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Acylated sulfonamide adenosines as potent inhibitors of the adenylate-forming enzyme superfamily
De Ruysscher, Dries,Pang, Luping,De Graef, Steff,Nautiyal, Manesh,De Borggraeve, Wim M.,Rozenski, Jef,Strelkov, Sergei V.,Weeks, Stephen D.,Van Aerschot, Arthur
, p. 252 - 264 (2019)
The superfamily of adenylate-forming enzymes all share a common chemistry. They activate a carboxylate group, on a specific substrate, by catalyzing the formation of a high energy mixed phosphoanhydride-linked nucleoside intermediate. Members of this diverse enzymatic family play key roles in a variety of metabolic pathways and therefore many have been regarded as drug targets. A generic approach to inhibit such enzymes is the use of non-hydrolysable sulfur-based bioisosteres of the adenylate intermediate. Here we compare the activity of compounds containing a sulfamoyl and sulfonamide linker respectively. An improved synthetic strategy was developed to generate inhibitors containing the latter that target isoleucyl- (IleRS)and seryl-tRNA synthetase (SerRS), two structurally distinct representatives of Class I and II aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRSs). These enzymes attach their respective amino acid to its cognate tRNA and are indispensable for protein translation. Evaluation of the ability of the two similar isosteres to inhibit serRS revealed a remarkable difference, with an almost complete loss of activity for seryl-sulfonamide 15 (SerSoHA)compared to its sulfamoyl analogue (SerSA), while inhibition of IleRS was unaffected. To explain these observations, we have determined a 2.1 ? crystal structure of Klebsiella pneumoniae SerRS in complex with SerSA. Using this structure as a template, modelling of 15 in the active site predicts an unfavourable eclipsed conformation. We extended the same modelling strategy to representative members of the whole adenylate-forming enzyme superfamily, and were able to disclose a new classification system for adenylating enzymes, based on their protein fold. The results suggest that, other than for the structural and functional orthologues of the Class II aaRSs, the O to C substitution within the sulfur-sugar link should generally preserve the inhibitory potency.
NOVEL 6-6 BICYCLIC AROMATIC RING SUBSTITUTED NUCLEOSIDE ANALOGUES FOR USE AS PRMT5 INHIBITORS
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, (2017/03/14)
The present invention relates novel 6-6 bicyclic aromatic ring substituted nucleoside analogues of Formula (I) wherein the variables have the meaning defined in the claims. The compounds according to the present invention are useful as PRMT5 inhibitors. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds as an active ingredient as well as the use of said compounds as a medicament.
A critical electrostatic interaction mediates inhibitor recognition by human asparagine synthetase
Ikeuchi, Hideyuki,Meyer, Megan E.,Ding, Yun,Hiratake, Jun,Richards, Nigel G.J.
experimental part, p. 6641 - 6650 (2009/12/09)
The first sulfoximine-based inhibitor of human asparagine synthetase (ASNS) with nanomolar potency has been shown to suppress proliferation of asparaginase-resistant MOLT-4 cells in the presence of l-asparaginase. This validates literature hypotheses concerning the viability of human ASNS as a target for new drugs against acute lymphoblastic leukemia and ovarian cancer. Developing structure-function relationships for this class of human ASNS inhibitors has proven difficult, however, primarily because of the absence of rapid synthetic procedures for constructing highly functionalized sulfoximines. We now report conditions for the efficient preparation of these compounds by coupling sulfoxides and sulfamides in the presence of a rhodium catalyst. Access to this methodology has permitted the construction of two new adenylated sulfoximines, which were expected to exhibit similar binding affinity and better bioavailability than the original human ASNS inhibitor. Steady-state kinetic characterization of these compounds, however, has revealed the importance of a localized negative charge on the inhibitor that mimics that of the phosphate group in a key acyl-adenylate reaction intermediate. These experiments place an important constraint on the design of sulfoximine libraries for screening experiments to obtain ASNS inhibitors with increased potency and bioavailability.
