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Kurz JL, Monteiro Pedroso M, Richard E, McGeary RP, Schenk G. Inhibitors for metallo-β-lactamases from the B1 and B3 subgroups provide an avenue to combat a major mechanism of antibiotic resistance. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2023:129387. [PMID: 37369333 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2023.129387] [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: 04/17/2023] [Revised: 06/12/2023] [Accepted: 06/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023]
Abstract
Metallo-β-lactamases (MBLs) are a group of Zn(II)-dependent enzymes that pose a major threat to global health. They are linked to an increasing number of multi-drug resistant bacterial pathogens, but no clinically useful inhibitor is yet available. Since β-lactam antibiotics, which are inactivated by MBLs, constitute ∼65% of all antibiotics used to treat infections, the search for clinically relevant MBL inhibitors is urgent. Here, derivatives of a 2-amino-1-benzyl-4,5-diphenyl-1H-pyrrole-3-carbonitrile (1a) were synthesised and their inhibitory effects assessed against prominent representatives of the MBL family. Several compounds are potent inhibitors of each MBL tested, making them promising candidates for the development of broad-spectrum drug leads. In particular, compound 5f is highly potent across the MBL family, with Ki values in the low µM range. Furthermore, this compound also appears to display synergy in combination with antibiotics such as penicillin G, cefuroxime or meropenem. This molecule thus represents a promising starting point to develop new drugs to inhibit a major mechanism of antibiotic resistance.
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- Julia L Kurz
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia QLD 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia QLD 4072, Australia; Australian Centre for Ecogenomics, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia QLD 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia QLD 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia QLD 4072, Australia.
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia QLD 4072, Australia; Australian Centre for Ecogenomics, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia QLD 4072, Australia; Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia QLD 4072, Australia; Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia QLD 4072, Australia.
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Feder D, Mohd-Pahmi SH, Adibi H, Guddat LW, Schenk G, McGeary RP, Hussein WM. Optimization of an α-aminonaphthylmethylphosphonic acid inhibitor of purple acid phosphatase using rational structure-based design approaches. Eur J Med Chem 2023; 254:115383. [PMID: 37087894 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2023.115383] [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: 11/23/2022] [Revised: 04/12/2023] [Accepted: 04/14/2023] [Indexed: 04/25/2023]
Abstract
Purple acid phosphatases (PAPs) are ubiquitous binuclear metallohydrolases that have been isolated from various animals, plants and some types of fungi. In humans and mice, elevated PAP activity in osteoclasts is associated with osteoporosis, making human PAP an attractive target for the development of anti-osteoporotic drugs. Based on previous studies focusing on phosphonate scaffolds, as well as a new crystal structure of a PAP in complex with a derivative of a previously synthesized α-aminonaphthylmethylphosphonic acid, phosphonates 24-40 were designed as new PAP inhibitor candidates. Subsequent docking studies predicted that all of these compounds are likely to interact strongly with the active site of human PAP and most are likely to interact strongly with the active site of pig PAP. The seventeen candidates were synthesized with good yields and nine of them (26-28, 30, 33-36 and 38) inhibit in the sub-micromolar to nanomolar range against pig PAP, with 28 and 35 being the most potent mammalian PAP inhibitors reported with Ki values of 168 nM and 186 nM, respectively. This study thus paves the way for the next stage of drug development for phosphonate inhibitors of PAPs as anti-osteoporotic agents.
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- Daniel Feder
- The University of Queensland, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia; Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
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- The University of Queensland, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia; The University of Queensland, Sustainable Minerals Institute, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia; The University of Queensland, Australian Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia; Helwan University, Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ein Helwan, Helwan, Egypt.
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Feder D, Mohd-Pahmi SH, Hussein WM, Guddat LW, McGeary RP, Schenk G. Rational Design of Potent Inhibitors of a Metallohydrolase Using a Fragment-Based Approach. ChemMedChem 2021; 16:3342-3359. [PMID: 34331400 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202100486] [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: 07/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Metallohydrolases form a large group of enzymes that have fundamental importance in a broad range of biological functions. Among them, the purple acid phosphatases (PAPs) have gained attention due to their crucial role in the acquisition and use of phosphate by plants and also as a promising target for novel treatments of bone-related disorders and cancer. To date, no crystal structure of a mammalian PAP with drug-like molecules bound near the active site is available. Herein, we used a fragment-based design approach using structures of a mammalian PAP in complex with the MaybridgeTM fragment CC063346, the amino acid L-glutamine and the buffer molecule HEPES, as well as various solvent molecules to guide the design of highly potent and efficient mammalian PAP inhibitors. These inhibitors have improved aqueous solubility when compared to the clinically most promising PAP inhibitors available to date. Furthermore, drug-like fragments bound in newly discovered binding sites mapped out additional scaffolds for further inhibitor discovery, as well as scaffolds for the design of inhibitors with novel modes of action.
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- Daniel Feder
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia.,Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia.,Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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Miles JA, Ng JH, Sreenivas BY, Courageux C, Igert A, Dias J, McGeary RP, Brazzolotto X, Ross BP. Cover Image. Chem Biol Drug Des 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/cbdd.13717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Kandale A, Patel K, Hussein WM, Wun SJ, Zheng S, Tan L, West NP, Schenk G, Guddat LW, McGeary RP. Analogues of the Herbicide, N-Hydroxy- N-isopropyloxamate, Inhibit Mycobacterium tuberculosis Ketol-Acid Reductoisomerase and Their Prodrugs Are Promising Anti-TB Drug Leads. J Med Chem 2021; 64:1670-1684. [PMID: 33512163 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c01919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
New drugs to treat tuberculosis (TB) are urgently needed to combat the increase in resistance observed among the current first-line and second-line treatments. Here, we propose ketol-acid reductoisomerase (KARI) as a target for anti-TB drug discovery. Twenty-two analogues of IpOHA, an inhibitor of plant KARI, were evaluated as antimycobacterial agents. The strongest inhibitor of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mt) KARI has a Ki value of 19.7 nM, fivefold more potent than IpOHA (Ki = 97.7 nM). This and four other potent analogues are slow- and tight-binding inhibitors of MtKARI. Three compounds were cocrystallized with Staphylococcus aureus KARI and yielded crystals that diffracted to 1.6-2.0 Å resolution. Prodrugs of these compounds possess antimycobacterial activity against H37Rv, a virulent strain of human TB, with the most active compound having an MIC90 of 2.32 ± 0.04 μM. This compound demonstrates a very favorable selectivity window and represents a highly promising lead as an anti-TB agent.
