Antoni, Frauke and Wifling, David and Bernhardt, Guenther (2021) Water-soluble inhibitors of ABCG2 (BCRP) - A fragment-based and computational approach. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY, 210: 112958. ISSN 0223-5234, 1768-3254
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A good balance between hydrophilicity and lipophilicity is a prerequisite for all bioactive compounds. If the hydrophilicity of a compound is low, its solubility in water will be meager. Many drug development failures have been attributed to poor aqueous solubility. ABCG2 inhibitors are especially prone to be insoluble since they have to address the extremely large and hydrophobic multidrug binding site in ABCG2. For instance, our previous, tariquidar-related ABCG2 inhibitor UR-MB108 (1) showed high potency (79 nM), but very low aqueous solubility (78 nM). To discover novel potent ABCG2 inhibitors with improved solubility we pursued a fragment-based approach. Substructures of 1 were optimized and the fragments 'enlarged' to obtain inhibitors, supported by molecular docking studies. Synthesis was achieved, i.a., via Sonogashira coupling, click chemistry and amide coupling. A kinetic solubility assay revealed that 1 and most novel inhibitors did not precipitate during the short time period of the applied biological assays. The solubility of the compounds in aqueous media at equilibrium was investigated in a thermodynamic solubility assay, where UR-Ant116 (40), UR-Ant121 (41), UR-Ant131 (48) and UR-Ant132 (49) excelled with solubilities between 1 mu M and 1.5 mu M - an up to 19-fold improvement compared to 1. Moreover, these novel N-phenyl-chromone-2-carboxamides inhibited ABCG2 in a Hoechst 33342 transport assay with potencies in the low three-digit nanomolar range, reversed MDR in cancer cells, were non-toxic and proved stable in blood plasma. All properties make them attractive candidates for in vitro assays requiring long-term incubation and in vivo studies, both needing sufficient solubility at equilibrium. 41 and 49 were highly ABCG2-selective, a precondition for developing PET tracers. The triple ABCB1/C1/G2 inhibitor 40 qualifies for potential therapeutic applications, given the concerted role of the three transporter subtypes at many tissue barriers, e.g. the BBB. (C) 2020 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | HUMAN MULTIDRUG TRANSPORTER; AQUEOUS DRUG SOLUBILITY; SHAKE-FLASK METHOD; EQUILIBRIUM SOLUBILITY; THERMODYNAMIC SOLUBILITY; SELECTIVE INHIBITORS; NONTOXIC INHIBITORS; P-GLYCOPROTEIN; HIGHLY POTENT; RESISTANCE; ABCG2 transporter; BCRP; Inhibitors; Hoechst 33342; Water solubility; Rule of five |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 615 Pharmacy |
| Divisions: | Chemistry and Pharmacy > Institute of Pharmacy > Pharmaceutical/Medicinal Chemistry II (Prof. Buschauer) |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Aug 2022 06:34 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Aug 2022 06:34 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/46256 |
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