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J Chem Inf Model ; 53(5): 1084-99, 2013 May 24.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23590178

RESUMO

Obesity is an increasingly common disease. While antagonism of the melanin-concentrating hormone-1 receptor (MCH-1R) has been widely reported as a promising therapeutic avenue for obesity treatment, no MCH-1R antagonists have reached the market. Discovery and optimization of new chemical matter targeting MCH-1R is hindered by reduced HTS success rates and a lack of structural information about the MCH-1R binding site. X-ray crystallography and NMR, the major experimental sources of structural information, are very slow processes for membrane proteins and are not currently feasible for every GPCR or GPCR-ligand complex. This situation significantly limits the ability of these methods to impact the drug discovery process for GPCR targets in "real-time", and hence, there is an urgent need for other practical and cost-efficient alternatives. We present here a conceptually pioneering approach that integrates GPCR modeling with design, synthesis, and screening of a diverse library of sugar-based compounds from the VAST technology (versatile assembly on stable templates) to provide structural insights on the MCH-1R binding site. This approach creates a cost-efficient new avenue for structure-based drug discovery (SBDD) against GPCR targets. In our work, a primary VAST hit was used to construct a high-quality MCH-1R model. Following model validation, a structure-based virtual screen yielded a 14% hit rate and 10 novel chemotypes of potent MCH-1R antagonists, including EOAI3367472 (IC50 = 131 nM) and EOAI3367474 (IC50 = 213 nM).


Assuntos
Fármacos Antiobesidade/farmacologia , Carboidratos/farmacologia , Desenho de Fármacos , Obesidade/tratamento farmacológico , Receptores de Somatostatina/antagonistas & inibidores , Bibliotecas de Moléculas Pequenas/farmacologia , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Fármacos Antiobesidade/síntese química , Fármacos Antiobesidade/química , Fármacos Antiobesidade/uso terapêutico , Sítios de Ligação , Carboidratos/síntese química , Carboidratos/química , Carboidratos/uso terapêutico , Avaliação Pré-Clínica de Medicamentos , Humanos , Modelos Moleculares , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Conformação Proteica , Receptores de Somatostatina/química , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Bibliotecas de Moléculas Pequenas/química , Bibliotecas de Moléculas Pequenas/uso terapêutico , Interface Usuário-Computador
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J Med Chem ; 53(15): 5576-86, 2010 Aug 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20684600

RESUMO

Success in discovering bioactive peptide mimetics is often limited by the difficulties in correctly transposing known binding elements of the active peptide onto a small and metabolically more stable scaffold while maintaining bioactivity. Here we describe a scanning approach using a library of pyranose-based peptidomimetics that is structurally diverse in a systematic manner, designed to cover all possible conformations of tripeptide motifs containing two aromatic groups and one positive charge. Structural diversity was achieved by efficient selection of various chemoforms, characterized by a choice of pyranose scaffold of defined chirality and substitution pattern. A systematic scanning library of 490 compounds was thus designed, produced, and screened in vitro for activity at the somatostatin (sst(1-5)) and melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH(1)) receptors. Bioactive compounds were found for each target, with specific chemoform preferences identified in each case, which can be used to guide follow-on drug discovery projects without the need for scaffold hopping.


Assuntos
Monossacarídeos/química , Oligopeptídeos/química , Aminoácidos/química , Animais , Ligação Competitiva , Células CHO , Cricetinae , Cricetulus , Bases de Dados Factuais , Humanos , Modelos Moleculares , Conformação Molecular , Mimetismo Molecular , Monossacarídeos/farmacologia , Oligopeptídeos/farmacologia , Ensaio Radioligante , Receptores de Somatostatina/antagonistas & inibidores , Estereoisomerismo , Relação Estrutura-Atividade
3.
J Org Chem ; 75(1): 197-203, 2010 Jan 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19961235

