- Screening of a Custom-Designed Acid Fragment Library Identifies 1-Phenylpyrroles and 1-Phenylpyrrolidines as Inhibitors of Notum Carboxylesterase Activity
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The Wnt family of proteins are secreted signaling proteins that play key roles in regulating cellular functions. Recently, carboxylesterase Notum was shown to act as a negative regulator of Wnt signaling by mediating the removal of an essential palmitoleate. Here we disclose two new chemical scaffolds that inhibit Notum enzymatic activity. Our approach was to create a fragment library of 250 acids for screening against Notum in a biochemical assay followed by structure determination by X-ray crystallography. Twenty fragments were identified as hits for Notum inhibition, and 14 of these fragments were shown to bind in the palmitoleate pocket of Notum. Optimization of 1-phenylpyrrole 20, guided by structure-based drug design, identified 20z as the most potent compound from this series. Similarly, the optimization of 1-phenylpyrrolidine 8 gave acid 26. This work demonstrates that inhibition of Notum activity can be achieved by small, drug-like molecules possessing favorable in vitro ADME profiles.
- Mahy, William,Patel, Mikesh,Steadman, David,Woodward, Hannah L.,Atkinson, Benjamin N.,Svensson, Fredrik,Willis, Nicky J.,Flint, Alister,Papatheodorou, Dimitra,Zhao, Yuguang,Vecchia, Luca,Ruza, Reinis R.,Hillier, James,Frew, Sarah,Monaghan, Amy,Costa, Artur,Bictash, Magda,Walter, Magnus W.,Jones, E. Yvonne,Fish, Paul V.
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p. 9464 - 9483
(2020/10/19)
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- N-(1-HYDROXY-3-(PYRROLIDINYL)PROPAN-2-YL)PYRROLIDINE-3-CARBOXAMIDE DERIVATIVES AS GLUCOSYLCERAMIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITORS
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Described herein are compounds of Formula I, methods of making such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments containing such compounds, and compounds I for use to treat or prevent diseases or conditions associated with the enzyme glucosylceramide synthase (GCS).
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Paragraph 000393
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