Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase Is the Anticancer Target for a Novel Series of Potent Naphthoquinone-Based Inhibitors
摘要:
Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) is emerging as an important new therapeutic target for the treatment of cancer, chronic viral infections, and other diseases characterized by pathological immune suppression. While small molecule inhibitors of IDO exist, there remains a dearth of high-potency compounds offering in vivo efficacy and clinical translational potential. In this study, we address this gap by defining a new class of naphthoquinone-based IDO inhibitors exemplified by the natural product menadione, which is shown in mouse tumor models to have similar antitumor activity to previously characterized IDO inhibitors. Genetic validation that IDO is the critical in vivo target is demonstrated using IDO-null mice. Elaboration of menadione to a pyranonaphthoquinone has yielded low nanomolar potency inhibitors, including new compounds which are the most potent reported to date (K-i = 61-70 nM). Synthetic accessibility of this class will facilitate preclinical chemical-genetic studies as well as further optimization of pharmacological parameters for clinical translation.
Mechanism of antifeedant activity of plumbagin, a compound concerning the chemical defense in carnivorous plant
作者:Takashi Tokunaga、Noboru Takada、Minoru Ueda
DOI:10.1016/j.tetlet.2004.07.094
日期:2004.9
Dionaea muscipula Ellis accumulates a large amount of plumbagin (1), which operates as an antifeedant against predators. Content of I reached 0.5% weight of the fresh trap lobes. It was found that other carnivorous plants also accumulated similar naphthoquinone-type strong antifeedant. Thus, naphthoquinone analogs are widely used as an antifeedant among the carnivorous plants. By using several analogs of 1, we clarified that both the high volatility and high redox potential of I are important for its strong antifeedant activity. It was known that plumbagin stimulates the mitochondrial electron transport system as a result of intercepting electrons. These results suggested that the Droseraceae family possesses a universal defensive mechanism against predators, that is, accumulation of volatile naphthoquinone with high redox potential as defensive substance. Thus, it is estimated that highly volatile naphthoquinone of moderately high redox potential would be used as an antifeedant of weak toxicity. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase Is the Anticancer Target for a Novel Series of Potent Naphthoquinone-Based Inhibitors
作者:Sanjeev Kumar、William P. Malachowski、James B. DuHadaway、Judith M. LaLonde、Patrick J. Carroll、Daniel Jaller、Richard Metz、George C. Prendergast、Alexander J. Muller
DOI:10.1021/jm7014155
日期:2008.3.1
Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) is emerging as an important new therapeutic target for the treatment of cancer, chronic viral infections, and other diseases characterized by pathological immune suppression. While small molecule inhibitors of IDO exist, there remains a dearth of high-potency compounds offering in vivo efficacy and clinical translational potential. In this study, we address this gap by defining a new class of naphthoquinone-based IDO inhibitors exemplified by the natural product menadione, which is shown in mouse tumor models to have similar antitumor activity to previously characterized IDO inhibitors. Genetic validation that IDO is the critical in vivo target is demonstrated using IDO-null mice. Elaboration of menadione to a pyranonaphthoquinone has yielded low nanomolar potency inhibitors, including new compounds which are the most potent reported to date (K-i = 61-70 nM). Synthetic accessibility of this class will facilitate preclinical chemical-genetic studies as well as further optimization of pharmacological parameters for clinical translation.