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Mehta NV, Degani MS. The expanding repertoire of covalent warheads for drug discovery. Drug Discov Today 2023; 28:103799. [PMID: 37839776 DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2023.103799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2023] [Revised: 10/04/2023] [Accepted: 10/10/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023]
Abstract
The reactive functionalities of drugs that engage in covalent interactions with the enzyme/receptor residue in either a reversible or an irreversible manner are called 'warheads'. Covalent warheads that were previously neglected because of safety concerns have recently gained center stage as a result of their various advantages over noncovalent drugs, including increased selectivity, increased residence time, and higher potency. With the approval of several covalent inhibitors over the past decade, research in this area has accelerated. Various strategies are being continuously developed to tune the characteristics of warheads to improve their potency and mitigate toxicity. Here, we review research progress in warhead discovery over the past 5 years to provide valuable insights for future drug discovery.
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- Namrashee V Mehta
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology, Nathalal Parekh Marg, Matunga, Mumbai 400019, Maharashtra, India.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology, Nathalal Parekh Marg, Matunga, Mumbai 400019, Maharashtra, India.
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Leitans J, Kazaks A, Bogans J, Supuran CT, Akopjana I, Ivanova J, Zalubovskis R, Tars K. Structural Basis of Saccharin Derivative Inhibition of Carbonic Anhydrase IX. ChemMedChem 2023; 18:e202300454. [PMID: 37837260 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202300454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2023] [Revised: 10/12/2023] [Accepted: 10/13/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023]
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This study explores the binding mechanisms of saccharin derivatives with human carbonic anhydrase IX (hCA IX), an antitumor drug target, with the aim of facilitating the design of potent and selective inhibitors. Through the use of crystallographic analysis, we investigate the structures of hCA IX-saccharin derivative complexes, unveiling their unique binding modes that exhibit both similarities to sulfonamides and distinct orientations of the ligand tail. Our comprehensive structural insights provide information regarding the crucial interactions between the ligands and the protein, shedding light on interactions that dictate inhibitor binding and selectivity. Through a comparative analysis of the binding modes observed in hCA II and hCA IX, isoform-specific interactions are identified, offering promising strategies for the development of isoform-selective inhibitors that specifically target tumor-associated hCA IX. The findings of this study significantly deepen our understanding of the binding mechanisms of hCA inhibitors, laying a solid foundation for the rational design of more effective inhibitors.
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- Janis Leitans
- Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Center, Ratsupites 1, 1067, Riga, Latvia
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- Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Center, Ratsupites 1, 1067, Riga, Latvia
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- Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Center, Ratsupites 1, 1067, Riga, Latvia
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- NEUROFARBA Department, Sezione di Scienze Farmaceutiche, University of Florence, Via Ugo Schiff 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Center, Ratsupites 1, 1067, Riga, Latvia
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- Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, Aizkraukles 21, 1006, Riga, Latvia
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- Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, Aizkraukles 21, 1006, Riga, Latvia
- Institute of Technology of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Materials Science and Applied Chemistry, Riga Technical University, P. Valdena iela 3, 1048, Riga, Latvia
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- Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Center, Ratsupites 1, 1067, Riga, Latvia
- Faculty of Biology, University of Latvia, Jelgavas 1, Riga, 1004, Riga, Latvia
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Abdoli M, Bonardi A, Paoletti N, Aspatwar A, Parkkila S, Gratteri P, Supuran CT, Žalubovskis R. Inhibition Studies on Human and Mycobacterial Carbonic Anhydrases with N-((4-Sulfamoylphenyl)carbamothioyl) Amides. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28104020. [PMID: 37241761 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28104020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2023] [Revised: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 05/09/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
Abstract
A library of structurally diverse N-((4-sulfamoylphenyl)carbamothioyl) amides was synthesized by selective acylation of easily accessible 4-thioureidobenzenesulfonamide with various aliphatic, benzylic, vinylic and aromatic acyl chlorides under mild conditions. Inhibition of three α-class cytosolic human (h) carbonic anhydrases (CAs) (EC 4.2.1.1); that is, hCA I, hCA II and hCA VII and three bacterial β-CAs from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MtCA1-MtCA3) with these sulfonamides was thereafter investigated in vitro and in silico. Many of the evaluated compounds displayed better inhibition against hCA I (KI = 13.3-87.6 nM), hCA II (KI = 5.3-384.3 nM), and hCA VII (KI = 1.1-13.5 nM) compared with acetazolamide (AAZ) as the control drug (KI values of 250, 12.5 and 2.5 nM, respectively, against hCA I, hCA II and hCA VII). The mycobacterial enzymes MtCA1 and MtCA2 were also effectively inhibited by these compounds. MtCA3 was, on the other hand, poorly inhibited by the sulfonamides reported here. The most sensitive mycobacterial enzyme to these inhibitors was MtCA2 in which 10 of the 12 evaluated compounds showed KIs (KI, the inhibitor constant) in the low nanomolar range.
