consideration of AO-mediated metabolism supported by computational and in vitro experimental methods but not an automatic avoidance of AO structural flags, many of which are versatile and valuable building blocks. Preferably, consideration of AO-mediated metabolism should be part of the multiparametric drug optimization process, with the goal to improve overall drug-like properties.
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- Nenad Manevski
- UCB Celltech , 208 Bath Road , Slough SL13WE , United Kingdom
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- UCB Celltech , 208 Bath Road , Slough SL13WE , United Kingdom
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- UCB Celltech , 208 Bath Road , Slough SL13WE , United Kingdom
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- UCB Celltech , 208 Bath Road , Slough SL13WE , United Kingdom
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- UCB BioPharma , Chemin du Foriest 1 , 1420 Braine-l'Alleud , Belgium
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Inhibition of vertebrate aldehyde oxidase as a therapeutic treatment for cancer, obesity, aging and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Eur J Med Chem 2019; 187:111948. [PMID: 31877540 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2019.111948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2019] [Revised: 12/02/2019] [Accepted: 12/02/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The aldehyde oxidases (AOXs) are a small sub-family of cytosolic molybdo-flavoenzymes, which are structurally conserved proteins and broadly distributed from plants to animals. AOXs play multiple roles in both physiological and pathological processes and AOX inhibition is of increasing significance in the development of novel drugs and therapeutic strategies. This review provides an overview of the evolution and the action mechanism of AOX and the role of each domain. The review provides an update of the polymorphisms in the human AOX. This review also summarises the physiology of AOX in different organs and its role in drug metabolism. The inhibition of AOX is a promising therapeutic treatment for cancer, obesity, aging and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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Cheshmazar N, Dastmalchi S, Terao M, Garattini E, Hamzeh-Mivehroud M. Aldehyde oxidase at the crossroad of metabolism and preclinical screening. Drug Metab Rev 2019; 51:428-452. [DOI: 10.1080/03602532.2019.1667379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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- Narges Cheshmazar
- Biotechnology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Biotechnology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Milano, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Milano, Italy
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- Biotechnology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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Dalvie D, Di L. Aldehyde oxidase and its role as a drug metabolizing enzyme. Pharmacol Ther 2019; 201:137-180. [PMID: 31128989 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2019.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2018] [Accepted: 03/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Aldehyde oxidase (AO) is a cytosolic enzyme that belongs to the family of structurally related molybdoflavoproteins like xanthine oxidase (XO). The enzyme is characterized by broad substrate specificity and marked species differences. It catalyzes the oxidation of aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes and various heteroaromatic rings as well as reduction of several functional groups. The references to AO and its role in metabolism date back to the 1950s, but the importance of this enzyme in the metabolism of drugs has emerged in the past fifteen years. Several reviews on the role of AO in drug metabolism have been published in the past decade indicative of the growing interest in the enzyme and its influence in drug metabolism. Here, we present a comprehensive monograph of AO as a drug metabolizing enzyme with emphasis on marketed drugs as well as other xenobiotics, as substrates and inhibitors. Although the number of drugs that are primarily metabolized by AO are few, the impact of AO on drug development has been extensive. We also discuss the effect of AO on the systemic exposure and clearance these clinical candidates. The review provides a comprehensive analysis of drug discovery compounds involving AO with the focus on developmental candidates that were reported in the past five years with regards to pharmacokinetics and toxicity. While there is only one known report of AO-mediated clinically relevant drug-drug interaction (DDI), a detailed description of inhibitors and inducers of AO known to date has been presented here and the potential risks associated with DDI. The increasing recognition of the importance of AO has led to significant progress in predicting the site of AO-mediated metabolism using computational methods. Additionally, marked species difference in expression of AO makes it is difficult to predict human clearance with high confidence. The progress made towards developing in vivo, in vitro and in silico approaches for predicting AO metabolism and estimating human clearance of compounds that are metabolized by AO have also been discussed.
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- Deepak Dalvie
- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Celgene Corporation, 10300, Campus Point Drive, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
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- Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton, CT 06340, UK
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Toselli F, Fredenwall M, Svensson P, Li XQ, Johansson A, Weidolf L, Hayes MA. Hip To Be Square: Oxetanes as Design Elements To Alter Metabolic Pathways. J Med Chem 2019; 62:7383-7399. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b00030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- Francesca Toselli
- Research and Early Development, Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolism, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Research and Early Development, Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolism, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Integrative Research Laboratories, Arvid Wallgrens Backe 20, Gothenburg 413 46, Sweden
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- Research and Early Development, Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolism, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Research and Early Development, Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolism, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Research and Early Development, Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolism, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Discovery Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Padilha EC, Wang J, Kerns E, Lee A, Huang W, Jiang JK, McKew J, Mutlib A, Peccinini RG, Yu PB, Sanderson P, Xu X. Application of in vitro Drug Metabolism Studies in Chemical Structure Optimization for the Treatment of Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP). Front Pharmacol 2019; 10:234. [PMID: 31068801 PMCID: PMC6491728 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2019.00234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2018] [Accepted: 02/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Currently no approved treatment exists for fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) patients, and disease progression results in severe restriction of joint function and premature mortality. LDN-193189 has been demonstrated to be efficacious in a mouse FOP disease model after oral administration. To support species selection for drug safety evaluation and to guide structure optimization for back-up compounds, in vitro metabolism of LDN-193189 was investigated in liver microsome and cytosol fractions of mouse, rat, dog, rabbit, monkey and human. Metabolism studies included analysis of reactive intermediate formation using glutathione and potassium cyanide (KCN) and analysis of non-P450 mediated metabolites in cytosol fractions of various species. Metabolite profiles and metabolic soft spots of LDN-193189 were elucidated using LC/UV and mass spectral techniques. The in vitro metabolism of LDN-193189 was significantly dependent on aldehyde oxidase, with formation of the major NIH-Q55 metabolite. The piperazinyl moiety of LDN-193189 was liable to NADPH-dependent metabolism which generated reactive iminium intermediates, as confirmed through KCN trapping experiments, and aniline metabolites (M337 and M380), which brought up potential drug safety concerns. Subsequently, strategies were employed to avoid metabolic liabilities leading to the synthesis of Compounds 1, 2, and 3. This study demonstrated the importance of metabolite identification for the discovery of novel and safe drug candidates for the treatment of FOP and helped medicinal chemists steer away from potential metabolic liabilities.
