Institute of Bioinformatics and Medical Engineering, School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology, Changzhou, 213001, China.
Department of Pathophysiology, Chemical Biology Division of Shanghai Universities E-Institutes, Key Laboratory of Cell Differentiation and Apoptosis of Chinese Ministry of Education, Shanghai JiaoTong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200025, China.
Sci Rep. 2017 Nov 6;7(1):14572. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-15260-5.
Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase α is an attractive target to potentially treat a range of cancers. Herein, we described the evolution of a reported PI3K inhibitor into a moderate PI3Kα inhibitor with a low molecular weight. We used X-ray crystallography to describe the accurate binding mode of the compound YXY-4F. A comparison of the p110α-YXY-4F and apo p110α complexes showed that YXY-4F induced additional space by promoting a flexible conformational change in residues Ser773 and Ser774 in the PI3Kα ATP catalytic site. Specifically, residue 773(S) in PI3Kα is quite different from that of PI3Kβ (D), γ (A), and δ (D), which might guide further optimization of substituents around the NH group and phenyl group to improve the selectivity and potency of PI3Kα.
磷酸肌醇 3-激酶α 是一个有吸引力的靶点,有望治疗多种癌症。在此,我们描述了一种已报道的 PI3K 抑制剂向具有低分子量的中等 PI3Kα 抑制剂的演变过程。我们使用 X 射线晶体学来描述化合物 YXY-4F 的精确结合模式。p110α-YXY-4F 和 apo p110α 复合物的比较表明,YXY-4F 通过促进 PI3Kα ATP 催化位点残基 Ser773 和 Ser774 的灵活构象变化,诱导了额外的空间。具体而言,PI3Kα 中的残基 773(S)与 PI3Kβ(D)、γ(A)和δ(D)相当不同,这可能指导围绕 NH 基团和苯基的取代基的进一步优化,以提高 PI3Kα 的选择性和效力。