Nonpeptidic Tetrafluorophenoxymethyl Ketone Cruzain Inhibitors as Promising New Leads for Chagas Disease Chemotherapy
摘要:
A century after discovering that file Trypanosoma cruzi parasite is the etiological agent of Chagas disease, treatment is still plagued by limited efficacy, toxicity, and the emergence of drug, resistance. The development of inhibitors of the major T. cruzi cysteine protease, cruzain, has been demonstrated to be a promising drug discovery avenue for this neglected disease. Here we establish that a nonpeptidic tetrafluorophenoxymethyl ketone cruzain inhibitor Substantially ameliorates symptoms of acute Chagas disease in a mouse model With no apparent toxicity. A high-resolution Crystal Structure confirmed the mode of inhibition and revealed key binding interactions of this novel inhibitor class. Subsequent structure-guided optimization then resulted in inhibitor analogues With improvements in potency despite minimal or no additions in molecular weight. Evaluation Of file analogues in cell Culture showed enhanced activity. These results suggest that nonpeptidic tetrafluorophenoxymethyl ketone cruzain inhibitors have the Potential to fulfill file Urgent need for improved Chagas disease chemotherapy.
Nonpeptidic Tetrafluorophenoxymethyl Ketone Cruzain Inhibitors as Promising New Leads for Chagas Disease Chemotherapy
摘要:
A century after discovering that file Trypanosoma cruzi parasite is the etiological agent of Chagas disease, treatment is still plagued by limited efficacy, toxicity, and the emergence of drug, resistance. The development of inhibitors of the major T. cruzi cysteine protease, cruzain, has been demonstrated to be a promising drug discovery avenue for this neglected disease. Here we establish that a nonpeptidic tetrafluorophenoxymethyl ketone cruzain inhibitor Substantially ameliorates symptoms of acute Chagas disease in a mouse model With no apparent toxicity. A high-resolution Crystal Structure confirmed the mode of inhibition and revealed key binding interactions of this novel inhibitor class. Subsequent structure-guided optimization then resulted in inhibitor analogues With improvements in potency despite minimal or no additions in molecular weight. Evaluation Of file analogues in cell Culture showed enhanced activity. These results suggest that nonpeptidic tetrafluorophenoxymethyl ketone cruzain inhibitors have the Potential to fulfill file Urgent need for improved Chagas disease chemotherapy.
Nonpeptidic Tetrafluorophenoxymethyl Ketone Cruzain Inhibitors as Promising New Leads for Chagas Disease Chemotherapy
作者:Katrien Brak、Iain D. Kerr、Kimberly T. Barrett、Nobuhiro Fuchi、Moumita Debnath、Kenny Ang、Juan C. Engel、James H. McKerrow、Patricia S. Doyle、Linda S. Brinen、Jonathan A. Ellman
DOI:10.1021/jm901633v
日期:2010.2.25
A century after discovering that file Trypanosoma cruzi parasite is the etiological agent of Chagas disease, treatment is still plagued by limited efficacy, toxicity, and the emergence of drug, resistance. The development of inhibitors of the major T. cruzi cysteine protease, cruzain, has been demonstrated to be a promising drug discovery avenue for this neglected disease. Here we establish that a nonpeptidic tetrafluorophenoxymethyl ketone cruzain inhibitor Substantially ameliorates symptoms of acute Chagas disease in a mouse model With no apparent toxicity. A high-resolution Crystal Structure confirmed the mode of inhibition and revealed key binding interactions of this novel inhibitor class. Subsequent structure-guided optimization then resulted in inhibitor analogues With improvements in potency despite minimal or no additions in molecular weight. Evaluation Of file analogues in cell Culture showed enhanced activity. These results suggest that nonpeptidic tetrafluorophenoxymethyl ketone cruzain inhibitors have the Potential to fulfill file Urgent need for improved Chagas disease chemotherapy.
Tetrafluorophenoxymethyl ketone cruzain inhibitors with improved pharmacokinetic properties as therapeutic leads for Chagas’ disease
作者:R. Jeffrey Neitz、Clifford Bryant、Steven Chen、Jiri Gut、Estefania Hugo Caselli、Servando Ponce、Somenath Chowdhury、Haichao Xu、Michelle R. Arkin、Jonathan A. Ellman、Adam R. Renslo
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2015.06.066
日期:2015.11
Inhibition of the cysteine protease cruzain from Trypanosoma cruzi has been studied pre-clinically as a new chemotherapeutic approach to treat Chagas' disease. Efficacious effects of vinylsulfone-based cruzain inhibitors in animal models support this therapeutic hypothesis. More recently, substrate-activity screening was used to identify nonpeptidic tetrafluorophenoxymethyl ketone inhibitors of cruzain that showed promising efficacy in animal models. Herein we report efforts to further optimize the in vitro potency and in vivo pharmacokinetic properties of this new class of cruzain inhibitors. Through modifications of the P1, P2 and/or P3 positions, new analogs have been identified with reduced lipophilicity, enhanced potency, and improved oral exposure and bioavailability. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.