Why Hydroxamates May Not Be the Best Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors—What Some May Have Forgotten or Would Rather Forget?
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Hydroxamate‐based histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACIs) have been approved as therapeutic agents by the US Food and Drug Administration for use in oncology applications. While the potential utility of such HDACIs in other areas of medicinal chemistry is tremendous, there are significant concerns that “pan‐HDAC inhibitors” may be too broadly acting and/or toxic for clinical use beyond oncology. In addition to the isozyme selectivity challenge, the potential mutagenicity of hydroxamate‐containing HDAC inhibitors represents a major hindrance in their application to other therapeutic areas. Herein we report on the mutagenicity of known hydroxamates, discuss the mechanisms responsible for their genotoxicity, and review some of the current alternatives to hydroxamates. We conclude that the hydroxamate group, while providing high‐potency HDACIs, is not necessarily the best zinc‐binding group for HDACI drug discovery.
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A major drawback of hydroxamates is poor PKs due to rapid elimination and metabolite cytotoxicity, decreasing their potential for clinical use.
“Another major drawback to hydroxamates is their poor PKs due to rapid elimination and metabolite cytotoxicity, thus decreasing their potential for clinical use [40].”
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The Introduction reports poor pharmacokinetics, specifically rapid clearance, and dose-limiting toxicity concerns for approved hydroxamate HDAC inhibitors. The Mutagenicity section discusses potentially mutagenic products of hydroxamate reactions, but does not establish metabolite cytotoxicity as the cause of poor pharmacokinetics or reduced clinical potential. The paper also notes that several such inhibitors are approved for oncology use. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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“Cytotoxicity mainly occurs through a Lossen’s rearrangement (Figure 5) where a reactive isocyanate intermediate forms and can interact with DNA, inducing mutagenesis [41].”
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- hydroxamate, histone deacetylase inhibitors, mutagenicity, genotoxicity, zinc-binding groups, drug toxicity
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