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- Morteza Abdoli
- Institute of Technology of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Materials Science and Applied Chemistry, Riga Technical University, LV-1048 Riga, Latvia
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- Neurofarba Department, Universitàdegli Studi di Firenze, 50019 Florence, Italy
- Laboratory of Molecular Modeling Cheminformatics & QSAR, Neurofarba Department, Università degli Studi di Firenze, 50019 Florence, Italy
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- Neurofarba Department, Universitàdegli Studi di Firenze, 50019 Florence, Italy
- Laboratory of Molecular Modeling Cheminformatics & QSAR, Neurofarba Department, Università degli Studi di Firenze, 50019 Florence, Italy
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, 33520 Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, 33520 Tampere, Finland
- Fimlab Ltd., Tampere University Hospital, 33520 Tampere, Finland
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- Laboratory of Molecular Modeling Cheminformatics & QSAR, Neurofarba Department, Università degli Studi di Firenze, 50019 Florence, Italy
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- Neurofarba Department, Universitàdegli Studi di Firenze, 50019 Florence, Italy
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- Institute of Technology of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Materials Science and Applied Chemistry, Riga Technical University, LV-1048 Riga, Latvia
- Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, LV-1006 Riga, Latvia
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A Combined in Silico and Structural Study Opens New Perspectives on Aliphatic Sulfonamides, a Still Poorly Investigated Class of CA Inhibitors. BIOLOGY 2023; 12:biology12020281. [PMID: 36829558 PMCID: PMC9953064 DOI: 10.3390/biology12020281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2023] [Revised: 02/03/2023] [Accepted: 02/08/2023] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
Abstract
Aliphatic sulfonamides are an interesting class of carbonic anhydrase inhibitors (CAIs) proven to be effective for several carbonic anhydrase (CA) isoforms involved in pathologic states. Here we report the crystallographic structures of hCA II in complex with two aliphatic sulfonamides incorporating coumarin rings, which showed a good inhibition and selectivity for this isoform. Although these two molecules have a very similar chemical structure, differing only in the substitution of the two aliphatic hydrogen atoms with two fluorine atoms, they adopt a significantly different binding mode within the enzyme active site. Theoretical binding free energy calculations, performed to rationalize these data, showed that a delicate balance of electrostatic and steric effects modulate the protein-ligand interactions. Data presented here can be fruitfully used for the rational design of novel and effective isozyme-specific inhibitor molecules.
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Ivanova J, Abdoli M, Nocentini A, Žalubovskis R, Supuran CT. 1,2,3-Benzoxathiazine-2,2-dioxides – effective inhibitors of human carbonic anhydrases. J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem 2023; 38:225-238. [DOI: 10.1080/14756366.2022.2142787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Applied Chemistry, Institute of Technology of Organic Chemistry, Riga Technical University, Riga, Latvia
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- Neurofarba Department, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy
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- Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, Riga, Latvia
- Faculty of Materials Science and Applied Chemistry, Institute of Technology of Organic Chemistry, Riga Technical University, Riga, Latvia
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- Neurofarba Department, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy
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Benzenesulfonamides Incorporating Hydantoin Moieties Effectively Inhibit Eukaryoticand Human Carbonic Anhydrases. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms232214115. [PMID: 36430592 PMCID: PMC9696710 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232214115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Revised: 11/11/2022] [Accepted: 11/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
A series of novel 1-(4-benzenesulfonamide)-3-alkyl/benzyl-hydantoin derivatives were synthesized and evaluated for the inhibition of eukaryotic and human carbonic anhydrases (CAs, EC 4.2.1.1). The prepared compounds were screened for their hCA inhibitory activities against three cytosolic isoforms as well as two β-CAs from fungal pathogens. The best inhibition was observed against hCA II and VII as well as Candida glabrata enzyme CgNce103. hCA I and Malassezia globosa MgCA enzymes were, on the other hand, less effectively inhibited by these compounds. The inhibitory potency of these compounds against CAs was found to be dependent on the electronic and steric effects of substituent groups on the N3-position of the hydantoin ring, which included alkyl, alkenyl and substituted benzyl moieties. The interesting results against CgNce103 make the compounds of interest for investigations in vivo as potential antifungals.
