The First Potent Inhibitors for Human Glutaminyl Cyclase: Synthesis and Structure−Activity Relationship
摘要:
The first effective inhibitors for human glutaminyl cyclase (QC) are described. The structures are developed by applying a ligand-based optimization approach starting from imidazole. Screening of derivatives of that heterocycle led to compounds of the imidazol-1-yl-alkyl thiourea type as a lead scaffold. A library of thiourea derivatives was synthesized, resulting in an inhibitory improvement by 2 orders of magnitude, leading to 1-(3-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)propyl)-3-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)thiourea as a potent inhibitor. Systematic exploitation of the scaffold revealed a strong impact on the inhibitory efficacy and resulted in the development of imidazole-propyl-thioamides as another new class of potent inhibitors. A flexible alignment of the most potent compounds of the thioamide and thiourea class and a QC substrate revealed a good match of characteristic features of the molecules, which suggests a similar binding mode of both inhibitors and the substrate to the active site of QC.
Synthesis of APTRA Derivatives as Building Blocks for Low-Affinity Fluorescent Ca<sup>2+</sup>Indicators
作者:Wim Dehaen、Bert Metten、Mario Smet、Noël Boens
DOI:10.1055/s-2005-869900
日期:——
A new method for the synthesis of trialkyl aminophenoltriacetates (APTRA triesters) and the functionalization of these into suitable building blocks for potential fully conjugated low-affinity fluorescent Ca2+ indicators are described.