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Discovery of quinazoline derivatives as a novel class of potent and in vivo efficacious LSD1 inhibitors by drug repurposing
Li, Zhonghua,Li, Zhongrui,Ma, Jinlian,Miao, Jinxin,Qin, Tingting,Yang, Nian,Zhang, Xinhui,Zhang, Zhenqiang,Zhao, Taoqian,Zhao, Xuan
, (2021/08/19)
Histone lysine-specific demethylase 1 (LSD1) is an important epigenetic modulator, and is implicated in malignant transformation and tumor pathogenesis in different ways. Therefore, the inhibition of LSD1 provides an attractive therapeutic target for cancer therapy. Based on drug repurposing strategy, we screened our in-house chemical library toward LSD1, and found that the EGFR inhibitor erlotinib, an FDA-approved drug for lung cancer, possessed low potency against LSD1 (IC50 = 35.80 μM). Herein, we report our further medicinal chemistry effort to obtain a highly water-soluble erlotinib analog 5k (>100 mg/mL) with significantly enhanced inhibitory activity against LSD1 (IC50 = 0.69 μM) as well as higher specificity. In MGC-803 cells, 5k suppressed the demethylation of LSD1, indicating its cellular activity against the enzyme. In addition, 5k had a remarkable capacity to inhibit colony formation, suppress migration and induce apoptosis of MGC803 cells. Furthermore, in MGC-803 xenograft mouse model, 5k treatment resulted in significant reduction in tumor size by 81.6% and 96.1% at dosages of 40 and 80 mg/kg/d, respectively. Our findings indicate that erlotinib-based analogs provide a novel structural set of LSD1 inhibitors with potential for further investigation, and may serve as novel candidates for the treatment of LSD1-overexpressing cancers.
Synthesis method of 1-phenyl-5-mercaptotetrazole
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Paragraph 0016; 0019-0026, (2020/12/31)
The invention relates to a synthesis method of 1-phenyl-5-mercaptotetrazole, which comprises the steps of (1) by using sodium anilino dithiocarboxylate and sodium azide as raw materials, water as a reaction solvent and an alkaline solution as a catalyst, carrying out heating reflux reaction, and neutralizing the reaction solution with an acid after the reaction is ended to obtain a 1-phenyl-5-mercaptotetrazole crude product; and (2) recrystallizing the 1-phenyl-5-mercaptotetrazole crude product obtained in the step (1) by using a recrystallization solution to obtain a 1-phenyl-5-mercaptotetrazole finished product, wherein the recrystallization solution is a mixed solution of toluene and water. The 1-phenyl-5-mercaptotetrazole prepared by the method is high in purity, safer in reaction process and suitable for industrial production.
5,6,7,8-Tetrahydrobenzo[4,5]thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivatives as inhibitors of full-length RORγt
Lao, Chuyu,Zhou, Xiaoqing,Chen, Huanpeng,Wei, Fengjiao,Huang, Zhaofeng,Bai, Chuan
, (2019/07/18)
Retinoid-related orphan receptor gamma-t (RORγt) belongs to the nuclear receptor superfamily that takes vital roles in the development and maturation of T-helper 17 cell (Th17) and lymph-node genesis. Because Th17 cells have been proved to be major effectors in human autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, the agonists and antagonists of RORγt have been discovered as promising leads for the therapeutics of these diseases. Most of the current studies of RORγt inhibitors have been focused on ligand binding domain (LBD) of RORγt because the structure and binding pockets of LBD have been elucidated and studied in detail. Recent research elucidated that the hinge domain (HD) of RORγt was significantly involved in the SUMOylation of RORγt and thus specifically affecting T cell development but not lymph-node genesis. These discoveries highlighted the potential of HD of RORγt as the target of RORγt inhibitors that could specifically inhibit Th17-related activities without affecting lymph-node genesis. In this study, we utilized a screening system with full-length RORγt including DBD, HD and LBD to evaluate the activities of a synthesized library of tetrahydrobenzo[4,5]thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivatives. We identified a potent lead compound (28) that effectively inhibited Th17 cell differentiation. Docking and structure–activity relationship (SAR) studies showed that compound 28 may not bind in the binding pocket as most of the known inhibitors, but may bind in the pocket closed to Gln223 and Leu244 in HD. Our studies showed evidence that the HD of RORγt could afford a binding pocket for Th17 specific inhibitors and this domain should be further studied to discover potent and specific RORγt inhibitors.