Variation of the aryl substituent on the piperazine ring within the 4-(piperazin-1-yl)-2,6-di(pyrrolidin-1-yl)pyrimidine scaffold unveils potent, non-competitive inhibitors of the inflammatory caspases
作者:Courtney R. Kent、Magdalena Bryja、Helen A. Gustafson、Margaret Y. Kawarski、Gena Lenti、Emily N. Pierce、Rachel C. Knopp、Victor Ceja、Bhabna Pati、D. Eric Walters、Caitlin E. Karver
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2016.10.025
日期:2016.11
The inflammatory caspases (caspase-1, -4 and -5) are potential therapeutic targets for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases due to their involvement in the immune response upon inflammasome formation. A series of small molecules based on the 4-(piperazin-1-yl)-2,6-di(pyrrolidin-1-yl)pyrimidine scaffold were synthesized with varying substituents on the piperazine ring. Several compounds were pan-selective inhibitors of the inflammatory caspases, caspase-1, -4 and -5, with the ethylbenzene derivative CK-1-41 displaying low nanomolar Ki values across this family of caspases. Three analogs were nearly 10 fold selective for caspase-5 over caspase-1 and -4. The compounds display non-competitive, time dependent inhibition profiles. To our knowledge, this series is the first example of small molecule inhibitors of all three inflammatory caspases (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.