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Kofuji S, Wolfe K, Sumita K, Kageyama S, Yoshino H, Hirota Y, Ogawa-Iio A, Kanoh H, Sasaki M, Kofuji K, Davis MI, Pragani R, Shen M, Boxer MB, Nakatsu F, Nigorikawa K, Sasaki T, Takeuchi K, Senda T, Kim SM, Edinger AL, Simeonov A, Sasaki AT. A high dose KRP203 induces cytoplasmic vacuoles associated with altered phosphoinositide segregation and endosome expansion. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2024; 718:149981. [PMID: 38735134 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2024.149981] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2024] [Accepted: 04/22/2024] [Indexed: 05/14/2024]
Abstract
In animal cells, vacuoles are absent, but can be induced by diseases and drugs. While phosphoinositides are critical for membrane trafficking, their role in the formation of these vacuoles remains unclear. The immunosuppressive KRP203/Mocravimod, which antagonizes sphingosine-1-phosphate receptors, has been identified as having novel multimodal activity against phosphoinositide kinases. However, the impact of this novel KRP203 activity is unknown. Here, we show that KRP203 disrupts the spatial organization of phosphoinositides and induces extensive vacuolization in tumor cells and immortalized fibroblasts. The KRP203-induced vacuoles are primarily from endosomes, and augmented by inhibition of PIKFYVE and VPS34. Conversely, overexpression of PTEN decreased KRP203-induced vacuole formation. Furthermore, V-ATPase inhibition completely blunted KRP203-induced vacuolization, pointing to a critical requirement of the endosomal maturation process. Importantly, nearly a half of KRP203-induced vacuoles are significantly decorated with PI4P, a phosphoinositide typically enriched at the plasma membrane and Golgi. These results suggest a model that noncanonical spatial reorganization of phosphoinositides by KRP203 alters the endosomal maturation process, leading to vacuolization. Taken together, this study reveals a previously unrecognized bioactivity of KRP203 as a vacuole-inducing agent and its unique mechanism of phosphoinositide modulation, providing a new insight of phosphoinositide regulation into vacuolization-associated diseases and their molecular pathologies.
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- Satoshi Kofuji
- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, USA; Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, 113-8510, Japan
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, USA; Department of Endovascular Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, 113-8510, Japan
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- Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Tsuruoka, Yamagata, 997-0052, Japan
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, USA; Department of Bioscience and Engineering, College of Systems Engineering and Science, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Minuma-ku, Saitama, 337-8570, Japan
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, USA; Department of Bioscience and Engineering, College of Systems Engineering and Science, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Minuma-ku, Saitama, 337-8570, Japan
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- Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Tsuruoka, Yamagata, 997-0052, Japan
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA
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- Department of Neurochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, Niigata University School of Medicine and Graduate School of Medical/Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Biochemical Pathophysiology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, 113-8510, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Structural Biology Research Center, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0801, Japan; Department of Accelerator Science, SOKENDAI, Japan; Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8572, Japan
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- Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California Irvine, California, 92697, USA
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- Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California Irvine, California, 92697, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, USA; Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Tsuruoka, Yamagata, 997-0052, Japan; Department of Cancer Biology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, Brain Tumor Center at UC Gardner Neuroscience Institute, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, USA; Department of Clinical and Molecular Genetics, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan.
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Ikeda Y, Davis MI, Sumita K, Zheng Y, Kofuji S, Sasaki M, Hirota Y, Pragani R, Shen M, Boxer MB, Takeuchi K, Senda T, Simeonov A, Sasaki AT. Multimodal action of KRP203 on phosphoinositide kinases in vitro and in cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2023; 679:116-121. [PMID: 37683456 PMCID: PMC10559341 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2023.08.050] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2023] [Accepted: 08/22/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023]
Abstract
Increased phosphoinositide signaling is commonly associated with cancers. While "one-drug one-target" has been a major drug discovery strategy for cancer therapy, a "one-drug multi-targets" approach for phosphoinositide enzymes has the potential to offer a new therapeutic approach. In this study, we sought a new way to target phosphoinositides metabolism. Using a high-throughput phosphatidylinositol 5-phosphate 4-kinase-alpha (PI5P4Kα) assay, we have identified that the immunosuppressor KRP203/Mocravimod induces a significant perturbation in phosphoinositide metabolism in U87MG glioblastoma cells. Despite high sequence similarity of PI5P4K and PI4K isozymes, in vitro kinase assays showed that KRP203 activates some (e.g., PI5P4Kα, PI4KIIβ) while inhibiting other phosphoinositide kinases (e.g., PI5P4Kβ, γ, PI4KIIα, class I PI3K-p110α, δ, γ). Furthermore, KRP203 enhances PI3P5K/PIKFYVE's substrate selectivity for phosphatidylinositol (PI) while preserving its selectivity for PI(3)P. At cellular levels, 3 h of KRP203 treatment induces a prominent increase of PI(3)P and moderate increase of PI(5)P, PI(3,5)P2, and PI(3,4,5)P3 levels in U87MG cells. Collectively, the finding of multimodal activity of KRP203 towards multi-phosphoinositide kinases may open a novel basis to modulate cellular processes, potentially leading to more effective treatments for diseases associated with phosphoinositide signaling pathways.
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- Yoshiki Ikeda
- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, USA; Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Rockville, MD, 20850, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, USA; Department of Endovascular Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, 113-8510, Japan
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- Meyer Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10007, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, USA; Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, 113-8510, Japan
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, USA; Department of Bioscience and Engineering, College of Systems Engineering and Science, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Minuma-ku, Saitama, 337-8570, Japan
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Rockville, MD, 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Rockville, MD, 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Rockville, MD, 20850, USA
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Structural Biology Research Center, Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0801, Japan; Department of Accelerator Science, School of High Energy Accelerator Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0801, Japan; Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8572, Japan
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Rockville, MD, 20850, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, USA; Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Tsuruoka, 997-0052, Japan; Department of Cancer Biology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, Brain Tumor Center at UC Gardner Neuroscience Institute, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, USA; Department of Clinical and Molecular Genetics, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan.
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Renna SA, Zhao X, Kunapuli SP, Ma P, Holinstat M, Boxer MB, Maloney DJ, Michael JV, McKenzie SE. Novel Strategy to Combat the Procoagulant Phenotype in Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia Using 12-LOX Inhibition. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2023; 43:1808-1817. [PMID: 37345522 DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.123.319434] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2023] [Accepted: 06/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/23/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is a major concern for all individuals that undergo cardiac bypass surgeries or require prolonged heparin exposure. HIT is a life- and limb-threatening adverse drug reaction with an immune response following the formation of ultra-large immune complexes that drive platelet activation through the receptor FcγRIIA. Thrombotic events remain high following the standard of care treatment with anticoagulants, while increasing risk of bleeding complications. This study sought to investigate a novel approach to treatment of HIT. Recent reports demonstrate increased procoagulant activity in HIT; however, these reports required analysis ex vivo, and relevance in vivo remains unclear. METHODS Using human and mouse model systems, we investigated the cooperativity of PARs (protease-activated receptors) and FcγRIIA in HIT. We challenged humanized FcγRIIA transgenic mice with or without endogenous mouse Par4 (denoted as IIA-Par4+/+ or IIA-Par4-/-, respectively) with a well-established model IgG immune complex (anti [α]-CD9). Furthermore, we assessed the procoagulant phenotype and efficacy to treat HIT utilizing inhibitor of 12-LOX (12[S]-lipoxygenase), VLX-1005, previously reported to decrease platelet activation downstream of FcγRIIA and PAR4, using the triple allele HIT mouse model. RESULTS IIA-Par4+/+ mice given αCD9 were severely thrombocytopenic, with extensive platelet-fibrin deposition in the lung. In contrast, IIA-Par4-/- mice had negligible thrombocytopenia or pulmonary platelet-fibrin thrombi. We observed that pharmacological inhibition of 12-LOX resulted in a significant reduction in both platelet procoagulant phenotype ex vivo, and thrombocytopenia and thrombosis in our humanized mouse model of HIT in vivo. CONCLUSIONS These data demonstrate for the first time the need for dual platelet receptor (PAR and FcγRIIA) stimulation for fibrin formation in HIT in vivo. These results extend our understanding of HIT pathophysiology and provide a scientific rationale for targeting the procoagulant phenotype as a possible therapeutic strategy in HIT.
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- Stephanie A Renna
- The Cardeza Foundation for Hematologic Research, Center for Hemostasis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (S.A.R., X.Z., P.M., J.V.M., S.E.M.)
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- The Cardeza Foundation for Hematologic Research, Center for Hemostasis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (S.A.R., X.Z., P.M., J.V.M., S.E.M.)
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- Sol Sherry Thrombosis Center and the Department of Physiology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA (S.P.K.)
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- The Cardeza Foundation for Hematologic Research, Center for Hemostasis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (S.A.R., X.Z., P.M., J.V.M., S.E.M.)
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (M.H.)
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- The Cardeza Foundation for Hematologic Research, Center for Hemostasis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (S.A.R., X.Z., P.M., J.V.M., S.E.M.)
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- The Cardeza Foundation for Hematologic Research, Center for Hemostasis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (S.A.R., X.Z., P.M., J.V.M., S.E.M.)
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Shi L, Shen W, Davis MI, Kong K, Vu P, Saha SK, Adil R, Kreuzer J, Egan R, Lee TD, Greninger P, Shrimp JH, Zhao W, Wei TY, Zhou M, Eccleston J, Sussman J, Manocha U, Weerasekara V, Kondo H, Vijay V, Wu MJ, Kearney SE, Ho J, McClanaghan J, Murchie E, Crowther GS, Patnaik S, Boxer MB, Shen M, Ting DT, Kim WY, Stanger BZ, Deshpande V, Ferrone CR, Benes CH, Haas W, Hall MD, Bardeesy N. SULT1A1-dependent sulfonation of alkylators is a lineage-dependent vulnerability of liver cancers. Nat Cancer 2023; 4:365-381. [PMID: 36914816 PMCID: PMC11090616 DOI: 10.1038/s43018-023-00523-0] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2021] [Accepted: 02/03/2023] [Indexed: 03/14/2023]
Abstract
Adult liver malignancies, including intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma and hepatocellular carcinoma, are the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Most individuals are treated with either combination chemotherapy or immunotherapy, respectively, without specific biomarkers for selection. Here using high-throughput screens, proteomics and in vitro resistance models, we identify the small molecule YC-1 as selectively active against a defined subset of cell lines derived from both liver cancer types. We demonstrate that selectivity is determined by expression of the liver-resident cytosolic sulfotransferase enzyme SULT1A1, which sulfonates YC-1. Sulfonation stimulates covalent binding of YC-1 to lysine residues in protein targets, enriching for RNA-binding factors. Computational analysis defined a wider group of structurally related SULT1A1-activated small molecules with distinct target profiles, which together constitute an untapped small-molecule class. These studies provide a foundation for preclinical development of these agents and point to the broader potential of exploiting SULT1A1 activity for selective targeting strategies.
