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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2024

The Discovery of New Inhibitors of Insulin-Regulated Aminopeptidase by a High-Throughput Screening of 400,000 Drug-like Compounds.

Johan Gising, Saman Honarnejad, Maaike Bras, Gemma L Baillie, Stuart P McElroy, Philip S Jones, Angus Morrison, Julia Beveridge, Mathias Hallberg, Mats Larhed

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Johan GisingThe Beijer Laboratory, Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Biomedical Centre, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 574, SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-8852-6071
Saman HonarnejadPivot Park Screening Centre, Kloosterstraat 9, 5349 AB Oss, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-4558-501X
Maaike BrasPivot Park Screening Centre, Kloosterstraat 9, 5349 AB Oss, The Netherlands.
Gemma L BaillieBioAscent Discovery Ltd., Bo'Ness Road, Newhouse, Motherwell ML1 5UH, UK.
Stuart P McElroyBioAscent Discovery Ltd., Bo'Ness Road, Newhouse, Motherwell ML1 5UH, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5182-2616
Philip S JonesBioAscent Discovery Ltd., Bo'Ness Road, Newhouse, Motherwell ML1 5UH, UK.
Angus MorrisonBioAscent Discovery Ltd., Bo'Ness Road, Newhouse, Motherwell ML1 5UH, UK.
Julia BeveridgeThe Beijer Laboratory, Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Biomedical Centre, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 574, SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-9425-8832
Mathias HallbergThe Beijer Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Neuropharmacology and Addiction Research, Biomedical Centre, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 591, SE-751 24 Uppsala, Sweden.
Mats LarhedThe Beijer Laboratory, Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Biomedical Centre, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 574, SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-6258-0635
Uppsala University · SE

Funding

European Union FP7/2007-2013Innovative Medicines Initiative 115489
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With the ambition to identify novel chemical starting points that can be further optimized into small drug-like inhibitors of insulin-regulated aminopeptidase (IRAP) and serve as potential future cognitive enhancers in the clinic, we conducted an ultra-high-throughput screening campaign of a chemically diverse compound library of approximately 400,000 drug-like small molecules. Three biochemical and one biophysical assays were developed to enable large-scale screening and hit triaging. The screening funnel, designed to be compatible with high-density microplates, was established with two enzyme inhibition assays employing either fluorescent or absorbance readouts. As IRAP is a zinc-dependent enzyme, the remaining active compounds were further evaluated in the primary assay, albeit with the addition of zinc ions. Rescreening with zinc confirmed the inhibitory activity for most compounds, emphasizing a zinc-independent mechanism of action. Additionally, target engagement was confirmed using a complementary biophysical thermal shift assay where compounds causing positive/negative thermal shifts were considered genuine binders. Triaging based on biochemical activity, target engagement, and drug-likeness resulted in the selection of 50 qualified hits, of which the IC

Indexed as

AminopeptidasesInsulinColoring AgentsHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysHydroxamic AcidsInsulin, Regular, HumanZincAminopeptidasesColoring AgentsHydroxamic AcidsInsulinInsulin, Regular, HumanZincinsulin-regulated aminopeptidase (IRAP)ultra-high-throughput screening (uHTS)

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PMID38612894
PMCPMC11012289
OpenAlexW4394567953

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