Design of potent inhibitors for Schistosoma japonica glutathione S-transferase

Bioorg Med Chem. 2006 Jan 15;14(2):304-18. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2005.07.077. Epub 2005 Nov 4.

Abstract

We implemented both structure-based drug design and the concept of polyvalency to discover a series of potent and unsymmetrical Schistosoma japonicum glutathione S-transferase (SjGST) inhibitors 10-12. This strategy achieved not only an excellent enhancement (10- to 490-fold) in the inhibitory potency, compared to the monofunctional analogues 1-5, but was also an effective modification by selecting a hydrophobic moiety with a flexible linker. The designed compounds with a low micromolar hit demonstrate special values in refining the new generation of SjGST inhibitors. The stoichiometry of the binding is one inhibitor molecule per SjGST monomer via isothermal titration calorimetric measurement.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • DNA Primers
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / chemistry*
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • Glutathione Transferase / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Glutathione Transferase / genetics
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Structure
  • Schistosoma / enzymology*
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment

Substances

  • DNA Primers
  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Glutathione Transferase