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Fluorovinylsulfones and -Sulfonates as Potent Covalent Reversible Inhibitors of the Trypanosomal Cysteine Protease Rhodesain: Structure-Activity Relationship, Inhibition Mechanism, Metabolism, and in Vivo Studies
Jung, Sascha,Fuchs, Natalie,Johe, Patrick,Wagner, Annika,Diehl, Erika,Yuliani, Tri,Zimmer, Collin,Barthels, Fabian,Zimmermann, Robert A.,Klein, Philipp,Waigel, Waldemar,Meyr, Jessica,Opatz, Till,Tenzer, Stefan,Distler, Ute,R?der, Hans-Joachim,Kersten, Christian,Engels, Bernd,Hellmich, Ute A.,Klein, Jochen,Schirmeister, Tanja
, p. 12322 - 12358 (2021/09/02)
Rhodesain is a major cysteine protease of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, a pathogen causing Human African Trypanosomiasis, and a validated drug target. Recently, we reported the development of α-halovinylsulfones as a new class of covalent reversible cysteine protease inhibitors. Here, α-fluorovinylsulfones/-sulfonates were optimized for rhodesain based on molecular modeling approaches. 2d, the most potent and selective inhibitor in the series, shows a single-digit nanomolar affinity and high selectivity toward mammalian cathepsins B and L. Enzymatic dilution assays and MS experiments indicate that 2d is a slow-tight binder (Ki = 3 nM). Furthermore, the nonfluorinated 2d-(H) shows favorable metabolism and biodistribution by accumulation in mice brain tissue after intraperitoneal and oral administration. The highest antitrypanosomal activity was observed for inhibitors with an N-terminal 2,3-dihydrobenzo[b][1,4]dioxine group and a 4-Me-Phe residue in P2 (2e/4e) with nanomolar EC50 values (0.14/0.80 μM). The different mechanisms of reversible and irreversible inhibitors were explained using QM/MM calculations and MD simulations.
click synthesis of small-molecule inhibitors targeting caspases
Ng, Su Ling,Yang, Peng-Yu,Chen, Kitty Y.-T.,Srinivasan, Rajavel,Yao, Shao Q.
supporting information; experimental part, p. 844 - 847 (2008/10/09)
A panel of 198 P4-diversified aldehyde (reversible) and vinyl sulfone (irreversible) inhibitors is successfully synthesized via an efficient click chemistry platform and directly screened against caspase-3 and -7 for inhibition. The Royal Society of Chemistry.
