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Design strategies to target crystallographic waters applied to the Hsp90 molecular chaperone.

Authors :
Kung PP
Sinnema PJ
Richardson P
Hickey MJ
Gajiwala KS
Wang F
Huang B
McClellan G
Wang J
Maegley K
Bergqvist S
Mehta PP
Kania R
Source :
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters [Bioorg Med Chem Lett] 2011 Jun 15; Vol. 21 (12), pp. 3557-62. Date of Electronic Publication: 2011 May 05.
Publication Year :
2011

Abstract

A series of novel and potent small molecule Hsp90 inhibitors was optimized using X-ray crystal structures. These compounds bind in a deep pocket of the Hsp90 enzyme that is partially comprised by residues Asn51 and Ser52. Displacement of several water molecules observed crystallographically in this pocket using rule-based strategies led to significant improvements in inhibitor potency. An optimized inhibitor (compound 17) exhibited potent Hsp90 inhibition in ITC, biochemical, and cell-based assays (K(d)=1.3 nM, K(i)=15 nM, and cellular IC(50)=0.5 μM).<br /> (Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1464-3405
Volume :
21
Issue :
12
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
21612924
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2011.04.130