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Wen W, Cao H, Xu Y, Ren Y, Rao L, Shao X, Chen H, Wu L, Liu J, Su C, Peng C, Huang Y, Wan J. N-Acylamino Saccharin as an Emerging Cysteine-Directed Covalent Warhead and Its Application in the Identification of Novel FBPase Inhibitors toward Glucose Reduction. J Med Chem 2022; 65:9126-9143. [PMID: 35786925 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c00336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
With a resurgence of covalent drugs, there is an urgent need for the identification of new moieties capable of cysteine bond formation. Herein, we report on the N-acylamino saccharin moieties capable of novel covalent reactions with cysteine. Their utility as alternative electrophilic warheads was demonstrated through the covalent modification of fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (FBPase), a promising target associated with cancer and type 2 diabetes. The cocrystal structure of title compound W8 bound with FBPase unexpectedly revealed that the N-acylamino saccharin moiety worked as an electrophile warhead that covalently modified the noncatalytic C128 site in FBPase while releasing saccharin, suggesting a previously undiscovered covalent reaction mechanism of saccharin derivatives with cysteine. Treatment of title compound W8 displayed potent inhibition of glucose production in vitro and in vivo. This newly discovered reactive warhead supplements the current repertoire of cysteine covalent modifiers while avoiding some of the limitations generally associated with established moieties.
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- Wuqiang Wen
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology (CCNU), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology (CCNU), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of New Drug Design, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology (CCNU), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology (CCNU), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology (CCNU), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology (CCNU), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology (CCNU), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology (CCNU), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- National Facility for Protein Science in Shanghai, Zhangjiang Lab, Shanghai 201210, China
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- National Facility for Protein Science in Shanghai, Zhangjiang Lab, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology (CCNU), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of New Drug Design, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology (CCNU), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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Abdoli M, Giovannuzzi S, Supuran CT, Žalubovskis R. 4-(3-Alkyl/benzyl-guanidino)benzenesulfonamides as selective carbonic anhydrase VII inhibitors. J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem 2022; 37:1568-1576. [PMID: 35635139 PMCID: PMC9154774 DOI: 10.1080/14756366.2022.2080816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/29/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Morteza Abdoli
- Faculty of Materials Science and Applied Chemistry, Institute of Technology of Organic Chemistry, Riga Technical University, Riga, Latvia
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- Neurofarba Department, Universita Degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy
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- Neurofarba Department, Universita Degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Applied Chemistry, Institute of Technology of Organic Chemistry, Riga Technical University, Riga, Latvia
- Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, Riga, Latvia
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Karges J, Stokes RW, Cohen SM. Computational Prediction of the Binding Pose of Metal-Binding Pharmacophores. ACS Med Chem Lett 2022; 13:428-435. [PMID: 35300086 PMCID: PMC8919381 DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.1c00584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2021] [Accepted: 02/14/2022] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
Abstract
Computational modeling of inhibitors for metalloenzymes in virtual drug development campaigns has proven challenging. To overcome this limitation, a technique for predicting the binding pose of metal-binding pharmacophores (MBPs) is presented. Using a combination of density functional theory (DFT) calculations and docking using a genetic algorithm, inhibitor binding was evaluated in silico and compared with inhibitor-enzyme cocrystal structures. The predicted binding poses were found to be consistent with the cocrystal structures. The computational strategy presented represents a useful tool for predicting metalloenzyme-MBP interactions.