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- Elias C Padilha
- Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, United States.,Department of Natural Active Principles and Toxicology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Araraquara, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Discovery Sciences, Janssen Research and Development, Spring House, PA, United States.,Frontage Laboratories, Inc., Department of Drug Metabolism, Exton, PA, United States
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- Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, United States
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- Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, United States
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- Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, United States
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- Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, United States
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- Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, United States
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- Frontage Laboratories, Inc., Department of Drug Metabolism, Exton, PA, United States
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- Department of Natural Active Principles and Toxicology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Araraquara, Brazil
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, United States
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- Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, United States
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Mota C, Esmaeeli M, Coelho C, Santos-Silva T, Wolff M, Foti A, Leimkühler S, Romão MJ. Human aldehyde oxidase (hAOX1): structure determination of the Moco-free form of the natural variant G1269R and biophysical studies of single nucleotide polymorphisms. FEBS Open Bio 2019; 9:925-934. [PMID: 30985987 PMCID: PMC6487702 DOI: 10.1002/2211-5463.12617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2019] [Accepted: 02/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Human aldehyde oxidase (hAOX1) is a molybdenum enzyme with high toxicological importance, but its physiological role is still unknown. hAOX1 metabolizes different classes of xenobiotics and is one of the main drug‐metabolizing enzymes in the liver, along with cytochrome P450. hAOX1 oxidizes and inactivates a large number of drug molecules and has been responsible for the failure of several phase I clinical trials. The interindividual variability of drug‐metabolizing enzymes caused by single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) is highly relevant in pharmaceutical treatments. In this study, we present the crystal structure of the inactive variant G1269R, revealing the first structure of a molybdenum cofactor (Moco)‐free form of hAOX1. These data allowed to model, for the first time, the flexible Gate 1 that controls access to the active site. Furthermore, we inspected the thermostability of wild‐type hAOX1 and hAOX1 with various SNPs (L438V, R1231H, G1269R or S1271L) by CD spectroscopy and ThermoFAD, revealing that amino acid exchanges close to the Moco site can impact protein stability up to 10 °C. These results correlated with biochemical and structural data and enhance our understanding of hAOX1 and the effect of SNPs in the gene encoding this enzyme in the human population. Enzymes Aldehyde oxidase (EC1.2.3.1); xanthine dehydrogenase (EC1.17.1.4); xanthine oxidase (EC1.1.3.2). Databases Structural data are available in the Protein Data Bank under the accession number 6Q6Q.
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- Cristiano Mota
- UCIBIO, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
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- Department of Molecular Enzymology, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Germany
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- UCIBIO, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
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- UCIBIO, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
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- Department of Physical Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Enzymology, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Enzymology, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Germany
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- UCIBIO, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
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Yang X, Johnson N, Di L. Evaluation of Cytochrome P450 Selectivity for Hydralazine as an Aldehyde Oxidase Inhibitor for Reaction Phenotyping. J Pharm Sci 2019; 108:1627-1630. [DOI: 10.1016/j.xphs.2018.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2018] [Revised: 10/16/2018] [Accepted: 11/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Brinkmann M, Barz B, Carrière D, Velki M, Smith K, Meyer-Alert H, Müller Y, Thalmann B, Bluhm K, Schiwy S, Hotz S, Salowsky H, Tiehm A, Hecker M, Hollert H. Bioactivation of Quinolines in a Recombinant Estrogen Receptor Transactivation Assay Is Catalyzed by N-Methyltransferases. Chem Res Toxicol 2019; 32:698-707. [PMID: 30896932 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.8b00372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hydroxylation of polyaromatic compounds through cytochromes P450 (CYPs) is known to result in potentially estrogenic transformation products. Recently, there has been an increasing awareness of the importance of alternative pathways such as aldehyde oxidases (AOX) or N-methyltransferases (NMT) in bioactivation of small molecules, particularly N-heterocycles. Therefore, this study investigated the biotransformation and activity of methylated quinolines, a class of environmentally relevant N-heterocycles that are no native ligands of the estrogen receptor (ER), in the estrogen-responsive cell line ERα CALUX. We found that this widely used cell line overexpresses AOXs and NMTs while having low expression of CYP enzymes. Exposure of ERα CALUX cells to quinolines resulted in estrogenic effects, which could be mitigated using an inhibitor of AOX/NMTs. No such mitigation occurred after coexposure to a CYP1A inhibitor. A number of N-methylated but no hydroxylated transformation products were detected using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, which indicated that biotransformations to estrogenic metabolites were likely catalyzed by NMTs. Compared to the natural ER ligand 17β-estradiol, the products formed during the metabolization of quinolines were weak to moderate agonists of the human ERα. Our findings have potential implications for the risk assessment of these compounds and indicate that care must be taken when using in vitro estrogenicity assays, for example, ERα CALUX, for the characterization of N-heterocycles or environmental samples that may contain them.
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- Markus Brinkmann
- School of Environment & Sustainability and Toxicology Centre , University of Saskatchewan , Saskatoon , Canada
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- ICS-6: Structural Biochemistry , Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH , Jülich , Germany
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- School of Environment & Sustainability and Toxicology Centre , University of Saskatchewan , Saskatoon , Canada
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- School of Environment & Sustainability and Toxicology Centre , University of Saskatchewan , Saskatoon , Canada
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- Department of Environmental Biotechnology , Water Technology Center , Karlsruhe , Germany
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- Department of Environmental Biotechnology , Water Technology Center , Karlsruhe , Germany
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- School of Environment & Sustainability and Toxicology Centre , University of Saskatchewan , Saskatoon , Canada
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment , Nanjing University , Nanjing , China.,College of Resources and Environmental Science , Chongqing University , Chongqing , China.,Key Laboratory of Yangtze Water Environment, Ministry of Education , Tongji University , Shanghai , China
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Yilmaz Y, Williams G, Walles M, Manevski N, Krähenbühl S, Camenisch G. Comparison of Rat and Human Pulmonary Metabolism Using Precision-cut Lung Slices (PCLS). Drug Metab Lett 2019; 13:53-63. [PMID: 30345935 DOI: 10.2174/1872312812666181022114622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2018] [Revised: 09/28/2018] [Accepted: 10/08/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Although the liver is the primary organ of drug metabolism, the lungs also contain drug-metabolizing enzymes and may, therefore, contribute to the elimination of drugs. In this investigation, the Precision-cut Lung Slice (PCLS) technique was standardized with the aims of characterizing and comparing rat and human pulmonary drug metabolizing activity. METHOD Due to the limited availability of human lung tissue, standardization of the PCLS method was performed with rat lung tissue. Pulmonary enzymatic activity was found to vary significantly with rat age and rat strain. The Dynamic Organ Culture (DOC) system was superior to well-plates for tissue incubations, while oxygen supply appeared to have a limited impact within the 4h incubation period used here. RESULTS The metabolism of a range of phase I and phase II probe substrates was assessed in rat and human lung preparations. Cytochrome P450 (CYP) activity was relatively low in both species, whereas phase II activity appeared to be more significant. CONCLUSION PCLS is a promising tool for the investigation of pulmonary drug metabolism. The data indicates that pulmonary CYP activity is relatively low and that there are significant differences in enzyme activity between rat and human lung.
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- Yildiz Yilmaz
- Pharmacokinetic Sciences, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
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- Pharmacokinetic Sciences, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
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- Pharmacokinetic Sciences, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
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- Pharmacokinetic Sciences, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
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- Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
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- Pharmacokinetic Sciences, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
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Burton RD, Hieronymus T, Chamem T, Heim D, Anderson S, Zhu X, Hutzler JM. Assessment of the Biotransformation of Low-Turnover Drugs in the H µREL Human Hepatocyte Coculture Model. Drug Metab Dispos 2018; 46:1617-1625. [PMID: 30135244 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.118.082867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2018] [Accepted: 08/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Metabolic profiles of four drugs possessing diverse metabolic pathways (timolol, meloxicam, linezolid, and XK469) were compared following incubations in both suspended cryopreserved human hepatocytes and the HμREL hepatocyte coculture model. In general, minimal metabolism was observed following 4-hour incubations in both suspended hepatocytes and the HμREL model, whereas incubations conducted up to 7 days in the HμREL coculture model resulted in more robust metabolic turnover. In the case of timolol, in vivo human data suggest that 22% of the dose is transformed via multistep oxidative opening of the morpholine moiety. Only the first-step oxidation was detected in suspended hepatocytes, whereas the relevant downstream metabolites were produced in the HµREL model. For meloxicam, both the hydroxymethyl and subsequent carboxylic acid metabolites were abundant following incubation in the HμREL model, while only a trace amount of the hydroxymethyl metabolite was observed in suspension. Similar to timolol, linezolid generated substantially higher levels of morpholine ring-opened carboxylic acid metabolites in the HμREL model. Finally, while the major aldehyde oxidase-mediated mono-oxidative metabolite of XK469 was minimally produced in hepatocyte suspension, the HμREL model robustly produced this metabolite, consistent with a pathway reported to account for 54% of the total urinary excretion in human. In addition, low-level taurine and glycine conjugates were identified in the HµREL model. In summary, continuous metabolite production was observed for up to 7 days of incubation in the HµREL model, covering cytochrome P450, aldehyde oxidase, and numerous conjugative pathways, while predominant metabolites correlated with relevant metabolites reported in human in vivo studies.
