1. Novel PD-L1-Targeted Phenyl-Pyrazolone Derivatives with Antioxidant Properties
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Romain Regnault, Frédérique Klupsch, Hassiba El-Bouazzati, Romain Magnez, Raphaël Le Biannic, Natascha Leleu-Chavain, Hania Ahouari, Hervé Vezin, Régis Millet, Jean-François Goossens, Xavier Thuru, Christian Bailly, Université de Lille, CNRS, Groupe de Recherche sur les formes Injectables et les Technologies Associées - ULR 7365 [GRITA], Institute for Translational Research in Inflammation - U 1286 [INFINITE (Ex-Liric)], Cancer Heterogeneity, Plasticity and Resistance to Therapies (CANTHER) - UMR 9020 - UMR 1277, Laboratoire Avancé de Spectroscopie pour les Intéractions la Réactivité et l'Environnement - UMR 8516 [LASIRE], Institut de Recherche Translationnelle sur l'Inflammation (INFINITE) - U1286, Cancer Heterogeneity, Plasticity and Resistance to Therapies - UMR 9020 - U 1277 [CANTHER], Miniaturisation pour la Synthèse, l’Analyse et la Protéomique - UAR 3290 [MSAP], Lille Inflammation Research International Center - U 995 [LIRIC], Groupe de Recherche sur les formes Injectables et les Technologies Associées - ULR 7365 (GRITA), Université de Lille-Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Lille] (CHRU Lille), Institute for Translational Research in Inflammation - U 1286 (INFINITE (Ex-Liric)), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Lille-Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Lille] (CHRU Lille), Miniaturisation pour la Synthèse, l’Analyse et la Protéomique - UAR 3290 (MSAP), Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Avancé de Spectroscopie pour les Intéractions la Réactivité et l'Environnement - UMR 8516 (LASIRE), Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Lille Inflammation Research International Center - U 995 (LIRIC), Institut Pasteur de Lille, Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Lille-Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Lille] (CHRU Lille), Cancer Heterogeneity, Plasticity and Resistance to Therapies - UMR 9020 - U 1277 (CANTHER), and Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Lille-Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Lille] (CHRU Lille)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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antioxidant ,pyrazolone ,Organic Chemistry ,Pharmaceutical Science ,aldehyde reactivity ,cancer ,immune checkpoint ,PD-L1 binding ,Analytical Chemistry ,[CHIM.THEO]Chemical Sciences/Theoretical and/or physical chemistry ,Chemistry (miscellaneous) ,Drug Discovery ,Molecular Medicine ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry - Abstract
International audience; Orally-active anticancer small molecules targeting the PD-1/PD-L1 immune checkpoint are actively searched. Phenyl-pyrazolone derivatives with a high affinity for PD-L1 have been designed and characterized. In addition, the phenyl-pyrazolone unit acts as a scavenger of oxygen free radicals, providing antioxidant effects. The mechanism is known for the drug edaravone (1) which is also an aldehyde-reactive molecule. The present study reports the synthesis and functional characterization of new molecules (2–5) with an improved anti-PD-L1 activity. The leading fluorinated molecule 5 emerges as a potent checkpoint inhibitor, avidly binding to PD-L1, inducing its dimerization, blocking PD-1/PD-L1 signaling mediated by phosphatase SHP-2 and reactivating the proliferation of CTLL-2 cells in the presence of PD-L1. In parallel, the compound maintains a significant antioxidant activity, characterized using electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR)-based free radical scavenging assays with the probes DPPH and DMPO. The aldehyde reactivity of the molecules was investigated using 4-hydroxynonenal (4-HNE), which is a major lipid peroxidation product. The formation of drug-HNE adducts, monitored by high resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS), was clearly identified and compared for each compound. The study leads to the selection of compound 5 and the dichlorophenyl-pyrazolone unit as a scaffold for the design of small molecule PD-L1 inhibitors endowed with antioxidant properties.
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- 2023
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