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- Ajit Kandale
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia.,Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia.,Australian Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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Miles JA, Ng JH, Sreenivas BY, Courageux C, Igert A, Dias J, McGeary RP, Brazzolotto X, Ross BP. Discovery of drug-like acetylcholinesterase inhibitors by rapid virtual screening of a 6.9 million compound database. Chem Biol Drug Des 2021; 97:1048-1058. [PMID: 33455074 DOI: 10.1111/cbdd.13825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 10/09/2020] [Revised: 01/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Cholinesterase inhibitors remain the mainstay of Alzheimer's disease treatment, and the search for new inhibitors with better efficacy and side effect profiles is ongoing. Virtual screening (VS) is a powerful technique for searching large compound databases for potential hits. This study used a sequential VS workflow combining ligand-based VS, molecular docking and physicochemical filtering to screen for central nervous system (CNS) drug-like acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (AChEIs) amongst the 6.9 million compounds of the CoCoCo database. Eleven in silico hits were initially selected, resulting in the discovery of an AChEI with a Ki of 3.2 µM. In vitro kinetics and in silico molecular dynamics experiments informed the selection of an additional seven analogues. This led to the discovery of two further AChEIs, with Ki values of 2.9 µM and 0.65 µM. All three compounds exhibited reversible, mixed inhibition of acetylcholinesterase. Importantly, the in silico physicochemical filter facilitated the discovery of CNS drug-like compounds, such that all three inhibitors displayed high in vitro blood-brain barrier model permeability.
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- Jared A Miles
- School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Département de Toxicologie et Risques Chimiques, Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, Brétigny sur Orge, France
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- Département de Toxicologie et Risques Chimiques, Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, Brétigny sur Orge, France
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- Département de Toxicologie et Risques Chimiques, Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, Brétigny sur Orge, France
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Département de Toxicologie et Risques Chimiques, Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, Brétigny sur Orge, France
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- School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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Lin X, Kurz JL, Patel KM, Wun SJ, Hussein WM, Lonhienne T, West NP, McGeary RP, Schenk G, Guddat LW. Discovery of a Pyrimidinedione Derivative with Potent Inhibitory Activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis Ketol-Acid Reductoisomerase. Chemistry 2021; 27:3130-3141. [PMID: 33215746 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202004665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
Abstract
New drugs aimed at novel targets are urgently needed to combat the increasing rate of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB). Herein, the National Cancer Institute Developmental Therapeutic Program (NCI-DTP) chemical library was screened against a promising new target, ketol-acid reductoisomerase (KARI), the second enzyme in the branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) biosynthesis pathway. From this library, 6-hydroxy-2-methylthiazolo[4,5-d]pyrimidine-5,7(4H,6H)-dione (NSC116565) was identified as a potent time-dependent inhibitor of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mt) KARI with a Ki of 95.4 nm. Isothermal titration calorimetry studies showed that this inhibitor bound to MtKARI in the presence and absence of the cofactor, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH), which was confirmed by crystal structures of the compound in complex with closely related Staphylococcus aureus KARI. It is also shown that NSC116565 inhibits the growth of H37Ra and H37Rv strains of Mt with MIC50 values of 2.93 and 6.06 μm, respectively. These results further validate KARI as a TB drug target and show that NSC116565 is a promising lead for anti-TB drug development.
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- Xin Lin
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia.,Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ein Helwan, Helwan University, Helwan, Egypt
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia
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Shaaban MM, Ragab HM, Akaji K, McGeary RP, Bekhit AEA, Hussein WM, Kurz JL, Elwakil BH, Bekhit SA, Ibrahim TM, Mahran MA, Bekhit AA. Design, synthesis, biological evaluation and in silico studies of certain aryl sulfonyl hydrazones conjugated with 1,3-diaryl pyrazoles as potent metallo-β-lactamase inhibitors. Bioorg Chem 2020; 105:104386. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2020.104386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2020] [Revised: 09/06/2020] [Accepted: 10/15/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Miles JA, Kapure JS, Deora GS, Courageux C, Igert A, Dias J, McGeary RP, Brazzolotto X, Ross BP. Rapid discovery of a selective butyrylcholinesterase inhibitor using structure-based virtual screening. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2020; 30:127609. [PMID: 33039562 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2020.127609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 08/09/2020] [Revised: 09/26/2020] [Accepted: 10/05/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors are the mainstay of Alzheimer's disease treatments, despite having only short-term symptomatic benefits and severe side effects. Selective butyrylcholinesterase inhibitors (BuChEIs) may be more effective treatments in late-stage Alzheimer's disease with fewer side effects. Virtual screening is a powerful tool for identifying potential inhibitors in large digital compound databases. This study used structure-based virtual screening combined with physicochemical filtering to screen the InterBioScreen and Maybridge databases for novel selective BuChEIs. The workflow rapidly identified 22 potential hits in silico, resulting in the discovery of a human BuChEI with low-micromolar potency in vitro (IC50 2.4 µM) and high selectivity for butyrylcholinesterase over acetylcholinesterase. The compound was a rapidly reversible BuChEI with mixed-model in vitro inhibition kinetics. The binding interactions were investigated using in silico molecular dynamics and by developing structure-activity relationships using nine analogues. The compound also displayed high permeability in an in vitro model of the blood-brain barrier.