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- Richard D Burton
- Q Solutions, a Quintiles Quest Joint Venture, Bioanalytical and ADME Laboratories, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Q Solutions, a Quintiles Quest Joint Venture, Bioanalytical and ADME Laboratories, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Q Solutions, a Quintiles Quest Joint Venture, Bioanalytical and ADME Laboratories, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Q Solutions, a Quintiles Quest Joint Venture, Bioanalytical and ADME Laboratories, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Q Solutions, a Quintiles Quest Joint Venture, Bioanalytical and ADME Laboratories, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Q Solutions, a Quintiles Quest Joint Venture, Bioanalytical and ADME Laboratories, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Q Solutions, a Quintiles Quest Joint Venture, Bioanalytical and ADME Laboratories, Indianapolis, Indiana
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Takaoka N, Sanoh S, Okuda K, Kotake Y, Sugahara G, Yanagi A, Ishida Y, Tateno C, Tayama Y, Sugihara K, Kitamura S, Kurosaki M, Terao M, Garattini E, Ohta S. Inhibitory effects of drugs on the metabolic activity of mouse and human aldehyde oxidases and influence on drug–drug interactions. Biochem Pharmacol 2018; 154:28-38. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2018.04.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2018] [Accepted: 04/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Mota C, Coelho C, Leimkühler S, Garattini E, Terao M, Santos-Silva T, Romão MJ. Critical overview on the structure and metabolism of human aldehyde oxidase and its role in pharmacokinetics. Coord Chem Rev 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2018.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Dick RA. Refinement of In Vitro Methods for Identification of Aldehyde Oxidase Substrates Reveals Metabolites of Kinase Inhibitors. Drug Metab Dispos 2018; 46:846-859. [DOI: 10.1124/dmd.118.080960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2018] [Accepted: 03/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Taylor AP, Robinson RP, Fobian YM, Blakemore DC, Jones LH, Fadeyi O. Modern advances in heterocyclic chemistry in drug discovery. Org Biomol Chem 2018; 14:6611-37. [PMID: 27282396 DOI: 10.1039/c6ob00936k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 434] [Impact Index Per Article: 72.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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New advances in synthetic methodologies that allow rapid access to a wide variety of functionalized heterocyclic compounds are of critical importance to the medicinal chemist as it provides the ability to expand the available drug-like chemical space and drive more efficient delivery of drug discovery programs. Furthermore, the development of robust synthetic routes that can readily generate bulk quantities of a desired compound help to accelerate the drug development process. While established synthetic methodologies are commonly utilized during the course of a drug discovery program, the development of innovative heterocyclic syntheses that allow for different bond forming strategies are having a significant impact in the pharmaceutical industry. This review will focus on recent applications of new methodologies in C-H activation, photoredox chemistry, borrowing hydrogen catalysis, multicomponent reactions, regio- and stereoselective syntheses, as well as other new, innovative general syntheses for the formation and functionalization of heterocycles that have helped drive project delivery. Additionally, the importance and value of collaborations between industry and academia in shaping the development of innovative synthetic approaches to functionalized heterocycles that are of greatest interest to the pharmaceutical industry will be highlighted.
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- Alexandria P Taylor
- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, Pfizer, Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT 06340, USA.
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- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, Pfizer, Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT 06340, USA.
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- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, Pfizer, Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT 06340, USA.
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- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, Pfizer, Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT 06340, USA.
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- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, Pfizer, 610 Main Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, Pfizer, Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT 06340, USA.
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Apenova N, Peng H, Hecker M, Brinkmann M. A rapid and sensitive fluorometric method for determination of aldehyde oxidase activity. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2018; 341:30-37. [DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2018.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2017] [Revised: 01/05/2018] [Accepted: 01/08/2018] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Cruciani G, Milani N, Benedetti P, Lepri S, Cesarini L, Baroni M, Spyrakis F, Tortorella S, Mosconi E, Goracci L. From Experiments to a Fast Easy-to-Use Computational Methodology to Predict Human Aldehyde Oxidase Selectivity and Metabolic Reactions. J Med Chem 2017; 61:360-371. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b01552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Gabriele Cruciani
- Department
of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
- Consortium for Computational Molecular and Materials Sciences (CMS), via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
- Consortium for Computational Molecular and Materials Sciences (CMS), via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Molecular Discovery Ltd, Centennial
Park, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Drug Science and Technology, University of Turin, via P. Giuria
9, 10125 Turin, Italy
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- Consortium for Computational Molecular and Materials Sciences (CMS), via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
- Molecular Horizon srl, via Montelino
32, 06084 Bettona, Italy
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- Consortium for Computational Molecular and Materials Sciences (CMS), via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
- Computational
Laboratory for Hybrid/Organic Photovoltaics, National Research Council−Institute of Molecular Science and Technologies, Via Elce
di Sotto 8, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
- Consortium for Computational Molecular and Materials Sciences (CMS), via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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Paragas EM, Humphreys SC, Min J, Joswig-Jones CA, Jones JP. The two faces of aldehyde oxidase: Oxidative and reductive transformations of 5-nitroquinoline. Biochem Pharmacol 2017; 145:210-217. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2017.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2017] [Accepted: 09/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Kalimuthu P, Havemeyer A, Clement B, Kubitza C, Scheidig AJ, Bernhardt PV. Human mitochondrial amidoxime reducing component (mARC): An electrochemical method for identifying new substrates and inhibitors. Electrochem commun 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2017.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Hosogi J, Ohashi R, Maeda H, Tashiro S, Fuse E, Yamamoto Y, Kuwabara T. Monoamine oxidase B oxidizes a novel multikinase inhibitor KW-2449 to its iminium ion and aldehyde oxidase further converts it to the oxo-piperazine form in human. Drug Metab Pharmacokinet 2017; 32:255-264. [DOI: 10.1016/j.dmpk.2017.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2017] [Revised: 06/12/2017] [Accepted: 06/15/2017] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Fitzsimmons ME, Sun G, Kuksa V, Reid MJ. Disposition, profiling and identification of emixustat and its metabolites in humans. Xenobiotica 2017; 48:592-604. [PMID: 28678597 DOI: 10.1080/00498254.2017.1350889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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1. Emixustat is a small molecule that potently inhibits retinal pigment epithelium 65 isomerohydrolase. Emixustat is in clinical development for the treatment of various retinopathies (i.e. Stargardt disease and diabetic retinopathy). 2. A human absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME) study was conducted with a single dose of [14C]-emixustat in healthy male subjects. Total 14C content in plasma, urine, and faeces was determined using accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS), and metabolic profiles in pooled plasma and urine were investigated by both HPLC-AMS and 2D LC-MS/MS. 3. After a single, oral 40-mg dose of [14C]-emixustat, recovery of total 14C was nearly complete within 24 h. Urine was the major route of 14C elimination; accounting for > 90% of the administered dose. 4. Biotransformation of emixustat occurred primarily at two structural moieties; oxidation of the cyclohexyl moiety and oxidative deamination of the 3R-hydroxypropylamine, both independently and in combination to produce secondary metabolites. Metabolite profiling in pooled plasma samples identified 3 major metabolites: ACU-5124, ACU-5116 and ACU-5149, accounting for 29.0%, 11.5%, and 10.6% of total 14C, respectively. Emixustat was metabolized in human hepatocytes with unchanged emixustat accounting for 33.7% of sample radioactivity and predominantly cyclohexanol metabolites observed.
