Discovery and extensive in vitro evaluations of NK-HDAC-1: A chiral histone deacetylase inhibitor as a promising lead

Jingli Hou, Zhonghua Li, Qinghong Fang, Congran Feng, Hanwen Zhang, Weikang Guo, Huihui Wang, Guoxian Gu, Yinping Tian, Pi Liu, Ruihua Liu, Jianping Lin, Yi Kang Shi, Zheng Yin, Jie Shen, Peng George Wang

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Abstract

Herein, further SAR studies of lead compound NSC746457 (Shen, J.; Woodward, R.; Kedenburg, J. P.; Liu, X. W.; Chen, M.; Fang, L. Y.; Sun; D. X.; Wang. P. G.J. Med. Chem. 2008, 51, 7417-7427) were performed, including the replacement of the trans-styryl moiety with a 2-substituted benzo-hetero aromatic ring and the introduction of a substituent onto the central methylene carbon. A promising chiral lead, S-(E)-3-(1-(1-(benzo[d]oxazol-2-yl)-2-methylpropyl)-1H-1,2,3- triazol-4-yl)-N-hydroxyacrylamide (12, NK-HDAC-1), was discovered and showed about 1 order of magnitude more potency than SAHA in both enzymatic and cellular assays. For the in vitro safety tests, NK-HDAC-1 was far less toxic to nontransformed cells than tumor cells and showed no significant inhibition activity against CYP-3A4. The pharmaceutical properties (LogD, solubility, liver micrsomal stability (t1/2), plasma stability (t1/2), and apparent permeability) strongly suggested that NK-HDAC-1 might be superior to SAHA in bioavailability and in vivo half-life.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3066-3075
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Medicinal Chemistry
Volume55
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 12 Apr 2012
Externally publishedYes

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