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ArticleBioorganic & medicinal chemistry2010

Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of conformationally constrained glycerol 3-phosphate acyltransferase inhibitors.

Edward A Wydysh, Aravinda Vadlamudi, Susan M Medghalchi, Craig A Townsend

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Article in Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Edward A WydyshDepartment of Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University, Remsen Hall, 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA.
Aravinda Vadlamudi
Susan M Medghalchi
Craig A Townsend
Johns Hopkins University · US

Funding

Novel Small Molecule Therapeutics to Treat ObesityR44DK065423 · NIDDK · FASGEN, INC. · PI MEDGHALCHI, SUSAN · 2005 to 2010
$3.5M
Novel Small Molecule Therapeutics to Treat ObesityR43DK065423 · NIDDK · FASGEN, INC. · PI OWENS, ALBERT H. · 2003 to 2004
$375k
NIDDK NIH HHS R43 DK065423NIDDK NIH HHS R44 DK065423
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glycerol 3-phosphate acyltransferase (GPAT) isozymes are central control points for fat synthesis in mammals. Development of inhibitors of these membrane-bound enzymes could lead to an effective treatment for obesity, but is thwarted by an absence of direct structural information. Based on a highly successful study involving conformationally constrained glycerol 3-phosphate analogs functioning as potent glycerol 3-phosphate dehydrogenase inhibitors, several series of cyclic bisubstrate and transition state analogs were designed, synthesized, and tested as GPAT inhibitors. The weaker in vitro inhibitory activity of these compounds compared to a previously described benzoic acid series was then examined in docking experiments with the soluble squash chloroplast GPAT crystal structure. These in silico experiments indicate that cyclopentyl and cyclohexyl scaffolds prepared in this study may be occluded from the enzyme active site by two protein loops that sterically guard the phosphate binding region. In view of these findings, future GPAT inhibitor design will be driven toward compounds based on planar frameworks able to slide between these loops and enter the active site, resulting in improved inhibitory activity.

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Drug DesignEnzyme InhibitorsGlycerol-3-Phosphate O-AcyltransferaseHumansMolecular ConformationMolecular StructureObesityStructure-Activity RelationshipEnzyme InhibitorsGlycerol-3-Phosphate O-Acyltransferase

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PMID20692840
PMCPMC3184547
OpenAlexW1978612186

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