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- a Covance Laboratories Inc , Madison , WI , USA and
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Structure-metabolism relationships in human-AOX: Chemical insights from a large database of aza-aromatic and amide compounds. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:E3178-E3187. [PMID: 28373537 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1618881114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Aldehyde oxidase (AOX) is a metabolic enzyme catalyzing the oxidation of aldehyde and aza-aromatic compounds and the hydrolysis of amides, moieties frequently shared by the majority of drugs. Despite its key role in human metabolism, to date only fragmentary information about the chemical features responsible for AOX susceptibility are reported and only "very local" structure-metabolism relationships based on a small number of similar compounds have been developed. This study reports a more comprehensive coverage of the chemical space of structures with a high risk of AOX phase I metabolism in humans. More than 270 compounds were studied to identify the site of metabolism and the metabolite(s). Both electronic [supported by density functional theory (DFT) calculations] and exposure effects were considered when rationalizing the structure-metabolism relationship.
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Crouch RD, Hutzler JM, Daniels JS. A novel in vitro allometric scaling methodology for aldehyde oxidase substrates to enable selection of appropriate species for traditional allometry. Xenobiotica 2017; 48:219-231. [PMID: 28281401 DOI: 10.1080/00498254.2017.1296208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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1. Failure to predict human pharmacokinetics of aldehyde oxidase (AO) substrates using traditional allometry has been attributed to species differences in AO metabolism. 2. To identify appropriate species for predicting human in vivo clearance by single-species scaling (SSS) or multispecies allometry (MA), we scaled in vitro intrinsic clearance (CLint) of five AO substrates obtained from hepatic S9 of mouse, rat, guinea pig, monkey and minipig to human in vitro CLint. 3. When predicting human in vitro CLint, average absolute fold-error was ≤2.0 by SSS with monkey, minipig and guinea pig (rat/mouse >3.0) and was <3.0 by most MA species combinations (including rat/mouse combinations). 4. Interspecies variables, including fraction metabolized by AO (Fm,AO) and hepatic extraction ratios (E) were estimated in vitro. SSS prediction fold-errors correlated with the animal:human ratio of E (r2 = 0.6488), but not Fm,AO (r2 = 0.0051). 5. Using plasma clearance (CLp) from the literature, SSS with monkey was superior to rat or mouse at predicting human CLp of BIBX1382 and zoniporide, consistent with in vitro SSS assessments. 6. Evaluation of in vitro allometry, Fm,AO and E may prove useful to guide selection of suitable species for traditional allometry and prediction of human pharmacokinetics of AO substrates.
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- Rachel D Crouch
- a Department of Pharmacology , Vanderbilt University School of Medicine , Nashville , TN , USA and
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- b Q2 Solutions, Bioanalytical and ADME Labs , Indianapolis , IN , USA
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- a Department of Pharmacology , Vanderbilt University School of Medicine , Nashville , TN , USA and
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Miyamoto M, Iwasaki S, Chisaki I, Nakagawa S, Amano N, Hirabayashi H. Comparison of predictability for human pharmacokinetics parameters among monkeys, rats, and chimeric mice with humanised liver. Xenobiotica 2017; 47:1052-1063. [DOI: 10.1080/00498254.2016.1265160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Maki Miyamoto
- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics Research Laboratories, Pharmaceutical Research Division, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Fujisawa, Japan
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- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics Research Laboratories, Pharmaceutical Research Division, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Fujisawa, Japan
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- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics Research Laboratories, Pharmaceutical Research Division, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Fujisawa, Japan
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- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics Research Laboratories, Pharmaceutical Research Division, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Fujisawa, Japan
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- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics Research Laboratories, Pharmaceutical Research Division, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Fujisawa, Japan
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- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics Research Laboratories, Pharmaceutical Research Division, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Fujisawa, Japan
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Pennington LD, Moustakas DT. The Necessary Nitrogen Atom: A Versatile High-Impact Design Element for Multiparameter Optimization. J Med Chem 2017; 60:3552-3579. [PMID: 28177632 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b01807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 179] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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There is a continued desire in biomedical research to reduce the number and duration of design cycles required to optimize lead compounds into high-quality chemical probes or safe and efficacious drug candidates. The insightful application of impactful molecular design elements is one approach toward achieving this goal. The replacement of a CH group with a N atom in aromatic and heteroaromatic ring systems can have many important effects on molecular and physicochemical properties and intra- and intermolecular interactions that can translate to improved pharmacological profiles. In this Perspective, the "necessary nitrogen atom" is shown to be a versatile high-impact design element for multiparameter optimization, wherein ≥10-, 100-, or 1000-fold improvement in a variety of key pharmacological parameters can be realized.
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- Lewis D Pennington
- Medicinal Chemistry and ‡Modeling and Informatics, Alkermes, Plc , 852 Winter Street, Waltham, Massachusetts 02451-1420, United States
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- Medicinal Chemistry and ‡Modeling and Informatics, Alkermes, Plc , 852 Winter Street, Waltham, Massachusetts 02451-1420, United States
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Rashidi MR, Soltani S. An overview of aldehyde oxidase: an enzyme of emerging importance in novel drug discovery. Expert Opin Drug Discov 2017; 12:305-316. [DOI: 10.1080/17460441.2017.1284198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Mohammad-Reza Rashidi
- Research Center for Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Drug Applied Research Center and Pharmacy Faculty, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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Gan J, Ma S, Zhang D. Non-cytochrome P450-mediated bioactivation and its toxicological relevance. Drug Metab Rev 2016; 48:473-501. [DOI: 10.1080/03602532.2016.1225756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Li XQ, Hayes MA, Grönberg G, Berggren K, Castagnoli N, Weidolf L. Discovery of a Novel Microsomal Epoxide Hydrolase-Catalyzed Hydration of a Spiro Oxetane. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 44:1341-8. [PMID: 27256986 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.116.071142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2016] [Accepted: 06/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Oxetane moieties are increasingly being used by the pharmaceutical industry as building blocks in drug candidates because of their pronounced ability to improve physicochemical parameters and metabolic stability of drug candidates. The enzymes that catalyze the biotransformation of the oxetane moiety are, however, not well studied. The in vitro metabolism of a spiro oxetane-containing compound AZD1979 [(3-(4-(2-oxa-6-azaspiro[3.3]heptan-6-ylmethyl)phenoxy)azetidin-1-yl)(5-(4-ethoxyphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl)methanone] was studied and one of its metabolites, M1, attracted our interest because its formation was NAD(P)H independent. The focus of this work was to elucidate the structure of M1 and to understand the mechanism(s) of its formation. We established that M1 was formed via hydration and ring opening of the oxetanyl moiety of AZD1979. Incubations of AZD1979 using various human liver subcellular fractions revealed that the hydration reaction leading to M1 occurred mainly in the microsomal fraction. The underlying mechanism as a hydration, rather than an oxidation reaction, was supported by the incorporation of (18)O from H2 (18)O into M1. Enzyme kinetics were performed probing the formation of M1 in human liver microsomes. The formation of M1 was substantially inhibited by progabide, a microsomal epoxide hydrolase inhibitor, but not by trans-4-[4-(1-adamantylcarbamoylamino)cyclohexyloxy]benzoic acid, a soluble epoxide hydrolase inhibitor. On the basis of these results, we propose that microsomal epoxide hydrolase catalyzes the formation of M1. The substrate specificity of microsomal epoxide hydrolase should therefore be expanded to include not only epoxides but also the oxetanyl ring system present in AZD1979.