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- Lei Shi
- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- The Cancer Program, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- The Cancer Program, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- The Cancer Program, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- The Cancer Program, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- The Cancer Program, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA.
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- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
- The Cancer Program, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA.
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Caffall ZF, Wilkes BJ, Hernández-Martinez R, Rittiner JE, Fox JT, Wan KK, Shipman MK, Titus SA, Zhang YQ, Patnaik S, Hall MD, Boxer MB, Shen M, Li Z, Vaillancourt DE, Calakos N. The HIV protease inhibitor, ritonavir, corrects diverse brain phenotypes across development in mouse model of DYT-TOR1A dystonia. Sci Transl Med 2021; 13:13/607/eabd3904. [PMID: 34408078 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abd3904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2020] [Revised: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 06/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
Dystonias are a group of chronic movement-disabling disorders for which highly effective oral medications or disease-modifying therapies are lacking. The most effective treatments require invasive procedures such as deep brain stimulation. In this study, we used a high-throughput assay based on a monogenic form of dystonia, DYT1 (DYT-TOR1A), to screen a library of compounds approved for use in humans, the NCATS Pharmaceutical Collection (NPC; 2816 compounds), and identify drugs able to correct mislocalization of the disease-causing protein variant, ∆E302/3 hTorsinA. The HIV protease inhibitor, ritonavir, was among 18 compounds found to normalize hTorsinA mislocalization. Using a DYT1 knock-in mouse model to test efficacy on brain pathologies, we found that ritonavir restored multiple brain abnormalities across development. Ritonavir acutely corrected striatal cholinergic interneuron physiology in the mature brain and yielded sustained correction of diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging signals when delivered during a discrete early developmental window. Mechanistically, we found that, across the family of HIV protease inhibitors, efficacy correlated with integrated stress response activation. These preclinical results identify ritonavir as a drug candidate for dystonia with disease-modifying potential.
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- Zachary F Caffall
- Department of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27715, USA
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- Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27715, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27715, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.,Department of Neurology, Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27715, USA. .,Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27715, USA.,Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27715, USA.,Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC 27715, USA
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Rohde JM, Karavadhi S, Pragani R, Liu L, Fang Y, Zhang W, McIver A, Zheng H, Liu Q, Davis MI, Urban DJ, Lee TD, Cheff DM, Hollingshead M, Henderson MJ, Martinez NJ, Brimacombe KR, Yasgar A, Zhao W, Klumpp-Thomas C, Michael S, Covey J, Moore WJ, Stott GM, Li Z, Simeonov A, Jadhav A, Frye S, Hall MD, Shen M, Wang X, Patnaik S, Boxer MB. Discovery and Optimization of 2 H-1λ 2-Pyridin-2-one Inhibitors of Mutant Isocitrate Dehydrogenase 1 for the Treatment of Cancer. J Med Chem 2021; 64:4913-4946. [PMID: 33822623 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c00019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Neomorphic mutations in isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) are oncogenic for a number of malignancies, primarily low-grade gliomas and acute myeloid leukemia. We report a medicinal chemistry campaign around a 7,7-dimethyl-7,8-dihydro-2H-1λ2-quinoline-2,5(6H)-dione screening hit against the R132H and R132C mutant forms of isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH1). Systematic SAR efforts produced a series of potent pyrid-2-one mIDH1 inhibitors, including the atropisomer (+)-119 (NCATS-SM5637, NSC 791985). In an engineered mIDH1-U87-xenograft mouse model, after a single oral dose of 30 mg/kg, 16 h post dose, between 16 and 48 h, (+)-119 showed higher tumoral concentrations that corresponded to lower 2-HG concentrations, when compared with the approved drug AG-120 (ivosidenib).
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- Jason M Rohde
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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- Center for Integrative Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Division for Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, United States
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- Center for Integrative Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Division for Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, United States
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- Center for Integrative Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Division for Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, United States
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- Center for Integrative Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Division for Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, United States
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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- Biological Testing Branch, Developmental Therapeutics Program, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland 21702, United States
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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- Developmental Therapeutics Program Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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- NExT Program Support, Applied/Developmental Research Directorate, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland 21702, United States
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- NExT Program Support, Applied/Developmental Research Directorate, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland 21702, United States
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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- Center for Integrative Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Division for Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, United States
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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- Center for Integrative Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Division for Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, United States
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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Issaq SH, Mendoza A, Kidner R, Rosales TI, Duveau DY, Heske CM, Rohde JM, Boxer MB, Thomas CJ, DeBerardinis RJ, Helman LJ. EWS-FLI1-regulated Serine Synthesis and Exogenous Serine are Necessary for Ewing Sarcoma Cellular Proliferation and Tumor Growth. Mol Cancer Ther 2020; 19:1520-1529. [PMID: 32371575 DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-19-0748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2019] [Revised: 12/19/2019] [Accepted: 04/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
Despite a growing body of knowledge about the genomic landscape of Ewing sarcoma, translation of basic discoveries into targeted therapies and significant clinical gains has remained elusive. Recent insights have revealed that the oncogenic transcription factor EWS-FLI1 can impact Ewing sarcoma cellular metabolism, regulating expression of 3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase (PHGDH), the first enzyme in de novo serine synthesis. Here, we have examined the importance of serine metabolism in Ewing sarcoma tumorigenesis and evaluated the therapeutic potential of targeting serine metabolism in preclinical models of Ewing sarcoma. We show that PHGDH knockdown resulted in decreased Ewing sarcoma cell proliferation, especially under serine limitation, and significantly inhibited xenograft tumorigenesis in preclinical orthotopic models of Ewing sarcoma. In addition, the PHGDH inhibitor NCT-503 caused a dose-dependent decrease in cellular proliferation. Moreover, we report a novel drug combination in which nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT) inhibition, which blocks production of the PHGDH substrate NAD+, synergized with NCT-503 to abolish Ewing sarcoma cell proliferation and tumor growth. Furthermore, we show that serine deprivation inhibited Ewing sarcoma cell proliferation and tumorigenesis, indicating that Ewing sarcoma cells depend on exogenous serine in addition to de novo serine synthesis. Our findings suggest that serine metabolism is critical for Ewing sarcoma tumorigenesis, and that targeting metabolic dependencies should be further investigated as a potential therapeutic strategy for Ewing sarcoma. In addition, the combination strategy presented herein may have broader clinical applications in other PHGDH-overexpressing cancers as well.
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- Sameer H Issaq
- Pediatric Oncology Branch, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland.
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- Pediatric Oncology Branch, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Children's Medical Center Research Institute, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, NIH, Rockville, Maryland
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, NIH, Rockville, Maryland
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, NIH, Rockville, Maryland
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, NIH, Rockville, Maryland
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- Children's Medical Center Research Institute, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Pediatric Oncology Branch, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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Manz T, Sivakumaren SC, Yasgar A, Hall MD, Davis MI, Seo HS, Card JD, Ficarro SB, Shim H, Marto JA, Dhe-Paganon S, Sasaki AT, Boxer MB, Simeonov A, Cantley LC, Shen M, Zhang T, Ferguson FM, Gray NS. Structure-Activity Relationship Study of Covalent Pan-phosphatidylinositol 5-Phosphate 4-Kinase Inhibitors. ACS Med Chem Lett 2020; 11:346-352. [PMID: 32184968 PMCID: PMC7074221 DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.9b00402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2019] [Accepted: 11/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Phosphatidylinositol 5-phosphate 4-kinases (PI5P4Ks) are important molecular players in a variety of diseases, such as cancer. Currently available PI5P4K inhibitors are reversible small molecules, which may lack selectivity and sufficient cellular on-target activity. In this study, we present a new class of covalent pan-PI5P4K inhibitors with potent biochemical and cellular activity. Our designs are based on THZ-P1-2, a covalent PI5P4K inhibitor previously developed in our lab. Here, we report further structure-guided optimization and structure-activity relationship (SAR) study of this scaffold, resulting in compound 30, which retained biochemical and cellular potency, while demonstrating a significantly improved selectivity profile. Furthermore, we confirm that the inhibitors show efficient binding affinity in the context of HEK 293T cells using isothermal CETSA methods. Taken together, compound 30 represents a highly selective pan-PI5P4K covalent lead molecule.
