摘要
Histone lysine specific demethylase 1(LSD1) has been recognized as an important modulator in post-translational process in epigenetics. Dysregulation of LSD1 has been implicated in the development of various cancers. Herein, we report the discovery of the hit compound 8 a(IC50=3.93 μmol/L) and further medicinal chemistry efforts, leading to the generation of compound 15 u(IC50=49 nmol/L, and Ki= 16 nmol/L), which inhibited LSD1 reversibly and competitively with H3 K4 me2, and was selective to LSD1 over MAO-A/B. Docking studies were performed to rationalize the potency ofcompound 15 u. Compound 15 u also showed strong antiproliferative activity against four leukemia cell lines(OCL-AML3, K562, THP-1 and U937) as well as the lymphoma cell line Raji with the IC50 values of 1.79, 1.30, 0.45, 1.22 and 1.40 μmol/L, respectively. In THP-1 cell line, 15 u significantly inhibited colony formation and caused remarkable morphological changes. Compound 15 u induced expression of CD86 and CD11 b in THP-1 cells, confirming its cellular activity and ability of inducing differentiation.The findings further indicate that targeting LSD1 is a promising strategy for AML treatment, the triazolefused pyrimidine derivatives are new scaffolds for the development of LSD1/KDM1 A inhibitors.
Histone lysine specific demethylase 1（LSD1） has been recognized as an important modulator in post-translational process in epigenetics. Dysregulation of LSD1 has been implicated in the development of various cancers. Herein, we report the discovery of the hit compound 8 a（IC50=3.93 μmol/L） and further medicinal chemistry efforts, leading to the generation of compound 15 u(IC50=49 nmol/L, and Ki= 16 nmol/L), which inhibited LSD1 reversibly and competitively with H3 K4 me2, and was selective to LSD1 over MAO-A/B. Docking studies were performed to rationalize the potency ofcompound 15 u. Compound 15 u also showed strong antiproliferative activity against four leukemia cell lines（OCL-AML3, K562, THP-1 and U937） as well as the lymphoma cell line Raji with the IC50 values of 1.79, 1.30, 0.45, 1.22 and 1.40 μmol/L, respectively. In THP-1 cell line, 15 u significantly inhibited colony formation and caused remarkable morphological changes. Compound 15 u induced expression of CD86 and CD11 b in THP-1 cells, confirming its cellular activity and ability of inducing differentiation.The findings further indicate that targeting LSD1 is a promising strategy for AML treatment, the triazolefused pyrimidine derivatives are new scaffolds for the development of LSD1/KDM1 A inhibitors.
基金
supported by the National Key Research Program of Proteins(Nos.2016YFA0501800 and 2017YFD0501401,China)
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.81703326,81773562,81430085 and 21403200,China)
the Open Fund of State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology,Nan-jing University,China(No.KF-GN-201902,China)
Outstanding Young Talent Research Fund of Zhengzhou University(No.1521331002,China)
Scientific Program of Henan Province(Nos.182102310123 and 161100310100,China)
China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2018M630840,China)
Key Research Program of Higher Education of Henan Province(Nos.15A350018 and 18B350009,China)
the Starting Grant of Zhengzhou University(No.32210533,China)