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- Xue-Qing Li
- Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases(X.-Q.L., M.A.H., L.W.) and Respiratory, Inflammation, and Autoimmune Disease (G.G., K.B.), Innovative Medicines and Early Development Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca, Mölndal, Sweden; and Department of Chemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia (N.C.)
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- Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases(X.-Q.L., M.A.H., L.W.) and Respiratory, Inflammation, and Autoimmune Disease (G.G., K.B.), Innovative Medicines and Early Development Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca, Mölndal, Sweden; and Department of Chemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia (N.C.)
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- Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases(X.-Q.L., M.A.H., L.W.) and Respiratory, Inflammation, and Autoimmune Disease (G.G., K.B.), Innovative Medicines and Early Development Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca, Mölndal, Sweden; and Department of Chemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia (N.C.)
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- Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases(X.-Q.L., M.A.H., L.W.) and Respiratory, Inflammation, and Autoimmune Disease (G.G., K.B.), Innovative Medicines and Early Development Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca, Mölndal, Sweden; and Department of Chemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia (N.C.)
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- Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases(X.-Q.L., M.A.H., L.W.) and Respiratory, Inflammation, and Autoimmune Disease (G.G., K.B.), Innovative Medicines and Early Development Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca, Mölndal, Sweden; and Department of Chemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia (N.C.)
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- Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases(X.-Q.L., M.A.H., L.W.) and Respiratory, Inflammation, and Autoimmune Disease (G.G., K.B.), Innovative Medicines and Early Development Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca, Mölndal, Sweden; and Department of Chemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia (N.C.)
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Cerny MA. Prevalence of Non-Cytochrome P450-Mediated Metabolism in Food and Drug Administration-Approved Oral and Intravenous Drugs: 2006-2015. Drug Metab Dispos 2016; 44:1246-52. [DOI: 10.1124/dmd.116.070763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2016] [Accepted: 04/14/2016] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Bohnert T, Patel A, Templeton I, Chen Y, Lu C, Lai G, Leung L, Tse S, Einolf HJ, Wang YH, Sinz M, Stearns R, Walsky R, Geng W, Sudsakorn S, Moore D, He L, Wahlstrom J, Keirns J, Narayanan R, Lang D, Yang X. Evaluation of a New Molecular Entity as a Victim of Metabolic Drug-Drug Interactions-an Industry Perspective. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 44:1399-423. [PMID: 27052879 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.115.069096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2015] [Accepted: 03/31/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Under the guidance of the International Consortium for Innovation and Quality in Pharmaceutical Development (IQ), scientists from 20 pharmaceutical companies formed a Victim Drug-Drug Interactions Working Group. This working group has conducted a review of the literature and the practices of each company on the approaches to clearance pathway identification (fCL), estimation of fractional contribution of metabolizing enzyme toward metabolism (fm), along with modeling and simulation-aided strategy in predicting the victim drug-drug interaction (DDI) liability due to modulation of drug metabolizing enzymes. Presented in this perspective are the recommendations from this working group on: 1) strategic and experimental approaches to identify fCL and fm, 2) whether those assessments may be quantitative for certain enzymes (e.g., cytochrome P450, P450, and limited uridine diphosphoglucuronosyltransferase, UGT enzymes) or qualitative (for most of other drug metabolism enzymes), and the impact due to the lack of quantitative information on the latter. Multiple decision trees are presented with stepwise approaches to identify specific enzymes that are involved in the metabolism of a given drug and to aid the prediction and risk assessment of drug as a victim in DDI. Modeling and simulation approaches are also discussed to better predict DDI risk in humans. Variability and parameter sensitivity analysis were emphasized when applying modeling and simulation to capture the differences within the population used and to characterize the parameters that have the most influence on the prediction outcome.
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- Tonika Bohnert
- Biogen, Cambridge, Massachusetts (T.B.); GlaxoSmithKline R&D, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (A.P.); Janssen R&D, Spring House, Pennsylvania (I.T.); Genentech, South San Francisco, California (Y.C.); Takeda, Cambridge, Massachusetts (C.L.); Eisai Inc., Andover, Massachusetts (G.L.); Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut (L.L., S.T.); Novartis, East Hanover, New Jersey (H.J.E.); Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey (Y.-H.W.); Bristol Myers Squibb, Wallingford, Connecticut (M.S.); Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., Boston, Massachusetts (R.S.); EMD Serono R&D Institute, Inc., Billerica, Massachusetts (R.W., W.G.); Sanofi, Waltham, Massachusetts (S.S.); Roche Innovation Center, New York, New York (D.M.); Daiichi Sankyo, Edison, New Jersey (L.H.); Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, California (J.W.); Astellas, Northbrook, Illinois (J.K.); Celgene Corporation, Summit, New Jersey (R.N.); Bayer Pharma AG, Wuppertal, Germany (D.L.); and Incyte Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware (X.Y.)
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- Biogen, Cambridge, Massachusetts (T.B.); GlaxoSmithKline R&D, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (A.P.); Janssen R&D, Spring House, Pennsylvania (I.T.); Genentech, South San Francisco, California (Y.C.); Takeda, Cambridge, Massachusetts (C.L.); Eisai Inc., Andover, Massachusetts (G.L.); Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut (L.L., S.T.); Novartis, East Hanover, New Jersey (H.J.E.); Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey (Y.-H.W.); Bristol Myers Squibb, Wallingford, Connecticut (M.S.); Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., Boston, Massachusetts (R.S.); EMD Serono R&D Institute, Inc., Billerica, Massachusetts (R.W., W.G.); Sanofi, Waltham, Massachusetts (S.S.); Roche Innovation Center, New York, New York (D.M.); Daiichi Sankyo, Edison, New Jersey (L.H.); Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, California (J.W.); Astellas, Northbrook, Illinois (J.K.); Celgene Corporation, Summit, New Jersey (R.N.); Bayer Pharma AG, Wuppertal, Germany (D.L.); and Incyte Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware (X.Y.)
