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Design, synthesis and anticancer evaluation of 3-methyl-1H-indazole derivatives as novel selective bromodomain-containing protein 4 inhibitors
Dong, Ru,Zhang, Cheng,Wang, Chao,Zhou, Xin,Li, Wen,Zhang, Jin-Yang,Wang, Min,Xu, Yong,Sun, Li-Ping
, (2022/01/11)
Bromodomain-containing Protein 4 (BRD4), an ‘epigenetic reader’, regulates chromatin structure and gene expression via recognizing and binding acetylated lysine in histones. BRD4 has become a therapeutic target for cancers because it promotes the expression of the tumor genes, such as c-Myc, NF-κB, and Bcl-2. In this study, a new series of 3-methyl-1H-indazole derivatives were designed via virtual screening and structure-based optimization. All compounds were synthesized and evaluated for their inhibitory activities to BRD4-BD1 and their antiproliferative effects in cancer cell lines. Among them, several compounds (such as 9d, 9u and 9w) exhibited strong BRD4-BD1 affinities and inhibition activities, and potently suppressed MV4;11 cancer cell line proliferation. Among them, compound 9d showed excellent selectivity for BRD4 and effectively suppressed c-Myc, the downstream protein of BRD4. This study provided new lead compounds for further biological evaluation on BRD4.
Small molecule microarray identifies inhibitors of tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterase 1 that simultaneously access the catalytic pocket and two substrate binding sites
Zhao, Xue Zhi,Kiselev, Evgeny,Lountos, George T.,Wang, Wenjie,Tropea, Joseph E.,Needle, Danielle,Hilimire, Thomas A.,Schneekloth, John S.,Waugh, David S.,Pommier, Yves,Burke, Terrence R.
, p. 3876 - 3884 (2021/04/02)
Tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterase 1 (TDP1) is a member of the phospholipase D family of enzymes, which catalyzes the removal of both 3′- and 5′-DNA phosphodiester adducts. Importantly, it is capable of reducing the anticancer effects of type I topoisomerase (TOP1) inhibitors by repairing the stalled covalent complexes of TOP1 with DNA. It achieves this by promoting the hydrolysis of the phosphodiester bond between the Y723 residue of human TOP1 and the 3′-phosphate of its DNA substrate. Blocking TDP1 function is an attractive means of enhancing the efficacy of TOP1 inhibitors and overcoming drug resistance. Previously, we reported the use of an X-ray crystallographic screen of more than 600 fragments to identify small molecule variations on phthalic acid and hydroxyquinoline motifs that bind within the TDP1 catalytic pocket. Yet, the majority of these compounds showed limited (millimolar) TDP1 inhibitory potencies. We now report examining a 21?000-member library of drug-like Small Molecules in Microarray (SMM) format for their ability to bind Alexa Fluor 647 (AF647)-labeled TDP1. The screen identified structurally similarN,2-diphenylimidazo[1,2-a]pyrazin-3-amines as TDP1 binders and catalytic inhibitors. We then explored the core heterocycle skeleton using one-pot Groebke-Blackburn-Bienayme multicomponent reactions and arrived at analogs having higher inhibitory potencies. Solving TDP1 co-crystal structures of a subset of compounds showed their binding at the TDP1 catalytic site, while mimicking substrate interactions. Although our original fragment screen differed significantly from the current microarray protocol, both methods identified ligand-protein interactions containing highly similar elements. Importantly inhibitors identified through the SMM approach show competitive inhibition against TDP1 and access the catalytic phosphate-binding pocket, while simultaneously providing extensions into both the substrate DNA and peptide-binding channels. As such, they represent a platform for further elaboration of trivalent ligands, that could serve as a new genre of potent TDP1 inhibitors.
Silver-Catalyzed Selective Multicomponent Coupling Reactions of Arynes with Nitriles and Isonitriles
Ghorai, Sourav,Lin, Yongjia,Xia, Yuanzhi,Wink, Donald J.,Lee, Daesung
, p. 642 - 647 (2020/01/31)
Pathway selective aryne-based novel multicomponent coupling reactions with isonitriles and nitriles are described. Crucial to these reactions is the formation of a silver-aryne complex, which shows differential reactivity toward isonitriles and nitriles to form two different forms of ortho-nitrilium organosilver arene species. Interception of the nitrilium of an aryne-isonitrile adduct with another isonitrile leads to the formation of benzocyclobutene-1,2-diimines, whereas the nitrilium of an aryne-nitrile adduct renders selective formation of 3H-indol-3-imines or 3-iminoindolin-2-ol depending on the structure of the nitrile employed.
