This proposal outlines a strategy to design, synthesize, and examine the biological activity of new types of inhibitors for two families of hydrolytic enzymes; serine and cysteine proteases, and protein tyrosine phosphatases. The serine protease plasmin plays a role in both angiogenesis and metastasis in cancer development, while PTP1B and the Yersinia PTPase are important targets for the treatment of type II diabetes and bubonic plague, respectively. In the area of protease inhibitors, previous work has provided the rationale and mechanistic studies as the foundation for designing 4-heterocyclohexanone-based inhibitors. In the current proposal plans are outlined to increase the potency and specificity of the plasmin inhibitors through rational modifications, and then evaluate their activity in two biological assays that measure their ability to inhibit angiogenesis and invasion of the extracellular matrix. In addition, libraries of cyclohexanone-based protease inhibitors will be screened against a number of new cysteine proteases (cathepsins M, P, Q, and R) that play an important role in embryonic development in rodents. The new proteases were discovered recently by a collaborator on the project, R. W. Mason from the Dupont Hospital for Children. In the area of PTPase inhibitors, the studies that are propose build upon the initial discovery that aryl (?-ketocarboxylic acids can serve as the framework from which to construct potent PTPase inhibitors. There are two main objectives in this area. First, studies are proposed to improve the activity of an already potent divalent inhibitor (29, Ki = 700 nM) by using a high throughput method to synthesize several hundred analogs. These analogs are designed to increase the number and strength of the noncovalent interactions between the enzyme and inhibitor. A library of divalent inhibitors will also be synthesized and screened in order to optimize the structure of the linker region between two ?-ketoacid groups. Finally, the optimized inhibitors will be examined for their ability to inhibit dephosphorylation of the insulin receptor that is catalyzed by PTP1B.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01GM057327-09
Application #
7052783
Study Section
Bio-Organic and Natural Products Chemistry Study Section (BNP)
Program Officer
Fabian, Miles
Project Start
1998-05-01
Project End
2008-04-30
Budget Start
2006-05-01
Budget End
2008-04-30
Support Year
9
Fiscal Year
2006
Total Cost
$276,148
Indirect Cost
Name
Brown University
Department
Chemistry
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
001785542
City
Providence
State
RI
Country
United States
Zip Code
02912
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Chen, Yen Ting; Seto, Christopher T (2004) Parallel synthesis of a library of bidentate protein tyrosine phosphatase inhibitors based on the alpha-ketoacid motif. Bioorg Med Chem 12:3289-98
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