161975-39-9Relevant articles and documents
Selective, Small-Molecule Co-Factor Binding Site Inhibition of a Su(var)3-9, Enhancer of Zeste, Trithorax Domain Containing Lysine Methyltransferase
Taylor, Alexandria P.,Swewczyk, Magdalena,Kennedy, Steven,Trush, Viacheslav V.,Wu, Hong,Zeng, Hong,Dong, Aiping,Ferreira De Freitas, Renato,Tatlock, John,Kumpf, Robert A.,Wythes, Martin,Casimiro-Garcia, Agustin,Denny, Rajiah Aldrin,Parikh, Mihir D.,Li, Fengling,Barsyte-Lovejoy, Dalia,Schapira, Matthieu,Vedadi, Masoud,Brown, Peter J.,Arrowsmith, Cheryl H.,Owen, Dafydd R.
, p. 7669 - 7683 (2019)
The first chemical probe to primarily occupy the co-factor binding site of a Su(var)3-9, enhancer of a zeste, trithorax (SET) domain containing protein lysine methyltransferase (PKMT) is reported. Protein methyltransferases require S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) as a co-factor (methyl donor) for enzymatic activity. However, SAM itself represents a poor medicinal chemistry starting point for a selective, cell-active inhibitor given its extreme physicochemical properties and its role in multiple cellular processes. A previously untested medicinal chemistry strategy of deliberate file enrichment around molecules bearing the hallmarks of SAM, but with improved lead-like properties from the outset, yielded viable hits against SET and MYND domain-containing protein 2 (SMYD2) that were shown to bind in the co-factor site. These leads were optimized to identify a highly biochemically potent, PKMT-selective, and cell-active chemical probe. While substrate-based inhibitors of PKMTs are known, this represents a novel, co-factor-derived strategy for the inhibition of SMYD2 which may also prove applicable to lysine methyltransferase family members previously thought of as intractable.
Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of Tozadenant analogues as adenosine A2A receptor ligands
Renk, Dana R.,Skraban, Marcel,Bier, Dirk,Schulze, Annette,Wabbals, Erika,Wedekind, Franziska,Neumaier, Felix,Neumaier, Bernd,Holschbach, Marcus
, (2021/02/09)
With the aim to obtain potent adenosine A2A receptor (A2AR) ligands, a series of eighteen derivatives of 4-hydroxy-N-(4-methoxy-7-morpholin-4-yl-1,3-benzo[d]thiazol-2-yl)-4-methylpiperidine-1-carboxamide (SYN-115, Tozadenant) were designed and synthesized. The target compounds were obtained by a chemical building block principle that involved reaction of the appropriate aminobenzothiazole phenyl carbamates with either commercially available or readily synthesized functionalized piperidines. Their affinity and subtype selectivity with regard to human adenosine A1-and A2A receptors were determined using radioligand binding assays. Ki values for human A2AR ranged from 2.4 to 38 nM, with more than 120-fold selectivity over A1 receptors for all evaluated compounds except 13k which had a Ki of 361 nM and 18-fold selectivity. The most potent fluorine-containing derivatives 13e, 13g and 13l exhibited Ki values of 4.9 nM, 3.6 nM and 2.8 nM for the human A2AR. Interestingly, the corresponding values for rat A2AR were found to be four to five times higher. Their binding to A2AR was further confirmed by radiolabeling with 18F and in vitro autoradiography in rat brain slices, which showed almost exclusive striatal binding and complete displacement by the A2AR antagonist ZM 241385. We conclude that these compounds represent potential candidates for the visualization of the A2A receptor and open pathways to novel therapeutic treatments of neurodegenerative disorders or cancer.
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS AS KINASE INHIBITORS
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Heterocyclic compounds as CDK4 or CDK6 or other CDK inhibitors are provided. The compounds may find use as therapeutic agents for the treatment of diseases and may find particular use in oncology.
