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Identification of Novel Fragments Binding to the PDZ1-2 Domain of PSD-95
Zang, Jie,Ye, Fei,Solbak, Sara M. ?.,H?j, Lars J.,Zhang, Mingjie,Bach, Anders
supporting information, p. 949 - 954 (2020/12/31)
Inhibition of PSD-95 has emerged as a promising strategy for the treatment of ischemic stroke, as shown with peptide-based compounds that target the PDZ domains of PSD-95. In contrast, developing potent and drug-like small molecules against the PSD-95 PDZ domains has so far been unsuccessful. Here, we explore the druggability of the PSD-95 PDZ1-2 domain and use fragment screening to investigate if this protein is prone to binding small molecules. We screened 2500 fragments by fluorescence polarization (FP) and validated the hits by surface plasmon resonance (SPR), including an inhibition counter-test, and found four promising fragments. Three ligand efficient fragments were shown by 1H,15N HSQC NMR to bind in the small hydrophobic P0 pockets of PDZ1-2, and one of them underwent structure-activity relationship (SAR) studies. Overall, we demonstrate that fragment screening can successfully be applied to PDZ1-2 of PSD-95 and disclose novel fragments that can serve as starting points for optimization towards small-molecule PDZ domain inhibitors.
Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of dihydrofurans and cyclopentenols with tertiary stereocenters
Wu, Zhongtao,Madduri, Ashoka V. R.,Harutyunyan, Syuzanna R.,Minnaard, Adriaan J.
, p. 575 - 582 (2014/02/14)
A new asymmetric synthesis of dihydrofurans and cyclopentenols has been developed and is based on the copper-catalyzed 1,2-addition of Grignard reagents to enones in combination with Sonogashira coupling/cyclization or ring-closing metathesis. By this approach, dihydrofurans with an oxygen-containing tertiary stereocenter and chiral tertiary cyclopentenols are efficiently prepared. The absolute stereochemistry of the products has been established. The copper-catalyzed 1,2-addition of Grignard reagents to enones, combined with Sonogashira coupling/cyclization or ring-closing metathesis, provides a new asymmetric synthesis of dihydrofurans and cyclopentenols. Two different kinds of dihydrofurans are obtained with medium-to-high enantioselectivities. Copyright
