Discovery of Potent, Selective Chymase Inhibitors via Fragment Linking Strategies
作者:Steven J. Taylor、Anil K. Padyana、Asitha Abeywardane、Shuang Liang、Ming-Hong Hao、Stéphane De Lombaert、John Proudfoot、Bennett S. Farmer、Xiang Li、Brandon Collins、Leslie Martin、Daniel R. Albaugh、Melissa Hill-Drzewi、Steven S. Pullen、Hidenori Takahashi
DOI:10.1021/jm400138z
日期:2013.6.13
Chymase plays an important and diverse role in the homeostasis of a number of cardiovascular processes. Herein, we describe the identification of potent, selective chymase inhibitors, developed using fragment-based, structure-guided linking and optimization techniques. High-concentration biophysical screening methods followed by high-throughput crystallography identified an oxindole fragment bound to the S1 pocket of the protein exhibiting a novel interaction pattern hitherto not observed in chymase inhibitors. X-ray crystallographic structures were used to guide the elaboration/linking of the fragment, ultimately leading to a potent inhibitor that was >100-fold selective over cathepsin G and that mitigated a number of liabilities associated with poor physicochemical properties of the series it was derived from.