A unique binding pocket induced by a noncanonical SAH mimic to develop potent and selective PRMT inhibitors.

Autor: Deng Y; Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Center for Cancer Research, Institute for Drug Discovery, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA., Song X; Structural Genomics Consortium and Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada., Iyamu ID; Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Center for Cancer Research, Institute for Drug Discovery, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA., Dong A; Structural Genomics Consortium and Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada., Min J; Structural Genomics Consortium and Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada.; Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China., Huang R; Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Center for Cancer Research, Institute for Drug Discovery, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Acta pharmaceutica Sinica. B [Acta Pharm Sin B] 2023 Dec; Vol. 13 (12), pp. 4893-4905. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jul 29.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsb.2023.07.022
Abstrakt: Protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMTs) are attractive targets for developing therapeutic agents, but selective PRMT inhibitors targeting the cofactor SAM binding site are limited. Herein, we report the discovery of a noncanonical but less polar SAH surrogate YD1113 by replacing the benzyl guanidine of a pan-PRMT inhibitor with a benzyl urea, potently and selectively inhibiting PRMT3/4/5. Importantly, crystal structures reveal that the benzyl urea moiety of YD1113 induces a unique and novel hydrophobic binding pocket in PRMT3/4, providing a structural basis for the selectivity. In addition, YD1113 can be modified by introducing a substrate mimic to form a "T-shaped" bisubstrate analogue YD1290 to engage both the SAM and substrate binding pockets, exhibiting potent and selective inhibition to type I PRMTs (IC 50  < 5 nmol/L). In summary, we demonstrated the promise of YD1113 as a general SAH mimic to build potent and selective PRMT inhibitors.
Competing Interests: The authors declare no competing financial interest.
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Databáze: MEDLINE