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Optimization of a Benzoylpiperidine Class Identifies a Highly Potent and Selective Reversible Monoacylglycerol Lipase (MAGL) Inhibitor
Granchi, Carlotta,Lapillo, Margherita,Glasmacher, Sandra,Bononi, Giulia,Licari, Cristina,Poli, Giulio,El Boustani, Maguie,Caligiuri, Isabella,Rizzolio, Flavio,Gertsch, Jürg,Macchia, Marco,Minutolo, Filippo,Tuccinardi, Tiziano,Chicca, Andrea
, p. 1932 - 1958 (2019/02/26)
Monoacylglycerol lipase (MAGL) is the enzyme degrading the endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoylglycerol, and it is involved in several physiological and pathological processes. The therapeutic potential of MAGL is linked to several diseases, including cancer. The development of MAGL inhibitors has been greatly limited by the side effects associated with the prolonged MAGL inactivation. Importantly, it could be preferable to use reversible MAGL inhibitors in vivo, but nowadays only few reversible compounds have been developed. In the present study, structural optimization of a previously developed class of MAGL inhibitors led to the identification of compound 23, which proved to be a very potent reversible MAGL inhibitor (IC50 = 80 nM), selective for MAGL over the other main components of the endocannabinoid system, endowed of a promising antiproliferative activity in a series of cancer cell lines and able to block MAGL both in cell-based as well as in vivo assays.
Rational design of inhibitors of the bacterial cell wall synthetic enzyme GlmU using virtual screening and lead-hopping
Doig, Peter,Boriack-Sjodin, P. Ann,Dumas, Jacques,Hu, Jun,Itoh, Kenji,Johnson, Kenneth,Kazmirski, Steven,Kinoshita, Tomohiko,Kuroda, Satoru,Sato, Tomo-O,Sugimoto, Kaori,Tohyama, Katsumi,Aoi, Hiroshi,Wakamatsu, Kazusa,Wang, Hongming
supporting information, p. 6256 - 6269 (2015/01/08)
An aminoquinazoline series targeting the essential bacterial enzyme GlmU (uridyltransferase) were previously reported (Biochem. J. 2012, 446, 405). In this study, we further explored SAR through a combination of traditional medicinal chemistry and structure-based drug design, resulting in a novel scaffold (benzamide) with selectivity against protein kinases. Virtual screening identified fragments that could be fused into the core scaffold, exploiting additional binding interactions and thus improving potency. These efforts resulted in a hybrid compound with target potency increased by a 1000-fold, while maintaining selectivity against selected protein kinases and an improved level of solubility and protein binding. Despite these significant improvements no significant antibacterial activity was yet observed within this class.
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Provided herein are compounds of the formula (I): as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the substituents are as those disclosed in the specification. These compounds, and the pharmaceutical compositions containing them, are useful for the treatment of diseases such as, for example, COPD.
