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ArticleJournal of medicinal chemistry2019

Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Novel Allosteric Protein Disulfide Isomerase Inhibitors.

Suhui Yang, Andrea Shergalis, Dan Lu, Anahita Kyani, Ziwei Liu, Mats Ljungman, Nouri Neamati

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Article in Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Suhui YangDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Rogel Cancer Center , University of Michigan , North Campus Research Complex, 1600 Huron Parkway , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109 , United States.
Andrea ShergalisDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Rogel Cancer Center , University of Michigan , North Campus Research Complex, 1600 Huron Parkway , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109 , United States.ORCID 0000-0002-1155-1583
Dan LuDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Rogel Cancer Center , University of Michigan , North Campus Research Complex, 1600 Huron Parkway , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109 , United States.
Anahita KyaniDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Rogel Cancer Center , University of Michigan , North Campus Research Complex, 1600 Huron Parkway , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109 , United States.
Ziwei LiuDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Rogel Cancer Center , University of Michigan , North Campus Research Complex, 1600 Huron Parkway , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109 , United States.
Mats LjungmanDepartment of Radiation Oncology Rogel Cancer Center , University of Michigan Medical School and Rogel Cancer Center, School of Public Health , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109 , United States.
Nouri NeamatiDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Rogel Cancer Center , University of Michigan , North Campus Research Complex, 1600 Huron Parkway , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109 , United States.ORCID 0000-0003-3291-7131
University of Michigan · US

Funding

XenograftP30CA046592 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Alexey I Nesvizhskii · 1988 to 2026
$178.2M
Efficacy of PDI inhibitors in glioblastomaR01CA193690 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI NEAMATI, NOURI, REHEMTULLA, ALNAWAZ · 2015 to 2019
$2.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA046592NCI NIH HHS R01 CA193690
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) is responsible for nascent protein folding in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and is critical for glioblastoma survival. To improve the potency of lead PDI inhibitor BAP2 (( E)-3-(3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-3-oxoprop-1-en-1-yl)benzonitrile), we designed and synthesized 67 analogues. We determined that PDI inhibition relied on the A ring hydroxyl group of the chalcone scaffold and cLogP increase in the sulfonamide chain improved potency. Docking studies revealed that BAP2 and analogues bind to His256 in the b' domain of PDI, and mutation of His256 to Ala abolishes BAP2 analogue activity. BAP2 and optimized analogue 59 have modest thiol reactivity; however, we propose that PDI inhibition by BAP2 analogues depends on the b' domain. Importantly, analogues inhibit glioblastoma cell growth, induce ER stress, increase expression of G2M checkpoint proteins, and reduce expression of DNA repair proteins. Cumulatively, our results support inhibition of PDI as a novel strategy to treat glioblastoma.

Indexed as

Drug DesignAllosteric RegulationBrain NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationCell SurvivalEndoplasmic Reticulum StressEnzyme InhibitorsGlioblastomaHumansMolecular Docking SimulationMutationNitrilesProtein Disulfide-IsomerasesStructure-Activity RelationshipEnzyme InhibitorsNitrilesProtein Disulfide-Isomerases

Identifiers

PMID30759340
PMCPMC8276234
OpenAlexW2912524021

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