Toluidinesulfonamide hypoxia-induced factor 1 inhibitors: alleviating drug-drug interactions through use of PubChem data and comparative molecular field analysis guided synthesis

J Med Chem. 2011 Jun 9;54(11):3982-6. doi: 10.1021/jm200272h. Epub 2011 May 16.

Abstract

Inhibitors of hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1) represent promising anticancer therapeutics. We have identified a series of potent toluidinesulfonamide HIF-1 inhibitors. However, the series was threatened by a potential liability to inhibit CYP2C9 which could cause dangerous drug-drug interactions when being coadministered with other drugs. We used structure-activity data from the PubChem database to develop a topomer CoMFA model that guided the design of novel sulfonamides with high selectivity for HIF-1 over CYP2C9 inhibition.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases / chemistry
  • Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases / metabolism
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C9
  • Databases, Factual
  • Drug Design*
  • Drug Interactions
  • Humans
  • Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1 / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1 / metabolism
  • Ligands
  • Molecular Structure
  • Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Sulfonamides / chemical synthesis
  • Sulfonamides / chemistry*
  • Sulfonamides / pharmacology
  • Toluidines / chemical synthesis
  • Toluidines / chemistry*
  • Toluidines / pharmacology

Substances

  • Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1
  • Ligands
  • Sulfonamides
  • Toluidines
  • CYP2C9 protein, human
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C9
  • Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases