Genetic ablation as well as pharmacological inhibition of sirtuin 2 (SIRT2), an NAD+-dependent protein deacylase, have therapeutic effects in various cancers and neurodegenerative diseases. Previously, we described the discovery of a dual SIRT1/SIRT2 inhibitor called cambinol (IC50 56 and 59 µM, respectively), which showed cytotoxic activity against cancer cells in vitro and a marked anti-proliferative effect in a Burkitt lymphoma mouse xenograft model. A number of recent studies have shown a protective effect of SIRT1 and SIRT3 in neurodegenerative and metabolic diseases as well as in certain cancers prompting us to initiate a medicinal chemistry effort to develop cambinol-based SIRT2-specific inhibitors devoid of SIRT1 or SIRT3 modulating activity. Here we describe potent cambinol-based SIRT2 inhibitors, several of which show potency of ~600 nM with >300 to >800-fold selectivity over SIRT1 and 3, respectively. In vitro, these inhibitors are found to be toxic to lymphoma and epithelial cancer cell lines. In particular, compounds 55 (IC50 SIRT2 0.25 µM and <25% inhibition at 50 µM against SIRT1 and SIRT3) and 56 (IC50 SIRT2 0.78 µM and <25% inhibition at 50 µM against SIRT1 and SIRT3) showed apoptotic as well as strong anti-proliferative properties against B-cell lymphoma cells.
基因消融以及对SIRT2(一种NAD+依赖性蛋白去乙酰化酶)的药物抑制在各种癌症和神经退行性疾病中具有治疗效果。我们先前描述了一种双重SIRT1/SIRT2抑制剂称为cambinol(IC50分别为56和59微米),在体外对癌细胞显示细胞毒活性,并在Burkitt淋巴瘤小鼠异种移植模型中表现出明显的抗增殖效果。最近的一些研究表明,SIRT1和SIRT3在神经退行性和代谢性疾病以及某些癌症中具有保护作用,促使我们启动了一项药物化学工作,以开发基于cambinol的SIRT2特异性抑制剂,不具有SIRT1或SIRT3调节活性。在这里,我们描述了有效的基于cambinol的SIRT2抑制剂,其中几种显示出约600纳米的效力,对SIRT1和SIRT3的选择性分别为>300至>800倍。在体外,这些抑制剂对淋巴瘤和上皮癌细胞系具有毒性。特别是,化合物55(IC50 SIRT2 0.25微米,在50微米下对SIRT1和SIRT3的抑制<25%)和56(IC50 SIRT2 0.78微米,在50微米下对SIRT1和SIRT3的抑制<25%)显示出对B细胞淋巴瘤细胞具有凋亡以及强烈的抗增殖特性。