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Zhao X, Zhao X, Di W, Wang C. Inhibitors of Cyclophilin A: Current and Anticipated Pharmaceutical Agents for Inflammatory Diseases and Cancers. Molecules 2024; 29:1235. [PMID: 38542872 PMCID: PMC10974348 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29061235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2024] [Revised: 03/02/2024] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 04/07/2024] Open
Abstract
Cyclophilin A, a widely prevalent cellular protein, exhibits peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase activity. This protein is predominantly located in the cytosol; additionally, it can be secreted by the cells in response to inflammatory stimuli. Cyclophilin A has been identified to be a key player in many of the biological events and is therefore involved in several diseases, including vascular and inflammatory diseases, immune disorders, aging, and cancers. It represents an attractive target for therapeutic intervention with small molecule inhibitors such as cyclosporin A. Recently, a number of novel inhibitors of cyclophilin A have emerged. However, it remains elusive whether and how many cyclophilin A inhibitors function in the inflammatory diseases and cancers. In this review, we discuss current available data about cyclophilin A inhibitors, including cyclosporin A and its derivatives, quinoxaline derivatives, and peptide analogues, and outline the most recent advances in clinical trials of these agents. Inhibitors of cyclophilin A are poised to enhance our comprehension of the molecular mechanisms that underpin inflammatory diseases and cancers associated with cyclophilin A. This advancement will aid in the development of innovative pharmaceutical treatments in the future.
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- Xuemei Zhao
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Ji’nan 250000, China; (X.Z.); (W.D.)
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Ji’nan 250000, China; (X.Z.); (W.D.)
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Ji’nan 250000, China; (X.Z.); (W.D.)
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Ji’nan 250000, China; (X.Z.); (W.D.)
- Medical Science and Technology Innovation Center, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Ji’nan 250000, China
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Kahlert V, Prell E, Ohlenschläger O, Melesina J, Schumann M, Lücke C, Fischer G, Malešević M. Synthesis and biochemical evaluation of two novel N-hydroxyalkylated cyclosporin A analogs. Org Biomol Chem 2018; 16:4338-4349. [DOI: 10.1039/c8ob00980e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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N-Hydroxyalkylation of cyclosporine A residues Val5 and d-Ala8 significantly influenced their conformation behavior and pharmacological properties.
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- Viktoria Kahlert
- Max Planck Research Unit for Enzymology of Protein Folding
- 06120 Halle/Saale
- Germany
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- Max Planck Research Unit for Enzymology of Protein Folding
- 06120 Halle/Saale
- Germany
- Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
- Göttingen
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- Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
- Institute of Pharmacy
- Medicinal Chemistry department
- 06120 Halle
- Germany
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- Max Planck Research Unit for Enzymology of Protein Folding
- 06120 Halle/Saale
- Germany
- Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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- Max Planck Research Unit for Enzymology of Protein Folding
- 06120 Halle/Saale
- Germany
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- Max Planck Research Unit for Enzymology of Protein Folding
- 06120 Halle/Saale
- Germany
- Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
- Göttingen
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- Max Planck Research Unit for Enzymology of Protein Folding
- 06120 Halle/Saale
- Germany
- Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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Identification of Quorum-Sensing Inhibitors Disrupting Signaling between Rgg and Short Hydrophobic Peptides in Streptococci. mBio 2015; 6:e00393-15. [PMID: 25968646 PMCID: PMC4436074 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00393-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Bacteria coordinate a variety of social behaviors, important for both environmental and pathogenic bacteria, through a process of intercellular chemical signaling known as quorum sensing (QS). As microbial resistance to antibiotics grows more common, a critical need has emerged to develop novel anti-infective therapies, such as an ability to attenuate bacterial pathogens by means of QS interference. Rgg quorum-sensing pathways, widespread in the phylum Firmicutes, employ cytoplasmic pheromone receptors (Rgg transcription factors) that directly bind and elicit gene expression responses to imported peptide signals. In the human-restricted pathogen Streptococcus pyogenes, the Rgg2/Rgg3 regulatory circuit controls biofilm development in response to the short hydrophobic