Chemical editing of macrocyclic natural products and kinetic profiling reveal slow, tight-binding histone deacetylase inhibitors with picomolar affinities
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Histone deacetylases (HDACs) are validated targets for treatment of certain cancer types and play numerous regulatory roles in biology, ranging from epigenetics to metabolism. Small molecules are highly important as tool compounds for probing these mechanisms as well as for the development of new medicines. Therefore, detailed mechanistic information and precise characterization of the chemical probes used to investigate the effects of HDAC enzymes are vital. We interrogated Nature's arsenal of macrocyclic nonribosomal peptide HDAC inhibitors by chemical synthesis and evaluation of more than 30 natural products and analogues. This furnished surprising trends in binding affinities for the various macrocycles, which were then exploited for the design of highly potent class I and IIb HDAC inhibitors. Furthermore, thorough kinetic investigation revealed unexpected inhibitory mechanisms of important tool compounds as well as the approved drug Istodax (romidepsin). This work provides novel inhibitors with varying potencies, selectivity profiles, and mechanisms of inhibition and, importantly, affords insight into known tool compounds that will improve the interpretation of their effects in biology and medicine.
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The hydroxamic acid-containing macrocyclic inhibitors TpxB Asuha and ApiA Asuha are not HDAC11-selective because they have been shown to potently inhibit several other members of the enzyme class.
“Although these inhibitors are not HDAC11-selective as they have all been shown to potently inhibit several other members of the enzyme class (Kitir et al., 2017)”
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- Authors
- Kitir, B., Maolanon, A. R., Ohm, R. G., Colaço, A. R., Fristrup, P., Madsen, A. S., & Olsen, C. A.
- Affiliations
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- Technical University of Denmark (DK)
- Corresponding author
- Olsen, Christian A.
- Venue
- Biochemistry
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 2017-09-15
- Volume
- 56
- Issue
- 38
- Pages
- 5134-5146
- ISSN
- 0006-2960 (ISSN-L)
- 1520-4995
- OpenAlex
- W2750986446
- Cited by
- 38
- References
- 51
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 3
- FWCI
- 1.56
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Biochemistry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (submittedVersion)
- Technical University of Denmark, DTU Orbit (Technical University of Denmark, DTU) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- K?benhavns Universitet
- Carlsbergfondet (2013-01-0333, CF15-011)
- H2020 European Research Council (ERC-CoG-725172)
- Lundbeckfonden (R141-2013-13656, R52-2010-5054)
- Novo Nordisk Foundation (NNF15OC0017334)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
- Keywords
- histone deacetylase inhibitors, macrocyclic natural products, nonribosomal peptides, chemical synthesis, binding affinity, tight-binding inhibitors, inhibition mechanism, class I HDACs, romidepsin, tool compounds, epigenetic regulation, cancer therapy
- MeSH terms
- Antineoplastic Agents, Biological Products, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, HeLa Cells, Histone Deacetylases, Humans, Kinetics, Prodrugs, Recombinant Proteins, Structure-Activity Relationship, Zinc, Macrocyclic Compounds, Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors, Chemistry Techniques, Synthetic
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