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ArticleBioorganic & medicinal chemistry2020

An in silico mechanistic insight into HDAC8 activation facilitates the discovery of new small-molecule activators.

Jintong Du, Wen Li, Bo Liu, Yingkai Zhang, Jinming Yu, Xuben Hou, Hao Fang

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Article in Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 2020. 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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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Jintong DuShandong Cancer Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China; Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong 250117, China.
Wen LiDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry and Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Natural Products (MOE), School of Pharmacy, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China.
Bo LiuShandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong 250117, China.
Yingkai ZhangDepartment of Chemistry, New York University, New York, NY 10003, United States; NYU-ECNU Center for Computational Chemistry, New York University-Shanghai, Shanghai 200122, China.
Jinming YuShandong Cancer Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China; Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong 250117, China.
Xuben HouDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry and Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Natural Products (MOE), School of Pharmacy, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China; Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, NY 10003, United States. Electronic address: hxb@sdu.edu.cn.
Hao FangDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry and Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Natural Products (MOE), School of Pharmacy, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China. Electronic address: haofangcn@sdu.edu.cn.
Shandong First Medical University · CNShandong University · CNNew York University · US

Funding

Computational modulator design and machine learning to target protein-protein interactionsR35GM127040 · NIGMS · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY · PI Yingkai Zhang · 2018 to 2026
$4.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM127040
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Research interest in the development of histone deacetylase 8 (HDAC8) activators has substantially increased since loss-of-function HDAC8 mutations were found in patients with Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS). A series of N-acetylthioureas (e.g., TM-2-51) have been identified as HDAC8-selective activators, among others; however, their activation mechanisms remain elusive. Herein, we performed molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and fragment-centric topographical mapping (FCTM) to investigate the mechanism of HDAC8 activation. Our results revealed that improper binding of the coumarin group of fluorescent substrates leads to the "flipping out" of catalytic residue Y306, which reduces the enzymatic activity of HDAC8 towards fluorescent substrates. A pocket between the coumarin group of the substrate and thed catalytic residue Y306 was filled with the activator TM-2-51, which not only enhanced binding between HDAC8 and the fluorescent substrate complex but also stabilized Y306 in a catalytically active conformation. Based on this newly proposed substrate-dependent activation mechanism, we performed structure-based virtual screening and successfully identified low-molecular-weight scaffolds as new HDAC8 activators.

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Catalytic DomainDrug DiscoveryEnzyme ActivatorsHistone DeacetylasesHumansMolecular Docking SimulationMolecular Dynamics SimulationRepressor ProteinsSmall Molecule LibrariesEnzyme ActivatorsHDAC8 protein, humanHistone DeacetylasesRepressor ProteinsSmall Molecule LibrariesActivatorHDAC8Molecular dynamics simulationVirtual screening

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PMID32690262
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