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Fragment-based discovery of bromodomain inhibitors part 2: Optimization of phenylisoxazole sulfonamides
Bamborough, Paul,Diallo, Hawa,Goodacre, Jonathan D.,Gordon, Laurie,Lewis, Antonia,Seal, Jonathan T.,Wilson, David M.,Woodrow, Michael D.,Chung, Chun-Wa
, p. 587 - 596 (2012/03/26)
Bromodomains are epigenetic reader modules that regulate gene transcription through their recognition of acetyl-lysine modified histone tails. Inhibitors of this protein-protein interaction have the potential to modulate multiple diseases as demonstrated by the profound anti-inflammatory and antiproliferative effects of a recently disclosed class of BET compounds. While these compounds were discovered using phenotypic assays, here we present a highly efficient alternative approach to find new chemical templates, exploiting the abundant structural knowledge that exists for this target class. A phenyl dimethyl isoxazole chemotype resulting from a focused fragment screen has been rapidly optimized through structure-based design, leading to a sulfonamide series showing anti-inflammatory activity in cellular assays. This proof-of-principle experiment demonstrates the tractability of the BET family and bromodomain target class to fragment-based hit discovery and structure-based lead optimization.
