A collection of 2150 druggable active sites from the Protein Data Bank was screened by high-throughput docking to identify putative targets for five representative molecules of a combinatorial library sharing a 1,3,5-triazepan-2,6-dione scaffold. Five targets were prioritized for experimental evaluation by computing enrichment in individual protein entries among the top 2% scoring targets. Out of the five proposed proteins, secreted phospholipase A2 (sPLA2) was shown to be a true target for a panel of 1,3,5-triazepan-2,6-diones which exhibited micromolar affinities toward two human sPLA2 members.
Dihydrofuro[3,4-c]pyridinones are the first class of small molecules reported to inhibit the cytolytic effects of the lymphocyte toxin perforin. A lead structure was identified from a high throughput screen, and a series of analogues were designed and prepared to explore structure-activity relationships around the core bicyclic thioxofuropyridinone and pendant furan ring. This resulted in the identification of a submicromolar inhibitor of the perforin-induced lysis of Jurkat T-lymphoma cells.
A series of novel 5-arylidene-2-thioxoimidazolidin-4-ones
were
investigated as inhibitors of the lymphocyte-expressed pore-forming
protein perforin. Structure–activity relationships were explored
through variation of an isoindolinone or 3,4-dihydroisoquinolinone
subunit on a fixed 2-thioxoimidazolidin-4-one/thiophene core. The
ability of the resulting compounds to inhibit the lytic activity of
both isolated perforin protein and perforin delivered in situ by natural
killer cells was determined. A number of compounds showed excellent
activity at concentrations that were nontoxic to the killer cells,
and several were a significant improvement on previous classes of
inhibitors, being substantially more potent and soluble. Representative
examples showed rapid and reversible binding to immobilized mouse
perforin at low concentrations (≤2.5 μM) by surface plasmon
resonance and prevented formation of perforin pores in target cells
despite effective target cell engagement, as determined by calcium
influx studies. Mouse PK studies of two analogues showed T1/2 values of 1.1–1.2 h (dose of 5 mg/kg iv) and
MTDs of 60–80 mg/kg (ip).
The development of the 1,3,5-triazepane-2,6-dione system as a novel, conformationally restricted, and readily accessible class of dipeptidomimetics is reported. The synthesis of the densely functionalized 1,3,5-triazepane-2,6-dione skeleton was achieved in only four steps from a variety of simple linear dipeptide precursors. To extend the practical value of 1,3,5-triazepane-2,6-diones, a general polymer-assisted solution-phase synthesis approach amenable to library production in a multiparallel format was developed. The conformational preferences of the 1,3,5-triazepane-2,6-dione skeleton were investigated in detail by NMR spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. The ring exhibits a characteristic folded conformation which was compared to that of related dipeptide-derived scaffolds including the more planar 2,5-diketopiperazine (DKP). Molecular and structural diversity was increased further through post-cyclization appending operations at urea nitrogens. Preliminary biological screens of a small collection of 1,3,5-triazepane-2,6-diones revealed inhibitors of the underexplored malaria liver stage and suggest strong potential for this dipeptide-derived scaffold to interfere with and to modulate biological pathways.
Enantiopure dipeptide-derived 1,3,5-triazepan-2,6-diones and form H-bonded 3(1) helical molecular tapes with P chirality in the solid state; in the case of , these columnar tapes self-assemble through aromatic-aromatic interactions to give hollow tubular structures.
Key indicatorsSingle-crystal X-ray study T = 293 K Mean (C-C) = 0.004 Å R factor = 0.045 wR factor = 0.117 Data-to-parameter ratio = 9.6For details of how these key indicators were automatically derived from the article, see
The title compound, C8H15N3O2.0.94CDCl3, displays a folded conformation and cocrystallizes with deuterated chloroform molecules. The asymmetric unit contains two triazepan molecules and two solvent molecules with incomplete occupancy. The expected absolute configuration was confirmed from the Flack parameter using anomalous dispersion. Molecules are linked by hydrogen bonds to form infinite planes which are perpendicular to the c axis. The network of these planes is sandwiched by a layer of organic solvent molecules through hydrogen bonds and van der Waals interactions.
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