Virtual screening identification and chemical optimization of substituted 2-arylbenzimidazoles as new non-zinc-binding MMP-2 inhibitors
作者:Antonio Laghezza、Grazia Luisi、Alessia Caradonna、Antonella Di Pizio、Luca Piemontese、Fulvio Loiodice、Mariangela Agamennone、Paolo Tortorella
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2019.115257
日期:2020.2
structure-activity relationship (SAR) of the benzimidazole scaffold was explored by synthesis of several analogues whose inhibition activity was tested with enzyme inhibition assays. By performing the molecular simplification approach, we disclosed different sets of single-digit micromolar inhibitors of MMP-2, with up to a ten-fold increase in inhibitory activity and ameliorated selectivity towards off-target