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- Jared A Miles
- The University of Queensland, School of Pharmacy, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, School of Pharmacy, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, School of Pharmacy, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia; Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
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- Département de Toxicologie et Risques Chimiques, Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, 91223 Brétigny sur Orge, France
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- Département de Toxicologie et Risques Chimiques, Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, 91223 Brétigny sur Orge, France
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- Département de Toxicologie et Risques Chimiques, Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, 91223 Brétigny sur Orge, France
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- The University of Queensland, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Département de Toxicologie et Risques Chimiques, Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, 91223 Brétigny sur Orge, France
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- The University of Queensland, School of Pharmacy, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia.
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Wun SJ, Johnson LA, You L, McGeary RP, Brueck T, Schenk G, Guddat LW. Inhibition studies of ketol-acid reductoisomerases from pathogenic microorganisms. Arch Biochem Biophys 2020; 692:108516. [DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2020.108516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2020] [Revised: 07/24/2020] [Accepted: 07/25/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Lonhienne T, Low YS, Garcia MD, Croll T, Gao Y, Wang Q, Brillault L, Williams CM, Fraser JA, McGeary RP, West NP, Landsberg MJ, Rao Z, Schenk G, Guddat LW. Structures of fungal and plant acetohydroxyacid synthases. Nature 2020; 586:317-321. [PMID: 32640464 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2514-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2019] [Accepted: 06/01/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
Acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS), also known as acetolactate synthase, is a flavin adenine dinucleotide-, thiamine diphosphate- and magnesium-dependent enzyme that catalyses the first step in the biosynthesis of branched-chain amino acids1. It is the target for more than 50 commercial herbicides2. AHAS requires both catalytic and regulatory subunits for maximal activity and functionality. Here we describe structures of the hexadecameric AHAS complexes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and dodecameric AHAS complexes of Arabidopsis thaliana. We found that the regulatory subunits of these AHAS complexes form a core to which the catalytic subunit dimers are attached, adopting the shape of a Maltese cross. The structures show how the catalytic and regulatory subunits communicate with each other to provide a pathway for activation and for feedback inhibition by branched-chain amino acids. We also show that the AHAS complex of Mycobacterium tuberculosis adopts a similar structure, thus demonstrating that the overall AHAS architecture is conserved across kingdoms.
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- Thierry Lonhienne
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies, School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies, School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China
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- Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies, School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China.,State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Life Science, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.,Laboratory of Structural Biology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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Bayaraa T, Kurz JL, Patel KM, Hussein WM, Bilyj JK, West NP, Schenk G, McGeary RP, Guddat LW. Discovery, Synthesis and Evaluation of a Ketol-Acid Reductoisomerase Inhibitor. Chemistry 2020; 26:8958-8968. [PMID: 32198779 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202000899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2020] [Revised: 03/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Abstract
Ketol-acid reductoisomerase (KARI), the second enzyme in the branched-chain amino acid biosynthesis pathway, is a potential drug target for bacterial infections including Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Here, we have screened the Medicines for Malaria Venture Pathogen Box against purified M. tuberculosis (Mt) KARI and identified two compounds that have Ki values below 200 nm. In Mt cell susceptibility assays one of these compounds exhibited an IC50 value of 0.8 μm. Co-crystallization of this compound, 3-((methylsulfonyl)methyl)-2H-benzo[b][1,4]oxazin-2-one (MMV553002), in complex with Staphylococcus aureus KARI, which has 56 % identity with Mt KARI, NADPH and Mg2+ yielded a structure to 1.72 Å resolution. However, only a hydrolyzed product of the inhibitor (i.e. 3-(methylsulfonyl)-2-oxopropanic acid, missing the 2-aminophenol attachment) is observed in the active site. Surprisingly, Mt cell susceptibility assays showed that the 2-aminophenol product is largely responsible for the anti-TB activity of the parent compound. Thus, 3-(methylsulfonyl)-2-oxopropanic acid was identified as a potent KARI inhibitor that could be further explored as a potential biocidal agent and we have shown 2-aminophenol, as an anti-TB drug lead, especially given it has low toxicity against human cells. The study highlights that careful analysis of broad screening assays is required to correctly interpret cell-based activity data.
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- Tenuun Bayaraa
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia.,Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ein Helwan, Helwan University, Helwan, Egypt
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia
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Feder D, McGeary RP, Mitić N, Lonhienne T, Furtado A, Schulz BL, Henry RJ, Schmidt S, Guddat LW, Schenk G. Structural elements that modulate the substrate specificity of plant purple acid phosphatases: Avenues for improved phosphorus acquisition in crops. Plant Sci 2020; 294:110445. [PMID: 32234228 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2020.110445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2020] [Accepted: 02/12/2020] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Phosphate acquisition by plants is an essential process that is directly implicated in the optimization of crop yields. Purple acid phosphatases (PAPs) are ubiquitous metalloenzymes, which catalyze the hydrolysis of a wide range of phosphate esters and anhydrides. While some plant PAPs display a preference for ATP as the substrate, others are efficient in hydrolyzing phytate or 2-phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP). PAP from red kidney bean (rkbPAP) is an efficient ATP- and ADPase, but has no activity towards phytate. Crystal structures of this enzyme in complex with ATP analogues (to 2.20 and 2.60 Å resolution, respectively) complement the recent structure of rkbPAP with a bound ADP analogue (ChemBioChem 20 (2019) 1536). Together these complexes provide the first structural insight of a PAP in complex with molecules that mimic biologically relevant substrates. Homology modeling was used to generate three-dimensional structures for the active sites of PAPs from tobacco (NtPAP) and thale cress (AtPAP26) that are efficient in hydrolyzing phytate and PEP as preferred substrates, respectively. The combining of crystallographic data, substrate docking simulations and a phylogenetic analysis of 49 plant PAP sequences (including the first PAP sequences reported from Eucalyptus) resulted in the identification of several active site residues that are important in defining the substrate specificities of plant PAPs; of particular relevance is the identification of a motif ("REKA") that is characteristic for plant PAPs that possess phytase activity. These results may inform bioengineering studies aimed at identifying and incorporating suitable plant PAP genes into crops to improve phosphorus acquisition and use efficiency. Organic phosphorus sources increasingly supplement or replace inorganic fertilizer, and efficient phosphorus use of crops will lower the environmental footprint of agriculture while enhancing food production.
