Cefsulodin Inspired Potent and Selective Inhibitors of mPTPB, a Virulent Phosphatase from <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i>
作者:Rongjun He、Zhi-Hong Yu、Ruo-Yu Zhang、Li Wu、Andrea M. Gunawan、Zhong-Yin Zhang
DOI:10.1021/acsmedchemlett.5b00373
日期:2015.12.10
mPTPB is a virulent phosphatase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis and a promising therapeutic target for tuberculosis. To facilitate mPTPB-based drug discovery, we identified alpha-sulfophenylacetic amide (SPAA) from cefsulodin, a third generation beta-lactam cephalosporin antibiotic, as a novel pTyr pharmacophore for mPTPB. Structure-guided and fragment-based optimization of SPAA led to the most potent and selective mPTPB inhibitor 9, with a K-i of 7.9 nM and more than 10,000-fold preference for mPTPB over a large panel of 25 phosphatases. Compound 9 also exhibited excellent cellular activity and specificity in blocking mPTPB function in macrophage. Given its novel structure, modest molecular mass, and extremely high ligand efficiency (0.46), compound 9 represents an outstanding lead compound for anti-TB drug discovery targeting mPTPB.