Constrained NBMPR analogue synthesis, pharmacophore mapping and 3D-QSAR modeling of equilibrative nucleoside transporter 1 (ENT1) inhibitory activity

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• 作者：Zhengxiang Zhu ; John K. Buolamwini
• 关键词：Equilibrative nucleoside transporter 1 (ENT1) ; Inhibitor ; Nitrobenzylmercaptopurine riboside (NBMPR) ; Pharmacophore mapping ; 3D QSAR ; Comparative molecular field analysis ; PHASE ; Flow cytometry ; Constrained analogues ; Synthesis
• 刊名：Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry
• 出版年：2008
• 出版时间：1 April 2008
• 年：2008
• 卷：16
• 期：7
• 页码：3848-3865
• 全文大小：1396 K

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Conformationally constrained analogue synthesis was undertaken to aid in pharmacophore mapping and 3D-QSAR analysis of nitrobenzylmercaptopurine riboside (NBMPR) congeners as equilibriative nucleoside transporter 1 (ENT1) inhibitors. In our previous study [J. Med. Chem. 2003, 46, 831–837], novel regioisomeric nitro-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline conformationally constrained analogues of NBMPR were synthesized and evaluated as ENT1 ligands. 7-NO₂-1,2,3,4-Tetrahydroisoquino-2-yl purine riboside was identified as the analogue with the nitro group in the best orientation at the NBMPR binding site of ENT1. In the present study, further conformational constraining was introduced by synthesizing 5′-O,8-cyclo derivatives. The flow cytometrically determined binding affinities indicated that the additional 5′-O,8-cyclo constraining was unfavorable for binding to the ENT1 transporter. The structure–activity relationship (SAR) acquired was applied to pharmacophore mapping using the PHASE program. The best pharmacophore hypothesis obtained embodied an anti-conformation with three hydrogen-bond acceptors, one hydrophobic center, and two aromatic rings involving the 3′-OH, 4′-oxygen, the NO₂ group, the benzyl phenyl and the imidazole and pyrimidine portions of the purine ring, respectively. A PHASE 3D-QSAR model derived with this pharmacophore yielded an r² of 0.916 for four (4) PLS components, and an excellent external test set predictive r² of 0.78 for 39 compounds. This pharmacophore was used for molecular alignment in a comparative molecular field analysis (CoMFA) 3D-QSAR study that also afforded a predictive model with external test set validation predictive r² of 0.73. Thus, although limited, this study suggests that the bioactive conformation for NBMPR at the ENT1 transporter could be anti. The study has also suggested an ENT1 inhibitory pharmacophore, and established a predictive CoMFA 3D-QSAR model that might be useful for novel ENT1 inhibitor discovery and optimization.