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ArticleChemMedChem2021

Inhibitors of Human Divalent Metal Transporters DMT1 (SLC11A2) and ZIP8 (SLC39A8) from a GDB-17 Fragment Library.

Jonai Pujol-Giménez, Marion Poirier, Sven Bühlmann, Céline Schuppisser, Rajesh Bhardwaj, Mahendra Awale, Ricardo Visini, Sacha Javor, Matthias A Hediger, Jean-Louis Reymond

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Article in ChemMedChem, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. A View on Molecular Complexity from the GDB Chemical Space.Journal of chemical information and modeling · 2025
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  8. Metalation and activation of ZnBiophysics reviews · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jonai Pujol-GiménezDepartment of Biomedical Research and Department of Nephrology and Hypertension Membrane Transport Discovery Lab Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, CH-3010, Bern, Switzerland.
Marion PoirierDepartment of Chemistry Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, 3012, Bern, Switzerland.
Sven BühlmannDepartment of Chemistry Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, 3012, Bern, Switzerland.
Céline SchuppisserDepartment of Chemistry Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, 3012, Bern, Switzerland.
Rajesh BhardwajDepartment of Biomedical Research and Department of Nephrology and Hypertension Membrane Transport Discovery Lab Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, CH-3010, Bern, Switzerland.
Mahendra AwaleDepartment of Chemistry Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, 3012, Bern, Switzerland.
Ricardo VisiniDepartment of Chemistry Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, 3012, Bern, Switzerland.
Sacha JavorDepartment of Chemistry Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, 3012, Bern, Switzerland.
Matthias A HedigerDepartment of Biomedical Research and Department of Nephrology and Hypertension Membrane Transport Discovery Lab Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, CH-3010, Bern, Switzerland.
Jean-Louis ReymondDepartment of Chemistry Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, 3012, Bern, Switzerland.
University of Bern · CHUniversity Hospital of Bern · CH

Funding

Swiss National Science Foundation Grant #182272Swiss National Science Foundation, NCCR TransCure
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Solute carrier proteins (SLCs) are membrane proteins controlling fluxes across biological membranes and represent an emerging class of drug targets. Here we searched for inhibitors of divalent metal transporters in a library of 1,676 commercially available 3D-shaped fragment-like molecules from the generated database GDB-17, which lists all possible organic molecules up to 17 atoms of C, N, O, S and halogen following simple criteria for chemical stability and synthetic feasibility. While screening against DMT1 (SLC11A2), an iron transporter associated with hemochromatosis and for which only very few inhibitors are known, only yielded two weak inhibitors, our approach led to the discovery of the first inhibitor of ZIP8 (SLC39A8), a zinc transporter associated with manganese homeostasis and osteoarthritis but with no previously reported pharmacology, demonstrating that this target is druggable.

Indexed as

CarbazolesCarboxylic AcidsCation Transport ProteinsCells, CulturedDose-Response Relationship, DrugHEK293 CellsHumansMolecular StructureSolute Carrier Family 11, Member 2Structure-Activity RelationshipSulfones1,2,3,4-tetrahydrocarbazoleCarbazolesCarboxylic AcidsCation Transport ProteinsSLC39A8 protein, humanSolute Carrier Family 11, Member 2Sulfoneschemical spacefragmentsinhibitorsiron transportmembrane transporters

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PMID34309203
PMCPMC8596699
OpenAlexW3183208709

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