作者:Jamie L. Rogers、Liela Bayeh、Thomas H. Scheuermann、Jamie Longgood、Jason Key、Jacinth Naidoo、Lisa Melito、Cameron Shokri、Doug E. Frantz、Richard K. Bruick、Kevin H. Gardner、John B. MacMillan、Uttam K. Tambar
DOI:10.1021/jm301847z
日期:2013.2.28
Hypoxia inducible factors (HIFs) are heterodimeric transcription factors induced in a variety of pathophysiological settings, including cancer. We describe the first detailed structure-activity relationship study of small molecules designed to inhibit HIF-2 alpha-ARNT heterodimerization by binding an internal cavity of the HIF-2 alpha PAS-B domain. Through a series of biophysical characterizations of inhibitor-protein interactions (NMR and X-ray crystallography), we have established the structural requirements for artificial inhibitors of the HIF-2 alpha-ARNT PAS-B interaction. These results may serve as a foundation for discovering therapeutic agents that function by a novel mode of action.