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- Biogen, Cambridge, Massachusetts (T.B.); GlaxoSmithKline R&D, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (A.P.); Janssen R&D, Spring House, Pennsylvania (I.T.); Genentech, South San Francisco, California (Y.C.); Takeda, Cambridge, Massachusetts (C.L.); Eisai Inc., Andover, Massachusetts (G.L.); Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut (L.L., S.T.); Novartis, East Hanover, New Jersey (H.J.E.); Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey (Y.-H.W.); Bristol Myers Squibb, Wallingford, Connecticut (M.S.); Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., Boston, Massachusetts (R.S.); EMD Serono R&D Institute, Inc., Billerica, Massachusetts (R.W., W.G.); Sanofi, Waltham, Massachusetts (S.S.); Roche Innovation Center, New York, New York (D.M.); Daiichi Sankyo, Edison, New Jersey (L.H.); Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, California (J.W.); Astellas, Northbrook, Illinois (J.K.); Celgene Corporation, Summit, New Jersey (R.N.); Bayer Pharma AG, Wuppertal, Germany (D.L.); and Incyte Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware (X.Y.)
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- Biogen, Cambridge, Massachusetts (T.B.); GlaxoSmithKline R&D, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (A.P.); Janssen R&D, Spring House, Pennsylvania (I.T.); Genentech, South San Francisco, California (Y.C.); Takeda, Cambridge, Massachusetts (C.L.); Eisai Inc., Andover, Massachusetts (G.L.); Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut (L.L., S.T.); Novartis, East Hanover, New Jersey (H.J.E.); Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey (Y.-H.W.); Bristol Myers Squibb, Wallingford, Connecticut (M.S.); Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., Boston, Massachusetts (R.S.); EMD Serono R&D Institute, Inc., Billerica, Massachusetts (R.W., W.G.); Sanofi, Waltham, Massachusetts (S.S.); Roche Innovation Center, New York, New York (D.M.); Daiichi Sankyo, Edison, New Jersey (L.H.); Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, California (J.W.); Astellas, Northbrook, Illinois (J.K.); Celgene Corporation, Summit, New Jersey (R.N.); Bayer Pharma AG, Wuppertal, Germany (D.L.); and Incyte Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware (X.Y.)
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- Biogen, Cambridge, Massachusetts (T.B.); GlaxoSmithKline R&D, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (A.P.); Janssen R&D, Spring House, Pennsylvania (I.T.); Genentech, South San Francisco, California (Y.C.); Takeda, Cambridge, Massachusetts (C.L.); Eisai Inc., Andover, Massachusetts (G.L.); Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut (L.L., S.T.); Novartis, East Hanover, New Jersey (H.J.E.); Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey (Y.-H.W.); Bristol Myers Squibb, Wallingford, Connecticut (M.S.); Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., Boston, Massachusetts (R.S.); EMD Serono R&D Institute, Inc., Billerica, Massachusetts (R.W., W.G.); Sanofi, Waltham, Massachusetts (S.S.); Roche Innovation Center, New York, New York (D.M.); Daiichi Sankyo, Edison, New Jersey (L.H.); Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, California (J.W.); Astellas, Northbrook, Illinois (J.K.); Celgene Corporation, Summit, New Jersey (R.N.); Bayer Pharma AG, Wuppertal, Germany (D.L.); and Incyte Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware (X.Y.)
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- Biogen, Cambridge, Massachusetts (T.B.); GlaxoSmithKline R&D, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (A.P.); Janssen R&D, Spring House, Pennsylvania (I.T.); Genentech, South San Francisco, California (Y.C.); Takeda, Cambridge, Massachusetts (C.L.); Eisai Inc., Andover, Massachusetts (G.L.); Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut (L.L., S.T.); Novartis, East Hanover, New Jersey (H.J.E.); Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey (Y.-H.W.); Bristol Myers Squibb, Wallingford, Connecticut (M.S.); Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., Boston, Massachusetts (R.S.); EMD Serono R&D Institute, Inc., Billerica, Massachusetts (R.W., W.G.); Sanofi, Waltham, Massachusetts (S.S.); Roche Innovation Center, New York, New York (D.M.); Daiichi Sankyo, Edison, New Jersey (L.H.); Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, California (J.W.); Astellas, Northbrook, Illinois (J.K.); Celgene Corporation, Summit, New Jersey (R.N.); Bayer Pharma AG, Wuppertal, Germany (D.L.); and Incyte Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware (X.Y.)
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- Biogen, Cambridge, Massachusetts (T.B.); GlaxoSmithKline R&D, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (A.P.); Janssen R&D, Spring House, Pennsylvania (I.T.); Genentech, South San Francisco, California (Y.C.); Takeda, Cambridge, Massachusetts (C.L.); Eisai Inc., Andover, Massachusetts (G.L.); Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut (L.L., S.T.); Novartis, East Hanover, New Jersey (H.J.E.); Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey (Y.-H.W.); Bristol Myers Squibb, Wallingford, Connecticut (M.S.); Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., Boston, Massachusetts (R.S.); EMD Serono R&D Institute, Inc., Billerica, Massachusetts (R.W., W.G.); Sanofi, Waltham, Massachusetts (S.S.); Roche Innovation Center, New York, New York (D.M.); Daiichi Sankyo, Edison, New Jersey (L.H.); Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, California (J.W.); Astellas, Northbrook, Illinois (J.K.); Celgene Corporation, Summit, New Jersey (R.N.); Bayer Pharma AG, Wuppertal, Germany (D.L.); and Incyte Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware (X.Y.)
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- Biogen, Cambridge, Massachusetts (T.B.); GlaxoSmithKline R&D, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (A.P.); Janssen R&D, Spring House, Pennsylvania (I.T.); Genentech, South San Francisco, California (Y.C.); Takeda, Cambridge, Massachusetts (C.L.); Eisai Inc., Andover, Massachusetts (G.L.); Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut (L.L., S.T.); Novartis, East Hanover, New Jersey (H.J.E.); Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey (Y.-H.W.); Bristol Myers Squibb, Wallingford, Connecticut (M.S.); Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., Boston, Massachusetts (R.S.); EMD Serono R&D Institute, Inc., Billerica, Massachusetts (R.W., W.G.); Sanofi, Waltham, Massachusetts (S.S.); Roche Innovation Center, New York, New York (D.M.); Daiichi Sankyo, Edison, New Jersey (L.H.); Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, California (J.W.); Astellas, Northbrook, Illinois (J.K.); Celgene Corporation, Summit, New Jersey (R.N.); Bayer Pharma AG, Wuppertal, Germany (D.L.); and Incyte Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware (X.Y.)
