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Synthesis and Biological Investigation of Phenothiazine-Based Benzhydroxamic Acids as Selective Histone Deacetylase 6 Inhibitors

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Vögerl, Katharina, Ong, Nghia, Senger, Johanna, Herp, Daniel, Schmidtkunz, Karin, Marek, Martin, Müller, Martin, Bartel, Karin +8 more·2019·Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

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The phenothiazine system was identified as a favorable cap group for potent and selective histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) inhibitors. Here, we report the preparation and systematic variation of phenothiazines and their analogues containing a benzhydroxamic acid moiety as the zinc-binding group. We evaluated their ability to selectively inhibit HDAC6 by a recombinant HDAC enzyme assay, by determining the protein acetylation levels in cells by western blotting (tubulin vs histone acetylation), and by assessing their effects on various cancer cell lines. Structure-activity relationship studies revealed that incorporation of a nitrogen atom into the phenothiazine framework results in increased potency and selectivity for HDAC6 (more than 500-fold selectivity relative to the inhibition of HDAC1, HDAC4, and HDAC8), as rationalized by molecular modeling and docking studies. The binding mode was confirmed by co-crystallization of the potent azaphenothiazine inhibitor with catalytic domain 2 from Danio rerio HDAC6.

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  • HDAC6 has two catalytic domains and a C-terminal zinc finger domain, interacts with tau and α-tubulin, and is involved in degradation of protein aggregates, mitochondrial transport, and cognitive memory, making it relevant to AD pathology.

    “Among them, HDAC6 has two catalytic domains and a C-terminal zinc finger domain, interacts with tau and α-tubulin, and is involved in the degradation of protein aggregates, mitochondrial transport, and cognitive memory,506–509 making it relevant to AD pathology.”

    From Recent advances in Alzheimer's disease: Mechanisms, clinical trials and new drug development strategies. (2024) · cites this paper as [508]

    The Introduction (page unavailable) describes HDAC6’s two catalytic domains, its action on α-tubulin, its role in transporting protein aggregates for processing, and its implication in Alzheimer’s disease. It does not describe the ubiquitin-binding domain as a C-terminal zinc finger or establish interactions with tau, mitochondrial transport, or a direct role in cognitive memory; it reports improved cognition in Alzheimer’s-model mice after HDAC6 inhibitor treatment. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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Vögerl, K., Ong, N., Senger, J., Herp, D., Schmidtkunz, K., Marek, M., Müller, M., Bartel, K., Shaik, T. B., Porter, N. J., Robaa, D., Christianson, D. W., Romier, C., Sippl, W., Jung, M., & Bracher, F.
Affiliations
  • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
  • Department of Pharmacy—Center for Drug Research, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Butenandtstr. 5-13, 81377 Munich, Germany
  • University of Freiburg (DE)
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
  • University of Pennsylvania (US)
  • Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (DE)
Corresponding author
Bracher, Franz
Venue
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
Published
2019-01-15
Volume
62
Issue
3
Pages
1138-1166
ISSN
  • 0022-2623 (ISSN-L)
  • 1520-4804
OpenAlex
W2909709456
Cited by
104
References
85
Citations by year
2026: 7 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 17 · 2020: 23 · 2019: 12
FWCI
6.53
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale
  • Université de Strasbourg
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Ju295/13-1, Si868/13-1)
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (GM49758)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Phenothiazines and Benzothiazines Synthesis and Activities
  • Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Organic Chemistry › Synthesis and biological activity
Keywords
phenothiazines, benzhydroxamic acid, HDAC6, HDAC6 inhibitors, structure-activity relationship, zinc-binding groups, protein acetylation, tubulin acetylation, histone acetylation, cancer cell lines, molecular docking, co-crystallization
MeSH terms
Histone Deacetylase 6, Acetylation, Animals, Cells, Cultured, Humans, Hydroxamic Acids, Microsomes, Liver, Phenothiazines, Structure-Activity Relationship, Zebrafish, Molecular Structure, Crystallography, X-Ray, HL-60 Cells, Catalytic Domain, Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors, Molecular Docking Simulation, In Vitro Techniques

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