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Gonciarz RL, Jiang H, Tram L, Hugelshofer CL, Ekpenyong O, Knemeyer I, Aron AT, Chang CJ, Flygare JA, Collisson EA, Renslo AR. In vivo bioluminescence imaging of labile iron in xenograft models and liver using FeAL-1, an iron-activatable form of D-luciferin. Cell Chem Biol 2023; 30:1468-1477.e6. [PMID: 37820725 PMCID: PMC10841594 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2023.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2022] [Revised: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 10/13/2023]
Abstract
Dysregulated iron homeostasis underlies diverse pathologies, from ischemia-reperfusion injury to epithelial-mesenchymal transition and drug-tolerant "persister" cancer cell states. Here, we introduce ferrous iron-activatable luciferin-1 (FeAL-1), a small-molecule probe for bioluminescent imaging of the labile iron pool (LIP) in luciferase-expressing cells and animals. We find that FeAL-1 detects LIP fluctuations in cells after iron supplementation, depletion, or treatment with hepcidin, the master regulator of systemic iron in mammalian physiology. Utilizing FeAL-1 and a dual-luciferase reporter system, we quantify LIP in mouse liver and three different orthotopic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma tumors. We observed up to a 10-fold increase in FeAL-1 bioluminescent signal in xenograft tumors as compared to healthy liver, the major organ of iron storage in mammals. Treating mice with hepcidin further elevated hepatic LIP, as predicted. These studies reveal a therapeutic index between tumoral and hepatic LIP and suggest an approach to sensitize tumors toward LIP-activated therapeutics.
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- Ryan L Gonciarz
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Discovery Chemistry, Merck & Co, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- ADME & Discovery Toxicology, Merck & Co, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- ADME & Discovery Toxicology, Merck & Co, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Denver, Denver, CO 80208, USA
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- Departments of Chemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Discovery Chemistry, Merck & Co, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
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Togo T, Tram L, Denton LG, ElHilali-Pollard X, Gu J, Jiang J, Liu C, Zhao Y, Zhao Y, Zheng Y, Zheng Y, Yang J, Fan P, Arkin MR, Härmä H, Sun D, Canan SS, Wheeler SE, Renslo AR. Systematic Study of Heteroarene Stacking Using a Congeneric Set of Molecular Glues for Procaspase-6. J Med Chem 2023. [PMID: 37406165 PMCID: PMC10388292 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c00590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/07/2023]
Abstract
Heteroaromatic stacking interactions are important in drug binding, supramolecular chemistry, and materials science, making protein-ligand model systems of these interactions of considerable interest. Here we studied 30 congeneric ligands that each present a distinct heteroarene for stacking between tyrosine residues at the dimer interface of procaspase-6. Complex X-ray crystal structures of 10 analogs showed that stacking geometries were well conserved, while high-accuracy computations showed that heteroarene stacking energy was well correlated with predicted overall ligand binding energies. Empirically determined KD values in this system thus provide a useful measure of heteroarene stacking with tyrosine. Stacking energies are discussed in the context of torsional strain, the number and positioning of heteroatoms, tautomeric state, and coaxial orientation of heteroarene in the stack. Overall, this study provides an extensive data set of empirical and high-level computed binding energies in a versatile new protein-ligand system amenable to studies of other intermolecular interactions.
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- Takaya Togo
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, 600 16th Street, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, 600 16th Street, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, 600 16th Street, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biology, Viva Biotech, Pu Dong New Area, 201203 Shanghai, China
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biology, Viva Biotech, Pu Dong New Area, 201203 Shanghai, China
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biology, Viva Biotech, Pu Dong New Area, 201203 Shanghai, China
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biology, Viva Biotech, Pu Dong New Area, 201203 Shanghai, China
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biology, Viva Biotech, Pu Dong New Area, 201203 Shanghai, China
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biology, Viva Biotech, Pu Dong New Area, 201203 Shanghai, China
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biology, Viva Biotech, Pu Dong New Area, 201203 Shanghai, China
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biology, Viva Biotech, Pu Dong New Area, 201203 Shanghai, China
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biology, Viva Biotech, Pu Dong New Area, 201203 Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, 600 16th Street, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Turku, 20500 Turku, Finland
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biology, Viva Biotech, Pu Dong New Area, 201203 Shanghai, China
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- Departments of Chemistry and Structural Biology, Elgia Therapeutics, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, 600 16th Street, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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Su YL, Tram L, Wherritt D, Arman H, Griffith WP, Doyle MP. α-Amino Radical-Mediated Diverse Difunctionalization of Alkenes: Construction of C–C, C–N, and C–S Bonds. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c04243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- Yong-Liang Su
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78249, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78249, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78249, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78249, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78249, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78249, United States
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Su YL, Liu GX, Liu JW, Tram L, Qiu H, Doyle MP. Radical-Mediated Strategies for the Functionalization of Alkenes with Diazo Compounds. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:13846-13855. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c05183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Yong-Liang Su
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78249, United States
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Chiral Molecule and Drug Discovery, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Chiral Molecule and Drug Discovery, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78249, United States
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Chiral Molecule and Drug Discovery, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78249, United States
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Su YL, De Angelis L, Tram L, Yu Y, Doyle MP. Catalytic Oxidative Cleavage Reactions of Arylalkenes by tert-Butyl Hydroperoxide – A Mechanistic Assessment. J Org Chem 2020; 85:3728-3741. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.9b03346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Yong-Liang Su
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78249, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78249, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78249, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78249, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78249, United States
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