Keegan Bradley M, Catalfano Kevin C, Banerjee Monimoy, Blagg Brian S J
Warren Center for Drug Discovery, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, 310 McCourtney Hall, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States.
ACS Med Chem Lett. 2022 Apr 15;13(5):827-832. doi: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.2c00064. eCollection 2022 May 12.
KU-177 was recently shown to disrupt interactions between Hsp90 and Aha1 . Subsequent studies in recombinant thioflavin T (ThT) assays demonstrated that KU-177 ablates Aha1-driven enhancement of Hsp90-dependent tau aggregation, which was confirmed by TEM. Using KU-177 as a lead compound, derivatives of KU-177 were synthesized and evaluated for their ability to disrupt Aha1/Hsp90 interactions and inhibit P301L tau aggregation. Preliminary structure-activity relationships were revealed, which led to the identification of a new lead compound that contains a -like amide bond. The new lead compounds retain the ability to disrupt Aha1/Hsp90 interactions in SH-SY5Y and SK-BR-3 cells without direct inhibition of Hsp90, providing a new scaffold for subsequent drug discovery efforts.
KU-177最近被证明能破坏热休克蛋白90(Hsp90)与Aha1之间的相互作用。随后在重组硫黄素T(ThT)分析中的研究表明,KU-177消除了Aha1驱动的Hsp90依赖性tau蛋白聚集增强,这一点通过透射电子显微镜(TEM)得到了证实。以KU-177作为先导化合物,合成了KU-177的衍生物,并评估了它们破坏Aha1/Hsp90相互作用和抑制P301L tau蛋白聚集的能力。揭示了初步的构效关系,从而确定了一种含有类似酰胺键的新先导化合物。新的先导化合物保留了在SH-SY5Y和SK-BR-3细胞中破坏Aha1/Hsp90相互作用的能力,而不会直接抑制Hsp90,为后续的药物研发工作提供了一个新的框架。