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- Theresa
D. Manz
- Department
of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 360 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
- Department
of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
- Department
of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Saarland University, Saarbruecken, Germany
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- Department
of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 360 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
- Department
of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- National
Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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- National
Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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- National
Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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- Department
of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 360 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
- Department
of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department
of Cancer Biology and Blais Proteomics Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
- Department
of Oncologic Pathology, Dana-Farber Cancer
Institute, 360 Longwood
Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
- Department
of Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department
of Cancer Biology and Blais Proteomics Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
- Department
of Oncologic Pathology, Dana-Farber Cancer
Institute, 360 Longwood
Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
- Department
of Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Meyer
Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medicine and
New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York 10065, United States
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- Department
of Cancer Biology and Blais Proteomics Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
- Department
of Oncologic Pathology, Dana-Farber Cancer
Institute, 360 Longwood
Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
- Department
of Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department
of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 360 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
- Department
of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Division
of Hematology and Oncology, University of
Cincinnati, 3125 Eden
Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0508, United States
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- National
Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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- National
Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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- Meyer
Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medicine and
New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York 10065, United States
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- National
Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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- Department
of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 360 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
- Department
of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department
of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 360 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
- Department
of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department
of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 360 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
- Department
of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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Wang S, Hwang EE, Guha R, O'Neill AF, Melong N, Veinotte CJ, Conway Saur A, Wuerthele K, Shen M, McKnight C, Alexe G, Lemieux ME, Wang A, Hughes E, Xu X, Boxer MB, Hall MD, Kung A, Berman JN, Davis MI, Stegmaier K, Crompton BD. High-throughput Chemical Screening Identifies Focal Adhesion Kinase and Aurora Kinase B Inhibition as a Synergistic Treatment Combination in Ewing Sarcoma. Clin Cancer Res 2019; 25:4552-4566. [PMID: 30979745 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-17-0375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2017] [Revised: 12/18/2018] [Accepted: 04/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Abstract
PURPOSE Ewing sarcoma is an aggressive solid tumor malignancy of childhood. Although current treatment regimens cure approximately 70% of patients with localized disease, they are ineffective for most patients with metastases or relapse. New treatment combinations are necessary for these patients. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Ewing sarcoma cells are dependent on focal adhesion kinase (FAK) for growth. To identify candidate treatment combinations for Ewing sarcoma, we performed a small-molecule library screen to identify compounds synergistic with FAK inhibitors in impairing Ewing cell growth. The activity of a top-scoring class of compounds was then validated across multiple Ewing cell lines in vitro and in multiple xenograft models of Ewing sarcoma. RESULTS Numerous Aurora kinase inhibitors scored as synergistic with FAK inhibition in this screen. We found that Aurora kinase B inhibitors were synergistic across a larger range of concentrations than Aurora kinase A inhibitors when combined with FAK inhibitors in multiple Ewing cell lines. The combination of AZD-1152, an Aurora kinase B-selective inhibitor, and PF-562271 or VS-4718, FAK-selective inhibitors, induced apoptosis in Ewing sarcoma cells at concentrations that had minimal effects on survival when cells were treated with either drug alone. We also found that the combination significantly impaired tumor progression in multiple xenograft models of Ewing sarcoma. CONCLUSIONS FAK and Aurora kinase B inhibitors synergistically impair Ewing sarcoma cell viability and significantly inhibit tumor progression. This study provides preclinical support for the consideration of a clinical trial testing the safety and efficacy of this combination for patients with Ewing sarcoma.
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- Sarah Wang
- Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland
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- Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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- IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland
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- Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Boston, Massachusetts
- Boston University Bioinformatics Graduate Program, Boston, Massachusetts
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland
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- Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
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- Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Hu X, Zhang YQ, Lee OW, Liu L, Tang M, Lai K, Boxer MB, Hall MD, Shen M. Discovery of novel inhibitors of human galactokinase by virtual screening. J Comput Aided Mol Des 2019; 33:405-417. [PMID: 30806949 DOI: 10.1007/s10822-019-00190-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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: 09/11/2018] [Accepted: 02/07/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
Abstract
Classic Galactosemia is a potentially lethal autosomal recessive metabolic disorder caused by deficient galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase (GALT) that results in the buildup of galactose-1-phosphate (gal-1-p) in cells. Galactokinase (GALK1) is the enzyme responsible for converting galactose into gal-1-p. A pharmacological inhibitor of GALK1 is hypothesized to be therapeutic strategy for treating galactosemia by reducing production of gal-1-p. In this study, we report the discovery of novel series of GALK1 inhibitors by structure-based virtual screening (VS). Followed by an extensive structural modeling and binding mode analysis of the active compounds identified from quantitative high-throughput screen (qHTS), we developed an efficient pharmacophore-based VS approach and applied for a large-scale in silico database screening. Out of 230,000 compounds virtually screened, 350 compounds were cherry-picked based on multi-factor prioritization procedure, and 75 representing a diversity of chemotypes exhibited inhibitory activity in GALK1 biochemical assay. Furthermore, a phenylsulfonamide series with excellent in vitro ADME properties was selected for downstream characterization and demonstrated its ability to lower gal-1-p in primary patient fibroblasts. The compounds described herein should provide a starting point for further development of drug candidates for the GALK1 modulation in the Classic Galactosemia.
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- Xin Hu
- NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA
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- NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA
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- NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA
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- NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA
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- NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA
- Nexus Discovery Advisors, 7820B Wormans Mill Road, Suite 208, Frederick, MD, 21701, USA
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- NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA
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- NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA.
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Rohde JM, Brimacombe KR, Liu L, Pacold ME, Yasgar A, Cheff DM, Lee TD, Rai G, Baljinnyam B, Li Z, Simeonov A, Hall MD, Shen M, Sabatini DM, Boxer MB. Discovery and optimization of piperazine-1-thiourea-based human phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase inhibitors. Bioorg Med Chem 2018; 26:1727-1739. [PMID: 29555419 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2018.02.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2018] [Revised: 02/06/2018] [Accepted: 02/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
Abstract
Proliferating cells, including cancer cells, obtain serine both exogenously and via the metabolism of glucose. By catalyzing the first, rate-limiting step in the synthesis of serine from glucose, phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase (PHGDH) controls flux through the biosynthetic pathway for this important amino acid and represents a putative target in oncology. To discover inhibitors of PHGDH, a coupled biochemical assay was developed and optimized to enable high-throughput screening for inhibitors of human PHGDH. Feedback inhibition was minimized by coupling PHGDH activity to two downstream enzymes (PSAT1 and PSPH), providing a marked improvement in enzymatic turnover. Further coupling of NADH to a diaphorase/resazurin system enabled a red-shifted detection readout, minimizing interference due to compound autofluorescence. With this protocol, over 400,000 small molecules were screened for PHGDH inhibition, and following hit validation and triage work, a piperazine-1-thiourea was identified. Following rounds of medicinal chemistry and SAR exploration, two probes (NCT-502 and NCT-503) were identified. These molecules demonstrated improved target activity and encouraging ADME properties, enabling in vitro assessment of the biological importance of PHGDH, and its role in the fate of serine in PHGDH-dependent cancer cells. This manuscript reports the assay development and medicinal chemistry leading to the development of NCT-502 and -503 reported in Pacold et al. (2016).
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- Jason M Rohde
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA.
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, 9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Broad Institute of Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 7 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Longwood Center, 350 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, 9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Broad Institute of Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 7 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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Tee SS, Park JM, Hurd RE, Brimacombe KR, Boxer MB, Massoud TF, Rutt BK, Spielman DM. PKM2 activation sensitizes cancer cells to growth inhibition by 2-deoxy-D-glucose. Oncotarget 2017; 8:90959-90968. [PMID: 29207616 PMCID: PMC5710897 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.19630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2016] [Accepted: 07/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Cancer metabolism has emerged as an increasingly attractive target for interfering with tumor growth. Small molecule activators of pyruvate kinase isozyme M2 (PKM2) suppress tumor formation but have an unknown effect on established tumors. We demonstrate that TEPP-46, a PKM2 activator, results in increased glucose consumption, providing the rationale for combining PKM2 activators with the toxic glucose analog, 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG). Combination treatment resulted in reduced viability of a range of cell lines in standard cell culture conditions at concentrations of drugs that had no effect when used alone. This effect was replicated in vivo on established subcutaneous tumors. We further demonstrated the ability to detect acute metabolic differences in combination treatment using hyperpolarized magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). Combination treated tumors displayed a higher pyruvate to lactate 13C-label exchange 2 hr post-treatment. This ability to assess the effect of drugs non-invasively may accelerate the implementation and clinical translation of drugs that target cancer metabolism.
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- Sui Seng Tee
- Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.,Current/Present address: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.,Advanced Imaging Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.,Department of Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Applied Sciences Laboratory, GE Healthcare, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA.,NIH Chemical Genomics Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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Singh A, Venkannagari S, Oh KH, Zhang YQ, Rohde JM, Liu L, Nimmagadda S, Sudini K, Brimacombe KR, Gajghate S, Ma J, Wang A, Xu X, Shahane SA, Xia M, Woo J, Mensah GA, Wang Z, Ferrer M, Gabrielson E, Li Z, Rastinejad F, Shen M, Boxer MB, Biswal S. Small Molecule Inhibitor of NRF2 Selectively Intervenes Therapeutic Resistance in KEAP1-Deficient NSCLC Tumors. ACS Chem Biol 2016; 11:3214-3225. [PMID: 27552339 PMCID: PMC5367156 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.6b00651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 339] [Impact Index Per Article: 42.4] [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] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Loss of function mutations in Kelch-like ECH Associated Protein 1 (KEAP1), or gain-of-function mutations in nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NRF2), are common in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and associated with therapeutic resistance. To discover novel NRF2 inhibitors for targeted therapy, we conducted a quantitative high-throughput screen using a diverse set of ∼400 000 small molecules (Molecular Libraries Small Molecule Repository Library, MLSMR) at the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. We identified ML385 as a probe molecule that binds to NRF2 and inhibits its downstream target gene expression. Specifically, ML385 binds to Neh1, the Cap 'N' Collar Basic Leucine Zipper (CNC-bZIP) domain of NRF2, and interferes with the binding of the V-Maf Avian Musculoaponeurotic Fibrosarcoma Oncogene Homologue G (MAFG)-NRF2 protein complex to regulatory DNA binding sequences. In clonogenic assays, when used in combination with platinum-based drugs, doxorubicin or taxol, ML385 substantially enhances cytotoxicity in NSCLC cells, as compared to single agents. ML385 shows specificity and selectivity for NSCLC cells with KEAP1 mutation, leading to gain of NRF2 function. In preclinical models of NSCLC with gain of NRF2 function, ML385 in combination with carboplatin showed significant antitumor activity. We demonstrate the discovery and validation of ML385 as a novel and specific NRF2 inhibitor and conclude that targeting NRF2 may represent a promising strategy for the treatment of advanced NSCLC.
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- Anju Singh
- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland
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- Departments of Radiology and Oncology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland
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- Department of Oncology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Worcester, Massachusetts
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland
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- Department of Oncology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland
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- Metabolic Signaling and Disease Program, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, Orlando, Florida
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
- Department of Oncology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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Davis MI, Pragani R, Fox JT, Shen M, Parmar K, Gaudiano EF, Liu L, Tanega C, McGee L, Hall MD, McKnight C, Shinn P, Nelson H, Chattopadhyay D, D'Andrea AD, Auld DS, DeLucas LJ, Li Z, Boxer MB, Simeonov A. Small Molecule Inhibition of the Ubiquitin-specific Protease USP2 Accelerates cyclin D1 Degradation and Leads to Cell Cycle Arrest in Colorectal Cancer and Mantle Cell Lymphoma Models. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:24628-24640. [PMID: 27681596 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.738567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2016] [Revised: 09/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Deubiquitinases are important components of the protein degradation regulatory network. We report the discovery of ML364, a small molecule inhibitor of the deubiquitinase USP2 and its use to interrogate the biology of USP2 and its putative substrate cyclin D1. ML364 has an IC50 of 1.1 μm in a biochemical assay using an internally quenched fluorescent di-ubiquitin substrate. Direct binding of ML364 to USP2 was demonstrated using microscale thermophoresis. ML364 induced an increase in cellular cyclin D1 degradation and caused cell cycle arrest as shown in Western blottings and flow cytometry assays utilizing both Mino and HCT116 cancer cell lines. ML364, and not the inactive analog 2, was antiproliferative in cancer cell lines. Consistent with the role of cyclin D1 in DNA damage response, ML364 also caused a decrease in homologous recombination-mediated DNA repair. These effects by a small molecule inhibitor support a key role for USP2 as a regulator of cell cycle, DNA repair, and tumor cell growth.
