Kathleen A. Farley*, Ye Che, Ricardo Lira, Peter Jones, Nikolaos Papaioannou, Matthew Hayward, Mark E. Flanagan, Jonathan Langille, Sidney Liang, Betsy S. Pierce, Gregory Ciszewski, Paul Bonin, Fabien Vincent, Simeon Ramsey and David Hepworth,
{"title":"Cyclic Peptide C5aR1 Antagonist Design Using Solution Conformational Analysis Derived from Residual Dipolar Couplings","authors":"Kathleen A. Farley*, Ye Che, Ricardo Lira, Peter Jones, Nikolaos Papaioannou, Matthew Hayward, Mark E. Flanagan, Jonathan Langille, Sidney Liang, Betsy S. Pierce, Gregory Ciszewski, Paul Bonin, Fabien Vincent, Simeon Ramsey and David Hepworth, ","doi":"10.1021/acsmedchemlett.4c0031610.1021/acsmedchemlett.4c00316","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.4c00316https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.4c00316","url":null,"abstract":"<p >To gain further insight into the conformational properties of small cyclic peptides that bind to the G-protein coupled receptor C5aR1, we report here for the first time the elucidation of three peptide solution conformations using residual dipolar couplings and NMR temperature coefficients. Each of these peptides varies by at least one amino acid, adopts a different intramolecular hydrogen bonding pattern, and has a different solution conformation. The solution conformations were used in combination with a homology structure of C5aR1 as a design template for increasing the potency of peptide leads for the C5a receptor. This study provides a framework for using RDC solution conformations to guide the design of peptide mimetics that emulate the target bound state in solution to minimize the strain energy of the bound conformation and improve potency of the peptide for the target.</p>","PeriodicalId":20,"journal":{"name":"ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters","volume":"15 11","pages":"2060–2066 2060–2066"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142641076","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bicyclic Ureas as JAK2 Inhibitors for Treating Hematological Cancer","authors":"Ram W. Sabnis*, ","doi":"10.1021/acsmedchemlett.4c0049610.1021/acsmedchemlett.4c00496","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.4c00496https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.4c00496","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Provided herein are novel bicyclic ureas as JAK2 inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions, use of such compounds in treating hematological cancer, and processes for preparing such compounds.</p>","PeriodicalId":20,"journal":{"name":"ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters","volume":"15 11","pages":"1824–1825 1824–1825"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142641077","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kathleen A Farley, Ye Che, Ricardo Lira, Peter Jones, Nikolaos Papaioannou, Matthew Hayward, Mark E Flanagan, Jonathan Langille, Sidney Liang, Betsy S Pierce, Gregory Ciszewski, Paul Bonin, Fabien Vincent, Simeon Ramsey, David Hepworth
{"title":"Cyclic Peptide C5aR1 Antagonist Design Using Solution Conformational Analysis Derived from Residual Dipolar Couplings.","authors":"Kathleen A Farley, Ye Che, Ricardo Lira, Peter Jones, Nikolaos Papaioannou, Matthew Hayward, Mark E Flanagan, Jonathan Langille, Sidney Liang, Betsy S Pierce, Gregory Ciszewski, Paul Bonin, Fabien Vincent, Simeon Ramsey, David Hepworth","doi":"10.1021/acsmedchemlett.4c00316","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acsmedchemlett.4c00316","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To gain further insight into the conformational properties of small cyclic peptides that bind to the G-protein coupled receptor C5aR1, we report here for the first time the elucidation of three peptide solution conformations using residual dipolar couplings and NMR temperature coefficients. Each of these peptides varies by at least one amino acid, adopts a different intramolecular hydrogen bonding pattern, and has a different solution conformation. The solution conformations were used in combination with a homology structure of C5aR1 as a design template for increasing the potency of peptide leads for the C5a receptor. This study provides a framework for using RDC solution conformations to guide the design of peptide mimetics that emulate the target bound state in solution to minimize the strain energy of the bound conformation and improve potency of the peptide for the target.