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- Johannes Karges
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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Akgül Ö, Lucarini E, Mannelli LDC, Ghelardini C, D'Ambrosio K, Buonanno M, Monti SM, De Simone G, Angeli A, Supuran CT, Carta F. Sultam based Carbonic Anhydrase VII inhibitors for the management of neuropathic pain. Eur J Med Chem 2022; 227:113956. [PMID: 34731762 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.113956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2021] [Revised: 10/24/2021] [Accepted: 10/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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We report a series of compounds 1-17 derived from the antiepileptic drug Sulthiame (SLT) from which both the benzenesulfonamide and the sultam moiety were retained. All compounds were tested in vitro for their inhibition activity against the human (h) Carbonic Anhydrase (CA; EC 4.2.1.1) I, II, VII, IX and XII isoforms. Among the series, derivatives 1 and 11 showed great enhancement of both inhibition potency and selectivity towards the hCA VII isoform, when compared to the reference SLT drug. The binding mode of 11 within the hCA VII active site was deciphered by means of X-ray crystallography and revealed the sultam moiety being exposed to the rim of the active site. In vivo experiments on a model of neuropathic pain induced by oxaliplatin clearly showed 11 being an effective pain relieving agent and therefore worth of further exploitation towards the validation of the hCA VII as new target for the management of neuropathies.
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- Özlem Akgül
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ege University, 35100, Bornova, İzmir, Turkey
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- NEUROFARBA Department, Section of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Viale Pieraccini 6, 50139, Florence, Italy
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- NEUROFARBA Department, Section of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Viale Pieraccini 6, 50139, Florence, Italy
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- NEUROFARBA Department, Section of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Viale Pieraccini 6, 50139, Florence, Italy
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- Institute of Biostructures and Bioimaging, CNR, via Mezzocannone 16, 80134, Naples, Italy
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- Institute of Biostructures and Bioimaging, CNR, via Mezzocannone 16, 80134, Naples, Italy
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- Institute of Biostructures and Bioimaging, CNR, via Mezzocannone 16, 80134, Naples, Italy
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- Institute of Biostructures and Bioimaging, CNR, via Mezzocannone 16, 80134, Naples, Italy
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- Università degli Studi di Firenze, NEUROFARBA Dept., Sezione di Scienze Farmaceutiche e Nutraceutiche, Via Ugo Schiff 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino (Florence), Italy
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- Università degli Studi di Firenze, NEUROFARBA Dept., Sezione di Scienze Farmaceutiche e Nutraceutiche, Via Ugo Schiff 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino (Florence), Italy
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- Università degli Studi di Firenze, NEUROFARBA Dept., Sezione di Scienze Farmaceutiche e Nutraceutiche, Via Ugo Schiff 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino (Florence), Italy.
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Guglielmi P, Rotondi G, Secci D, Angeli A, Chimenti P, Nocentini A, Bonardi A, Gratteri P, Carradori S, Supuran CT. Novel insights on saccharin- and acesulfame-based carbonic anhydrase inhibitors: design, synthesis, modelling investigations and biological activity evaluation. J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem 2021; 35:1891-1905. [PMID: 33003975 PMCID: PMC7580763 DOI: 10.1080/14756366.2020.1828401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
Abstract
A large library of saccharin and acesulfame derivatives has been synthesised and evaluated against four isoforms of human carbonic anhydrase, the two off-targets hCA I/II and the tumour related isoforms hCA IX/XII. Different strategies of scaffold modification have been attempted on both saccharin as well as acesulfame core leading to the obtainment of 60 compounds. Some of them exhibited inhibitory activity in the nanomolar range, albeit some of the performed changes led to either micromolar activity or to its absence, against hCA IX/XII. Molecular modelling studies focused the attention on the binding mode of these compounds to the enzyme. The proposed inhibition mechanism is the anchoring to zinc-bound water molecule. Docking studies along with molecular dynamics also underlined the importance of the compounds flexibility (e.g. achieved through the insertion of methylene group) which favoured potent and selective hCA inhibition.