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- Daniel Feder
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, Maynooth University, Maynooth Co. Kildare, Ireland
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- School of Agriculture and Food Science, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia; Australian Centre for Ecogenomics, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia; Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.
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Feder D, Gahan LR, McGeary RP, Guddat LW, Schenk G. The Binding Mode of an ADP Analogue to a Metallohydrolase Mimics the Likely Transition State. Chembiochem 2019; 20:1536-1540. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201900077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Daniel Feder
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences The University of Queensland St. Lucia QLD 4072 Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences The University of Queensland St. Lucia QLD 4072 Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences The University of Queensland St. Lucia QLD 4072 Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences The University of Queensland St. Lucia QLD 4072 Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences The University of Queensland St. Lucia QLD 4072 Australia
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Hussein WM, Feder D, Schenk G, Guddat LW, McGeary RP. Synthesis and evaluation of novel purple acid phosphatase inhibitors. Medchemcomm 2018; 10:61-71. [PMID: 30774855 DOI: 10.1039/c8md00491a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2018] [Accepted: 11/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Transgenic studies in animals have demonstrated a direct association between the level of expression of purple acid phosphatase (PAP; also known as tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase) and the progression of osteoporosis. Consequently, PAP has emerged as a promising target for the development of novel therapeutic agents to treat this debilitating disorder. PAPs are binuclear hydrolases that catalyse the hydrolysis of phosphorylated substrates under acidic to neutral conditions. A series of phenyltriazole carboxylic acids, prepared by the reactions of azide derivatives with propiolic acid through copper(i)-catalysed azide-alkyne cycloaddition click reactions, has been assessed for their inhibitory effect on the catalytic activity of pig and red kidney bean PAPs. The binding mode of most of these compounds is purely uncompetitive with K iuc values as low as ∼23 μM for the mammalian enzyme. Molecular modelling has been used to examine the binding modes of these triazole compounds in the presence of a substrate in the active site of the enzyme in order to rationalise their activities and to design more potent and specific derivatives.
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- Waleed M Hussein
- The University of Queensland , School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences , Brisbane , QLD 4072 , Australia . ; Tel: +61 7 33653955.,Helwan University , Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry Department , Faculty of Pharmacy , Ein Helwan , Helwan , Egypt
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- The University of Queensland , School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences , Brisbane , QLD 4072 , Australia . ; Tel: +61 7 33653955
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- The University of Queensland , School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences , Brisbane , QLD 4072 , Australia . ; Tel: +61 7 33653955.,The University of Queensland , Australian Centre for Ecogenomics , Brisbane , QLD 4072 , Australia
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- The University of Queensland , School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences , Brisbane , QLD 4072 , Australia . ; Tel: +61 7 33653955
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- The University of Queensland , School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences , Brisbane , QLD 4072 , Australia . ; Tel: +61 7 33653955
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Hussein WM, Feder D, Schenk G, Guddat LW, McGeary RP. Purple acid phosphatase inhibitors as leads for osteoporosis chemotherapeutics. Eur J Med Chem 2018; 157:462-479. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2018.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2018] [Revised: 06/14/2018] [Accepted: 08/01/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Deora GS, Kantham S, Chan S, Dighe SN, Veliyath SK, McColl G, Parat MO, McGeary RP, Ross BP. Multifunctional Analogs of Kynurenic Acid for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease: Synthesis, Pharmacology, and Molecular Modeling Studies. ACS Chem Neurosci 2017; 8:2667-2675. [PMID: 28825789 DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.7b00229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [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: 01/02/2023] Open
Abstract
We report the synthesis and pharmacological investigation of analogs of the endogenous molecule kynurenic acid (KYNA) as multifunctional agents for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Synthesized KYNA analogs were tested for their N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor binding, mGluR5 binding and function, acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibition, 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging, interference with the amyloid β peptide (Aβ) fibrillation process, and protection against Aβ-induced toxicity in transgenic Caenorhabditis elegans strain GMC101 expressing full-length Aβ42. Molecular modeling studies were also performed to predict the binding modes of most active compounds with NMDAR, mGluR5, and Aβ42. Among the synthesized analogs, 3c, 5b, and 5c emerged as multifunctional compounds that act via multiple anti-AD mechanisms including AChE inhibition, free radical scavenging, NMDA receptor binding, mGluR5 binding, inhibition of Aβ42 fibril formation, and disassembly of preformed Aβ42 fibrils. Interestingly, 5c showed protection against Aβ42-induced toxicity in transgenic C. elegans strain GMC101. Moreover, 5b and 5c displayed high permeability in an MDR1-MDCKII cell-based model of the blood-brain barrier (BBB). Compound 3b emerged with specific activity as a micromolar AChE inhibitor, however it had low permeability in the BBB model. This study highlights the opportunities that exist to develop analogs of endogenous molecules from the kynurenine pathway for therapeutic uses.
