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ArticleJournal of medicinal chemistry2018

Species-Selective Pyrimidineamine Inhibitors of Trypanosoma brucei S-Adenosylmethionine Decarboxylase.

Oleg A Volkov, Anthony J Brockway, Stephen A Wring, Michael Peel, Zhe Chen, Margaret A Phillips, Jef K De Brabander

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Article in Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2018. 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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4citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Polyamine Metabolism inMedical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
    Review
  3. Polyamines in protozoan pathogens.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2018
    Review
  4. Article
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Oleg A Volkov
Anthony J Brockway
Stephen A WringScynexis, Inc. (now Avista Pharma Solutions) , 3501 Tricenter Boulevard, Suite C, Durham, North Carolina 27713, United States.
Michael PeelScynexis, Inc. (now Avista Pharma Solutions) , 3501 Tricenter Boulevard, Suite C, Durham, North Carolina 27713, United States.
Zhe Chen
Margaret A PhillipsORCID 0000-0001-5250-5578
Jef K De BrabanderORCID 0000-0001-8816-5798
Scynexis (United States) · US

Funding

TRYPANSOMIASIS--MOLECULAR APPROACHES TO CHEMOTHERAPYR01AI034432 · NIAID · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI PHILLIPS, MARGARET A. · 1995 to 2024
$4.9M
Targeting S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase for HAT drug discoveryR01AI090599 · NIAID · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI PHILLIPS, MARGARET A. · 2010 to 2014
$4.1M
Polyamine and trypanothione metabolism in Trypanosoma bruceiR37AI034432 · NIAID · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI PHILLIPS, MARGARET A. · 2009 to 2018
$4.0M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI034432NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI090599NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI034432
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

New therapeutic options are needed for treatment of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) caused by protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei. S-Adenosylmethionine decarboxylase (AdoMetDC) is an essential enzyme in the polyamine pathway of T. brucei. Previous attempts to target this enzyme were thwarted by the lack of brain penetration of the most advanced series. Herein, we describe a T. brucei AdoMetDC inhibitor series based on a pyrimidineamine pharmacophore that we identified by target-based high-throughput screening. The pyrimidineamines showed selectivity for T. brucei AdoMetDC over the human enzyme, inhibited parasite growth in whole-cell assay, and had good predicted blood-brain barrier penetration. The medicinal chemistry program elucidated structure-activity relationships within the series. Features of the series that were required for binding were revealed by determining the X-ray crystal structure of TbAdoMetDC bound to one analog. The pyrimidineamine series provides a novel starting point for an anti-HAT lead optimization.

Indexed as

Adenosylmethionine DecarboxylaseDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalEnzyme InhibitorsInhibitory Concentration 50KineticsPolyaminesSpecies SpecificityStructure-Activity RelationshipTrypanosoma brucei bruceiAdenosylmethionine DecarboxylaseEnzyme InhibitorsPolyamines

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PMID29271204
PMCPMC5965259
OpenAlexW2777800218

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