Novel Inhibitors of NRH:Quinone Oxidoreductase 2 (NQO2): Crystal Structures, Biochemical Activity, and Intracellular Effects of Imidazoacridin-6-ones

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• 作者：Mark S. Dunstan ; John Barnes ; Matthew Humphries ; Roger C. Whitehead ; Richard A. Bryce ; David Leys ; Ian J. Stratford ; Karen A. Nolan
• 刊名：Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：October 13, 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：54
• 期：19
• 页码：6597-6611
• 全文大小：1129K
• 年卷期：v.54,no.19(October 13, 2011)
• ISSN：1520-4804

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Imidazoacridin-6-ones are shown to be potent nanomolar inhibitors of the enzyme NQO2. By use of computational molecular modeling, a reliable QSAR was established, relating inhibitory potency with calculated binding affinity. Further, crystal structures of NQO2 containing two of the imidazoacridin-6-ones have been solved. To generate compounds with reduced off-target (DNA binding) effects, an N-oxide moiety was introduced into the tertiary aminoalkyl side chain of the imidazoacridin-6-ones. This resulted in substantially less toxicity in a panel of eight cancer cell lines, decreased protein binding, and reduced DNA binding and nuclear accumulation. Finally, one of the N-oxides showed potent ability to inhibit the enzymatic function of NQO2 in cells, and therefore, it may be useful as a pharmacological probe to study the properties of the enzyme in vitro and in vivo.