RESUMO

The pyranose scaffold is unique in its ability to position pharmacophore substituents in various ways in 3D space, and unique pharmacophore scanning libraries could be envisaged that focus on scanning topography rather than diversity in the type of substituents. Approaches have been described that make use of amine and acid functionalities on the pyranose scaffolds to append substituents, and this has enabled the generation of libraries of significant structural diversity. Our general aim was to generate libraries of pyranose-based drug-like mimetics, where the substituents are held close to the scaffold, in order to obtain molecules with better defined positions for the pharmacophore substituents. Here we describe the development of a versatile synthetic route toward peptide mimetics build on 2-amino pyranose scaffolds. The method allows introduction of a wide range of substituent types, it is regio- and stereospecific, and the later diversity steps are performed on solid phase. Further, the same process was applied on glucose and allose scaffolds, in the exemplified cases, and is likely adaptable to other pyranose building blocks. The methods developed in this work give access to molecules that position the three selected binding elements in various 3D orientations on a pyranose scaffold and have been applied for the production of a systematically diverse library of several hundred monosaccharide-based mimetics.


Assuntos
Aminas/química , Monossacarídeos/química , Monossacarídeos/síntese química , Peptídeos/química , Peptídeos/síntese química , Açúcares Ácidos/química , Açúcares Ácidos/síntese química , Técnicas de Química Combinatória , Glicosilação , Espectroscopia de Ressonância Magnética , Estrutura Molecular
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J Photochem Photobiol B ; 86(3): 272-8, 2007 Mar 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17227713

RESUMO

Two series of functionalized hydroxy-salen-copper(II) complexes with various side chain lengths have been synthesized. The first one is characterised by amino side chain protected by the tert-butyloxycarbonyl group (Boc) whereas, the second series is obtained by removal of the Boc-protecting group under acidic conditions and formation instead of it an ammonium salt. EPR studies were carried out on the copper(II) complexes. EPR signals attributed to monomers and dimers of Cu2+ species were evidenced. Determination of the copper(II) environment in each complex was attempted using all the experimental results. Square planar and tetrahedral symmetries were found for the copper(II) monomers. From the fine structure observed for the pair signal, the distance between the Cu2+ ions in the pair has been calculated (3.9-4.3A). From these values, it seems that the formation of pairs is obtained by a face-to-face bimolecular association.


Assuntos
DNA/efeitos dos fármacos , Espectroscopia de Ressonância de Spin Eletrônica , Compostos Organometálicos/química , Compostos Organometálicos/síntese química
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J Biol Inorg Chem ; 9(3): 345-53, 2004 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15024636

RESUMO

Oxovanadium(IV) complexes of hydroxysalen derivatives have been prepared and tested as DNA reactive agents. The nuclease activity has been investigated under oxidative or reducing conditions, on the basis of the various oxidation states of vanadium: V(III), V(IV) and V(V). In the absence of an activating agent, none of the compounds tested was able to induce cleavage of DNA, whereas in the presence of mercaptopropionic acid (MPA) or Oxone the four complexes induced DNA modifications. Under both conditions, the para-hydroxy complex was found to be the most active compound. Reaction of these salen complexes with DNA occurs essentially at guanine residues and is more efficient in the presence of Oxone than under reducing conditions. The extent of Oxone-mediated DNA oxidation by the four vanadyl complexes was clearly superior to VOSO(4) and was observed without piperidine treatment. EPR studies provided information on the reactive metal-oxo species involved under each conditions and a mechanism of reaction with DNA is discussed.


Assuntos
DNA Super-Helicoidal/química , Etilenodiaminas/química , Etilenodiaminas/metabolismo , Vanadatos/química , Vanadatos/metabolismo , DNA Super-Helicoidal/metabolismo , Espectroscopia de Ressonância de Spin Eletrônica/métodos , Análise de Sequência de DNA , Detecção de Spin/métodos , Ácidos Sulfúricos/química
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