1175146-65-2Relevant academic research and scientific papers
TEAD???YAP Interaction Inhibitors and MDM2 Binders from DNA-Encoded Indole-Focused Ugi Peptidomimetics
Adihou, Hélène,Akbarzadeh, Mohammad,Andlovic, Bla?,Arendt, Lukas,Brunschweiger, Andreas,D?mling, Alexander,Dormuth, Ina,Fried, Roland,Groves, Matthew,Guéret, Stéphanie M.,Karatas, Hacer,Klika ?kopi?, Mateja,Kunig, Verena B. K.,Neochoritis, Constantinos G.,Ottmann, Christian,Potowski, Marco,Rahnenführer, J?rg,Shaabani, Shabnam,Zarganes-Tzitzikas, Tryfon,Zhang, Ran,dos Santos Smith, Denise
, p. 20338 - 20342 (2020)
DNA-encoded combinatorial synthesis provides efficient and dense coverage of chemical space around privileged molecular structures. The indole side chain of tryptophan plays a prominent role in key, or “hot spot”, regions of protein–protein interactions. A DNA-encoded combinatorial peptoid library was designed based on the Ugi four-component reaction by employing tryptophan-mimetic indole side chains to probe the surface of target proteins. Several peptoids were synthesized on a chemically stable hexathymidine adapter oligonucleotide “hexT”, encoded by DNA sequences, and substituted by azide-alkyne cycloaddition to yield a library of 8112 molecules. Selection experiments for the tumor-relevant proteins MDM2 and TEAD4 yielded MDM2 binders and a novel class of TEAD-YAP interaction inhibitors that perturbed the expression of a gene under the control of these Hippo pathway effectors.
Selectivity Optimization of Substituted 1,2,3-Triazoles as α7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Agonists
Arunrungvichian, Kuntarat,Fokin, Valery V.,Vajragupta, Opa,Taylor, Palmer
, p. 1317 - 1330 (2015/09/01)
Three series of substituted anti-1,2,3-triazoles (IND, PPRD, and QND), synthesized by cycloaddition from azide and alkyne building blocks, were designed to enhance selectivity and potency profiles of a lead α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (α7-nAChR) agonist, TTIn-1. Designed compounds were synthesized and screened for affinity by a radioligand binding assay. Their functional characterization as agonists and antagonists was performed by fluorescence resonance energy transfer assay using cell lines expressing transfected cDNAs, α7-nAChRs, α4β2-nAChRs, and 5HT3A receptors, and a fluorescence cell reporter. In the IND series, a tropane ring of TTIn-1, substituted at N1, was replaced by mono- and bicyclic amines to vary length and conformational flexibility of a carbon linker between nitrogen atom and N1 of the triazole. Compounds with a two-carbon atom linker optimized binding with Kds at the submicromolar level. Further modification at the hydrophobic indole of TTIn-1 was made in PPRD and QND series by fixing the amine center with the highest affinity building blocks in the IND series. Compounds from IND and PPRD series are selective as agonists for the α7-nAChRs over α4β2-nAChRs and 5HT3A receptors. Lead compounds in the three series have EC50s between 28 and 260 nM. Based on the EC50, affinity, and selectivity determined from the binding and cellular responses, two of the leads have been advanced to behavioral studies described in the companion article (DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.5b00059).
Side chain impacts on pH- and thermo-responsiveness of tertiary amine functionalized polypeptides
Xiao, Chunsheng,Cheng, Yilong,Zhang, Yu,Ding, Jianxun,He, Chaoliang,Zhuang, Xiuli,Chen, Xuesi
, p. 671 - 679 (2014/02/14)
The systemic investigation of the structural impacts of side chains on the pH- and thermo-responsiveness of tertiary amine functionalized poly(l-glutamate)s (TA-PGs) was carried out. The TA-PGs polymers were effectively synthesized by Cu(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition click reaction of azido tertiary amines with poly(γ-propargyl-l-glutamate) (PPLG). Turbimetric measurements were performed to characterize the pH- and temperature-induced phase transition of TA-PGs in aqueous solution, which suggested a structural dependence of the properties on the N-substituted groups and the "linkers" between 1,2,3-triazole ring and the tertiary amine groups in the side chains. In detail, the pH responsive properties of TA-PGs were basically determined by the hydrophobicity of the N-substituted groups in the side chains and the pH transition point (pHt) decreased as the increasing hydrophobicity of the N-substituted groups, while the temperature-responsiveness of TA-PGs were affected by either the N-substituted groups or the "linkers." TA-PGs with a moderate N-substituted amine group (e.g., DEA, PR, and PD) or a branched "linker" (e.g., iso-propylene and 2-methylpropylene group) were more likely to express the LCST-type phase transition tuned by pH variation. These structure-property relationships revealed in this study would help to develop the applications of TA-PGs in smart drug delivery systems. Copyright
