Structure-Based Design of Cathepsin K Inhibitors Containing a Benzyloxy-Substituted Benzoyl Peptidomimetic
作者:Scott K. Thompson、Ward W. Smith、Baoguang Zhao、Stacie M. Halbert、Thaddeus A. Tomaszek、David G. Tew、Mark A. Levy、Cheryl A. Janson、Karla J. D‘Alessio、Michael S. McQueney、Jeff Kurdyla、Christopher S. Jones、Renee L. DesJarlais、Sherin S. Abdel-Meguid、Daniel F. Veber
DOI:10.1021/jm980474x
日期:1998.10.1
Peptidomimetic cathepsin K inhibitors have been designed using binding models which were based on the X-ray crystal structure of an amino acid-based, active site-spanning inhibitor complexed with cathepsin K. These inhibitors, which contain a benzyloxybenzoyl group in place of a Cbz-leucine moiety, maintained good inhibitory potency relative to the amino acid-based inhibitor, and the binding models were found to be very predictive of relative inhibitor potency. The binding mode of one of the inhibitors was confirmed by X-ray crystallography, and the crystallographically determined structure is in close qualitative agreement with the initial binding model. These results strengthen the validity of a strategy involving iterative cycles of structure-based design, inhibitor synthesis and evaluation, and crystallographic structure determination for the discovery of peptidomimetic inhibitors.