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- Paolo Guglielmi
- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Neurofarba Department, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.,Centre of Advanced Research in Bionanoconjugates and Biopolymers Department, "Petru Poni" Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Iasi, Romania
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Neurofarba Department, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.,Neurofarba Department, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, Laboratory of Molecular Modeling Cheminformatics & QSAR University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino Italy
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- Neurofarba Department, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.,Neurofarba Department, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, Laboratory of Molecular Modeling Cheminformatics & QSAR University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino Italy
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- Neurofarba Department, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.,Neurofarba Department, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, Laboratory of Molecular Modeling Cheminformatics & QSAR University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Neurofarba Department, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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Pustenko A, Nocentini A, Gratteri P, Bonardi A, Vozny I, Žalubovskis R, Supuran CT. The antibiotic furagin and its derivatives are isoform-selective human carbonic anhydrase inhibitors. J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem 2020; 35:1011-1020. [PMID: 32297543 PMCID: PMC7178874 DOI: 10.1080/14756366.2020.1752201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
The clinically used antibiotic Furagin and its derivatives possess inhibitory activity on human (h) carbonic anhydrases (CA, EC 4.2.1.1), some of which are highly expressed in various tissues and malignancies (hCA IX/XII). Furagin exhibited good hCA IX and XII inhibition with KIs of 260 and 57 nM, respectively. It does not inhibit off-target CA I and poorly inhibited CA II (KI = 9.6 μM). Some synthesised Furagin derivatives with aminohydantoin moieties as zinc binding group exhibited weak inhibition of CA I/II, and good inhibition of CA IX/XII with KIs ranging from 350 to 7400 and 150 to 5600 nM, respectively. Docking and molecular dynamics simulations suggest that selectivity for the cancer-associated CA IX/XII over CA II is due to strong H-bond interactions in CA IX/XII, involving the tail orientated towards hydrophobic area of the active site. These results suggest a possible drug repurposing of Furagin as anti-cancer agent.
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- Aleksandrs Pustenko
- Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, Riga, Latvia.,Institute of Technology of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Materials Science and Applied Chemistry, Riga Technical University, Riga, Latvia
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- Department of NEUROFARBA, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy.,Department of NEUROFARBA, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, Laboratory of Molecular Modeling Cheminformatics & QSAR, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy
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- Department of NEUROFARBA, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, Laboratory of Molecular Modeling Cheminformatics & QSAR, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy
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- Department of NEUROFARBA, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy.,Department of NEUROFARBA, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, Laboratory of Molecular Modeling Cheminformatics & QSAR, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy
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- Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, Riga, Latvia
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- Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, Riga, Latvia.,Institute of Technology of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Materials Science and Applied Chemistry, Riga Technical University, Riga, Latvia
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- Department of NEUROFARBA, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy
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Grandāne A, Nocentini A, Domračeva I, Žalubovskis R, Supuran CT. Development of oxathiino[6,5-b]pyridine 2,2-dioxide derivatives as selective inhibitors of tumor-related carbonic anhydrases IX and XII. Eur J Med Chem 2020; 200:112300. [PMID: 32460112 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2020.112300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2020] [Revised: 04/01/2020] [Accepted: 04/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Oxathiino[6,5-b]pyridine 2,2-dioxides are identified as a new class of isoform-selective nanomolar inhibitors of tumor associated human carbonic anhydrases (hCA) IX and XII. At the same time they do not inhibit or poorly inhibit cytosolic isoforms hCA I and II. Oxathiino[6,5-b]pyridine 2,2-dioxides exhibited good antiproliferative properties on tumor cell lines MCF-7 (Human breast adenocarcinoma), A549 (human lung (alveolar) adenocarcinoma) and HeLa (epithelioid cervix carcinoma).
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- Aiga Grandāne
- Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, Aizkraukles 21, 1006, Riga, Latvia
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- Università degli Studi di Firenze, NEUROFARBA Department, Section of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Via Ugo Schiff 6, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, 50019, Italy
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- Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, Aizkraukles 21, 1006, Riga, Latvia
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- Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, Aizkraukles 21, 1006, Riga, Latvia; Institute of Technology of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Materials Science and Applied Chemistry, Riga Technical University, 3/7 Paula Valdena Str., Riga, 1048, Latvia.
