The parmodulin NRD-21 is an allosteric inhibitor of PAR1 Gq signaling with improved anti-inflammatory activity and stability
作者:Disha M. Gandhi、Ricardo Rosas、Eric Greve、Kaitlin Kentala、N'Guessan D.-R. Diby、Vladyslava A. Snyder、Allison Stephans、Teresa H.W. Yeung、Saravanan Subramaniam、Elliot DiMilo、Khia E. Kurtenbach、Leggy A. Arnold、Hartmut Weiler、Chris Dockendorff
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2019.06.043
日期:2019.9
Novel analogs of the allosteric, biased PAR1 ligand ML161 (parmodulin 2, PM2) were prepared in order to identify potential anti-thrombotic and anti-inflammatory compounds of the parmodulin class with improved properties. Investigations of structure-activity relationships of the western portion of the 1,3-diaminobenzene scaffold were performed using an intracellular calcium mobilization assay with endothelial cells, and several heterocycles were identified that inhibited PAR1 at sub-micromolar concentrations. The oxazole NRD-21 was profiled in additional detail, and it was confirmed to act as a selective, reversible, negative allosteric modulator of PAR1. In addition to inhibiting human platelet aggregation, it showed superior anti-inflammatory activity to ML161 in a qPCR assay measuring the expression of tissue factor in response to the cytokine TNF-alpha in endothelial cells. Additionally, NRD-21 is much more plasma stable than ML161, and is a promising lead compound for the parmodulin class for anti-thrombotic and anti-inflammatory indications.