Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Novel Transrepression-Selective Liver X Receptor (LXR) Ligands with 5,11-Dihydro-5-methyl-11-methylene-6H-dibenz[b,e]azepin-6-one Skeleton
摘要:
To obtain novel transrepression-selective liver X receptor (LXR) ligands, we adopted a strategy of reducing the transactivational agonistic activity of the 5,11-dihydro-5-methyl-11-methylene-6H-dibenz[b,e]azepin-6-one derivative 10, which exhibits LXR-mediated transrepressional and transactivational activity. Structural modification of 10 based on the reported X-ray crystal structure of the LXR ligand-binding domain led to a series of compounds, of which almost all exhibited transrepressional activity at 1 or 10 mu M but showed no transactivational activity even at 30 mu M. Among the compounds obtained, 18 and 22 were confirmed to have LXR-dependent transrepressional activity by using peritoneal macrophages from wild-type and LXR-null mice. A newly developed fluorescence polarization assay indicated that they bind directly to LXR alpha. Next, further structural modification was performed with the guidance of docking simulations with LXR alpha, focusing on enhancing the binding of the ligands with LXR alpha through the introduction of substituents or heteroatom(s). Among the compounds synthesized, compound 48, bearing a hydroxyl group, showed potent, selective, and dose-dependent transrepressional activity.
作者:Xiao-Shan Ning、Xin Liang、Kang-Fei Hu、Chuan-Zhi Yao、Jian-Ping Qu、Yan-Biao Kang
DOI:10.1002/adsc.201701512
日期:2018.4.17
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