Identifying chelators for metalloprotein inhibitors using a fragment-based approach

J Med Chem. 2011 Jan 27;54(2):591-602. doi: 10.1021/jm101266s. Epub 2010 Dec 28.

Abstract

Fragment-based lead design (FBLD) has been used to identify new metal-binding groups for metalloenzyme inhibitors. When screened at 1 mM, a chelator fragment library (CFL-1.1) of 96 compounds produced hit rates ranging from 29% to 43% for five matrix metalloproteases (MMPs), 24% for anthrax lethal factor (LF), 49% for 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO), and 60% for tyrosinase (TY). The ligand efficiencies (LE) of the fragment hits are excellent, in the range of 0.4-0.8 kcal/mol. The MMP enzymes all generally elicit the same chelators as hits from CFL-1.1; however, the chelator fragments that inhibit structurally unrelated metalloenzymes (LF, 5-LO, TY) vary considerably. To develop more advanced hits, one hit from CFL-1.1, 8-hydroxyquinoline, was elaborated at four different positions around the ring system to generate new fragments. 8-Hydroxyquinoline fragments substituted at either the 5- or 7-positions gave potent hits against MMP-2, with IC(50) values in the low micromolar range. The 8-hydroxyquinoline represents a promising new chelator scaffold for the development of MMP inhibitors that was discovered by use of a metalloprotein-focused chelator fragment library.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Antigens, Bacterial / chemistry
  • Bacterial Toxins / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Bacterial Toxins / chemistry
  • Chelating Agents / chemical synthesis*
  • Chelating Agents / chemistry
  • Copper
  • Drug Design
  • Humans
  • Hydroxyquinolines / chemical synthesis*
  • Hydroxyquinolines / chemistry
  • Iron
  • Ligands
  • Lipoxygenase Inhibitors / chemical synthesis
  • Lipoxygenase Inhibitors / chemistry
  • Matrix Metalloproteinase Inhibitors*
  • Matrix Metalloproteinases / chemistry*
  • Monophenol Monooxygenase / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Monophenol Monooxygenase / chemistry
  • Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II / chemistry
  • Recombinant Proteins / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Recombinant Proteins / chemistry
  • Small Molecule Libraries
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Sulfonamides / chemical synthesis
  • Sulfonamides / chemistry
  • Zinc

Substances

  • Antigens, Bacterial
  • Bacterial Toxins
  • Chelating Agents
  • Hydroxyquinolines
  • Ligands
  • Lipoxygenase Inhibitors
  • Matrix Metalloproteinase Inhibitors
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Small Molecule Libraries
  • Sulfonamides
  • anthrax toxin
  • Copper
  • Iron
  • Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II
  • Monophenol Monooxygenase
  • Matrix Metalloproteinases
  • Zinc