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- Università degli Studi di Firenze, NEUROFARBA Department, Section of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Via Ugo Schiff 6, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, 50019, Italy
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D’Ascenzio M, Secci D, Carradori S, Zara S, Guglielmi P, Cirilli R, Pierini M, Poli G, Tuccinardi T, Angeli A, Supuran CT. 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition, HPLC Enantioseparation, and Docking Studies of Saccharin/Isoxazole and Saccharin/Isoxazoline Derivatives as Selective Carbonic Anhydrase IX and XII Inhibitors. J Med Chem 2020; 63:2470-2488. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b01434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Melissa D’Ascenzio
- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini 31, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini 31, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Centro nazionale per il controllo e la valutazione dei farmaci, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Via Bonanno 6, 56126 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Via Bonanno 6, 56126 Pisa, Italy
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- Neurofarba Department, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, University of Florence, Via U. Schiff 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
- Centre of Advanced Research in Bionanoconjugates and Biopolymers Department, “Petru Poni” Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, 41A Grigore Ghica-Voda Alley, 700487 Iasi, Romania
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- Neurofarba Department, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, University of Florence, Via U. Schiff 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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Thermodynamic, kinetic, and structural parameterization of human carbonic anhydrase interactions toward enhanced inhibitor design. Q Rev Biophys 2019; 51:e10. [PMID: 30912486 DOI: 10.1017/s0033583518000082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
The aim of rational drug design is to develop small molecules using a quantitative approach to optimize affinity. This should enhance the development of chemical compounds that would specifically, selectively, reversibly, and with high affinity interact with a target protein. It is not yet possible to develop such compounds using computational (i.e., in silico) approach and instead the lead molecules are discovered in high-throughput screening searches of large compound libraries. The main reason why in silico methods are not capable to deliver is our poor understanding of the compound structure-thermodynamics and structure-kinetics correlations. There is a need for databases of intrinsic binding parameters (e.g., the change upon binding in standard Gibbs energy (ΔGint), enthalpy (ΔHint), entropy (ΔSint), volume (ΔVintr), heat capacity (ΔCp,int), association rate (ka,int), and dissociation rate (kd,int)) between a series of closely related proteins and a chemically diverse, but pharmacophoric group-guided library of compounds together with the co-crystal structures that could help explain the structure-energetics correlations and rationally design novel compounds. Assembly of these data will facilitate attempts to provide correlations and train data for modeling of compound binding. Here, we report large datasets of the intrinsic thermodynamic and kinetic data including over 400 primary sulfonamide compound binding to a family of 12 catalytically active human carbonic anhydrases (CA). Thermodynamic parameters have been determined by the fluorescent thermal shift assay, isothermal titration calorimetry, and by the stopped-flow assay of the inhibition of enzymatic activity. Kinetic measurements were performed using surface plasmon resonance. Intrinsic thermodynamic and kinetic parameters of binding were determined by dissecting the binding-linked protonation reactions of the protein and sulfonamide. The compound structure-thermodynamics and kinetics correlations reported here helped to discover compounds that exhibited picomolar affinities, hour-long residence times, and million-fold selectivities over non-target CA isoforms. Drug-lead compounds are suggested for anticancer target CA IX and CA XII, antiglaucoma CA IV, antiobesity CA VA and CA VB, and other isoforms. Together with 85 X-ray crystallographic structures of 60 compounds bound to six CA isoforms, the database should be of help to continue developing the principles of rational target-based drug design.
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Singh S, Lomelino CL, Mboge MY, Frost SC, McKenna R. Cancer Drug Development of Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors beyond the Active Site. Molecules 2018; 23:E1045. [PMID: 29710858 PMCID: PMC6099549 DOI: 10.3390/molecules23051045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2018] [Revised: 04/19/2018] [Accepted: 04/20/2018] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Carbonic anhydrases (CAs) catalyze the reversible hydration of carbon dioxide to produce bicarbonate and a proton. Multiple CA isoforms are implicated in a range of diseases, including cancer. In solid tumors, continuously dividing cells create hypoxic conditions that eventually lead to an acidic microenvironment. Hypoxic tumor cells have different mechanisms in place to regulate and adjust the surrounding microenvironment for survival. These mechanisms include expression of CA isoform IX (CA IX) and XII (CA XII). These enzymes help maintain a physiological intracellular pH while simultaneously contributing to an acidic extracellular pH, leading to tumor cell survival. Expression of CA IX and CA XII has also been shown to promote tumor cell invasion and metastasis. This review discusses the characteristics of CA IX and CA XII, their mechanism of action, and validates their prospective use as anticancer targets. We discuss the current status of small inhibitors that target these isoforms, both classical and non-classical, and their future design in order to obtain isoform-specificity for CA IX and CA XII. Biologics, such as monoclonal antibodies, monoclonal-radionuclide conjugated chimeric antibodies, and antibody-small molecule conjugates are also discussed.