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- Mindy I Davis
- From the NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20892
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- From the NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20892
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- From the NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20892
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- From the NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20892
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- the Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, and
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- the Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, and
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- From the NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20892
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- From the NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20892
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- From the NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20892
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- From the NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20892
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- From the NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20892
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- From the NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20892
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- From the NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20892
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- the Center for Structural Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294
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- the Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, and
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- From the NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20892
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- the Center for Structural Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294
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- From the NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20892
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- From the NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20892,.
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- From the NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20892,.
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Pacold ME, Brimacombe KR, Chan SH, Rohde JM, Lewis CA, Swier LJYM, Possemato R, Chen WW, Sullivan LB, Fiske BP, Cho S, Freinkman E, Birsoy K, Abu MR, Shaul YD, Liu CM, Zhou M, Koh MJ, Chung H, Davidson SM, Luengo A, Wang AQ, Xu X, Yasgar A, Liu L, Rai G, Westover KD, Heiden MGV, Shen M, Gray NS, Boxer MB, Sabatini DM. Corrigendum: A PHGDH inhibitor reveals coordination of serine synthesis and one-carbon unit fate. Nat Chem Biol 2016; 12:656. [PMID: 27434767 DOI: 10.1038/nchembio0816-656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Merk A, Bartesaghi A, Banerjee S, Falconieri V, Rao P, Davis MI, Pragani R, Boxer MB, Earl LA, Milne JLS, Subramaniam S. Breaking Cryo-EM Resolution Barriers to Facilitate Drug Discovery. Cell 2016; 165:1698-1707. [PMID: 27238019 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.05.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 331] [Impact Index Per Article: 41.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2016] [Revised: 05/09/2016] [Accepted: 05/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
Recent advances in single-particle cryoelecton microscopy (cryo-EM) are enabling generation of numerous near-atomic resolution structures for well-ordered protein complexes with sizes ≥ ∼200 kDa. Whether cryo-EM methods are equally useful for high-resolution structural analysis of smaller, dynamic protein complexes such as those involved in cellular metabolism remains an important question. Here, we present 3.8 Å resolution cryo-EM structures of the cancer target isocitrate dehydrogenase (93 kDa) and identify the nature of conformational changes induced by binding of the allosteric small-molecule inhibitor ML309. We also report 2.8-Å- and 1.8-Å-resolution structures of lactate dehydrogenase (145 kDa) and glutamate dehydrogenase (334 kDa), respectively. With these results, two perceived barriers in single-particle cryo-EM are overcome: (1) crossing 2 Å resolution and (2) obtaining structures of proteins with sizes < 100 kDa, demonstrating that cryo-EM can be used to investigate a broad spectrum of drug-target interactions and dynamic conformational states.
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- Alan Merk
- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Pacold ME, Brimacombe KR, Chan SH, Rohde JM, Lewis CA, Swier LJYM, Possemato R, Chen WW, Sullivan LB, Fiske BP, Cho S, Freinkman E, Birsoy K, Abu-Remaileh M, Shaul YD, Liu CM, Zhou M, Koh MJ, Chung H, Davidson SM, Luengo A, Wang AQ, Xu X, Yasgar A, Liu L, Rai G, Westover KD, Vander Heiden MG, Shen M, Gray NS, Boxer MB, Sabatini DM. A PHGDH inhibitor reveals coordination of serine synthesis and one-carbon unit fate. Nat Chem Biol 2016; 12:452-8. [PMID: 27110680 PMCID: PMC4871733 DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.2070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 337] [Impact Index Per Article: 42.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2015] [Accepted: 03/24/2016] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Abstract
Serine is a both a proteinogenic amino acid and the source of one-carbon units essential for de novo purine and deoxythymidine synthesis. In the canonical glucose-derived serine synthesis pathway, Homo sapiens phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase (PHGDH) catalyzes the first, rate-limiting step. Genetic loss of PHGDH is toxic towards PHGDH-overexpressing breast cancer cell lines even in the presence of exogenous serine. Here, we use a quantitative high-throughput screen to identify small molecule PHGDH inhibitors. These compounds reduce the production of glucose-derived serine in cells and suppress the growth of PHGDH-dependent cancer cells in culture and in orthotopic xenograft tumors. Surprisingly, PHGDH inhibition reduced the incorporation into nucleotides of one-carbon units from glucose-derived and exogenous serine. We conclude that glycolytic serine synthesis coordinates the use of one-carbon units from endogenous and exogenous serine in nucleotide synthesis, and suggest that one-carbon unit wasting may contribute to the efficacy of PHGDH inhibitors in vitro and in vivo.
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- Michael E Pacold
- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.,Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.,Broad Institute of Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.,Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Longwood Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, USA
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- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.,Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.,Broad Institute of Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, USA
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- Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.,Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.,Broad Institute of Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.,Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.,Broad Institute of Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.,Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.,Broad Institute of Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Laboratory of Metabolic Regulation and Genetics, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA
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- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.,Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.,Broad Institute of Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.,Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.,Broad Institute of Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.,Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.,Broad Institute of Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.,Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.,Broad Institute of Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.,Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.,Broad Institute of Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, USA
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- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Longwood Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, USA
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- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.,Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.,Broad Institute of Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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Tschapalda K, Zhang YQ, Liu L, Golovnina K, Schlemper T, Eichmann TO, Lal-Nag M, Sreenivasan U, McLenithan J, Ziegler S, Sztalryd C, Lass A, Auld D, Oliver B, Waldmann H, Li Z, Shen M, Boxer MB, Beller M. A Class of Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase 1 Inhibitors Identified by a Combination of Phenotypic High-throughput Screening, Genomics, and Genetics. EBioMedicine 2016; 8:49-59. [PMID: 27428418 PMCID: PMC4919474 DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2016.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2015] [Revised: 04/02/2016] [Accepted: 04/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Excess lipid storage is an epidemic problem in human populations. Thus, the identification of small molecules to treat or prevent lipid storage-related metabolic complications is of great interest. Here we screened > 320.000 compounds for their ability to prevent a cellular lipid accumulation phenotype. We used fly cells because the multifarious tools available for this organism should facilitate unraveling the mechanism-of-action of active small molecules. Of the several hundred lipid storage inhibitors identified in the primary screen we concentrated on three structurally diverse and potent compound classes active in cells of multiple species (including human) and negligible cytotoxicity. Together with Drosophila in vivo epistasis experiments, RNA-Seq expression profiles suggested that the target of one of the small molecules was diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1 (DGAT1), a key enzyme in the production of triacylglycerols and prominent human drug target. We confirmed this prediction by biochemical and enzymatic activity tests. We identified > 600 potent small molecule inhibitors of cellular lipid storage deposition. RNA-Seq expression profiling discriminated the activity of three lead scaffolds and guided subsequent functional studies. We discovered a class of DGAT1 inhibitors, which is active in fly and mammalian cell lines as well as whole flies.
Obesity and other lipid storage associated diseases are a growing health threat of human populations. In an undirected phenotypic screen, we identified pharmacologically active small molecules that reduce or enhance lipid storage. Our work focuses on three lead structures that prevent lipid storage in diverse cellular systems including cells from a diabetes patient. In order to elucidate the compound mechanisms-of-action and cellular targets, we used a combination of RNA-Seq transcriptional profiling and diverse functional assays. Our results strongly suggest that one of our lead structures represents a class of inhibitors targeting the key lipogenic enzyme diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1.
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- Kirsten Tschapalda
- Systems Biology of Lipid Metabolism, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Institute for Mathematical Modeling of Biological Systems, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Chemical Biology, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany; Department of Molecular Developmental Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, USA
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- National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA
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- Systems Biology of Lipid Metabolism, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Institute for Mathematical Modeling of Biological Systems, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA
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- Department of Chemical Biology, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA; Baltimore VA Medical Center, VA Research Service, Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) and VA Maryland Health Care System, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Graz, Austria
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, USA
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- National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA
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- Department of Chemical Biology, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, USA
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- Systems Biology of Lipid Metabolism, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Institute for Mathematical Modeling of Biological Systems, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Zhang L, Zhang Y, Mehta A, Boufraqech M, Davis S, Wang J, Tian Z, Yu Z, Boxer MB, Kiefer JA, Copland JA, Smallridge RC, Li Z, Shen M, Kebebew E. Dual inhibition of HDAC and EGFR signaling with CUDC-101 induces potent suppression of tumor growth and metastasis in anaplastic thyroid cancer. Oncotarget 2016; 6:9073-85. [PMID: 25940539 PMCID: PMC4496203 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.3268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2015] [Accepted: 01/31/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) is one of the most lethal human malignancies that currently has no effective therapy. We performed quantitative high-throughput screening (qHTS) in three ATC cell lines using 3,282 clinically approved drugs and drug candidates, and identified 100 active agents. Enrichment analysis of active compounds showed that inhibitors of EGFR and histone deacetylase (HDAC) were most active. Of these, the first-in-class dual inhibitor of EGFR, HER2 and HDACs, CUDC-101, had the highest efficacy and lower IC50 than established drugs. We validated that CUDC-101 inhibited cellular proliferation and resulted in cell death by inducing cell cycle arrest and caspase-dependent apoptosis. CUDC-101 also inhibited cellular migration in vitro. Mechanistically, CUDC-101 inhibited MAPK signaling and histone deacetylation in ATC cell lines with multiple driver mutations present in human ATC. The anticancer effect of CUDC-101 was associated with increased expression of p21 and E-cadherin, and reduced expression of survivin, XIAP, β-catenin, N-cadherin, and Vimentin. In an in vivo mouse model of metastatic ATC, CUDC-101 inhibited tumor growth and metastases, and significantly prolonged survival. Response to CUDC-101 treatment in vivo was associated with increased histone 3 acetylation and reduced survivin expression. Our findings provide a preclinical basis to evaluate CUDC-101 therapy in ATC.
