Structure-based design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of Leu-Arg dipeptide analogs as novel hepsin inhibitors
作者:Hongmok Kwon、YunHye Kim、Kieung Park、Soo An Choi、Sang-Hyun Son、Youngjoo Byun
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2015.12.023
日期:2016.1
metastasis. Starting from the reported tetrapeptide hepsin inhibitor Ac-KQLR-ketothiazole (kt) (1), we investigated the minimal structural requirements for hepsin inhibitory activity by truncating amino acids at the N-terminus. The kt and ketobenzothiazole (kbt) dipeptide analogs Ac-LR-kt (3) and Ac-LR-kbt (15) were found to be potent hepsin inhibitors, exhibiting Ki values of 22nM and 3nM, respectively.
肝素是一种II型跨膜丝氨酸蛋白酶,是一种有吸引力的蛋白质,可作为前列腺癌的潜在治疗和诊断生物标志物,因为它在前列腺癌中高度上调并促进进展和转移。从已报道的四肽肝素抑制剂Ac-KQLR-酮噻唑(kt)(1)开始,我们通过在N端截短氨基酸,研究了肝素抑制活性的最低结构要求。发现kt和酮基苯并噻唑(kbt)二肽类似物Ac-LR-kt(3)和Ac-LR-kbt(15)是有效的肝素抑制剂,其Ki值分别为22nM和3nM。目前的工作表明,含LR的二肽分子可用作开发新型肝素抑制剂的先导化合物。