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- Srishti Singh
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
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Ivanova J, Carta F, Vullo D, Leitans J, Kazaks A, Tars K, Žalubovskis R, Supuran CT. N-Substituted and ring opened saccharin derivatives selectively inhibit transmembrane, tumor-associated carbonic anhydrases IX and XII. Bioorg Med Chem 2017; 25:3583-3589. [PMID: 28416101 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2017.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2017] [Revised: 04/05/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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A series of N-substituted saccharins incorporating aryl, alkyl and alkynyl moieties, as well as some ring opened derivatives were prepared and investigated as inhibitors of the metalloenzyme carbonic anhydrase (CA, EC 4.2.1.1). The widespread cytosolic isoforms CA I and II were not inhibited by these sulfonamides whereas transmembrane, tumor-associated ones were effectively inhibited, with KIs in the range of 22.1-481nM for CA IX and of 3.9-245nM for hCA XII. Although the inhibition mechanism of these tertiary/secondary sulfonamides is unknown for the moment, the good efficacy and especially selectivity for the inhibition of the tumor-associated over the cytosolic, widespread isoforms, make these derivatives of considerable interest as enzyme inhibitors with various pharmacologic applications.
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- Jekaterīna Ivanova
- Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, Aizkraukles Str. 21, Riga LV-1006, Latvia; Institute of Technology of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Materials Science and Applied Chemistry, Riga Technical University, Paula Valdena Str. 3/7, Riga LV-1048, Latvia
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- Università degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento Neurofarba, Sezione di ScienzeFarmaceutiche e Nutraceutiche, Via U. Schiff 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Università degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento di Chimica, Laboratorio di Chimica Bioinorganica, Polo Scientifico, Via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Center, Rātsupītes 1, LV-1067 Riga, Latvia
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- Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Center, Rātsupītes 1, LV-1067 Riga, Latvia
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- Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Center, Rātsupītes 1, LV-1067 Riga, Latvia; Faculty of Biology, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Latvia, Jelgavas 1, LV-1004 Riga, Latvia
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- Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, Aizkraukles Str. 21, Riga LV-1006, Latvia; Institute of Technology of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Materials Science and Applied Chemistry, Riga Technical University, Paula Valdena Str. 3/7, Riga LV-1048, Latvia.
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- Università degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento Neurofarba, Sezione di ScienzeFarmaceutiche e Nutraceutiche, Via U. Schiff 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy.
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Mahon BP, Okoh CO, McKenna R. Targeting aggressive cancers with an artificial sweetener: could saccharin be a lead compound in anticancer therapy? Future Oncol 2015; 11:2117-9. [DOI: 10.2217/fon.15.137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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- Brian P Mahon
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, 1149 Newell Dr, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, 1149 Newell Dr, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, 1149 Newell Dr, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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Güzel-Akdemir Ö, Akdemir A, Karalı N, Supuran CT. Discovery of novel isatin-based sulfonamides with potent and selective inhibition of the tumor-associated carbonic anhydrase isoforms IX and XII. Org Biomol Chem 2015; 13:6493-9. [PMID: 25967275 DOI: 10.1039/c5ob00688k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2023]
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A series of 2/3/4-[(2-oxo-1,2-dihydro-3H-indol-3-ylidene)amino]benzenesulfonamides, obtained from substituted isatins and 2-, 3- or 4-aminobenzenesulfonamide, showed low nanomolar inhibitory activity against the tumor associated carbonic anhydrase (CA, EC 4.2.1.1) isoforms IX and XII - recently validated antitumor drug targets, being much less effective as inhibitors of the off-target cytosolic isoforms CA I and II.
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- Özlen Güzel-Akdemir
- Istanbul University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, 34116 Beyazıt, Istanbul, Turkey
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Ivanova J, Leitans J, Tanc M, Kazaks A, Zalubovskis R, Supuran CT, Tars K. X-ray crystallography-promoted drug design of carbonic anhydrase inhibitors. Chem Commun (Camb) 2015; 51:7108-11. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cc01854d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The X-ray co-crystallization experiments of saccharin derivative with carbonic anhydrase revealed hydrolysis of isothiazole ring of saccharin and guided design of new inhibitors.
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- Biomedical Research and Study Center
- LV-1067 Riga
- Latvia
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- Università degli Studi di Firenze
- NEUROFARBA Department
- Section of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
- 50019 Sesto Fiorentino
- Italy
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- Biomedical Research and Study Center
- LV-1067 Riga
- Latvia
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- Università degli Studi di Firenze
- NEUROFARBA Department
- Section of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
- 50019 Sesto Fiorentino
- Italy
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- Biomedical Research and Study Center
- LV-1067 Riga
- Latvia
- University of Latvia
- Faculty of Biology
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