Six focused rhodanine-based libraries, 60 compounds in total, were synthesized and evaluated as potential dynamin I GTPase inhibitors. Twenty-six were more potent than the lead compound with 13 returning IC 50 values ≤10 μM, making the Rhodadyn series among the most active dynamin inhibitors reported. Two analogues were highly effective at blocking receptor-mediated endocytosis: C10 and D10 with IC 50(RME) = 7.0 ± 2.2 and 5.9 ± 1.0 μM, respectively. These compounds are equipotent with the best reported in-cell dynamin inhibitors. KEYWORDS: dynamin inhibition, Knoevengal condensation, rhodanine D ynamin is a 100kD GTPase, 1 with three closely related mammalian isoforms: dynamin I (dynI), 2,3 dynamin II (dynII), 4 and dynamin III (dynIII). 5 Each isoform has a different number of spliced variants: dynI has eight, dynII has four, and dynIII has thirteen.6 Each may have different regulatory mechanisms at distinct locations within the cell or be involved in the cellular localization of dynamin. 7,8 The best-characterized superfamily member is dynI, exclusively expressed in brain and neuronal tissue. DynI is a key component of the synaptic vesicle (SV) recycling, which in turn is essential for the maintenance of neurotransmission, serving to retrieve empty SVs for refilling and reuse. 6,9,10 SV recycling is a specialized, rapid local endocytic recycling, considered to be a specialized form of receptor-mediated endocytosis (RME).
6−8Dynamin is also involved in clathrin-independent endocytosis, phagocytosis, and caveolae internalization. It has been implicated in cellular processes such as vesicle trafficking, Golgi function, organelle division, and mitochondria and chloroplast biogenesis. 7,8,11 Dynamin facilitates cell migration and invasion and potentially plays an important role in cell growth, cell spreading, and neurite outgrowth.
12Targeting endocytosis and trafficking defects through the dynamin inhibition represents a novel strategy for the treatment of many diseases such as neurological (e.g., epilepsy), viral, and bacterial (which enter cells via clathrin-medicated endocytosis) infections.13−15 Disruption of the cellular transport process has been linked to over 100 diseases involving endocytosis and intracellular trafficking defects.