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ArticleChemMedChem2026

Synthesis and Evaluation of Iminosugar-Based Analogs of UDP-GlcNAc as Putative OGT Inhibitors.

Nicolas Auberger, Thanh Van Tran, Quentin Lemaire, Jil Busmann, Marine Lacritick, Marlène Mortuaire, Céline Schulz, Anne-Sophie Vercoutter-Edouart, Arnaud Pâris, David Vocadlo and 4 more

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14 authors.

Nicolas AubergerGlycochemistry Group, OrgaSynth Team, IC2MP, UMR CNRS, 7285, Université de Poitiers, Poitiers cedex 09, France.
Thanh Van TranGlycochemistry Group, OrgaSynth Team, IC2MP, UMR CNRS, 7285, Université de Poitiers, Poitiers cedex 09, France.
Quentin LemaireUnité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle (UGSF), CNRS, Université de Lille (UMR 8576), Lille, France.
Jil BusmannDepartment of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
Marine LacritickDépartement de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique, University of Namur, Namur, Belgium.
Marlène MortuaireUnité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle (UGSF), CNRS, Université de Lille (UMR 8576), Lille, France.
Céline SchulzUnité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle (UGSF), CNRS, Université de Lille (UMR 8576), Lille, France.
Anne-Sophie Vercoutter-EdouartUnité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle (UGSF), CNRS, Université de Lille (UMR 8576), Lille, France.
Arnaud PârisInstitute of Organic and Analytical Chemistry (ICOA), UMR, 7311, CNRS-Université d 'Orléans, Université d'Orléans, Orléans Cedex 2, France.
David VocadloDepartment of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
Pierre LafiteInstitute of Organic and Analytical Chemistry (ICOA), UMR, 7311, CNRS-Université d 'Orléans, Université d'Orléans, Orléans Cedex 2, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1637-4966
Stéphane P VincentDépartement de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique, University of Namur, Namur, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6258-9058
Tony LefebvreUnité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle (UGSF), CNRS, Université de Lille (UMR 8576), Lille, France.
Yves BlériotGlycochemistry Group, OrgaSynth Team, IC2MP, UMR CNRS, 7285, Université de Poitiers, Poitiers cedex 09, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3209-9282

Funding

Fondation pour la Recherche MédicaleLabex Iron ANR-11-LABX-0018-01Labex Synorg ANR-11-LABX-0029
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT) is an essential mammalian enzyme that regulates numerous cellular processes through the attachment of O-linked N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) residues to nuclear and cytoplasmic proteins. Inhibitors of OGT are needed as research tools and for evaluating the potential of OGT as a therapeutic target. As little effort has been made to incorporate mimicry of the glycosyl oxocarbenium character of the OGT transition state, we report herein the synthesis of a series of glycomimetics of the OGT substrate UDP-GlcNAc, in which the GlcNAc motif has been replaced by an imino-C-glycoside and the pyrophosphate moiety has been either conserved, replaced by a squaramide linker, or truncated to remove the terminal phosphate and base. While their affinity for human OGT both in vitro and in cells proved modest (>300 µM), an imino-C-glycoside of α-D-GalNAc-1-phosphate showed, surprisingly, micromolar noncompetitive inhibition of OGT (IC

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Enzyme InhibitorsImino SugarsN-AcetylglucosaminyltransferasesUridine Diphosphate N-AcetylglucosamineDose-Response Relationship, DrugHumansMolecular StructureStructure-Activity RelationshipEnzyme InhibitorsImino SugarsN-AcetylglucosaminyltransferasesO-GlcNAc transferaseOGT protein, humanUridine Diphosphate N-Acetylglucosamineglycoconjugateglycosyl transferaseiminosugarOGT

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PMID42457629
PMCPMC13372710

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