- Piperidine carbamate peptidomimetic inhibitors of the serine proteases HGFA, matriptase and hepsin
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Matriptase and hepsin are type II transmembrane serine proteases (TTSPs). Along with related S1 trypsin like serine protease HGFA (hepatocyte growth factor activator), their unregulated proteolytic activity has been associated with cancer including tumor progression and metastasis. These three proteases have two substrates in common, hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and macrophage stimulating protein (MSP), the ligands for MET and recepteur d'origine nantais (RON) receptor tyrosine kinases. Mechanism-based tetrapeptide and benzamidine inhibitors of these proteases have been shown to block HGF/MET and MSP/RON cancer cell signaling. Herein, we have rationally designed a new class of peptidomimetic hybrid small molecule piperidine carbamate dipeptide inhibitors comparable in potency to much larger tetrapeptides. We have identified multiple compounds which have potent activity against matriptase and hepsin and with excellent selectivity over the off-target serine proteases factor Xa and thrombin.
- Damalanka, Vishnu C.,Wildman, Scott A.,Janetka, James W.
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- COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR TREATING CANCER, VIRAL INFECTIONS, AND ALLERGIC CONDITIONS
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The present invention generally relates to compounds that are useful for inhibiting one or more trypsin-like S1 serine proteases, HGFA, matriptase, hepsin, KLK5 and/or TMPRSS2 as well as cysteine proteases including trypsin-like cysteine proteases (e.g. C
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- Structure-Guided Optimization of Dipeptidyl Inhibitors of Norovirus 3CL Protease
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Acute gastroenteritis caused by noroviruses has a major impact on public health worldwide in terms of morbidity, mortality, and economic burden. The disease impacts most severely immunocompromised patients, the elderly, and children. The current lack of approved vaccines and small-molecule therapeutics for the treatment and prophylaxis of norovirus infections underscores the need for the development of norovirus-specific drugs. The studies described herein entail the use of the gem-dimethyl moiety as a means of improving the pharmacological activity and physicochemical properties of a dipeptidyl series of transition state inhibitors of norovirus 3CL protease, an enzyme essential for viral replication. Several compounds were found to be potent inhibitors of the enzyme in biochemical and cell-based assays. The pharmacological activity and cellular permeability of the inhibitors were found to be sensitive to the location of the gem-dimethyl group.
- Rathnayake, Athri D.,Kim, Yunjeong,Dampalla, Chamandi S.,Nguyen, Harry Nhat,Jesri, Abdul-Rahman M.,Kashipathy, Maithri M.,Lushington, Gerald H.,Battaile, Kevin P.,Lovell, Scott,Chang, Kyeong-Ok,Groutas, William C.
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(2020/11/26)
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- Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Novel Prodrugs of Transition State Inhibitors of Norovirus 3CL Protease
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Ester and carbamate prodrugs of aldehyde bisulfite adduct inhibitors were synthesized in order to improve their pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties. The inhibitory activity of the compounds against norovirus 3C-like protease in enzyme and cell-
- Galasiti Kankanamalage, Anushka C.,Kim, Yunjeong,Rathnayake, Athri D.,Alliston, Kevin R.,Butler, Michelle M.,Cardinale, Steven C.,Bowlin, Terry L.,Groutas, William C.,Chang, Kyeong-Ok
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(2017/08/02)
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- Design, synthesis, and evaluation of a novel series of macrocyclic inhibitors of norovirus 3CL protease
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Norovirus infections have a major impact on public health worldwide, yet there is a current dearth of norovirus-specific therapeutics and prophylactics. This report describes the discovery of a novel class of macrocyclic inhibitors of norovirus 3C-like pr
- Damalanka, Vishnu C.,Kim, Yunjeong,Galasiti Kankanamalage, Anushka C.,Lushington, Gerald H.,Mehzabeen, Nurjahan,Battaile, Kevin P.,Lovell, Scott,Chang, Kyeong-Ok,Groutas, William C.
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- Structure-guided design and optimization of dipeptidyl inhibitors of norovirus 3CL protease. Structure-activity relationships and biochemical, X-ray crystallographic, cell-based, and in vivo studies
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Norovirus infection constitutes the primary cause of acute viral gastroenteritis. There are currently no vaccines or norovirus-specific antiviral therapeutics available for the management of norovirus infection. Norovirus 3C-like protease is essential for viral replication, consequently, inhibition of this enzyme is a fruitful avenue of investigation that may lead to the emergence of antinorovirus therapeutics. We describe herein the optimization of dipeptidyl inhibitors of norovirus 3C-like protease using iterative SAR, X-ray crystallographic, and enzyme and cell-based studies. We also demonstrate herein in vivo efficacy of an inhibitor using the murine model of norovirus infection.
- Galasiti Kankanamalage, Anushka C.,Kim, Yunjeong,Weerawarna, Pathum M.,Uy, Roxanne Adeline Z.,Damalanka, Vishnu C.,Mandadapu, Sivakoteswara Rao,Alliston, Kevin R.,Mehzabeen, Nurjahan,Battaile, Kevin P.,Lovell, Scott,Chang, Kyeong-Ok,Groutas, William C.
