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ArticleChemical biology & drug design2012

Inhibitors incorporating zinc-binding groups target the GlcNAc-PI de-N-acetylase in Trypanosoma brucei, the causative agent of African sleeping sickness.

Nuha Z Abdelwahab, Arthur T Crossman, Lauren Sullivan, Michael A J Ferguson, Michael D Urbaniak

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Article in Chemical biology & drug design, 2012. 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, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nuha Z AbdelwahabDivision of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK.
Arthur T Crossman
Lauren Sullivan
Michael A J Ferguson
Michael D Urbaniak
University of Dundee · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research CouncilWellcome Trust 085622
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Disruption of glycosylphosphatidylinositol biosynthesis is genetically and chemically validated as a drug target against the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei, the causative agent of African sleeping sickness. The N-acetylglucosamine-phosphatidylinositol de-N-acetylase (deNAc) is a zinc metalloenzyme responsible for the second step of glycosylphosphatidylinositol biosynthesis. We recently reported the synthesis of eight deoxy-2-C-branched monosaccharides containing carboxylic acid, hydroxamic acid, or N-hydroxyurea substituents at the C2 position that may act as zinc-binding groups. Here, we describe the synthesis of a glucocyclitol-phospholipid incorporating a hydroxamic acid moiety and report the biochemical evaluation of the monosaccharides and the glucocyclitol-phospholipid as inhibitors of the trypanosome deNAc in the cell-free system and against recombinant enzyme. Monosaccharides with carboxylic acid or hydroxamic acid substituents were found to be the inhibitors of the trypanosome deNAc with IC(50) values 0.1-1.5mM and the glucocyclitol-phospholipid was found to be a dual inhibitor of the deNAc and the α1-4-mannose transferase with an apparent IC(50)= 19±0.5μm.

Indexed as

AmidohydrolasesAnimalsDrug DesignEnzyme InhibitorsGlycosylphosphatidylinositolsPhospholipidsRecombinant ProteinsTrypanocidal AgentsTrypanosoma brucei bruceiTrypanosomiasis, AfricanZincAmidohydrolasesEnzyme InhibitorsGlycosylphosphatidylinositolsN-acetylglucosaminyl-phosphatidylinositol de-N-acetylasePhospholipidsRecombinant ProteinsTrypanocidal AgentsZinc

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PMID22222041
PMCPMC3473218
OpenAlexW1590628629

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