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- Girdhar Singh Deora
- The University of Queensland, School of Pharmacy, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, School of Pharmacy, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, School of Pharmacy, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, School of Pharmacy, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, School of Pharmacy, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- The
Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, School of Pharmacy, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, School of Pharmacy, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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Patel KM, Teran D, Zheng S, Kandale A, Garcia M, Lv Y, Schembri MA, McGeary RP, Schenk G, Guddat LW. Crystal Structures of Staphylococcus aureus Ketol-Acid Reductoisomerase in Complex with Two Transition State Analogues that Have Biocidal Activity. Chemistry 2017; 23:18289-18295. [PMID: 28975665 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201704481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Ketol-acid reductoisomerase (KARI) is an NAD(P)H and Mg2+ -dependent enzyme of the branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) biosynthesis pathway. Here, the first crystal structures of Staphylococcus aureus (Sa) KARI in complex with two transition state analogues, cyclopropane-1,1-dicarboxylate (CPD) and N-isopropyloxalyl hydroxamate (IpOHA) are reported. These compounds bind competitively and in multi-dentate manner to KARI with Ki values of 2.73 μm and 7.9 nm, respectively; however, IpOHA binds slowly to the enzyme. Interestingly, intact IpOHA is present in only ≈25 % of binding sites, whereas its deoxygenated form is present in the remaining sites. This deoxy form of IpOHA binds rapidly to Sa KARI, but with much weaker affinity (Ki =21 μm). Thus, our data pinpoint the origin of the slow binding mechanism of IpOHA. Furthermore, we propose that CPD mimics the early stage of the catalytic reaction (preceding the reduction step), whereas IpOHA mimics the late stage (after the reduction took place). These structural insights will guide strategies to design potent and rapidly binding derivatives of these compounds for the development of novel biocides.
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- Khushboo M Patel
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia
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Selleck C, Clayton D, Gahan LR, Mitić N, McGeary RP, Pedroso MM, Guddat LW, Schenk G. Visualization of the Reaction Trajectory and Transition State in a Hydrolytic Reaction Catalyzed by a Metalloenzyme. Chemistry 2017; 23:4778-4781. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201700866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Christopher Selleck
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences The University of Queensland, St. Lucia Queensland 4072 Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences The University of Queensland, St. Lucia Queensland 4072 Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences The University of Queensland, St. Lucia Queensland 4072 Australia
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- Department of Chemistry Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare Ireland
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences The University of Queensland, St. Lucia Queensland 4072 Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences The University of Queensland, St. Lucia Queensland 4072 Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences The University of Queensland, St. Lucia Queensland 4072 Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences The University of Queensland, St. Lucia Queensland 4072 Australia
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Krenske EH, Burns JM, McGeary RP. Claisen rearrangements of benzyl vinyl ethers: theoretical investigation of mechanism, substituent effects, and regioselectivity. Org Biomol Chem 2017; 15:7887-7893. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ob01666b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Theoretical calculations are reported which examine the mechanisms of Claisen rearrangements of benzyl vinyl ethers and the ways in which substituents influence reactivity and regioselectivity.
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- Elizabeth H. Krenske
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences
- The University of Queensland
- Brisbane
- Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences
- The University of Queensland
- Brisbane
- Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences
- The University of Queensland
- Brisbane
- Australia
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Alimoradi N, Ashrafi-Kooshk MR, Shahlaei M, Maghsoudi S, Adibi H, McGeary RP, Khodarahmi R. Diethylalkylsulfonamido(4-methoxyphenyl)methyl)phosphonate/phosphonic acid derivatives act as acid phosphatase inhibitors: synthesis accompanied by experimental and molecular modeling assessments. J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem 2016; 32:20-28. [PMID: 27766897 PMCID: PMC6010023 DOI: 10.1080/14756366.2016.1230109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Purple acid phosphatases (PAPs) are binuclear metallo-hydrolases that have been isolated from various mammals, plants, fungi and bacteria. In mammals, PAP activity is associated with bone resorption and can lead to bone metabolic disorders such as osteoporosis; thus human PAP is an attractive target to develop anti-osteoporotic drugs. The aim of the present study was to investigate inhibitory effect of synthesized diethylalkylsulfonamido(4-methoxyphenyl)methyl)phosphonate/phosphonic acid derivatives as potential red kidney bean PAP (rkbPAP) inhibitors accompanied by experimental and molecular modeling assessments. Enzyme kinetic data showed that they are good rkbPAP inhibitors whose potencies improve with increasing alkyl chain length. Hexadecyl derivatives, as most potent compounds (Ki = 1.1 µM), inhibit rkbPAP in the mixed manner, while dodecyl derivatives act as efficient noncompetitive inhibitor. Also, analysis by molecular modeling of the structure of the rkbPAP-inhibitor complexes reveals factors, which may be important for the determination of inhibition specificity.
