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ArticleToxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology2021

COVALENT INHIBITION OF BOTULINUM NEUROTOXIN A - EXPLORATION OF WARHEAD REACTIVITY AND FUNCTION USING A BIFUNCTIONAL APPROACH.

Lewis D Turner, Alexander L Nielsen, Lucy Lin, Sabine Pellett, Takashi Sugane, Margaret E Olson, Kim D Janda

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Article in Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Lewis D TurnerDepartments of Chemistry and Immunology, The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, Worm Institute of Research and Medicine (WIRM), Scripps Research, 10550 N Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, United States.
Alexander L NielsenDepartments of Chemistry and Immunology, The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, Worm Institute of Research and Medicine (WIRM), Scripps Research, 10550 N Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, United States.
Lucy LinDepartments of Chemistry and Immunology, The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, Worm Institute of Research and Medicine (WIRM), Scripps Research, 10550 N Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, United States.
Sabine PellettDepartment of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin, 1550 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, United States.
Takashi SuganeDepartments of Chemistry and Immunology, The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, Worm Institute of Research and Medicine (WIRM), Scripps Research, 10550 N Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, United States.
Margaret E OlsonDepartments of Chemistry and Immunology, The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, Worm Institute of Research and Medicine (WIRM), Scripps Research, 10550 N Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, United States.
Kim D JandaDepartments of Chemistry and Immunology, The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, Worm Institute of Research and Medicine (WIRM), Scripps Research, 10550 N Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, United States.
Scripps Research Institute · USUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

Covalent Inhibition as a Method to Counteract Botulinum IntoxicationR01AI153298 · NIAID · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI JANDA, KIM · 2020 to 2023
$2.6M
Strategies for the Irreversible Inhibition of Botulinum NeurotoxinR21AI137709 · NIAID · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI JANDA, KIM · 2019 to 2020
$532k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI153298NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI137709
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

INTRODUCTION AND

objectivesBotulinum neurotoxin A (BoNT/A) is extremely toxic possessing an estimated intravenous LD

methodsSmall molecule inhibitors that possessed electrophilic moieties were designed, using X-ray crystallography as guidance, to target both the zinc metal-binding region and Cys165 within the active site of BoNT/A. Synthesized compounds were evaluated for covalent inhibition using a continuous SNAPtide FRET assay

resultsSeveral electrophilic warhead types were confirmed to inhibit BoNT/A LC covalently with substantial differences in time-dependent inhibition between the WT and C165A variant. A trend in warhead reactivity was reflected in inhibitor stability and toxicity. Compounds exhibited moderate potency in a BoNT/A neuronal cellular assay but were not further explored due to undesirable therapeutic potential.

conclusionsA fundamental framework for the bifunctional covalent inhibition of BoNT/A LC has been established. This approach has potential to be translated to other small molecule metal-binding inhibitors of BoNT/A LC with the vision that different pharmacophores, possessing improved physicochemical properties, will address BoNT/As toxicity and longevity within cells.

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Botulinum Toxins, Type ACatalytic DomainCrystallography, X-RayHalf-LifeProtein BindingBotulinum Toxins, Type AbifunctionalBotulinum neurotoxin Acovalentreactivitywarhead

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PMID34103769
PMCPMC8183569
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