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Nutlin‐3a‐aa: Improving the Bioactivity of a p53/MDM2 Interaction Inhibitor by Introducing a Solvent‐Exposed Methylene Group

Authors :
Florian Nietzold
Stefan Rubner
Beata Labuzek
Przemysław Golik
Ewa Surmiak
Xabier del Corte
Radoslaw Kitel
Christoph Protzel
Regina Reppich‐Sacher
Jan Stichel
Katarzyna Magiera‐Mularz
Tad A. Holak
Thorsten Berg
Source :
ChemBioChem. 24
Publication Year :
2023
Publisher :
Wiley, 2023.

Abstract

Nutlin-3a is a reversible inhibitor of the p53/MDM2 interaction. We have synthesized the derivative Nutlin-3a-aa bearing an additional exocyclic methylene group in the piperazinone moiety. Nutlin-3a-aa is more active than Nutlin-3a against purified wild-type MDM2, and is more effective at increasing p53 levels and releasing transcription of p53 target genes from MDM2-induced repression. X-ray analysis of wild-type MDM2-bound Nutlin-3a-aa indicated that the orientation of its modified piperazinone ring was altered in comparison to the piperazinone ring of MDM2-bound Nutlin-3a, with the exocyclic methylene group of Nutlin-3a-aa pointing away from the protein surface. Our data point to the introduction of exocyclic methylene groups as a useful approach by which to tailor the conformation of bioactive molecules for improved biological activity. This work was generously supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (BE 4572/3-1 to T.B.). We extend our thanks to Barbara Klüver, Katrin Eckhardt, Nadiya Brovchenko, and Domenique Herbstritt for experimental support. Parts of the data described in this manuscript have been published in the dissertation of Florian Nietzold (Leipzig University, 2019).31 In addition, this work was financially supported by the National Science Centre, Poland (NCN) under Grant Symphony 2014/12/W/NZ1/00457 (to T.A.H). We thank HZB for the allocation of synchrotron radiation beamtime. We acknowledge the MCB Structural Biology Core Facility (supported by the TEAM TECH CORE FACILITY/2017-4/6 grant from the Foundation for Polish Science) for valuable support. Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL.

Details

ISSN :
14397633 and 14394227
Volume :
24
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
ChemBioChem
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....3fb06c4062024a2ef43bf959329aea0f
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.202300006