</p>","PeriodicalId":20,"journal":{"name":"ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters","volume":"15 11","pages":"2060-2066"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11571007/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142674512","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daniel Lee, Ling Niu, Shilei Ding, Huile Zhu, William D. Tolbert, Halima Medjahed, Guillaume Beaudoin-Bussières, Cameron Abrams, Andrés Finzi*, Marzena Pazgier* and Amos B. Smith III*,
{"title":"Optimization of a Piperidine CD4-Mimetic Scaffold Sensitizing HIV-1 Infected Cells to Antibody-Dependent Cellular Cytotoxicity","authors":"Daniel Lee, Ling Niu, Shilei Ding, Huile Zhu, William D. Tolbert, Halima Medjahed, Guillaume Beaudoin-Bussières, Cameron Abrams, Andrés Finzi*, Marzena Pazgier* and Amos B. Smith III*, ","doi":"10.1021/acsmedchemlett.4c0040310.1021/acsmedchemlett.4c00403","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.4c00403https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.4c00403","url":null,"abstract":"<p >The ability of the HIV-1 accessory proteins Nef and Vpu to decrease CD4 protects infected cells from antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) by limiting the exposure of vulnerable epitopes to envelope glycoprotein (Env). Small-molecule CD4 mimetics (CD4mcs) based on piperidine scaffolds represent a new family of agents capable of sensitizing HIV-1-infected cells to ADCC by exposing CD4-induced (CD4i) epitopes on Env that are recognized by non-neutralizing antibodies which are abundant in plasma of people living with HIV. Here, we employed the combined methods of parallel synthesis, structure-based design, and optimization to generate a new line of piperidine-based CD4mcs, which sensitize HIV-1 infected cells to ADCC activity. The X-ray crystallographic study of the CD4mcs within the gp120 residues suggests that the positioning of the CD4mc inside the Phe43 cavity and synergistic contact of the CD4mc with the β<sub>20–21</sub> loop and the α<sub>1</sub>-helix lead to improved antiviral activity.</p>","PeriodicalId":20,"journal":{"name":"ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters","volume":"15 11","pages":"1961–1969 1961–1969"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142641010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daniel Lee, Ling Niu, Shilei Ding, Huile Zhu, William D Tolbert, Halima Medjahed, Guillaume Beaudoin-Bussières, Cameron Abrams, Andrés Finzi, Marzena Pazgier, Amos B Smith
{"title":"Optimization of a Piperidine CD4-Mimetic Scaffold Sensitizing HIV-1 Infected Cells to Antibody-Dependent Cellular Cytotoxicity.","authors":"Daniel Lee, Ling Niu, Shilei Ding, Huile Zhu, William D Tolbert, Halima Medjahed, Guillaume Beaudoin-Bussières, Cameron Abrams, Andrés Finzi, Marzena Pazgier, Amos B Smith","doi":"10.1021/acsmedchemlett.4c00403","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acsmedchemlett.4c00403","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The ability of the HIV-1 accessory proteins Nef and Vpu to decrease CD4 protects infected cells from antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) by limiting the exposure of vulnerable epitopes to envelope glycoprotein (Env). Small-molecule CD4 mimetics (CD4mcs) based on piperidine scaffolds represent a new family of agents capable of sensitizing HIV-1-infected cells to ADCC by exposing CD4-induced (CD4i) epitopes on Env that are recognized by non-neutralizing antibodies which are abundant in plasma of people living with HIV. Here, we employed the combined methods of parallel synthesis, structure-based design, and optimization to generate a new line of piperidine-based CD4mcs, which sensitize HIV-1 infected cells to ADCC activity. The X-ray crystallographic study of the CD4mcs within the gp120 residues suggests that the positioning of the CD4mc inside the Phe43 cavity and synergistic contact of the CD4mc with the β<sub>20-21</sub> loop and the α<sub>1</sub>-helix lead to improved antiviral activity.</p>","PeriodicalId":20,"journal":{"name":"ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters","volume":"15 11","pages":"1961-1969"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11571091/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142674564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Johannes K. Dreizler, Christian Meyners and Felix Hausch*,