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- Nahid Alimoradi
- a Student Research Committee , Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences , Kermanshah , Iran
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- c Nano Drug Delivery Research Center , Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences , Kermanshah , Iran
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- b Medical Biology Research Center , Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences , Kermanshah , Iran
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- d Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Faculty of Pharmacy , Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences , Kermanshah , Iran
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- e The University of Queensland, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences , St. Lucia , QLD , Australia
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- b Medical Biology Research Center , Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences , Kermanshah , Iran
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Arjomandi OK, Hussein WM, Vella P, Yusof Y, Sidjabat HE, Schenk G, McGeary RP. Design, synthesis, and in vitro and biological evaluation of potent amino acid-derived thiol inhibitors of the metallo-β-lactamase IMP-1. Eur J Med Chem 2016; 114:318-27. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2016.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2015] [Revised: 03/04/2016] [Accepted: 03/05/2016] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Yusof Y, Tan DT, Arjomandi OK, Schenk G, McGeary RP. Captopril analogues as metallo-β-lactamase inhibitors. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2016; 26:1589-1593. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2016.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2015] [Revised: 02/01/2016] [Accepted: 02/03/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Lv Y, Kandale A, Wun SJ, McGeary RP, Williams SJ, Kobe B, Sieber V, Schembri MA, Schenk G, Guddat LW. Crystal structure of
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
ketol‐acid reductoisomerase at 1.0 Å resolution – a potential target for anti‐tuberculosis drug discovery. FEBS J 2016; 283:1184-96. [DOI: 10.1111/febs.13672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2015] [Revised: 01/18/2016] [Accepted: 01/27/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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- You Lv
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences and Australian Infectious Disease Research Centre University of Queensland Brisbane Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences and Australian Infectious Disease Research Centre University of Queensland Brisbane Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences and Australian Infectious Disease Research Centre University of Queensland Brisbane Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences and Australian Infectious Disease Research Centre University of Queensland Brisbane Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences and Australian Infectious Disease Research Centre University of Queensland Brisbane Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences and Australian Infectious Disease Research Centre University of Queensland Brisbane Australia
- Institute for Molecular Bioscience University of Queensland Brisbane Australia
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- Straubing Center of Science Technische Universität München Straubing Germany
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences and Australian Infectious Disease Research Centre University of Queensland Brisbane Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences and Australian Infectious Disease Research Centre University of Queensland Brisbane Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences and Australian Infectious Disease Research Centre University of Queensland Brisbane Australia
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Rajaram H, Palanivelu MK, Arumugam TV, Rao VM, Shaw PN, McGeary RP, Ross BP. ‘Click’ assembly of glycoclusters and discovery of a trehalose analogue that retards Aβ40 aggregation and inhibits Aβ40-induced neurotoxicity. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014; 24:4523-4528. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.07.077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2014] [Revised: 07/25/2014] [Accepted: 07/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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McGeary RP, Schenk G, Guddat LW. The applications of binuclear metallohydrolases in medicine: Recent advances in the design and development of novel drug leads for purple acid phosphatases, metallo-β-lactamases and arginases. Eur J Med Chem 2014; 76:132-44. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2014.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2014] [Revised: 01/28/2014] [Accepted: 02/06/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Hussein WM, McGeary RP. Use of Ethyl (Benzothiazol-2-ylsulfonyl)acetate for Malonic Ester-type Syntheses of Carboxylic Acids and Esters. Aust J Chem 2014. [DOI: 10.1071/ch14085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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A new methodology for the synthesis of substituted carboxylic acids is described. Alkylation of either ethyl (benzothiazol-2-ylsulfonyl)acetate or ethyl 2-(benzothiazol-2-ylsulfonyl)propionate was achieved with alkyl halides and 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU) in dichloromethane solution. These products were then desulfinated and hydrolysed in one-pot under mild conditions to give substituted acetic acids in good-to-excellent yields.
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Arjomandi OK, Saemian N, McGeary RP, Shirvani G. Synthesis of a series of carbon-14 labeled tetrahydropyrido[4,3-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)-ones. J Labelled Comp Radiopharm 2013; 56:722-5. [PMID: 24339011 DOI: 10.1002/jlcr.3110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [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: 05/05/2013] [Revised: 07/06/2013] [Accepted: 07/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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A series of tetrahydropyrido[4,3-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)-ones labeled with carbon-14 in the 2-position of pyrimidinone moiety were prepared as part of a 3-step sequence from benz[amidino-(14) C]amidine hydrochloride as a key synthetic intermediate.
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- Omid Khalili Arjomandi
- School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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Kutyła MJ, Boehm MW, Stokes JR, Shaw PN, Davies NM, McGeary RP, Tuke J, Ross BP. Cyclodextrin-crosslinked poly(acrylic acid): adhesion and controlled release of diflunisal and fluconazole from solid dosage forms. AAPS PharmSciTech 2013; 14:301-11. [PMID: 23307066 PMCID: PMC3581673 DOI: 10.1208/s12249-012-9903-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 08/22/2012] [Accepted: 11/29/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The controlled release of diflunisal and fluconazole from tablets made of novel polymers, poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) crosslinked with either β-cyclodextrin (βCD) or hydroxypropyl-βCD (HPβCD), was investigated and Carbopol 934P (Carbopol) was used as a highly crosslinked PAA for comparison. Diflunisal strongly associates with βCD-PAA and HPβCD-PAA polymers (Ka of 486 and 6,055 M(-1) respectively); thus, it was physically mixed into the conjugates and also precomplexed to identify whether decomplexation has any influence on release kinetics. Fluconazole has poor complexing ability (Ka of 34 M(-1) with HPβCD-PAA); thus, it was only tested as a physical mixture. Swelling and adhesion studies were conducted on all tablet combinations and adhesivity of the CD-PAA polymer tablets was maintained. Diflunisal release was much slower from HPβCD-PAA tablets than from βCD-PAA, suggesting that a higher degree of complexation retards release. The precomplexed diflunisal release was also slower than the physically mixed diflunisal of the corresponding conjugate. The release closely followed zero-order kinetics for HPβCD-PAA, but was more sigmoidal for βCD-PAA and especially Carbopol. Conversely, poorly associating fluconazole released in almost exactly the same way across both polymers and Carbopol, indicating that the release kinetics of poorly associating drugs are not influenced by the presence of cyclodextrins. In view of the varying profiles and release rates shown with diflunisal for the different polymers, the fluconazole data support the concept that adequate complexation can indeed modulate the release kinetics of drugs.
