Center for Biomaterials, Korea Institute of Science & Technology (KIST School), Seoul, Seongbuk-gu, 02792, Republic of Korea; University of Science & Technology (UST), Daejeon, Yuseong-gu, 34113, Republic of Korea; Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Modern University for Technology and Information (MTI), Cairo 12055, Egypt.
Medicinal & Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Division, National Research Centre (NRC), (ID: 60014618), P.O. 12622, Dokki, Giza, Egypt.
Bioorg Med Chem. 2021 Feb 1;31:115969. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2020.115969. Epub 2020 Dec 28.
P38α/MAPK14 is intracellular signalling regulator involved in biosynthesis of inflammatory mediator cytokines (TNF-α, IL-1, IL-6, and IL-1b), which induce the production of inflammatory proteins (iNOS, NF-kB, and COX-2). In this study, drug repurposing strategies were followed to repositioning of a series of B-RAF imidazol-5-yl pyridine inhibitors to inhibit P38α kinase. A group 25 reported P38α kinase inhibitors were used to build a pharmacophore model for mapping the target compounds and proving their affinity for binding in P38α active site. Target compounds were evaluated for their potency against P38α kinase, compounds 11a and 11d were the most potent inhibitors (IC = 47 nM and 45 nM, respectively). In addition, compound 11d effectively inhibited the production of proinflammatory cytokinesTNF-α, 1L-6, and 1L-1β in LPS-induced RAW 264.7 macrophages with IC values of 78.03 nM, 17.6 µM and 82.15 nM, respectively. The target compounds were tested for their anti-inflammatory activity by detecting the reduction of Nitric oxide (NO) and prostaglandin (PGE2) production in LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 macrophages. Compound 11d exhibited satisfied inhibitory activity of the production of PGE2 and NO with IC values of 0.29 µM and 0.61 µM, respectively. Molecular dynamics simulations of the most potent inhibitor 11d were carried out to illustrate its conformational stability in the binding site of P38α kinase.
P38α/MAPK14 是一种细胞内信号调节剂,参与炎症介质细胞因子(TNF-α、IL-1、IL-6 和 IL-1b)的生物合成,这些细胞因子诱导炎症蛋白(iNOS、NF-kB 和 COX-2)的产生。在这项研究中,我们采用了药物重新定位策略,将一系列 B-RAF 咪唑-5-基吡啶抑制剂重新定位为抑制 P38α 激酶。我们使用了一组 25 种报道的 P38α 激酶抑制剂来构建药效团模型,以映射目标化合物并证明它们与 P38α 活性位点的结合亲和力。我们评估了目标化合物对 P38α 激酶的活性,化合物 11a 和 11d 是最有效的抑制剂(IC50 值分别为 47 nM 和 45 nM)。此外,化合物 11d 有效抑制 LPS 诱导的 RAW 264.7 巨噬细胞中促炎细胞因子 TNF-α、IL-6 和 IL-1β的产生,IC50 值分别为 78.03 nM、17.6 μM 和 82.15 nM。我们通过检测 LPS 刺激的 RAW 264.7 巨噬细胞中一氧化氮(NO)和前列腺素(PGE2)产生的减少来测试目标化合物的抗炎活性。化合物 11d 对 PGE2 和 NO 的产生表现出满意的抑制活性,IC50 值分别为 0.29 μM 和 0.61 μM。我们对最有效的抑制剂 11d 进行了分子动力学模拟,以说明其在 P38α 激酶结合位点的构象稳定性。