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Discovery of Potent Cyclophilin Inhibitors Based on the Structural Simplification of Sanglifehrin A
Steadman, Victoria A.,Pettit, Simon B.,Poullennec, Karine G.,Lazarides, Linos,Keats, Andrew J.,Dean, David K.,Stanway, Steven J.,Austin, Carol A.,Sanvoisin, Jonathan A.,Watt, Gregory M.,Fliri, Hans G.,Liclican, Albert C.,Jin, Debi,Wong, Melanie H.,Leavitt, Stephanie A.,Lee, Yu-Jen,Tian, Yang,Frey, Christian R.,Appleby, Todd C.,Schmitz, Uli,Jansa, Petr,Mackman, Richard L.,Schultz, Brian E.
, p. 1000 - 1017 (2017/02/19)
Cyclophilin inhibition has been a target for the treatment of hepatitis C and other diseases, but the generation of potent, drug-like molecules through chemical synthesis has been challenging. In this study, a set of macrocyclic cyclophilin inhibitors was synthesized based on the core structure of the natural product sanglifehrin A. Initial compound optimization identified the valine-m-tyrosine-piperazic acid tripeptide (Val-m-Tyr-Pip) in the sanglifehrin core, stereocenters at C14 and C15, and the hydroxyl group of the m-tyrosine (m-Tyr) residue as key contributors to compound potency. Replacing the C18-C21 diene unit of sanglifehrin with a styryl group led to potent compounds that displayed a novel binding mode in which the styrene moiety engaged in a π-stacking interaction with Arg55 of cyclophilin A (Cyp A), and the m-Tyr residue was displaced into solvent. This observation allowed further simplifications of the scaffold to generate new lead compounds in the search for orally bioavailable cyclophilin inhibitors.