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- Lisa Zhang
- Endocrine Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Pre-Clinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Endocrine Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.,Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
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- Endocrine Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Cancer Genetics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Curis Inc., Translational Science, Lexington, MA, USA
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- Curis Inc., Translational Science, Lexington, MA, USA
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- Surgery Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Pre-Clinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Information Sciences, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA.,Endocrinology Division, Internal Medicine Department, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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- Division of Pre-Clinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Pre-Clinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Endocrine Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Najm FJ, Madhavan M, Zaremba A, Shick E, Karl RT, Factor DC, Miller TE, Nevin ZS, Kantor C, Sargent A, Quick KL, Schlatzer DM, Tang H, Papoian R, Brimacombe KR, Shen M, Boxer MB, Jadhav A, Robinson AP, Podojil JR, Miller SD, Miller RH, Tesar PJ. Drug-based modulation of endogenous stem cells promotes functional remyelination in vivo. Nature 2015; 522:216-20. [PMID: 25896324 PMCID: PMC4528969 DOI: 10.1038/nature14335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 294] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2014] [Accepted: 02/18/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Abstract
Multiple sclerosis (MS) involves an aberrant autoimmune response and progressive failure of remyelination in the central nervous system (CNS). Prevention of neural degeneration and subsequent disability requires remyelination through the generation of new oligodendrocytes, but current treatments exclusively target the immune system. Oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs) are stem cells in the CNS and the principal source of myelinating oligodendrocytes1. OPCs are abundant in demyelinated regions of MS patients, yet fail to differentiate, thereby representing a cellular target for pharmacological intervention2. To discover therapeutic compounds for enhancing myelination from endogenous OPCs, we screened a library of bioactive small molecules on mouse pluripotent epiblast stem cell (EpiSC)-derived OPCs3–5. We identified seven drugs that functioned at nanomolar doses to selectively enhance the generation of mature oligodendrocytes from OPCs in vitro. Two drugs, miconazole and clobetasol, were effective in promoting precocious myelination in organotypic cerebellar slice cultures, and in vivo in early postnatal mouse pups. Systemic delivery of each of the two drugs significantly increased the number of new oligodendrocytes and enhanced remyelination in a lysolecithin-induced mouse model of focal demyelination. Administering each of the two drugs at the peak of disease in the experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) mouse model of chronic progressive MS resulted in striking reversal of disease severity. Immune response assays showed that miconazole functioned directly as a remyelinating drug with no effect on the immune system, whereas clobetasol was a potent immunosuppressant as well as a remyelinating agent. Mechanistic studies showed that miconazole and clobetasol functioned in OPCs through mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and glucocorticoid receptor (GR) signaling, respectively. Furthermore, both drugs enhanced the generation of human oligodendrocytes from human OPCs in vitro. Collectively, our results provide a rationale for testing miconazole and clobetasol, or structurally-modified derivatives, to enhance remyelination in patients.
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- Fadi J Najm
- Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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- 1] Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA [2] Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA [3] Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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- PerkinElmer, 940 Winter Street, Waltham, Massachusetts 02451, USA
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- Center for Proteomics and Bioinformatics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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- Drug Discovery Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45237, USA
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- Drug Discovery Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45237, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA
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- Department of Microbiology-Immunology and Interdepartmental Immunobiology Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 E. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
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- Department of Microbiology-Immunology and Interdepartmental Immunobiology Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 E. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
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- Department of Microbiology-Immunology and Interdepartmental Immunobiology Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 E. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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- 1] Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA [2] Department of Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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Liu L, Tang M, Walsh MJ, Brimacombe KR, Pragani R, Tanega C, Rohde JM, Baker HL, Fernandez E, Blackman B, Bougie JM, Leister WH, Auld DS, Shen M, Lai K, Boxer MB. Structure activity relationships of human galactokinase inhibitors. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014; 25:721-7. [PMID: 25553891 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.11.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 10/22/2014] [Revised: 11/19/2014] [Accepted: 11/21/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Classic Galactosemia is a rare inborn error of metabolism that is caused by deficiency of galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase (GALT), an enzyme within the Leloir pathway that is responsible for the conversion of galactose-1-phosphate (gal-1-p) and UDP-glucose to glucose-1-phosphate and UDP-galactose. This deficiency results in elevated intracellular concentrations of its substrate, gal-1-p, and this increased concentration is believed to be the major pathogenic mechanism in Classic Galactosemia. Galactokinase (GALK) is an upstream enzyme of GALT in the Leloir pathway and is responsible for conversion of galactose and ATP to gal-1-p and ADP. Therefore, it was hypothesized that the identification of a small-molecule inhibitor of human GALK would act to prevent the accumulation of gal-1-p and offer a novel entry therapy for this disorder. Herein we describe a quantitative high-throughput screening campaign that identified a single chemotype that was optimized and validated as a GALK inhibitor.
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- Li Liu
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Rm 2C412 SOM, 50 N. Medical Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Rm 2C412 SOM, 50 N. Medical Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA.
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Shukla S, Chufan EE, Singh S, Skoumbourdis AP, Kapoor K, Boxer MB, Duveau DY, Thomas CJ, Talele TT, Ambudkar SV. Abstract LB-224: Identification of a binding site for the tyrosine kinase inhibitor Nilotinib on the human ABC drug transporter, P-glycoprotein as determined by 3D-QSAR, molecular docking and mutational mapping. Cancer Res 2014. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2014-lb-224] [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: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Abstract
Nilotinib (Tasigna®) is a novel tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) that has been used to treat chronic phase chronic myeloid leukemia patients who develop resistance due to the emergence of point mutations within the BCR-ABL kinase domain. It is known to be transported by the ATP binding-cassette (ABC) drug efflux transporters P-glycoprotein (P-gp) and ABCG2, which not only alters the efficacy of nilotinib but might also result in lower bioavailability. Identification of a nilotinib binding conformation in the drug-binding pocket of these transporters is important to understand its interactions and can be used to design the next generation of TKIs that do not interact with ABC drug transporters. A structure-activity relationship (SAR)-based approach for nilotinib was used in this study to identify an initial pharmacophore interacting with P-gp. [125I]-Iodoarylazidoprazosin (IAAP) photolabeling and FACS-based transport of fluorescent substrates were carried out with 26 structural derivatives of nilotinib to evaluate their potency for inhibiting the binding of substrate and the transport function of P-gp. IC50 values from these assays were used for 3D pharmacophore modeling and quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSARs) to propose the spatial arrangement of chemical features that are essential for inhibitory activity of nilotinib towards P-gp. Molecular docking of nilotinib in a homology model of human P-gp was performed to identify interactions with the drug-binding pocket. This docked model was evaluated by mutational mapping studies replacing the Y307, M949 and A985 residues with Cysteine in the primary-binding site, which resulted in the loss of nilotinib's activity to inhibit substrate binding to P-gp. The orientation of nilotinib in this binding pocket was further substantiated by assessing the interaction of nilotinib's structural derivatives with P-gp using photoaffinity labeling, ATP hydrolysis and transport assays. These results demonstrate that the pyridine and pyrimidine rings in nilotinib play a key role in its interaction with the drug-binding pocket, while orientation of the imidazole ring determines the affinity of nilotinib for P-gp. These results for the first time identify the primary binding site of nilotinib in the drug-binding pocket of P-gp and can be exploited to design novel tyrosine kinase inhibitors that would not be recognized by ABC drug transporters.
Citation Format: Suneet Shukla, Eduardo E. Chufan, Satyakam Singh, Amanda P. Skoumbourdis, Khyati Kapoor, Matthew B. Boxer, Damien Y. Duveau, Craig J. Thomas, Tanaji T. Talele, Suresh V. Ambudkar. Identification of a binding site for the tyrosine kinase inhibitor Nilotinib on the human ABC drug transporter, P-glycoprotein as determined by 3D-QSAR, molecular docking and mutational mapping. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 105th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2014 Apr 5-9; San Diego, CA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2014;74(19 Suppl):Abstract nr LB-224. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2014-LB-224
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- 3National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Rockville, MD
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- 3National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Rockville, MD
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- 3National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Rockville, MD
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Lopez-Serra P, Marcilla M, Villanueva A, Ramos-Fernandez A, Palau A, Leal L, Wahi JE, Setien-Baranda F, Szczesna K, Moutinho C, Martinez-Cardus A, Heyn H, Sandoval J, Puertas S, Vidal A, Sanjuan X, Martinez-Balibrea E, Viñals F, Perales JC, Bramsem JB, Ørntoft TF, Andersen CL, Tabernero J, McDermott U, Boxer MB, Heiden MGV, Albar JP, Esteller M. A DERL3-associated defect in the degradation of SLC2A1 mediates the Warburg effect. Nat Commun 2014; 5:3608. [PMID: 24699711 PMCID: PMC3988805 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2013] [Accepted: 03/10/2014] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
Abstract
Cancer cells possess aberrant proteomes that can arise by the disruption of genes involved in physiological protein degradation. Here we demonstrate the presence of promoter CpG island hypermethylation-linked inactivation of DERL3 (Derlin-3), a key gene in the endoplasmic reticulum-associated protein degradation pathway, in human tumours. The restoration of in vitro and in vivo DERL3 activity highlights the tumour suppressor features of the gene. Using the stable isotopic labelling of amino acids in cell culture workflow for differential proteome analysis, we identify SLC2A1 (glucose transporter 1, GLUT1) as a downstream target of DERL3. Most importantly, SLC2A1 overexpression mediated by DERL3 epigenetic loss contributes to the Warburg effect in the studied cells and pinpoints a subset of human tumours with greater vulnerability to drugs targeting glycolysis.