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(2015/04/27)
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- Inhibition of norovirus 3CL protease by bisulfite adducts of transition state inhibitors
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Noroviruses are the most common cause of acute viral gastroenteritis, accounting for >21 million cases annually in the US alone. Norovirus infections constitute an important health problem for which there are no specific antiviral therapeutics or vaccines. In this study, a series of bisulfite adducts derived from representative transition state inhibitors (dipeptidyl aldehydes and α-ketoamides) was synthesized and shown to exhibit anti-norovirus activity in a cell-based replicon system. The ED 50 of the most effective inhibitor was 60 nM. This study demonstrates for the first time the utilization of bisulfite adducts of transition state inhibitors in the inhibition of norovirus 3C-like protease in vitro and in a cell-based replicon system. The approach described herein can be extended to the synthesis of the bisulfite adducts of other classes of transition state inhibitors of serine and cysteine proteases, such as α-ketoheterocycles and α-ketoesters.
- Mandadapu, Sivakoteswara Rao,Gunnam, Mallikarjuna Reddy,Tiew, Kok-Chuan,Uy, Roxanne Adeline Z.,Prior, Allan M.,Alliston, Kevin R.,Hua, Duy H.,Kim, Yunjeong,Chang, Kyeong-Ok,Groutas, William C.
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- Synthesis and evaluation of potent, highly-selective, 3-aryl-piperazinone inhibitors of protein geranylgeranyltransferase-I
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A series of compounds based on the carboxyl-terminal CAAL sequence of PGGTase-I substrates was designed and synthesized. Using piperazin-2-one as a semi-rigid scaffold, we have introduced critical pharmacophores in a well-defined arrangement to mimic the CAAL sequence. High potency and exceptional selectivity were obtained for inhibition of PGGTase-I with structures such as 45 and 70. Potency of this series of GGTIs was dependent on the presence of an l-leucine residue with a free carboxyl terminus, as well as an S configuration of the 3-aryl group. The selectivity was significantly enhanced by 5-methyl substitution on the imidazole ring and fluorine substitution on the 3-aryl group. Modification of the 6-position of the piperazinone scaffold was found to be unfavorable. Compounds 44 and 69, the corresponding methyl esters of 45 and 70, were found to selectively block processing of Rap1A by PGGTase-I in whole cells with IC50 values of 0.4 M and 0.7 M respectively. The Royal Society of Chemistry 2006.
- Peng, Hairuo,Carrico, Dora,Thai, Van,Blaskovich, Michelle,Bucher, Cynthia,Pusateri, Erin E.,Sebti, Said M.,Hamilton, Andrew D.
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p. 1768 - 1784
(2008/02/05)
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- Synthesis of a series of stromelysin-selective thiadiazole urea matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors
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The synthesis and enzyme inhibition data for a series of thiadiazole urea matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) inhibitors are described. A broad screening effort was utilized to identify several thiadiazoles which were weak inhibitors of stromelysin. Optimization of the thiadiazole leads to include an α-amino acid side chain with variable terminal amide substituents provided a series of ureas which were moderately effective stromelysin inhibitors, with K(i)'s between 0.3 and 1.0 μM. The most effective analogues utilized an L-phenylalanine as the amino acid component. In particular, unsubstituted 46 had a K(i) of 710 nM, while the p-fluoro analogue 52 displayed increased potency (100 nM). Stromelysin inhibition was further improved using a pentafluorophenylalanine substituent which resulted in 70, a 14 nM inhibitor. While gelatinase inhibition was generally poor, the use of 1-(2-pyridyl)piperazine as the amide component usually provided for enhanced activity, with 71 inhibiting gelatinase with a K(i) of 770 nM. The combination of this heterocycle with a p-fluorophenylalanine substituent provided the only analogue, 69, with collagenase activity (13 μM). The SAR for analogues described within this series can be rationalized through consideration of the X-ray structure recently attained for 70 complexed to stromelysin. Uniquely, this structure showed the inhibitor to be completely orientated on the left side of the enzyme cleft. These results suggest that thiadiazole urea heterocycles which incorporate a substituted phenylalanine can provide selective inhibitors of stromelysin. Careful selection of the amide substituent can also provide for analogues with modest gelatinase inhibition.
- Jacobsen, E. Jon,Mitchell, Mark A.,Hendges, Susan K.,Belonga, Kenneth L.,Skaletzky, Louis L.,Stelzer, Lindsay S.,Lindberg, Thomas J.,Fritzen, Edward L.,Schostarez, Heinrich J.,O'Sullivan, Theresa J.,Maggiora, Linda L.,Stuchly, Christopher W.,Laborde, Alice L.,Kubicek, Marc F.,Poorman, Roger A.,Beck, Joan M.,Miller, Henry R.,Petzold, Gary L.,Scott, Pam S.,Truesdell, Scott E.,Wallace, Tanya L.,Wilks, John W.,Fisher, Christopher,Goodman, Linda V.,Kaytes, Paul S.,Ledbetter, Stephen R.,Powers, Elaine A.,Vogeli, Gabriel,Mott, John E.,Trepod, Catherine M.,Staples, Douglas J.,Baldwin, Eric T.,Finzel, Barry C.
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(2007/10/03)
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