Identification of Fatty Acid Binding Protein 5 Inhibitors Through Similarity-Based Screening

Fatty acid binding protein 5 (FABP5) is a promising target for development of inhibitors to help control pain and inflammation. In this work, computer-based docking (DOCK6 program) was employed to screen ∼2 M commercially available compounds to FABP5 based on an X-ray structure complexed with the small molecule inhibitor SBFI-26 previously identified by our group (also through virtual screening). The goal was discovery of additional chemotypes. The screen resulted in the purchase of 78 candidates, which led to the identification of a new inhibitor scaffold (STK-0) with micromolar affinity and apparent selectivity for FABP5 over FABP3. A second similarity-based screen resulted in three additional hits (STK-15, STK-21, STK-22) from which preliminary SAR could be derived. Notably, STK-15 showed comparable activity to the SBFI-26 reference under the same assay conditions (1.40 vs 0.86 μM). Additional molecular dynamics simulations, free energy calculations, and structural analysis (starting from DOCK-generated poses) revealed that R enantiomers (dihydropyrrole scaffold) of STK-15 and STK-22 have a more optimal composition of functional groups to facilitate additional H-bonds with Arg109 of FABP5. This observation suggests enantiomerically pure compounds could show enhanced activity. Overall, our study highlights the utility of using similarity-based screening methods to discover new inhibitor chemotypes, and the identified FABP5 hits provide a strong starting point for future efforts geared to improve activity.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:58

Enthalten in:

Biochemistry - 58(2019), 42 vom: 22. Okt., Seite 4304-4316

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhou, Yuchen [VerfasserIn]
Elmes, Matthew W [VerfasserIn]
Sweeney, Joseph M [VerfasserIn]
Joseph, Olivia M [VerfasserIn]
Che, Joyce [VerfasserIn]
Hsu, Hao-Chi [VerfasserIn]
Li, Huilin [VerfasserIn]
Deutsch, Dale G [VerfasserIn]
Ojima, Iwao [VerfasserIn]
Kaczocha, Martin [VerfasserIn]
Rizzo, Robert C [VerfasserIn]

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1-naphthyl alpha-truxillate
Cyclobutanes
Dicarboxylic Acids
FABP3 protein, human
FABP5 protein, human
Fatty Acid Binding Protein 3
Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins
Journal Article
Ligands
Recombinant Proteins
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Small Molecule Libraries

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Date Completed 26.06.2020

Date Revised 26.06.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acs.biochem.9b00625

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM301472432