Structure–activity relationships of hydrophobic small molecule irreversible inhibitors of tissue transglutaminase
Daniel A. Wallace, Sarah Tribe, Pauline Navals, Christina Bi, Tarasha Sharma, Jeffrey W. Keillor
TL;DR
This study explores how different chemical groups affect the potency and properties of irreversible inhibitors of the enzyme tissue transglutaminase (TG2), which is linked to various diseases.
Contribution
The study identifies the optimal hydrophobic pendant group for TG2 inhibition, showing that chloroadamantyl derivatives offer the best balance of potency and stability.
Findings
The adamantyl group provides superior affinity compared to other cycloalkyl and aryl groups.
Chloroadamantyl derivatives exhibit the best overall inhibitory efficiency and membrane permeability.
Bromo- and iodoadamantyl derivatives, while more efficient, show poor hepatocyte stability compared to chloroadamantyl.
Abstract
Tissue transglutaminase (TG2) is both an enzyme and a G-protein that is implicated in many diseases, such that small molecule inhibitors of TG2 have broad potential as drugs or research tools. Previous work has demonstrated how the structure of EB-2-16, a highly potent irreversible inhibitor of TG2, has been optimised with respect to its warhead, tether and bridge moieties. In this work, we studied the structure–activity relationships of the pendant hydrophobic group of the scaffold. This confirmed the superior affinity conferred by the parent adamantyl moiety, over other cycloalkyl, aryl, biaryl and bridged biaryl groups. Additionally, some substituted adamantyl derivatives were shown to exhibit superior inhibitory efficiency over the parent inhibitor, with kinact/KI values over 106 M−1 min−1. The best inhibitors were shown to exhibit excellent lipid membrane permeability, but…
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TopicsBlood properties and coagulation · Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies · Skin and Cellular Biology Research