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- Marguerite J. Kutyła
- />School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072 Australia
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- />School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072 Australia
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- />School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072 Australia
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- />School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072 Australia
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- />School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072 Australia
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- />School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072 Australia
- />School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072 Australia
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- />School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005 Australia
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Dalle KE, Daumann LJ, Schenk G, McGeary RP, Hanton LR, Gahan LR. Ligand modifications modulate the mechanism of binuclear phosphatase biomimetics. Polyhedron 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2012.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Kutyła MJ, Lambert LK, Davies NM, McGeary RP, Shaw PN, Ross BP. Cyclodextrin-crosslinked poly(acrylic acid): Synthesis, physicochemical characterization and controlled release of diflunisal and fluconazole from hydrogels. Int J Pharm 2013; 444:175-84. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2013.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2012] [Revised: 12/13/2012] [Accepted: 01/02/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Schenk G, Mitić N, Gahan LR, Ollis DL, McGeary RP, Guddat LW. Binuclear metallohydrolases: complex mechanistic strategies for a simple chemical reaction. Acc Chem Res 2012; 45:1593-603. [PMID: 22698580 DOI: 10.1021/ar300067g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Abstract
Binuclear metallohydrolases are a large family of enzymes that require two closely spaced transition metal ions to carry out a plethora of hydrolytic reactions. Representatives include purple acid phosphatases (PAPs), enzymes that play a role in bone metabolism and are the only member of this family with a heterovalent binuclear center in the active form (Fe(3+)-M(2+), M = Fe, Zn, Mn). Other members of this family are urease, which contains a di-Ni(2+) center and catalyzes the breakdown of urea, arginase, which contains a di-Mn(2+) center and catalyzes the final step in the urea cycle, and the metallo-β-lactamases, which contain a di-Zn(2+) center and are virulence factors contributing to the spread of antibiotic-resistant pathogens. Binuclear metallohydrolases catalyze numerous vital reactions and are potential targets of drugs against a wide variety of human disorders including osteoporosis, various cancers, antibiotic resistance, and erectile dysfunctions. These enzymes also tend to catalyze more than one reaction. An example is an organophosphate (OP)-degrading enzyme from Enterobacter aerogenes (GpdQ). Although GpdQ is part of a pathway that is used by bacteria to degrade glycerolphosphoesters, it hydrolyzes a variety of other phosphodiesters and displays low levels of activity against phosphomono- and triesters. Such a promiscuous nature may have assisted the apparent recent evolution of some binuclear metallohydrolases to deal with situations created by human intervention such as OP pesticides in the environment. OP pesticides were first used approximately 70 years ago, and therefore the enzymes that bacteria use to degrade them must have evolved very quickly on the evolutionary time scale. The promiscuous nature of enzymes such as GpdQ makes them ideal candidates for the application of directed evolution to produce new enzymes that can be used in bioremediation and against chemical warfare. In this Account, we review the mechanisms employed by binuclear metallohydrolases and use PAP, the OP-degrading enzyme from Agrobacterium radiobacter (OPDA), and GpdQ as representative systems because they illustrate both the diversity and similarity of the reactions catalyzed by this family of enzymes. The majority of binuclear metallohydrolases utilize metal ion-activated water molecules as nucleophiles to initiate hydrolysis, while some, such as alkaline phosphatase, employ an intrinsic polar amino acid. Here we only focus on catalytic strategies applied by the former group.
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- Gerhard Schenk
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
- Department of Chemistry, National University of Ireland—Maynooth, Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Ireland—Maynooth, Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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Feder D, Hussein WM, Clayton DJ, Kan MW, Schenk G, McGeary RP, Guddat LW. Identification of Purple Acid Phosphatase Inhibitors by Fragment-Based Screening: Promising New Leads for Osteoporosis Therapeutics. Chem Biol Drug Des 2012; 80:665-74. [DOI: 10.1111/cbdd.12001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Hussein WM, Fatahala SS, Mohamed ZM, McGeary RP, Schenk G, Ollis DL, Mohamed MS. Synthesis and Kinetic Testing of Tetrahydropyrimidine-2-thione and Pyrrole Derivatives as Inhibitors of the Metallo-β-lactamase fromKlebsiella pneumoniaandPseudomonas aeruginosa. Chem Biol Drug Des 2012; 80:500-15. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0285.2012.01440.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Feder D, Hussein WM, Clayton DJ, Kan MW, Schenk G, McGeary RP, Guddat LW. Identification of purple acid phosphatase inhibitors by fragment-based screening: Promising new leads for osteoporosis therapeutics. Chem Biol Drug Des 2012. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0285.2012.12001.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Mohamed MS, Hussein WM, McGeary RP, Vella P, Schenk G, Abd El-hameed RH. ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis and Kinetic Testing of New Inhibitors for a Metallo-β-lactamase from Klebsiella pneumonia and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. ChemInform 2012; 43:no-no. [DOI: 10.1002/chin.201215167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Faridoon, Hussein WM, Ul Islam N, Guddat LW, Schenk G, McGeary RP. Penicillin inhibitors of purple acid phosphatase. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2012; 22:2555-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2012.01.123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2012] [Revised: 01/26/2012] [Accepted: 01/30/2012] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Daumann LJ, Dalle KE, Schenk G, McGeary RP, Bernhardt PV, Ollis DL, Gahan LR. The role of Zn–OR and Zn–OH nucleophiles and the influence of para-substituents in the reactions of binuclear phosphatase mimetics. Dalton Trans 2012; 41:1695-708. [DOI: 10.1039/c1dt11187f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Faridoon, Hussein WM, Vella P, Islam NU, Ollis DL, Schenk G, McGeary RP. 3-mercapto-1,2,4-triazoles and N-acylated thiosemicarbazides as metallo-β-lactamase inhibitors. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2011; 22:380-6. [PMID: 22115595 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2011.10.116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2011] [Revised: 10/25/2011] [Accepted: 10/31/2011] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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The production of β-lactamases is an effective strategy by which pathogenic bacteria can develop resistance against β-lactam antibiotics. While inhibitors of serine-β-lactamases are widely used in combination therapy with β-lactam antibiotics, there are no clinically available inhibitors of metallo-β-lactamases (MBLs), and so there is a need for the development of such inhibitors. This work describes the optimisation of a lead inhibitor previously identified by fragment screening of a compound library. We also report that thiosemicarbazide intermediates in the syntheses of these compounds are also moderately potent inhibitors of the IMP-1 MBL from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The interactions of these inhibitors with the active site of IMP-1 were examined using in silico methods.