peptides SHP2 and SHP3. Using Rgg-SHP as a model receptor-ligand target, we sought to identify chemical compounds that could specifically inhibit Rgg quorum-sensing circuits. Individual compounds from a diverse library of known drugs and drug-like molecules were screened for their ability to disrupt complexes of Rgg and FITC (fluorescein isothiocyanate)-conjugated SHP using a fluorescence polarization (FP) assay. The best hits were found to bind Rgg3 in vitro with submicromolar affinities, to specifically abolish transcription of Rgg2/3-controlled genes, and to prevent biofilm development in S. pyogenes without affecting bacterial growth. Furthermore, the top hit, cyclosporine A, as well as its nonimmunosuppressive analog, valspodar, inhibited Rgg-SHP pathways in multiple species of Streptococcus. The Rgg-FITC-peptide-based screen provides a platform to identify inhibitors specific for each Rgg type. Discovery of Rgg inhibitors constitutes a step toward the goal of manipulating bacterial behavior for purposes of improving health. The global emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections necessitates discovery not only of new antimicrobials but also of novel drug targets. Since antibiotics restrict microbial growth, strong selective pressures to develop resistance emerge quickly in bacteria. A new strategy to fight microbial infections has been proposed, namely, development of therapies that decrease pathogenicity of invading organisms while not directly inhibiting their growth, thus decreasing selective pressure to establish resistance. One possible means to this goal is to interfere with chemical communication networks used by bacteria to coordinate group behaviors, which can include the synchronized expression of genes that lead to disease. In this study, we identified chemical compounds that disrupt communication pathways regulated by Rgg proteins in species of Streptococcus. Treatment of cultures of S. pyogenes with the inhibitors diminished the development of biofilms, demonstrating an ability to control bacterial behavior with chemicals that do not inhibit growth.
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Semi-synthesis of cyclosporins. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2015; 1850:2121-44. [PMID: 25707381 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2015.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2014] [Revised: 02/11/2015] [Accepted: 02/13/2015] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Since its isolation in 1970, and discovery of its potent inhibitory activity on T-cell proliferation, cyclosporin A (CsA) has been shown to play a significant role in diverse fields of biology. Furthermore, chemical modification of CsA has led to analogs with distinct biological activities associated with its protein receptor family, cyclophilins. SCOPE OF REVIEW This review systematically collates the synthetic chemistry performed at each of the eleven amino acids, and provides examples of the utility of such transformations. The various modifications of CsA are traced from early, modest chemistry performed at the unique Bmt residue, through the remarkable use of a polyanion enolate that can be stereoselectively manipulated, and onto application of more recently developed olefin metathesis chemistry to prepare new CsA derivatives with unexpected biological activity. MAJOR CONCLUSIONS The myriad biological activities of CsA and its synthetic derivatives have inspired the development of new approaches to modify the CsA ring. In turn, these new CsA derivatives have served as tools in the discovery of new roles for cyclophilins. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE This review provides information on the types of cyclosporin derivatives that are available to the many biologists working in this field, and should be of value to the medicinal chemist trying to discover drugs based on CsA. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled Proline-directed foldases: Cell signaling catalysts and drug targets.
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Peel M, Scribner A. Optimization of Cyclophilin Inhibitors for Use in Antiviral Therapy. SUCCESSFUL STRATEGIES FOR THE DISCOVERY OF ANTIVIRAL DRUGS 2013. [DOI: 10.1039/9781849737814-00384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Cyclophilins are members of the Propyl Peptidase Isomerase (PPIase) family of proteins and have recently been found to be required for efficient replication and/or infectivity of several viruses. Cyclosporine A (CsA), the prototypical inhibitor of cyclophilins has shown good activity against several key viruses, including HIV‐1 and HCV, however the immunosuppressive activity of CsA precludes its use as an effective anti‐viral agent. Structural information derived from the ternary complex formed by CsA, cyclophilin A and calcineurin has allowed the design of non‐immunosuppressive derivatives of CsA that retain, and in some cases improve, antiviral activity toward hepatitis C. Chemical modification of CsA has led to compounds with improved pharmacokinetic properties and with reduced drug‐drug interaction potential. Non‐CsA derived inhibitors of cyclophilin A have recently been identified and hold promise as synthetically more tractable leads for cyclophilin‐based discovery projects.
