Zhang Qiufen, Chen Yingyi, Ni Duan, Huang Zhimin, Wei Jiacheng, Feng Li, Su Jun-Cheng, Wei Yingqing, Ning Shaobo, Yang Xiuyan, Zhao Mingzhu, Qiu Yuran, Song Kun, Yu Zhengtian, Xu Jianrong, Li Xinyi, Lin Houwen, Lu Shaoyong, Zhang Jian
State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Department of Pharmacy, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200127, China.
Medicinal Chemistry and Bioinformatics Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China.
Acta Pharm Sin B. 2022 Feb;12(2):876-889. doi: 10.1016/j.apsb.2021.06.015. Epub 2021 Jul 2.
SIRT6 belongs to the conserved NAD-dependent deacetylase superfamily and mediates multiple biological and pathological processes. Targeting SIRT6 by allosteric modulators represents a novel direction for therapeutics, which can overcome the selectivity problem caused by the structural similarity of orthosteric sites among deacetylases. Here, developing a reversed allosteric strategy AlloReverse, we identified a cryptic allosteric site, Pocket Z, which was only induced by the bi-directional allosteric signal triggered upon orthosteric binding of NAD. Based on Pocket Z, we discovered an SIRT6 allosteric inhibitor named JYQ-42. JYQ-42 selectively targets SIRT6 among other histone deacetylases and effectively inhibits SIRT6 deacetylation, with an IC of 2.33 μmol/L. JYQ-42 significantly suppresses SIRT6-mediated cancer cell migration and pro-inflammatory cytokine production. JYQ-42, to our knowledge, is the most potent and selective allosteric SIRT6 inhibitor. This study provides a novel strategy for allosteric drug design and will help in the challenging development of therapeutic agents that can selectively bind SIRT6.
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