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- Paula Lopez-Serra
- Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L'Hospitalet, Barcelona, 08908 Catalonia, Spain
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- Proteomics Unit, Spanish National Biotechnology Centre (CNB), CSIC, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Translational Research Laboratory, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L'Hospitalet, Barcelona, 08908 Catalonia, Spain
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- Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L'Hospitalet, Barcelona, 08908 Catalonia, Spain
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- Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L'Hospitalet, Barcelona, 08908 Catalonia, Spain
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- Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L'Hospitalet, Barcelona, 08908 Catalonia, Spain
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- Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L'Hospitalet, Barcelona, 08908 Catalonia, Spain
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- Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L'Hospitalet, Barcelona, 08908 Catalonia, Spain
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- Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L'Hospitalet, Barcelona, 08908 Catalonia, Spain
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- Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L'Hospitalet, Barcelona, 08908 Catalonia, Spain
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- Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L'Hospitalet, Barcelona, 08908 Catalonia, Spain
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- Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L'Hospitalet, Barcelona, 08908 Catalonia, Spain
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- Translational Research Laboratory, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L'Hospitalet, Barcelona, 08908 Catalonia, Spain
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- Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Department of Pathology, Bellvitge University Hospital, L'Hospitalet, Barcelona, 08908 Catalonia, Spain
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- Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Department of Pathology, Bellvitge University Hospital, L'Hospitalet, Barcelona, 08908 Catalonia, Spain
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- Medical Oncology Service, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), l'Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol (IGTP), Hospital Germans Trias I Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, 08916 Catalonia, Spain
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- Translational Research Laboratory, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L'Hospitalet, Barcelona, 08908 Catalonia, Spain
- Department of Physiological Sciences II, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Physiological Sciences II, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Brendstrupgaardsvej 100, Aarhus N, DK-8200 Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Brendstrupgaardsvej 100, Aarhus N, DK-8200 Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Brendstrupgaardsvej 100, Aarhus N, DK-8200 Aarhus, Denmark
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- Medical Oncology Department, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, 08035 Catalonia, Spain
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- Cancer Genome Project, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton CB10 1SA, UK
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20891-4874, USA
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- Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Proteomics Unit, Spanish National Biotechnology Centre (CNB), CSIC, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L'Hospitalet, Barcelona, 08908 Catalonia, Spain
- Department of Physiological Sciences II, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
- Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, 08010 Catalonia, Spain
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Davis MI, Gross S, Shen M, Straley KS, Pragani R, Lea WA, Popovici-Muller J, DeLaBarre B, Artin E, Thorne N, Auld DS, Li Z, Dang L, Boxer MB, Simeonov A. Biochemical, cellular, and biophysical characterization of a potent inhibitor of mutant isocitrate dehydrogenase IDH1. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:13717-25. [PMID: 24668804 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.511030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
Two mutant forms (R132H and R132C) of isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) have been associated with a number of cancers including glioblastoma and acute myeloid leukemia. These mutations confer a neomorphic activity of 2-hydroxyglutarate (2-HG) production, and 2-HG has previously been implicated as an oncometabolite. Inhibitors of mutant IDH1 can potentially be used to treat these diseases. In this study, we investigated the mechanism of action of a newly discovered inhibitor, ML309, using biochemical, cellular, and biophysical approaches. Substrate binding and product inhibition studies helped to further elucidate the IDH1 R132H catalytic cycle. This rapidly equilibrating inhibitor is active in both biochemical and cellular assays. The (+) isomer is active (IC50 = 68 nm), whereas the (-) isomer is over 400-fold less active (IC50 = 29 μm) for IDH1 R132H inhibition. IDH1 R132C was similarly inhibited by (+)-ML309. WT IDH1 was largely unaffected by (+)-ML309 (IC50 >36 μm). Kinetic analyses combined with microscale thermophoresis and surface plasmon resonance indicate that this reversible inhibitor binds to IDH1 R132H competitively with respect to α-ketoglutarate and uncompetitively with respect to NADPH. A reaction scheme for IDH1 R132H inhibition by ML309 is proposed in which ML309 binds to IDH1 R132H after formation of the IDH1 R132H NADPH complex. ML309 was also able to inhibit 2-HG production in a glioblastoma cell line (IC50 = 250 nm) and had minimal cytotoxicity. In the presence of racemic ML309, 2-HG levels drop rapidly. This drop was sustained until 48 h, at which point the compound was washed out and 2-HG levels recovered.
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- Mindy I Davis
- From the NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20892
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- Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, and
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- From the NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20892
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- From the NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20892
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- From the NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20892
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- Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, and
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- Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, and
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- From the NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20892
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- From the NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20892, the Center for Proteomic Chemistry, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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- From the NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20892
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- Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, and
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- From the NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20892
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- From the NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20892,
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Shukla S, Chufan EE, Singh S, Skoumbourdis AP, Kapoor K, Boxer MB, Duveau DY, Thomas CJ, Talele TT, Ambudkar SV. Elucidation of the structural basis of interaction of the BCR-ABL kinase inhibitor, nilotinib (Tasigna) with the human ABC drug transporter P-glycoprotein. Leukemia 2014; 28:961-4. [PMID: 24418991 PMCID: PMC3981924 DOI: 10.1038/leu.2014.21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- S Shukla
- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St John's University, Queens, NY, USA
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- NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Rockville, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Rockville, MD, USA
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- NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Rockville, MD, USA
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- NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Rockville, MD, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St John's University, Queens, NY, USA
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Brimacombe KR, Walsh MJ, Liu L, Vásquez-Valdivieso MG, Morgan HP, McNae I, Fothergill-Gilmore LA, Michels PAM, Auld DS, Simeonov A, Walkinshaw MD, Shen M, Boxer MB. Identification of ML251, a Potent Inhibitor of T. brucei and T. cruzi Phosphofructokinase. ACS Med Chem Lett 2014; 5:12-7. [PMID: 24900769 DOI: 10.1021/ml400259d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2013] [Accepted: 10/30/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) is a severe, often fatal disease caused by the parasitic protist Trypanosoma brucei. The glycolytic pathway has been identified as the sole mechanism for ATP generation in the infective stage of these organisms, and several glycolytic enzymes, phosphofructokinase (PFK) in particular, have shown promise as potential drug targets. Herein, we describe the discovery of ML251, a novel nanomolar inhibitor of T. brucei PFK, and the structure-activity relationships within the series.
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- Kyle R. Brimacombe
- National
Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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- National
Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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- National
Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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for Translational and Chemical Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Michael Swann Building, The King’s Buildings,
Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, U.K
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for Translational and Chemical Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Michael Swann Building, The King’s Buildings,
Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, U.K
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for Translational and Chemical Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Michael Swann Building, The King’s Buildings,
Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, U.K
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for Translational and Chemical Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Michael Swann Building, The King’s Buildings,
Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, U.K
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Unit for Tropical Diseases, de Duve Institute and Laboratory of Biochemistry, Université catholique de Louvain, Avenue Hippocrate 74, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium
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Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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for Translational and Chemical Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Michael Swann Building, The King’s Buildings,
Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, U.K
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Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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Thomas AG, Rojas C, Tanega C, Shen M, Simeonov A, Boxer MB, Auld DS, Ferraris DV, Tsukamoto T, Slusher BS. Kinetic characterization of ebselen, chelerythrine and apomorphine as glutaminase inhibitors. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2013; 438:243-8. [PMID: 23850693 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.06.110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [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: 06/26/2013] [Accepted: 06/28/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Glutaminase catalyzes the hydrolysis of glutamine to glutamate and plays a central role in the proliferation of neoplastic cells via glutaminolysis, as well as in the generation of excitotoxic glutamate in central nervous system disorders such as HIV-associated dementia (HAD) and multiple sclerosis. Both glutaminase siRNA and glutaminase inhibition have been shown to be effective in in vitro models of cancer and HAD, suggesting a potential role for small molecule glutaminase inhibitors. However, there are no potent, selective inhibitors of glutaminase currently available. The two prototypical glutaminase inhibitors, BPTES and DON, are either insoluble or non-specific. In a search for more drug-like glutaminase inhibitors, we conducted a screen of 1280 in vivo active drugs (Library of Pharmacologically Active Compounds (LOPAC(1280))) and identified ebselen, chelerythrine and (R)-apomorphine. The newly identified inhibitors exhibited 10 to 1500-fold greater affinities than DON and BPTES and over 100-fold increased efficiency of inhibition. Although non-selective, it is noteworthy that the affinity of ebselen for glutaminase is more potent than any other activity yet described. It is possible that the previously reported biological activity seen with these compounds is due, in part, to glutaminase inhibition. Ebselen, chelerythrine and apomorphine complement the armamentarium of compounds to explore the role of glutaminase in disease.
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Key Words
- 1,2-dimethoxy-N-methyl[1,3]benzodioxolo[5,6-c]phenanthridinium
- 13-methyl-[1,3]-benzodioxolo[5,6-c]-1,3-dioxolo[4,5-i]phenanthridinium
- 2,3-dimethoxy-N-methyl[1,3]benzodioxolo[5,6-c]phenanthridinium
- 2-phenyl-1,2-benzisoselenazol-3[2H]-one
- 5,6,6a,7-tetrahydro-6-methyl-4H-dibenzo[de,g]quinoline-10,11-diol
- 5,6-dihydro-9,10-dimethoxy-benzo[g]-[1,3]benzodioxolo[5,6-a]quinolizinium
- 6-diazo-5-oxo-l-norleucine
- Apomorphine
- BPTES
- Berberine
- CNS
- Cancer
- Chelerythrine
- DON
- Ebselen
- GAC
- GLS
- Glutamate
- Glutaminase
- Glutamine
- HIV
- HIV-associated dementia (HAD)
- HRP
- KGA
- Kinetics
- LGA
- Nitidine
- Norsanguinarine
- Sanguinarine
- [1,3]-benzodioxolo[5,6-c]-1,3-dioxolo[4,5-i]phenanthridine
- bis-2-(5-phenylacetimido-1,2,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)ethyl sulfide
- c-type glutaminase
- central nervous system
- glutaminase
- horse radish peroxidase
- human immunodeficiency virus
- kidney-type glutaminase
- liver-type glutaminase
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- Ajit G Thomas
- Brain Science Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Mathews LA, Guha R, Shinn P, Young RM, Lim KH, Keller J, Liu D, Yasgar A, McKnight C, Boxer MB, Duveau DY, Jiang JK, Michael S, Mott BT, Patel PR, Leister W, Maloney DJ, LeClair CA, Rai G, Jadhav A, Peyser BD, Austin CP, Martin S, Simeonov A, Ferrer M, Staudt L, Thomas CJ. Abstract 4543: High-throughput combination screening identifies novel drug-drug pairings for a Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor against the ABC subtype of diffuse large B-cell lymphomas. Cancer Res 2013. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2013-4543] [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: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
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The vast majority of cancer treatments currently administered to patients consist of combinations of more than one drug via routine infusions that adhere to specific dosing schedules. It is thought that this multi-arm and time dependent approach will kill not only the tumor cells within the primary site, but also any metastatic lesions, and importantly, any circulating tumor cells (CTCs) which may still exist in the blood. Combination therapies have also been developed as a means to reduce general cytotoxic side effects and prevent resistance and recurrence. Our labs have recently developed a high throughput screening platform to test compounds in pair-wise combinations to rapidly and systematically identify additive, synergistic and antagonistic drug combinations. This HTS capability can easily generate hundreds of dose response matrices in a single study and can increase significantly when applied to multiple cell lines. We are using this combination screening platform with in vitro models from both established cell lines and primary patient material, and we expect it will serve as a very valuable tool and a starting point when designing clinical trials after these combinations show promise within in vivo models. In a proof of concept study, we tested combinations of compounds that effectively kill 2 established lines of the ABC sub-type of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL); TMD8 and HBL1. We will present the infrastructure and methods that we have developed to implement the combination screens, visualize data from the combination dose response comparisons and numerically compare combinations in terms of their response matrices. We will also describe how this approach allows us to investigate putative polypharmacological effects that play a role in compound combination responses. Finally, we will show the results of a combination screen with TMD8 and HBL1 cells, including the identification of a novel drug-drug combination for the BTK inhibitor ibrutinib (PCI-32765) which is of both basic and translational interest for the treatment of DLBCL.
