期刊
BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
卷 24, 期 15, 页码 3614-3617出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.05.025
关键词
Immunoproteasome; Selective inhibitor; Non-peptide scaffold; Inhibitor identification
资金
- NIH [RC1MH088480, R01CA128903]
- Kentucky Science & Engineering Foundation [KSEF-925-RDE-008]
As a major component of the crucial nonlysosomal protein degradation pathway in the cells, the proteasome has been implicated in many diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, inflammatory bowel diseases, autoimmune diseases, multiple myeloma (MM) and other cancers. There are two main proteasome subtypes: the constitutive proteasome which is expressed in all eukaryotic cells and the immunoproteasome which is expressed in immune cells and can be induced in other cell types. Majority of currently available proteasome inhibitors are peptide backbone-based, having short half-lives in the body. It is highly desirable to identify novel, immunoproteasome-selective inhibitors with non-peptide scaffolds for development of novel therapeutics. Through combined virtual screening and experimental studies targeting the immunoproteasome, we have identified a set of novel immunoproteasome inhibitors with diverse non-peptide scaffolds. Some of the identified inhibitors have significant selectivity for the immunoproteasome over the constitutive proteasome. Unlike most of the currently available proteasome inhibitors, these new inhibitors lacking electrophilic pharmacophores are not expected to form a covalent bond with proteasome after the binding. These nonpeptide scaffolds may provide a new platform for future rational drug design and discovery targeting the immunoproteasome. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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