The Impact of Fluorination on the Design of Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors

In recent years, histone deacetylases (HDACs) have emerged as promising targets in the treatment of cancer. The approach is to inhibit HDACs with drugs known as HDAC inhibitors (HDACis). Such HDACis are broadly classified according to their chemical structure, e.g., hydroxamic acids, benzamides, thiols, short-chain fatty acids, and cyclic peptides. Fluorination plays an important role in the medicinal-chemical design of new active representatives. As a result of the introduction of fluorine into the chemical structure, parameters such as potency or selectivity towards isoforms of HDACs can be increased. However, the impact of fluorination cannot always be clearly deduced. Nevertheless, a change in lipophilicity and, hence, solubility, as well as permeability, can influence the potency. The selectivity towards certain HDACs isoforms can be explained by special interactions of fluorinated compounds with the structure of the slightly different enzymes. Another aspect is that for a more detailed investigation of newly synthesized fluorine-containing active compounds, fluorination is often used for the purpose of labeling. Aside from the isotope 19F, which can be detected by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, the positron emission tomography of 18F plays a major role. However, to our best knowledge, a survey of the general effects of fluorination on HDACis development is lacking in the literature to date. Therefore, the aim of this review is to highlight the introduction of fluorine in the course of chemical synthesis and the impact on biological activity, using selected examples of recently developed fluorinated HDACis.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:28

Enthalten in:

Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) - 28(2023), 4 vom: 19. Feb.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tien Anh, Duong [VerfasserIn]
Hai Nam, Nguyen [VerfasserIn]
Kircher, Brigitte [VerfasserIn]
Baecker, Daniel [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

284SYP0193
EC 3.5.1.98
Fluorination
Fluorine
Fluorine-18
Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors
Histone Deacetylases
Histone deacetylase (HDAC)
Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACis)
Hydroxamic Acids
Journal Article
Positron emission tomography (PET)
Potency
Protein Isoforms
Review
Selectivity
Suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA)
Vorinostat

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Date Completed 28.02.2023

Date Revised 01.03.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/molecules28041973

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM353450901