{"title":"Toward Dual Targeting of Catalytic and Gatekeeper Pockets in Cyclophilins Using a Macrocyclic Scaffold","authors":"Johannes K. Dreizler, Christian Meyners and Felix Hausch*, ","doi":"10.1021/acsmedchemlett.4c0042710.1021/acsmedchemlett.4c00427","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.4c00427https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.4c00427","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Cyclophilins, especially cyclophilin A, are involved in a variety of diseases, including the life cycle of many viruses. An advanced macrocyclic inhibitor of cyclophilin was reported to bind the catalytic pocket but not the neighboring gatekeeper pocket. Here we describe macrocyclic cyclophilin inhibitors bearing side chains designed to reach out to the gatekeeper pocket. After establishing a suitable synthesis allowing for late-stage modification of the relevant positions, we explored this exit vector. This culminated in a rigid ornithine-resembling analogue as a versatile building block, which was also incorporated into the macrocyclic scaffold. The use of amines as the gatekeeper-engaging modality was invalidated, but the exit vector was successfully established as a promising position for future modifications. Further work is needed to identify suitable motifs to simultaneously engage the catalytic and gatekeeper pockets in this highly developed macrocyclic scaffold.</p>","PeriodicalId":20,"journal":{"name":"ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters","volume":"15 11","pages":"2012–2018 2012–2018"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142641015","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development of BODIPY FL SNS 032 as a Versatile Probe for Constitutive Androstane Receptor and Multiple Kinases","authors":"Wenwei Lin, and , Taosheng Chen*, ","doi":"10.1021/acsmedchemlett.4c0041610.1021/acsmedchemlett.4c00416","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.4c00416https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.4c00416","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Human constitutive androstane receptor (hCAR) regulates xenobiotic metabolism. Its large and flexible ligand binding pocket can accommodate structurally diverse compounds. An assay for characterizing the binding of ligands to hCAR is needed but has not been reported. Here, we first discovered the promiscuous kinase inhibitor SNS-032 and its derivative THAL-SNS-032 as binders of hCAR, then developed BODIPY FL SNS 032 (<b>14</b>) as a high-affinity hCAR fluorescent probe (<i>K</i><sub>d</sub>: 300 ± 30 nM) in a TR-FRET binding assay and used it to characterize hCAR ligands for their competitive binding activities. BODIPY FL SNS 032 also displayed high binding affinities to multiple kinases, such as hGSK3A (<i>K</i><sub>d</sub>: 4.5 ± 0.2 nM), hCDK9/CycT1 (<i>K</i><sub>d</sub>: 5.1 ± 0.6 nM), hMAPK15 (<i>K</i><sub>d</sub>: 340 ± 20 nM), hCASK (<i>K</i><sub>d</sub>: 550 ± 30 nM), and hCAMKK2 (<i>K</i><sub>d</sub>: 530 ± 40 nM). BODIPY FL SNS 032 is therefore a versatile probe for hCAR and multiple kinases.</p>","PeriodicalId":20,"journal":{"name":"ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters","volume":"15 11","pages":"1987–1996 1987–1996"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142640926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jue Liang, Xiaoyu Wang, Francisco Ortiz, Gauri Shishodia, Tian Liu, Chen Gao, Noelle S. Williams, David T. Chuang, R. Max Wynn and Joseph M. Ready*,