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- Biogen, Cambridge, Massachusetts (T.B.); GlaxoSmithKline R&D, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (A.P.); Janssen R&D, Spring House, Pennsylvania (I.T.); Genentech, South San Francisco, California (Y.C.); Takeda, Cambridge, Massachusetts (C.L.); Eisai Inc., Andover, Massachusetts (G.L.); Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut (L.L., S.T.); Novartis, East Hanover, New Jersey (H.J.E.); Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey (Y.-H.W.); Bristol Myers Squibb, Wallingford, Connecticut (M.S.); Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., Boston, Massachusetts (R.S.); EMD Serono R&D Institute, Inc., Billerica, Massachusetts (R.W., W.G.); Sanofi, Waltham, Massachusetts (S.S.); Roche Innovation Center, New York, New York (D.M.); Daiichi Sankyo, Edison, New Jersey (L.H.); Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, California (J.W.); Astellas, Northbrook, Illinois (J.K.); Celgene Corporation, Summit, New Jersey (R.N.); Bayer Pharma AG, Wuppertal, Germany (D.L.); and Incyte Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware (X.Y.)
| | - Ying-Hong Wang
- Biogen, Cambridge, Massachusetts (T.B.); GlaxoSmithKline R&D, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (A.P.); Janssen R&D, Spring House, Pennsylvania (I.T.); Genentech, South San Francisco, California (Y.C.); Takeda, Cambridge, Massachusetts (C.L.); Eisai Inc., Andover, Massachusetts (G.L.); Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut (L.L., S.T.); Novartis, East Hanover, New Jersey (H.J.E.); Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey (Y.-H.W.); Bristol Myers Squibb, Wallingford, Connecticut (M.S.); Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., Boston, Massachusetts (R.S.); EMD Serono R&D Institute, Inc., Billerica, Massachusetts (R.W., W.G.); Sanofi, Waltham, Massachusetts (S.S.); Roche Innovation Center, New York, New York (D.M.); Daiichi Sankyo, Edison, New Jersey (L.H.); Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, California (J.W.); Astellas, Northbrook, Illinois (J.K.); Celgene Corporation, Summit, New Jersey (R.N.); Bayer Pharma AG, Wuppertal, Germany (D.L.); and Incyte Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware (X.Y.)
| | - Michael Sinz
- Biogen, Cambridge, Massachusetts (T.B.); GlaxoSmithKline R&D, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (A.P.); Janssen R&D, Spring House, Pennsylvania (I.T.); Genentech, South San Francisco, California (Y.C.); Takeda, Cambridge, Massachusetts (C.L.); Eisai Inc., Andover, Massachusetts (G.L.); Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut (L.L., S.T.); Novartis, East Hanover, New Jersey (H.J.E.); Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey (Y.-H.W.); Bristol Myers Squibb, Wallingford, Connecticut (M.S.); Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., Boston, Massachusetts (R.S.); EMD Serono R&D Institute, Inc., Billerica, Massachusetts (R.W., W.G.); Sanofi, Waltham, Massachusetts (S.S.); Roche Innovation Center, New York, New York (D.M.); Daiichi Sankyo, Edison, New Jersey (L.H.); Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, California (J.W.); Astellas, Northbrook, Illinois (J.K.); Celgene Corporation, Summit, New Jersey (R.N.); Bayer Pharma AG, Wuppertal, Germany (D.L.); and Incyte Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware (X.Y.)
| | - Ralph Stearns
- Biogen, Cambridge, Massachusetts (T.B.); GlaxoSmithKline R&D, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (A.P.); Janssen R&D, Spring House, Pennsylvania (I.T.); Genentech, South San Francisco, California (Y.C.); Takeda, Cambridge, Massachusetts (C.L.); Eisai Inc., Andover, Massachusetts (G.L.); Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut (L.L., S.T.); Novartis, East Hanover, New Jersey (H.J.E.); Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey (Y.-H.W.); Bristol Myers Squibb, Wallingford, Connecticut (M.S.); Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., Boston, Massachusetts (R.S.); EMD Serono R&D Institute, Inc., Billerica, Massachusetts (R.W., W.G.); Sanofi, Waltham, Massachusetts (S.S.); Roche Innovation Center, New York, New York (D.M.); Daiichi Sankyo, Edison, New Jersey (L.H.); Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, California (J.W.); Astellas, Northbrook, Illinois (J.K.); Celgene Corporation, Summit, New Jersey (R.N.); Bayer Pharma AG, Wuppertal, Germany (D.L.); and Incyte Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware (X.Y.)
| | - Robert Walsky
- Biogen, Cambridge, Massachusetts (T.B.); GlaxoSmithKline R&D, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (A.P.); Janssen R&D, Spring House, Pennsylvania (I.T.); Genentech, South San Francisco, California (Y.C.); Takeda, Cambridge, Massachusetts (C.L.); Eisai Inc., Andover, Massachusetts (G.L.); Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut (L.L., S.T.); Novartis, East Hanover, New Jersey (H.J.E.); Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey (Y.-H.W.); Bristol Myers Squibb, Wallingford, Connecticut (M.S.); Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., Boston, Massachusetts (R.S.); EMD Serono R&D Institute, Inc., Billerica, Massachusetts (R.W., W.G.); Sanofi, Waltham, Massachusetts (S.S.); Roche Innovation Center, New York, New York (D.M.); Daiichi Sankyo, Edison, New Jersey (L.H.); Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, California (J.W.); Astellas, Northbrook, Illinois (J.K.); Celgene Corporation, Summit, New Jersey (R.N.); Bayer Pharma AG, Wuppertal, Germany (D.L.); and Incyte Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware (X.Y.)
| | - Wanping Geng
- Biogen, Cambridge, Massachusetts (T.B.); GlaxoSmithKline R&D, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (A.P.); Janssen R&D, Spring House, Pennsylvania (I.T.); Genentech, South San Francisco, California (Y.C.); Takeda, Cambridge, Massachusetts (C.L.); Eisai Inc., Andover, Massachusetts (G.L.); Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut (L.L., S.T.); Novartis, East Hanover, New Jersey (H.J.E.); Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey (Y.-H.W.); Bristol Myers Squibb, Wallingford, Connecticut (M.S.); Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., Boston, Massachusetts (R.S.); EMD Serono R&D Institute, Inc., Billerica, Massachusetts (R.W., W.G.); Sanofi, Waltham, Massachusetts (S.S.); Roche Innovation Center, New York, New York (D.M.); Daiichi Sankyo, Edison, New Jersey (L.H.); Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, California (J.W.); Astellas, Northbrook, Illinois (J.K.); Celgene Corporation, Summit, New Jersey (R.N.); Bayer Pharma AG, Wuppertal, Germany (D.L.); and Incyte Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware (X.Y.)
| | - Sirimas Sudsakorn
- Biogen, Cambridge, Massachusetts (T.B.); GlaxoSmithKline R&D, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (A.P.); Janssen R&D, Spring House, Pennsylvania (I.T.); Genentech, South San Francisco, California (Y.C.); Takeda, Cambridge, Massachusetts (C.L.); Eisai Inc., Andover, Massachusetts (G.L.); Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut (L.L., S.T.); Novartis, East Hanover, New Jersey (H.J.E.); Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey (Y.-H.W.); Bristol Myers Squibb, Wallingford, Connecticut (M.S.); Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., Boston, Massachusetts (R.S.); EMD Serono R&D Institute, Inc., Billerica, Massachusetts (R.W., W.G.); Sanofi, Waltham, Massachusetts (S.S.); Roche Innovation Center, New York, New York (D.M.); Daiichi Sankyo, Edison, New Jersey (L.H.); Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, California (J.W.); Astellas, Northbrook, Illinois (J.K.); Celgene Corporation, Summit, New Jersey (R.N.); Bayer Pharma AG, Wuppertal, Germany (D.L.); and Incyte Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware (X.Y.)
