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Imidazopyridine- and purine-thioacetamide derivatives: Potent inhibitors of nucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase 1 (NPP1)
Chang, Lei,Lee, Sang-Yong,Leonczak, Piotr,Rozenski, Jef,De Jonghe, Steven,Hanck, Theodor,Müller, Christa E.,Herdewijn, Piet
, p. 10080 - 10100 (2015/02/05)
Nucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase 1 (NPP1) belongs to the family of ecto-nucleotidases, which control extracellular nucleotide, nucleoside, and (di)phosphate levels. To study the (patho)physiological roles of NPP1 potent and selective inhibitors with drug-like properties are required. Therefore, a compound library was screened for NPP1 inhibitors using a colorimetric assay with p-nitrophenyl 5′-thymidine monophosphate (p-Nph-5′-TMP) as an artificial substrate. This led to the discovery of 2-(3H-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridin-2-ylthio)-N-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)acetamide (5a) as a hit compound with a Ki value of 217 nM. Subsequent structure-activity relationship studies led to the development of purine and imidazo[4,5-b]pyridine analogues with high inhibitory potency (Ki values of 5.00 nM and 29.6 nM, respectively) when assayed with p-Nph-5′-TMP as a substrate. Surprisingly, the compounds were significantly less potent when tested versus ATP as a substrate, with Ki values in the low micromolar range. A prototypic inhibitor was investigated for its mechanism of inhibition and found to be competitive versus both substrates.