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- Michael Peel
- SCYNEXIS Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 USA
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Human neural stem cells and astrocytes, but not neurons, suppress an allogeneic lymphocyte response. Stem Cell Res 2008; 2:56-67. [PMID: 19383409 DOI: 10.1016/j.scr.2008.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2008] [Revised: 06/04/2008] [Accepted: 06/28/2008] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Transplantation of human neural stem cells (NSCs) and their derivatives is a promising future treatment for neurodegenerative disease and traumatic nervous system lesions. An important issue is what kind of immunological reaction the cellular transplant and host interaction will result in. Previously, we reported that human NSCs, despite expressing MHC class I and class II molecules, do not trigger an allogeneic T cell response. Here, the immunocompetence of human NSCs, as well as differentiated neural cells, was further studied. Astrocytes expressed both MHC class I and class II molecules to a degree equivalent to that of the NSCs, whereas neurons expressed only MHC class I molecules. Neither the NSCs nor the differentiated cells triggered an allogeneic lymphocyte response. Instead, these potential donor NSCs and astrocytes, but not the neurons, exhibited a suppressive effect on an allogeneic immune response. The suppressive effect mediated by NSCs most likely involves cell-cell interaction. When the immunogenicity of human NSCs was tested in an acute spinal cord injury model in rodent, a xenogeneic rejection response was triggered. Thus, human NSCs and their derived astrocytes do not initiate, but instead suppress, an allogeneic response, while they cannot block a graft rejection in a xenogeneic setting.
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Ibarra A, Hernández E, Lomeli J, Pineda D, Buenrostro M, Martiñón S, Garcia E, Flores N, Guizar-Sahagun G, Correa D, Madrazo I. Cyclosporin-A enhances non-functional axonal growing after complete spinal cord transection. Brain Res 2007; 1149:200-9. [PMID: 17382306 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.02.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2006] [Revised: 02/17/2007] [Accepted: 02/21/2007] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Therapeutic approaches that promote both neuroprotection and neuroregeneration would be valuable for spinal cord (SC) injury therapies. Cyclosporin-A (CsA) is an immunosuppressant that, due to its mechanism of action, could both protect and regenerate the neural tissue after injury. Previous studies have already demonstrated that intraperitoneal administration of CsA at a dose of 2.5 mg/kg/12 h during the first 2 days after SC contusion, followed by 5 mg/kg/12 h orally, diminishes tissue damage and improves motor recovery. In order to evaluate the effect of this CsA dosing regimen on axonal growth, we assessed motor recovery, presence of axons establishing functional connections and expression of GAP-43 in rats subjected to a complete SC transection. The Basso-Beattie-Bresnahan rating scale did not show difference in motor recovery of CsA or vehicle-treated rats. Moreover, somato-sensorial evoked potentials demonstrated no functional connections in the SC of these animals. Nevertheless, histological studies showed that: i) a significant number of CsA-treated rats presented growing axons, although they deviated perpendicularly at the edge of the stumps, surrounding them, ii) the expression of GAP-43 in animals treated with CsA was higher than that observed in the control group. Finally, anterograde tracing of the corticospinal tract of rats subjected to an incomplete SC transection showed no axonal fibers reaching the caudal stump. In summary, CsA administered at the dosing-regimen that promotes neuroprotection in SC contused rats induces both GAP-43 expression and axonal growth; however, it failed to generate functional connections in SC transected animals.
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- Antonio Ibarra
- Unidad de Investigación Médica en Enfermedades Neurológicas, HE, CMN Siglo XXI, IMSS, Av. Cuauhtemoc No. 330, Col. Doctores, C.P. 06720, México City, Mexico.