| | - David Moore
- Biogen, Cambridge, Massachusetts (T.B.); GlaxoSmithKline R&D, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (A.P.); Janssen R&D, Spring House, Pennsylvania (I.T.); Genentech, South San Francisco, California (Y.C.); Takeda, Cambridge, Massachusetts (C.L.); Eisai Inc., Andover, Massachusetts (G.L.); Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut (L.L., S.T.); Novartis, East Hanover, New Jersey (H.J.E.); Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey (Y.-H.W.); Bristol Myers Squibb, Wallingford, Connecticut (M.S.); Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., Boston, Massachusetts (R.S.); EMD Serono R&D Institute, Inc., Billerica, Massachusetts (R.W., W.G.); Sanofi, Waltham, Massachusetts (S.S.); Roche Innovation Center, New York, New York (D.M.); Daiichi Sankyo, Edison, New Jersey (L.H.); Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, California (J.W.); Astellas, Northbrook, Illinois (J.K.); Celgene Corporation, Summit, New Jersey (R.N.); Bayer Pharma AG, Wuppertal, Germany (D.L.); and Incyte Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware (X.Y.)
| | - Ling He
- Biogen, Cambridge, Massachusetts (T.B.); GlaxoSmithKline R&D, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (A.P.); Janssen R&D, Spring House, Pennsylvania (I.T.); Genentech, South San Francisco, California (Y.C.); Takeda, Cambridge, Massachusetts (C.L.); Eisai Inc., Andover, Massachusetts (G.L.); Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut (L.L., S.T.); Novartis, East Hanover, New Jersey (H.J.E.); Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey (Y.-H.W.); Bristol Myers Squibb, Wallingford, Connecticut (M.S.); Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., Boston, Massachusetts (R.S.); EMD Serono R&D Institute, Inc., Billerica, Massachusetts (R.W., W.G.); Sanofi, Waltham, Massachusetts (S.S.); Roche Innovation Center, New York, New York (D.M.); Daiichi Sankyo, Edison, New Jersey (L.H.); Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, California (J.W.); Astellas, Northbrook, Illinois (J.K.); Celgene Corporation, Summit, New Jersey (R.N.); Bayer Pharma AG, Wuppertal, Germany (D.L.); and Incyte Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware (X.Y.)
| | - Jan Wahlstrom
- Biogen, Cambridge, Massachusetts (T.B.); GlaxoSmithKline R&D, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (A.P.); Janssen R&D, Spring House, Pennsylvania (I.T.); Genentech, South San Francisco, California (Y.C.); Takeda, Cambridge, Massachusetts (C.L.); Eisai Inc., Andover, Massachusetts (G.L.); Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut (L.L., S.T.); Novartis, East Hanover, New Jersey (H.J.E.); Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey (Y.-H.W.); Bristol Myers Squibb, Wallingford, Connecticut (M.S.); Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., Boston, Massachusetts (R.S.); EMD Serono R&D Institute, Inc., Billerica, Massachusetts (R.W., W.G.); Sanofi, Waltham, Massachusetts (S.S.); Roche Innovation Center, New York, New York (D.M.); Daiichi Sankyo, Edison, New Jersey (L.H.); Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, California (J.W.); Astellas, Northbrook, Illinois (J.K.); Celgene Corporation, Summit, New Jersey (R.N.); Bayer Pharma AG, Wuppertal, Germany (D.L.); and Incyte Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware (X.Y.)
| | - Jim Keirns
- Biogen, Cambridge, Massachusetts (T.B.); GlaxoSmithKline R&D, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (A.P.); Janssen R&D, Spring House, Pennsylvania (I.T.); Genentech, South San Francisco, California (Y.C.); Takeda, Cambridge, Massachusetts (C.L.); Eisai Inc., Andover, Massachusetts (G.L.); Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut (L.L., S.T.); Novartis, East Hanover, New Jersey (H.J.E.); Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey (Y.-H.W.); Bristol Myers Squibb, Wallingford, Connecticut (M.S.); Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., Boston, Massachusetts (R.S.); EMD Serono R&D Institute, Inc., Billerica, Massachusetts (R.W., W.G.); Sanofi, Waltham, Massachusetts (S.S.); Roche Innovation Center, New York, New York (D.M.); Daiichi Sankyo, Edison, New Jersey (L.H.); Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, California (J.W.); Astellas, Northbrook, Illinois (J.K.); Celgene Corporation, Summit, New Jersey (R.N.); Bayer Pharma AG, Wuppertal, Germany (D.L.); and Incyte Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware (X.Y.)
| | - Rangaraj Narayanan
- Biogen, Cambridge, Massachusetts (T.B.); GlaxoSmithKline R&D, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (A.P.); Janssen R&D, Spring House, Pennsylvania (I.T.); Genentech, South San Francisco, California (Y.C.); Takeda, Cambridge, Massachusetts (C.L.); Eisai Inc., Andover, Massachusetts (G.L.); Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut (L.L., S.T.); Novartis, East Hanover, New Jersey (H.J.E.); Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey (Y.-H.W.); Bristol Myers Squibb, Wallingford, Connecticut (M.S.); Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., Boston, Massachusetts (R.S.); EMD Serono R&D Institute, Inc., Billerica, Massachusetts (R.W., W.G.); Sanofi, Waltham, Massachusetts (S.S.); Roche Innovation Center, New York, New York (D.M.); Daiichi Sankyo, Edison, New Jersey (L.H.); Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, California (J.W.); Astellas, Northbrook, Illinois (J.K.); Celgene Corporation, Summit, New Jersey (R.N.); Bayer Pharma AG, Wuppertal, Germany (D.L.); and Incyte Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware (X.Y.)
| | - Dieter Lang
- Biogen, Cambridge, Massachusetts (T.B.); GlaxoSmithKline R&D, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (A.P.); Janssen R&D, Spring House, Pennsylvania (I.T.); Genentech, South San Francisco, California (Y.C.); Takeda, Cambridge, Massachusetts (C.L.); Eisai Inc., Andover, Massachusetts (G.L.); Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut (L.L., S.T.); Novartis, East Hanover, New Jersey (H.J.E.); Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey (Y.-H.W.); Bristol Myers Squibb, Wallingford, Connecticut (M.S.); Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., Boston, Massachusetts (R.S.); EMD Serono R&D Institute, Inc., Billerica, Massachusetts (R.W., W.G.); Sanofi, Waltham, Massachusetts (S.S.); Roche Innovation Center, New York, New York (D.M.); Daiichi Sankyo, Edison, New Jersey (L.H.); Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, California (J.W.); Astellas, Northbrook, Illinois (J.K.); Celgene Corporation, Summit, New Jersey (R.N.); Bayer Pharma AG, Wuppertal, Germany (D.L.); and Incyte Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware (X.Y.)
| | - Xiaoqing Yang
- Biogen, Cambridge, Massachusetts (T.B.); GlaxoSmithKline R&D, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (A.P.); Janssen R&D, Spring House, Pennsylvania (I.T.); Genentech, South San Francisco, California (Y.C.); Takeda, Cambridge, Massachusetts (C.L.); Eisai Inc., Andover, Massachusetts (G.L.); Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut (L.L., S.T.); Novartis, East Hanover, New Jersey (H.J.E.); Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey (Y.-H.W.); Bristol Myers Squibb, Wallingford, Connecticut (M.S.); Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., Boston, Massachusetts (R.S.); EMD Serono R&D Institute, Inc., Billerica, Massachusetts (R.W., W.G.); Sanofi, Waltham, Massachusetts (S.S.); Roche Innovation Center, New York, New York (D.M.); Daiichi Sankyo, Edison, New Jersey (L.H.); Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, California (J.W.); Astellas, Northbrook, Illinois (J.K.); Celgene Corporation, Summit, New Jersey (R.N.); Bayer Pharma AG, Wuppertal, Germany (D.L.); and Incyte Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware (X.Y.)
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