Virtual Screening Directly Identifies New Fragment-Sized Inhibitors of Carboxylesterase Notum with Nanomolar Activity.
J Med Chem
; 65(1): 562-578, 2022 01 13.
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Notum is a negative regulator of Wnt signaling acting through the hydrolysis of a palmitoleoylate ester, which is required for Wnt activity. Inhibitors of Notum could be of use in diseases where dysfunctional Notum activity is an underlying cause. A docking-based virtual screen (VS) of a large commercial library was used to shortlist 952 compounds for experimental validation as inhibitors of Notum. The VS was successful with 31 compounds having an IC50 < 500 nM. A critical selection process was then applied with two clusters and two singletons (1-4d) selected for hit validation. Optimization of 4d guided by structural biology identified potent inhibitors of Notum activity that restored Wnt/ß-catenin signaling in cell-based models. The [1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-b]pyradizin-3(2H)-one series 4 represent a new chemical class of Notum inhibitors and the first to be discovered by a VS campaign. These results demonstrate the value of VS with well-designed docking models based on X-ray structures.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Hidrolasas de Éster Carboxílico
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Inhibidores Enzimáticos
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Esterasas
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Screening_studies
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Animals
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En
Revista:
J Med Chem
Asunto de la revista:
QUIMICA
Año:
2022
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Article
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Estados Unidos