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Wear MA, Patterson A, Malone K, Dunsmore C, Turner NJ, Walkinshaw MD. A surface plasmon resonance-based assay for small molecule inhibitors of human cyclophilin A. Anal Biochem 2006; 345:214-26. [PMID: 16102717 PMCID: PMC7094681 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2005.06.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2005] [Revised: 06/17/2005] [Accepted: 06/22/2005] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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A simple protocol for generating a highly stable and active surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor surface of recombinant human hexahistidine cyclophilin A (His-CypA) is described. The sensor surface was sensitive and stable enough to allow, for the first time, the screening and ranking of several novel small-molecule (Mr ∼250–500 Da) ligands in a competition binding assay with cyclosporin A (CsA). It also allowed us to accurately determine the kinetic rate constants for the interaction between His-CypA and CsA. His-CypA was first captured on a Ni2+–nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA) sensor chip and was then briefly covalently stabilized, coupling via primary amines. The significant baseline drift observed due to dissociation of weakly bound His-CypA from the Ni2+–NTA moiety was eliminated, resulting in a surface that was stable for at least 36 h. In addition, immobilized protein activity levels were high, typically between 85 and 95%, assayed by the interaction between His-CypA and CsA. The mean equilibrium dissociation constant for CsA (KdCsA) binding to the immobilized His-CypA was 23 ± 6 nM, with on and off rates of 0.53 ± 0.1 μM−1 s−1 and 1.2 ± 0.1 (×10−2) s−1, respectively. These values agree well with the values for the corresponding binding constants determined from steady-state and kinetic fluorescence titrations in solution.
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- Martin A. Wear
- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, UK
- Corresponding author.
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Edlich F, Fischer G. Pharmacological targeting of catalyzed protein folding: the example of peptide bond cis/trans isomerases. Handb Exp Pharmacol 2005:359-404. [PMID: 16610367 DOI: 10.1007/3-540-29717-0_15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Peptide bond isomerases are involved in important physiological processes that can be targeted in order to treat neurodegenerative disease, cancer, diseases of the immune system, allergies, and many others. The folding helper enzyme class of Peptidyl-Prolyl-cis/trans Isomerases (PPIases) contains the three enzyme families of cyclophilins (Cyps), FK506 binding proteins (FKBPs), and parvulins (Pars). Although they are structurally unrelated, all PPIases catalyze the cis/trans isomerization of the peptide bond preceding the proline in a polypeptide chain. This process not only plays an important role in de novo protein folding, but also in isomerization of native proteins. The native state isomerization plays a role in physiological processes by influencing receptor ligand recognition or isomer-specific enzyme reaction or by regulating protein function by catalyzing the switch between native isomers differing in their activity, e.g., ion channel regulation. Therefore elucidating PPIase involvement in physiological processes and development of specific inhibitors will be a suitable attempt to design therapies for fatal and deadly diseases.
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- F Edlich
- Max-Planck Research Unit for Enzymology of Protein Folding, Halle/Saale, Germany
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Howard BA, Furumai R, Campa MJ, Rabbani ZN, Vujaskovic Z, Wang XF, Patz EF. Stable RNA Interference–Mediated Suppression of Cyclophilin A Diminishes Non–Small-Cell Lung Tumor Growth In vivo. Cancer Res 2005; 65:8853-60. [PMID: 16204056 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-05-1219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Cyclophilin A (CypA) was recently reported to be overexpressed in non-small-cell lung cancer, and represents a potentially novel therapeutic target. To determine the role of CypA in oncogenesis, stable RNA interference (RNAi)-mediated knockdown of CypA was established in two non-small-cell lung cancer cell lines (ADLC-5M2 and LC-103H), and these cells were grown as xenografts in severe combined immunodeficient mice. Tumor cell proliferation, apoptosis, and angiogenesis were measured by Ki67, terminal deoxyribonucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling, and CD31 immunohistochemistry, respectively. Tumor glucose metabolism was assessed by fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography imaging. Knockdown of CypA correlated in vivo with slower growth, less fluorodeoxyglucose uptake, decreased proliferation, and a greater degree of apoptosis in the tumors. These results establish the relevance of CypA to tumor growth in vivo, specifically to proliferation and apoptosis. Elucidation of the precise role of CypA in these pathways may lead to new targeted therapies for lung cancer.
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- Brandon A Howard
- Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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