Williams Olusegun, Houseman Benjamin T, Kunkel Eric J, Aizenstein Brian, Hoffman Randy, Knight Zachary A, Shokat Kevan M
Graduate Program in Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
Chem Biol. 2010 Feb 26;17(2):123-34. doi: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2010.01.010.
PI3Kdelta and PI3Kgamma regulate immune cell signaling, while the related PI3Kalpha and PI3Kbeta regulate cell survival and metabolism. Selective inhibitors of PI3Kdelta/gamma represent a potential class of anti-inflammatory agents lacking the antiproliferative effects associated with PI3Kalpha/beta inhibition. Here we report the discovery of PI3Kdelta/gamma inhibitors that display up to 1000-fold selectivity over PI3Kalpha/beta and evaluate these compounds in a high-content inflammation assay using mixtures of primary human cells. We find selective inhibition of only PI3Kdelta is weakly anti-inflammatory, but PI3Kdelta/gamma inhibitors show superior inflammatory marker suppression through suppression of lipopolysaccharide-induced TNFalpha production and T cell activation. Moreover, PI3Kdelta/gamma inhibition yields an anti-inflammatory signature distinct from pan-PI3K inhibition and known anti-inflammatory drugs, yet bears striking similarities to glucocorticoid receptor agonists. These results highlight the potential of selectively designing drugs that target kinases with shared biological function.
PI3Kδ和PI3Kγ调节免疫细胞信号传导,而相关的PI3Kα和PI3Kβ调节细胞存活和代谢。PI3Kδ/γ的选择性抑制剂代表了一类潜在的抗炎剂,缺乏与PI3Kα/β抑制相关的抗增殖作用。在此我们报告了PI3Kδ/γ抑制剂的发现,其对PI3Kα/β的选择性高达1000倍,并使用原代人类细胞混合物在高内涵炎症测定中评估了这些化合物。我们发现仅选择性抑制PI3Kδ具有较弱的抗炎作用,但PI3Kδ/γ抑制剂通过抑制脂多糖诱导的TNFα产生和T细胞活化表现出卓越的炎症标志物抑制作用。此外,PI3Kδ/γ抑制产生了一种不同于泛PI3K抑制和已知抗炎药物的抗炎特征,但与糖皮质激素受体激动剂具有显著相似性。这些结果突出了选择性设计靶向具有共同生物学功能激酶的药物的潜力。