Quinazolin-2,4-dione-Based Hydroxamic Acids as Selective Histone Deacetylase-6 Inhibitors for Treatment of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

J Med Chem. 2019 Jan 24;62(2):857-874. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b01590. Epub 2018 Dec 20.

Abstract

We designed and synthesized quinazolin-2,4-dione-based hydroxamic acids to serve as selective competitive inhibitors of histone deacetylase-6 (HDAC6). The most potent and selective compound, 3d (IC50, 4 nM, HDAC6; IC50 > 10 μM, HDAC1), substantially increased acetylation of α-tubulin instead of histones in the lung cancer cell line, LL2. Paclitaxel in combination with 3d had a synergistic anticancer effect on reduction of programmed death-ligand 1 expression in LL/2 cells. When given orally, 3d was mainly found to locate in the liver and lungs, at a concentration 18- to 70-fold greater, respectively, than in plasma. As an orally active HDAC6 inhibitor, 3d (20 mg/kg) potentiated paclitaxel antitumor activity (percentage tumor growth inhibition, 67.5%) in a xenograft syngeneic non-small cell lung cancer mouse model.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acetylation / drug effects
  • Animals
  • Apoptosis / drug effects*
  • B7-H1 Antigen / genetics
  • B7-H1 Antigen / metabolism
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / drug therapy
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / metabolism
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / pathology
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Drug Synergism
  • Histone Deacetylase 6 / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Histone Deacetylase 6 / metabolism
  • Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors / chemistry*
  • Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors / metabolism
  • Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Hydroxamic Acids / chemistry*
  • Hydroxamic Acids / metabolism
  • Hydroxamic Acids / pharmacology
  • Hydroxamic Acids / therapeutic use
  • Lung Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Lung Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Paclitaxel / pharmacology
  • Quinazolinones / chemistry*
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Tissue Distribution
  • Transplantation, Homologous
  • Tubulin / metabolism

Substances

  • B7-H1 Antigen
  • Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors
  • Hydroxamic Acids
  • Quinazolinones
  • Tubulin
  • Histone Deacetylase 6
  • Paclitaxel