Citation Format: Lesley A. Mathews, Rajarshi Guha, Paul Shinn, Ryan M. Young, Kian-Huat Lim, Jonathan Keller, Dongbo Liu, Adam Yasgar, Crystal McKnight, Matthew B. Boxer, Damien Y. Duveau, Jian-kang Jiang, Sam Michael, Bryan T. Mott, Paresma R. Patel, William Leister, David J. Maloney, Christopher A. LeClair, Ganesha Rai, Ajit Jadhav, Brian D. Peyser, Christopher P. Austin, Scott Martin, Anton Simeonov, Marc Ferrer, Louis Staudt, Craig J. Thomas. High-throughput combination screening identifies novel drug-drug pairings for a Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor against the ABC subtype of diffuse large B-cell lymphomas. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 104th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2013 Apr 6-10; Washington, DC. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2013;73(8 Suppl):Abstract nr 4543. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2013-4543
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- Lesley A. Mathews
- 1Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Transnational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD
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- 1Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Transnational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD
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- 1Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Transnational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD
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- 2Metabolism Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- 2Metabolism Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- 1Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Transnational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD
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- 1Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Transnational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD
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- 1Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Transnational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD
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- 1Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Transnational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD
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- 1Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Transnational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD
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- 1Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Transnational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD
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- 1Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Transnational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD
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- 1Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Transnational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD
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- 1Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Transnational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD
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- 3SAIC-Frederick, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, MD
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- 1Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Transnational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD
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- 1Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Transnational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD
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- 1Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Transnational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD
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- 1Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Transnational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD
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- 1Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Transnational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD
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- 4Information Technology Branch, Developmental Therapeutics Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- 1Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Transnational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD
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- 1Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Transnational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD
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- 1Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Transnational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD
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- 1Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Transnational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD
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- 2Metabolism Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- 1Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Transnational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD
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Duveau DY, Hu X, Walsh MJ, Shukla S, Skoumbourdis AP, Boxer MB, Ambudkar SV, Shen M, Thomas CJ. Synthesis and biological evaluation of analogues of the kinase inhibitor nilotinib as Abl and Kit inhibitors. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2012; 23:682-6. [PMID: 23273517 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2012.11.111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2012] [Revised: 11/20/2012] [Accepted: 11/26/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The importance of the trifluoromethyl group in the polypharmacological profile of nilotinib was investigated. Molecular editing of nilotinib led to the design, synthesis and biological evaluation of analogues where the trifluoromethyl group was replaced by a proton, fluorine and a methyl group. While these analogues were less active than nilotinib toward Abl, their activity toward Kit was comparable, with the monofluorinated analogue being the most active. Docking of nilotinib and of analogues 2a-c to the binding pocket of Abl and of Kit showed that the lack of shape complementarity in Kit is compensated by the stabilizing effect from its juxtamembrane region.
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- Damien Y Duveau
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Anastasiou D, Yu Y, Israelsen WJ, Jiang JK, Boxer MB, Hong BS, Tempel W, Dimov S, Shen M, Jha A, Yang H, Mattaini KR, Metallo CM, Fiske BP, Courtney KD, Malstrom S, Khan TM, Kung C, Skoumbourdis AP, Veith H, Southall N, Walsh MJ, Brimacombe KR, Leister W, Lunt SY, Johnson ZR, Yen KE, Kunii K, Davidson SM, Christofk HR, Austin CP, Inglese J, Harris MH, Asara JM, Stephanopoulos G, Salituro FG, Jin S, Dang L, Auld DS, Park HW, Cantley LC, Thomas CJ, Vander Heiden MG. Erratum: Pyruvate kinase M2 activators promote tetramer formation and suppress tumorigenesis. Nat Chem Biol 2012. [DOI: 10.1038/nchembio1212-1008b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Morgan HP, Walsh MJ, Blackburn EA, Wear MA, Boxer MB, Shen M, Mcnae IW, Nowicki MW, Michels PAM, Auld DS, Fothergill-Gilmore LA, Walkinshaw MD. A new family of covalent inhibitors block nucleotide binding to the active site of pyruvate kinase. Biochem J 2012; 448:67-72. [PMID: 22906073 PMCID: PMC3498827 DOI: 10.1042/bj20121014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [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] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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PYK (pyruvate kinase) plays a central role in the metabolism of many organisms and cell types, but the elucidation of the details of its function in a systems biology context has been hampered by the lack of specific high-affinity small-molecule inhibitors. High-throughput screening has been used to identify a family of saccharin derivatives which inhibit LmPYK (Leishmania mexicana PYK) activity in a time- (and dose-) dependent manner, a characteristic of irreversible inhibition. The crystal structure of DBS {4-[(1,1-dioxo-1,2-benzothiazol-3-yl)sulfanyl]benzoic acid} complexed with LmPYK shows that the saccharin moiety reacts with an active-site lysine residue (Lys335), forming a covalent bond and sterically hindering the binding of ADP/ATP. Mutation of the lysine residue to an arginine residue eliminated the effect of the inhibitor molecule, providing confirmation of the proposed inhibitor mechanism. This lysine residue is conserved in the active sites of the four human PYK isoenzymes, which were also found to be irreversibly inhibited by DBS. X-ray structures of PYK isoforms show structural differences at the DBS-binding pocket, and this covalent inhibitor of PYK provides a chemical scaffold for the design of new families of potentially isoform-specific irreversible inhibitors.
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- Hugh P. Morgan
- Centre for Translational and Chemical Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Michael Swann Building, The King’s Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, UK
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- NIH Chemical Genomics Center, NIH Center for Translational Therapeutics, National Human, Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, U.S.A
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- Centre for Translational and Chemical Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Michael Swann Building, The King’s Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, UK
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- Centre for Translational and Chemical Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Michael Swann Building, The King’s Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, UK
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- NIH Chemical Genomics Center, NIH Center for Translational Therapeutics, National Human, Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, U.S.A
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- NIH Chemical Genomics Center, NIH Center for Translational Therapeutics, National Human, Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, U.S.A
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- Centre for Translational and Chemical Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Michael Swann Building, The King’s Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, UK
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- Centre for Translational and Chemical Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Michael Swann Building, The King’s Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, UK
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- Research Unit for Tropical Diseases, de Duve Institute and Laboratory of Biochemistry, Université catholique de Louvain, Avenue Hippocrate 74, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium
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- NIH Chemical Genomics Center, NIH Center for Translational Therapeutics, National Human, Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, U.S.A
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- Centre for Translational and Chemical Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Michael Swann Building, The King’s Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, UK
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- Centre for Translational and Chemical Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Michael Swann Building, The King’s Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, UK
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Anastasiou D, Poulogiannis G, Asara JM, Boxer MB, Jiang JK, Shen M, Bellinger G, Sasaki AT, Locasale JW, Auld DS, Thomas CJ, Vander Heiden MG, Cantley LC. Inhibition of pyruvate kinase M2 by reactive oxygen species contributes to cellular antioxidant responses. Science 2011; 334:1278-83. [PMID: 22052977 DOI: 10.1126/science.1211485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 856] [Impact Index Per Article: 65.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Control of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) concentrations is critical for cancer cell survival. We show that, in human lung cancer cells, acute increases in intracellular concentrations of ROS caused inhibition of the glycolytic enzyme pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2) through oxidation of Cys(358). This inhibition of PKM2 is required to divert glucose flux into the pentose phosphate pathway and thereby generate sufficient reducing potential for detoxification of ROS. Lung cancer cells in which endogenous PKM2 was replaced with the Cys(358) to Ser(358) oxidation-resistant mutant exhibited increased sensitivity to oxidative stress and impaired tumor formation in a xenograft model. Besides promoting metabolic changes required for proliferation, the regulatory properties of PKM2 may confer an additional advantage to cancer cells by allowing them to withstand oxidative stress.
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- Dimitrios Anastasiou
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Medicine-Division of Signal Transduction, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Walsh MJ, Brimacombe KR, Veith H, Bougie JM, Daniel T, Leister W, Cantley LC, Israelsen WJ, Vander Heiden MG, Shen M, Auld DS, Thomas CJ, Boxer MB. 2-Oxo-N-aryl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline-6-sulfonamides as activators of the tumor cell specific M2 isoform of pyruvate kinase. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2011; 21:6322-7. [PMID: 21958545 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2011.08.114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2011] [Revised: 08/25/2011] [Accepted: 08/26/2011] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Compared to normal differentiated cells, cancer cells have altered metabolic regulation to support biosynthesis and the expression of the M2 isozyme of pyruvate kinase (PKM2) plays an important role in this anabolic metabolism. While the M1 isoform is a highly active enzyme, the alternatively spliced M2 variant is considerably less active and expressed in tumors. While the exact mechanism by which decreased pyruvate kinase activity contributes to anabolic metabolism remains unclear, it is hypothesized that activation of PKM2 to levels seen with PKM1 may promote a metabolic program that is not conducive to cell proliferation. Here we report the third chemotype in a series of PKM2 activators based on the 2-oxo-N-aryl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline-6-sulfonamide scaffold. The synthesis, structure activity relationships, selectivity and notable physiochemical properties are described.