{"title":"Bicyclic Inhibitors of Branched-Chain α-Keto Acid Dehydrogenase Kinase (BDK) with In Vivo Activity","authors":"Jue Liang, Xiaoyu Wang, Francisco Ortiz, Gauri Shishodia, Tian Liu, Chen Gao, Noelle S. Williams, David T. Chuang, R. Max Wynn and Joseph M. Ready*, ","doi":"10.1021/acsmedchemlett.4c0036210.1021/acsmedchemlett.4c00362","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.4c00362https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.4c00362","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Elevated levels of the branched chain α-amino acids valine, leucine, and isoleucine are associated with heart disease and metabolic disorders. The kinase BDK, also known as branched-chain ketoacid dehydrogenase kinase (BCKDK), is a negative regulator of branched-chain α-amino acid metabolism through deactivation of BCKDC, the branched-chain α-ketoacid dehydrogenase complex. Inhibitors of BDK increase the activity of BCKDC and could be useful therapeutic leads for cardiometabolic diseases. We describe a novel bicyclic carboxy amide as an inhibitor of BDK with in vivo activity.</p>","PeriodicalId":20,"journal":{"name":"ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters","volume":"15 11","pages":"1899–1906 1899–1906"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142641012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jue Liang, Xiaoyu Wang, Francisco Ortiz, Gauri Shishodia, Tian Liu, Chen Gao, Noelle S Williams, David T Chuang, R Max Wynn, Joseph M Ready
{"title":"Bicyclic Inhibitors of Branched-Chain α-Keto Acid Dehydrogenase Kinase (BDK) with In Vivo Activity.","authors":"Jue Liang, Xiaoyu Wang, Francisco Ortiz, Gauri Shishodia, Tian Liu, Chen Gao, Noelle S Williams, David T Chuang, R Max Wynn, Joseph M Ready","doi":"10.1021/acsmedchemlett.4c00362","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acsmedchemlett.4c00362","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Elevated levels of the branched chain α-amino acids valine, leucine, and isoleucine are associated with heart disease and metabolic disorders. The kinase BDK, also known as branched-chain ketoacid dehydrogenase kinase (BCKDK), is a negative regulator of branched-chain α-amino acid metabolism through deactivation of BCKDC, the branched-chain α-ketoacid dehydrogenase complex. Inhibitors of BDK increase the activity of BCKDC and could be useful therapeutic leads for cardiometabolic diseases. We describe a novel bicyclic carboxy amide as an inhibitor of BDK with in vivo activity.</p>","PeriodicalId":20,"journal":{"name":"ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters","volume":"15 11","pages":"1899-1906"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11571092/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142674446","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development of BODIPY FL SNS 032 as a Versatile Probe for Constitutive Androstane Receptor and Multiple Kinases.","authors":"Wenwei Lin, Taosheng Chen","doi":"10.1021/acsmedchemlett.4c00416","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acsmedchemlett.4c00416","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Human constitutive androstane receptor (hCAR) regulates xenobiotic metabolism. Its large and flexible ligand binding pocket can accommodate structurally diverse compounds. An assay for characterizing the binding of ligands to hCAR is needed but has not been reported. Here, we first discovered the promiscuous kinase inhibitor SNS-032 and its derivative THAL-SNS-032 as binders of hCAR, then developed BODIPY FL SNS 032 (<b>14</b>) as a high-affinity hCAR fluorescent probe (<i>K</i> <sub>d</sub>: 300 ± 30 nM) in a TR-FRET binding assay and used it to characterize hCAR ligands for their competitive binding activities. BODIPY FL SNS 032 also displayed high binding affinities to multiple kinases, such as hGSK3A (<i>K</i> <sub>d</sub>: 4.5 ± 0.2 nM), hCDK9/CycT1 (<i>K</i> <sub>d</sub>: 5.1 ± 0.6 nM), hMAPK15 (<i>K</i> <sub>d</sub>: 340 ± 20 nM), hCASK (<i>K</i> <sub>d</sub>: 550 ± 30 nM), and hCAMKK2 (<i>K</i> <sub>d</sub>: 530 ± 40 nM). BODIPY FL SNS 032 is therefore a versatile probe for hCAR and multiple kinases.</p>","PeriodicalId":20,"journal":{"name":"ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters","volume":"15 11","pages":"1987-1996"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11571093/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142674518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}