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ArticleNature chemistry2013

Synthesis of 19-substituted geldanamycins with altered conformations and their binding to heat shock protein Hsp90.

Russell R A Kitson, Chuan-Hsin Chang, Rui Xiong, Huw E L Williams, Adrienne L Davis, William Lewis, Donna L Dehn, David Siegel, S Mark Roe, Chrisostomos Prodromou and 2 more

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Article in Nature chemistry, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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32 citing papers in PubMed, 84 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Russell R A KitsonSchool of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK.
Chuan-Hsin Chang
Rui Xiong
Huw E L Williams
Adrienne L Davis
William Lewis
Donna L Dehn
David Siegel
S Mark Roe
Chrisostomos Prodromou
David Ross
Christopher J Moody
University of Colorado Denver · USUniversity of Nottingham · GBUniversity of Sussex · GB

Funding

Biochemical and molecular studies on NQO1. Design of less toxic Hsp90 inhibitorsR01CA051210 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI ROSS, DAVID · 1990 to 2017
$5.0M
Novel Mechanisms of Quinone ToxicityR01ES018943 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI ROSS, DAVID · 2010 to 2014
$1.7M
NCI NIH HHS CA51210NCI NIH HHS R01 CA051210NIEHS NIH HHS ES018943NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES018943Parkinson's UK G-1002Wellcome Trust 095605
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The benzoquinone ansamycin geldanamycin and its derivatives are inhibitors of heat shock protein Hsp90, an emerging target for novel therapeutic agents both in cancer and in neurodegeneration. However, the toxicity of these compounds to normal cells has been ascribed to reaction with thiol nucleophiles at the quinone 19-position. We reasoned that blocking this position would ameliorate toxicity, and that it might also enforce a favourable conformational switch of the trans-amide group into the cis-form required for protein binding. Here, we report an efficient synthesis of such 19-substituted compounds and realization of our hypotheses. Protein crystallography established that the new compounds bind to Hsp90 with, as expected, a cis-amide conformation. Studies on Hsp90 inhibition in cells demonstrated the molecular signature of Hsp90 inhibitors: decreases in client proteins with compensatory increases in other heat shock proteins in both human breast cancer and dopaminergic neural cells, demonstrating their potential for use in the therapy of cancer or neurodegenerative diseases.

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Antibiotics, AntineoplasticBenzoquinonesCell Line, TumorCell SurvivalChromatography, Thin LayerCrystallography, X-RayDrug DesignFemaleHSP90 Heat-Shock ProteinsHumansHuman Umbilical Vein Endothelial CellsImmunoblottingLactams, MacrocyclicModels, MolecularMolecular ConformationProtein BindingAntibiotics, AntineoplasticBenzoquinonesgeldanamycinHSP90 Heat-Shock ProteinsLactams, Macrocyclic

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PMID23511419
PMCPMC3839848
OpenAlexW2045410853

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