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- Martin J Walsh
- NIH Chemical Genomics Center, NIH Center for Translational Therapeutics, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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Hall MD, Brimacombe KR, Varonka MS, Pluchino KM, Monda JK, Li J, Walsh MJ, Boxer MB, Warren TH, Fales HM, Gottesman MM. Synthesis and structure-activity evaluation of isatin-β-thiosemicarbazones with improved selective activity toward multidrug-resistant cells expressing P-glycoprotein. J Med Chem 2011; 54:5878-89. [PMID: 21721528 DOI: 10.1021/jm2006047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Cancer multidrug resistance (MDR) mediated by ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters presents a significant unresolved clinical challenge. One strategy to resolve MDR is to develop compounds that selectively kill cells overexpressing the efflux transporter P-glycoprotein (MDR1, P-gp, ABCB1). We have previously reported structure-activity studies based around the lead compound NSC73306 (1, 1-isatin-4-(4'-methoxyphenyl)-3-thiosemicarbazone, 4.3-fold selective). Here we sought to extend this work on MDR1-selective analogues by establishing whether 1 showed "robust" activity against a range of cell lines expressing P-gp. We further aimed to synthesize and test analogues with varied substitution at the N4-position, and substitution around the N4-phenyl ring of isatin-β-thiosemicarbazones (IBTs), to identify compounds with increased MDR1-selectivity. Compound 1 demonstrated MDR1-selectivity against all P-gp-expressing cell lines examined. This selectivity was reversed by inhibitors of P-gp ATPase activity. Structural variation at the 4'-phenyl position of 1 yielded compounds of greater MDR1-selectivity. Two of these analogues, 1-isatin-4-(4'-nitrophenyl)-3-thiosemicarbazone (22, 8.3-fold selective) and 1-isatin-4-(4'-tert-butyl phenyl)-3-thiosemicarbazone (32, 14.8-fold selective), were selected for further testing and were found to retain the activity profile of 1. These compounds are the most active IBTs identified to date.
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- Matthew D Hall
- Laboratory of Cell Biology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Leclair CA, Boxer MB, Thomas CJ, Maloney DJ. Total synthesis of LL-Z1640-2 utilizing a late-stage intramolecular Nozaki-Hiyama-Kishi reaction. Tetrahedron Lett 2010; 51:6852-6855. [PMID: 21516235 PMCID: PMC3079232 DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2010.10.092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A total synthesis of LL-Z1640-2 (2), a potent and selective kinase inhibitor, has been completed. The key step of the convergent synthesis utilized a late-stage intramolecular Nozaki-Hiyama-Kishi (NHK) reaction to close the macrocycle at the C6'-C7' bond.
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- Christopher A Leclair
- NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA
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Boxer MB, Quinn AM, Shen M, Jadhav A, Leister W, Simeonov A, Auld DS, Thomas CJ. A highly potent and selective caspase 1 inhibitor that utilizes a key 3-cyanopropanoic acid moiety. ChemMedChem 2010; 5:730-8. [PMID: 20229566 PMCID: PMC3062473 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.200900531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [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: 12/22/2009] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Herein, we examine the potential of a nitrile-containing propionic acid moiety as an electrophile for covalent attack by the active-site cysteine residue of caspase 1. The syntheses of several cyanopropanate-containing small molecules based on the optimized peptidic scaffold of prodrug VX-765 were accomplished. These compounds were found to be potent inhibitors of caspase 1 (IC(50) values < or =1 nM). Examination of these novel small molecules against a caspase panel demonstrated an impressive degree of selectivity for caspase 1 inhibition over other caspase isozymes. Assessment of hydrolytic stability and selected ADME properties highlighted these agents as potentially useful tools for studying caspase 1 down-regulation in various settings, including in vivo analyses.
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- Matthew B. Boxer
- NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA
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- NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA
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- NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA
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- NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA
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- NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA
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- NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA
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- NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA
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- NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA
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Boxer MB, Jiang JK, Vander Heiden MG, Shen M, Skoumbourdis AP, Southall N, Veith H, Leister W, Austin CP, Park HW, Inglese J, Cantley LC, Auld DS, Thomas CJ. Evaluation of substituted N,N'-diarylsulfonamides as activators of the tumor cell specific M2 isoform of pyruvate kinase. J Med Chem 2010; 53:1048-55. [PMID: 20017496 DOI: 10.1021/jm901577g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The metabolism of cancer cells is altered to support rapid proliferation. Pharmacological activators of a tumor cell specific pyruvate kinase isozyme (PKM2) may be an approach for altering the classic Warburg effect characteristic of aberrant metabolism in cancer cells yielding a novel antiproliferation strategy. In this manuscript, we detail the discovery of a series of substituted N,N'-diarylsulfonamides as activators of PKM2. The synthesis of numerous analogues and the evaluation of structure-activity relationships are presented as well as assessments of mechanism and selectivity. Several agents are found that have good potencies and appropriate solubility for use as chemical probes of PKM2 including 55 (AC(50) = 43 nM, maximum response = 84%; solubility = 7.3 microg/mL), 56 (AC(50) = 99 nM, maximum response = 84%; solubility = 5.7 microg/mL), and 58 (AC(50) = 38 nM, maximum response = 82%; solubility = 51.2 microg/mL). The small molecules described here represent first-in-class activators of PKM2.
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- Matthew B Boxer
- NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, MSC 3370 Bethesda, Maryland 20850, USA
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Boxer MB, Akakura M, Yamamoto H. Ketone Super Silyl Enol Ethers in Sequential Reactions: Diastereoselective Generation of Tertiary Carbinols in One Pot. J Am Chem Soc 2008; 130:1580-2. [DOI: 10.1021/ja7102586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Matthew B. Boxer
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, 5735 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, and Department of Chemistry, Aichi University of Education, Igaya-cho, Kariya 448-8542, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, 5735 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, and Department of Chemistry, Aichi University of Education, Igaya-cho, Kariya 448-8542, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, 5735 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, and Department of Chemistry, Aichi University of Education, Igaya-cho, Kariya 448-8542, Japan
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- Matthew B. Boxer
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, 5735 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, 5735 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637
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Boxer MB, Yamamoto H. “Super Silyl” Group for Diastereoselective Sequential Reactions: Access to Complex Chiral Architecture in One Pot. J Am Chem Soc 2007; 129:2762-3. [PMID: 17309266 DOI: 10.1021/ja0693542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Matthew B Boxer
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, 5735 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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Sissi C, Lucatello L, Paul Krapcho A, Maloney DJ, Boxer MB, Camarasa MV, Pezzoni G, Menta E, Palumbo M. Tri-, tetra- and heptacyclic perylene analogues as new potential antineoplastic agents based on DNA telomerase inhibition. Bioorg Med Chem 2007; 15:555-62. [PMID: 17035038 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2006.09.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2006] [Revised: 09/12/2006] [Accepted: 09/15/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A recent approach in anticancer chemotherapy envisages telomerase as a potentially useful target. An attractive strategy deals with the development of compounds able to stabilize telomeric DNA in the G-quadruplex folded structure and, among them, a prominent position is found in the perylenes. With the aim to further investigate the role of drug structure, in view of possible pharmaceutical applications, we synthesized a series of compounds related to PIPER, a well-known perylene-based telomerase inhibitor. We modified the number of condensed aromatic rings and introduced different side chains to modulate drug protonation state and extent of self-aggregation. Effective telomerase inhibition was induced by heptacyclic analogues only, some showing a remarkably wide selectivity index with reference to inhibition of Taq polymerase. G-quadruplex stabilization was monitored by circular dichroism and melting experiments. Cell cytotoxicity measurements indicated a poor short-term cell killing ability for the best G-quartet binders. Besides the presence of a planar seven-condensed ring system, the introduction of a cyclic amine in the side chains critically affects the selectivity window.
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- Claudia Sissi
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Padova, Via Marzolo, 5-35131 Padova, Italy.
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The synthesis of the acetaldehyde-derived tris(trimethylsilyl)silyl (super silyl) enol ether is described, as well as its use in the high-yielding aldehyde cross-aldol reaction. The super silyl enol ether shows unprecedented reactivity in giving the 1:1 adduct in very high yield. This reaction is catalyzed by 0.05 mol% of the Brønsted acid triflimide (HNTf2) and is complete within 15 min, making the protocol very attractive for large-scale synthesis.
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- Matthew B Boxer
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, 5735 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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The use of the tris(trimethylsilyl)silyl (TTMSS) group in aldehyde-derived silyl enol ethers affords aldehyde cross-aldol products with high yields and allows for unprecedented reactivity. The reaction is catalyzed by 0.05 mol % of HNTf2, and can easily be managed to give beta,delta-bis-, beta,delta,gamma-tris-, and beta,delta,zeta-tris-hydroxy-aldehydes with extremely high selectivity by simple stoichiometric control. High diastereoselectivity is obtained in all cases, and the use of chiral aldehydes affords Felkin products when there are nonchelating substituents, chelation products when there is a chelating sbustituent, and syn products when there is beta-substitution. HNTf2 is proposed to be an initiator, and highly Lewis acidic TTMSSNTf2 is the true catalyst.
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- Matthew B Boxer
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, 5735 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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[reaction: see text] Diastereoselective [2 + 2] cyclizations of aldehyde- and ketone-derived silyl enol ethers with acrylates is described. The use of the tris(trimethylsilyl)silyl group allows for unprecedented reactivity, yields, and selectivity for these cyclizations. The presence of silicon-silicon bonds proved to be important for this transformation, where typical silyl groups (TBS and TIPS) failed to give any desired product. The bulky bis(2,6-diphenylphenoxide) aluminum triflimide catalyst was essential for high diastereoselectivity.
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- Matthew B Boxer
- Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- D B Beckman
- Division of Allergy-Immunology, Mail Code S207, Northwestern University Medical School, 303 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- D B Lebo
- Division of Allergy-Immunology, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY, USA
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- M B Boxer
- Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Great Neck, N.Y
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Boxer MB, Greenberger PA, Patterson R. The impact of prednisone in life-threatening idiopathic anaphylaxis: reduction in acute episodes and medical costs. Ann Allergy 1989; 62:201-4. [PMID: 2564265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Two patients with frequent episodes of well documented life-threatening idiopathic anaphylaxis were studied. Despite prior treatment with antihistamines and self-administered epinephrine, both patients continued to have episodes of anaphylaxis. At the time of presentation to the Northwestern University Allergy Service, prednisone and antihistamines with or without sympathomimetics were started. Described in this report are the substantial reductions in the frequency of hospitalizations, emergency room visits, and anaphylactic episodes after our medical management was instituted.
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- M B Boxer
- Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois
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