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- Faridoon
- The University of Queensland, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia
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Mohd-Pahmi SH, Hussein WM, Schenk G, McGeary RP. Synthesis, modelling and kinetic assays of potent inhibitors of purple acid phosphatase. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2011; 21:3092-4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2011.03.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2011] [Revised: 03/07/2011] [Accepted: 03/08/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Landsberg MJ, Ruggles JL, Hussein WM, McGeary RP, Gentle IR, Hankamer B. Molecular packing of functionalized fluorinated lipids in Langmuir monolayers. Langmuir 2010; 26:18868-18873. [PMID: 21090820 DOI: 10.1021/la103743e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Fluorinated amphipaths are a fascinating class of compounds, which, despite significant challenges associated with their syntheses, have found use across a number of areas of biotechnology. Applications range from the in vitro stabilization of membrane proteins to the development of enhanced stability intravenous drug and gene delivery systems. More recently, monolayer-forming fluorinated lipids have found use in the 2D crystallization of detergent-solubilized hydrophobic or partially hydrophobic proteins at the air-water interface. In this study, we investigate the surface properties of a novel suite of monolayer forming, partially fluorinated lipids. These modular lipid structures contain a densely fluorinated insertion in the hydrocarbon tail and a synthetically modifiable headgroup. Analyses of surface-pressure area isotherms and X-ray reflectometry profiles reveal that the lipids spread into fluid monolayers and are more compressible than their non-fluorinated counterparts. Furthermore, the data support a model whereby the partially fluorinated chains of the lipid tails form a film which is fundamentally incompatible with detergents and other destabilizing amphipaths.
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- Michael J Landsberg
- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
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Vella P, P. McGeary R, R. Gahan L, Schenk G. Tartrate-Resistant Acid Phosphatase: A Target for Anti-Osteoporotic Chemotherapeutics. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.2174/157340810793384133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cosgrove KL, McGeary RP. Exploring the versatility of the Johnson–Claisen rearrangement: access to functionally versatile δ-ethoxycarbonyl-α,β-unsaturated nitriles. Tetrahedron 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2010.02.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Whitehouse MW, McGeary RP. Concerning the anti-arthritic action of cetyl myristoleate in rats: an interim report. Inflammopharmacology 2010; 7:303-10. [PMID: 17638102 DOI: 10.1007/s10787-999-0014-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/1999] [Accepted: 07/19/1999] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The proposed arthro-preventive action of cetyl myristoleate, an OTC product sold as a nutritional supplement, could not be confirmed, using an almost identical bioassay (adjuvant-induced polyarthritis in rats) as that described in the original report (Diehl and May, 1994) with the same, and 3 other, dosing schedules.
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- M W Whitehouse
- Department of Medicine, University of Queensland, 4102, Brisbane, Australia
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Pham HL, Ross BP, McGeary RP, Shaw PN, Davies NM. Synthesis of cationic derivatives of Quil A and the preparation of cationic immune-stimulating complexes (ISCOMs). Int J Pharm 2009; 376:123-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2009.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2008] [Revised: 04/06/2009] [Accepted: 04/07/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hussein WM, Ross BP, Landsberg MJ, Lévy D, Hankamer B, McGeary RP. Synthesis of Nickel-Chelating Fluorinated Lipids for Protein Monolayer Crystallizations. J Org Chem 2009; 74:1473-9. [DOI: 10.1021/jo802651p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Waleed M. Hussein
- The University of Queensland, School of Molecular & Microbial Sciences, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, and School of Pharmacy QLD 4072, Australia, and Institut Curie, UMR CNRS 168, 11 rue P.M.Curie, F-75231 Paris, France
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- The University of Queensland, School of Molecular & Microbial Sciences, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, and School of Pharmacy QLD 4072, Australia, and Institut Curie, UMR CNRS 168, 11 rue P.M.Curie, F-75231 Paris, France
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- The University of Queensland, School of Molecular & Microbial Sciences, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, and School of Pharmacy QLD 4072, Australia, and Institut Curie, UMR CNRS 168, 11 rue P.M.Curie, F-75231 Paris, France
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- The University of Queensland, School of Molecular & Microbial Sciences, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, and School of Pharmacy QLD 4072, Australia, and Institut Curie, UMR CNRS 168, 11 rue P.M.Curie, F-75231 Paris, France
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- The University of Queensland, School of Molecular & Microbial Sciences, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, and School of Pharmacy QLD 4072, Australia, and Institut Curie, UMR CNRS 168, 11 rue P.M.Curie, F-75231 Paris, France
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- The University of Queensland, School of Molecular & Microbial Sciences, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, and School of Pharmacy QLD 4072, Australia, and Institut Curie, UMR CNRS 168, 11 rue P.M.Curie, F-75231 Paris, France
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Suramin is a polysulfonated polyaromatic symmetrical urea. It is currently used to treat African river blindness and African sleeping sickness. Suramin has also been extensively trialed recently to treat a number of other diseases, including many cancers. Here, we examine its modes of action and discuss its structure-activity relationships.
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- Ross P McGeary
- School of Molecular & Microbial Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia.
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McGeary RP, Vella P, Mak JY, Guddat LW, Schenk G. Inhibition of purple acid phosphatase with α-alkoxynaphthylmethylphosphonic acids. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2009; 19:163-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2008.10.125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2008] [Revised: 10/27/2008] [Accepted: 10/28/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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