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发现胰岛素调节氨肽酶的新型变构抑制剂命中物为酶促机制提供了见解。

Discovery of Novel Allosteric Inhibitor Hits for Insulin-Regulated Aminopeptidase Provides Insights on Enzymatic Mechanism.

作者信息

Georgaki Galateia, Koutroumpa Nikoletta-Maria, Lagarias Panagiotis, Afantitis Antreas, Papakyriakou Athanasios, Stratikos Efstratios

机构信息

Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Zografou 15784, Greece.

National Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos, Agia Paraskevi 15341, Greece.

出版信息

ACS Omega. 2025 Apr 23;10(17):17960-17972. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.5c01169. eCollection 2025 May 6.

Abstract

Insulin-regulated aminopeptidase (IRAP) is a transmembrane zinc metalloprotease with various important biological roles, including fibrosis, septic thrombosis, cognitive functions, and immune system regulation. As a result, IRAP is an emerging pharmacological target for several diseases. However, the development of selective inhibitors that specifically regulate its activity remains challenging due to its high sequence and functional homology with many other enzymes that have highly conserved active sites. To circumvent this limitation, we targeted the malate allosteric site, a site that has yielded highly selective inhibitors of the homologous enzyme ERAP1. We performed virtual screening to discover drug-like compounds that bind with high affinity to this allosteric site in IRAP. A database of 38 million diverse, drug-like compounds from ENAMINE was employed for screening at three conformations of the targeted site. A subset of the top-ranked compounds was subsequently evaluated using molecular dynamics simulations and comparative MM/GBSA free energy calculation, from which 17 were selected for further evaluation of their inhibitory activity for IRAP by two orthogonal assays. Three hits, one for each enzyme conformation and substrate class, were selected for further mechanistic evaluation revealing substrate-dependent uncompetitive or noncompetitive mechanisms of action, consistent with the conformationally sensitive nature of the allosteric site. Our results support the tractability of the malate site for the discovery of novel selective IRAP inhibitors, establish novel hits for further development, and suggest that it may be possible to target specific biological functions of IRAP by targeting distinct conformations of the enzyme by allosteric inhibitors.

摘要

胰岛素调节氨肽酶(IRAP)是一种跨膜锌金属蛋白酶,具有多种重要生物学作用,包括纤维化、脓毒性血栓形成、认知功能和免疫系统调节。因此,IRAP是多种疾病中一个新兴的药理学靶点。然而,由于其与许多具有高度保守活性位点的其他酶在序列和功能上具有高度同源性,开发特异性调节其活性的选择性抑制剂仍然具有挑战性。为了克服这一限制,我们靶向苹果酸别构位点,该位点已产生同源酶ERAP1的高度选择性抑制剂。我们进行虚拟筛选以发现与IRAP中该别构位点具有高亲和力结合的类药物化合物。使用来自ENAMINE的3800万种不同的类药物化合物数据库在靶点的三种构象下进行筛选。随后使用分子动力学模拟和比较MM/GBSA自由能计算对排名靠前的化合物子集进行评估,从中选择17种通过两种正交测定法进一步评估其对IRAP的抑制活性。选择了三个命中化合物,每种酶构象和底物类别各一个,用于进一步的机制评估,揭示底物依赖性非竞争性或非竞争性作用机制,这与别构位点的构象敏感性性质一致。我们的结果支持苹果酸位点对于发现新型选择性IRAP抑制剂的可行性,确定了进一步开发的新型命中化合物,并表明通过别构抑制剂靶向酶的不同构象可能靶向IRAP的特定生物学功能。

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