Discovery of 1,5-Dihydro-4<i>H</i>-imidazol-4-one Derivatives as Potent, Selective Antagonists of CXC Chemokine Receptor 2
作者:Jinxin Che、Zhilong Wang、Zheyuan Shen、Weihao Zhuang、Huazhou Ying、Yongzhou Hu、Youhong Hu、Xin Xie、Xiaowu Dong
DOI:10.1021/acsmedchemlett.1c00113
日期:2021.5.13
CXC chemokine receptors 1 (CXCR1) and 2 (CXCR2) have been demonstrated to have critical roles in cancer metastasis. Because they share high homology sequences, it is still unclear how to design selective CXCR1 or CXCR2 antagonists. Based on a pharmacophore model we built, compound 2 bearing a 1,5-dihydro-4H-imidazol-4-one scaffold was identified as a selective CXCR2 antagonist with a low CXCR1 antagonism
CXC 趋化因子受体 1 (CXCR1) 和 2 (CXCR2) 已被证明在癌症转移中具有关键作用。由于它们具有高度同源性序列,目前尚不清楚如何设计选择性CXCR1或CXCR2拮抗剂。基于我们建立的药效团模型,带有 1,5-二氢-4 H-咪唑-4-酮支架的化合物2被鉴定为具有低 CXCR1 拮抗偏好的选择性 CXCR2 拮抗剂。经过进一步的优化和构效关系研究,化合物C5克服了化合物2的缺点,具有更高的选择性。它表现出优异的口服生物利用度和体外抗癌转移活性。分子蛋白复合物的进一步动态模拟表明,CXCR2的氨基酸残基K320对C5的选择性贡献最大。该研究为设计新型CXCR2选择性拮抗剂提供了重要线索, C5可以作为研究CXCR1和CXCR2生物学功能差异的分子工具。