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ArticleChemMedChem2020

Rapid Discovery of Aspartyl Protease Inhibitors Using an Anchoring Approach.

Markella Konstantinidou, Francesca Magari, Fandi Sutanto, Jörg Haupenthal, Varsha R Jumde, M Yagiz Ünver, Andreas Heine, Carlos Jamie Camacho, Anna K H Hirsch, Gerhard Klebe and 1 more

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Article in ChemMedChem, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Markella KonstantinidouDepartment of Pharmacy Drug Design Group, University of Groningen, A. Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV, Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-5972-4140
Francesca MagariInstitute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Philipps University Marburg, Marbacher Weg 6, 35032, Marburg, Germany.
Fandi SutantoDepartment of Pharmacy Drug Design Group, University of Groningen, A. Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Jörg HaupenthalDepartment of Drug Design and Optimization Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Campus E8.1, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Varsha R JumdeDepartment of Drug Design and Optimization Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Campus E8.1, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany.
M Yagiz ÜnverDepartment of Drug Design and Optimization Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Campus E8.1, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Andreas HeineInstitute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Philipps University Marburg, Marbacher Weg 6, 35032, Marburg, Germany.
Carlos Jamie CamachoDepartment of Computational and Systems Biology, University of Pittsburgh, 3501 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.
Anna K H HirschDepartment of Drug Design and Optimization Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Campus E8.1, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Gerhard KlebeInstitute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Philipps University Marburg, Marbacher Weg 6, 35032, Marburg, Germany.
Alexander DömlingDepartment of Pharmacy Drug Design Group, University of Groningen, A. Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV, Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-9923-8873
University of Groningen · NLPhilipps University of Marburg · DEHelmholtz Centre for Infection Research · DEUniversity of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

Real-time discovery of inhibitors among billion compounds for preview and downloadR01GM097082 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI CAMACHO, CARLOS J. · 2011 to 2020
$2.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM097082
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pharmacophore searches that include anchors, fragments contributing above average to receptor binding, combined with one-step syntheses are a powerful approach for the fast discovery of novel bioactive molecules. Here, we are presenting a pipeline for the rapid and efficient discovery of aspartyl protease inhibitors. First, we hypothesized that hydrazine could be a multi-valent warhead to interact with the active site Asp carboxylic acids. We incorporated the hydrazine anchor in a multicomponent reaction and created a large virtual library of hydrazine derivatives synthetically accessible in one-step. Next, we performed anchor-based pharmacophore screening of the libraries and resynthesized top-ranked compounds. The inhibitory potency of the molecules was finally assessed by an enzyme activity assay and the binding mode confirmed by several soaked crystal structures supporting the validity of the hypothesis and approach. The herein reported pipeline of tools will be of general value for the rapid generation of receptor binders beyond Asp proteases.

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Drug DiscoveryAspartic Acid ProteasesHumansHydrazinesMolecular StructureProtease InhibitorsAspartic Acid ProteaseshydrazineHydrazinesProtease Inhibitorsaspartic proteasecrystal structuresdocking protocolhydrazine-tetrazolesMCR chemistry

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PMID32187447
PMCPMC7317454
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