SIRT6 belongs to the conserved NAD^(+)-dependent deacetylase superfamily and mediates multiple biological and pathological processes.Targeting SIRT6 by allosteric modulators represents a novel direction for therapeuti...SIRT6 belongs to the conserved NAD^(+)-dependent deacetylase superfamily and mediates multiple biological and pathological processes.Targeting SIRT6 by allosteric modulators represents a novel direction for therapeutics,which can overcome the selectivity problem caused by the structural similarity of orthosteric sites among deacetylases.Here,developing a reversed allosteric strategy Allo Reverse,we identified a cryptic allosteric site,Pocket Z,which was only induced by the bi-directional allosteric signal triggered upon orthosteric binding of NAD^(+).Based on Pocket Z,we discovered an SIRT6 allosteric inhibitor named JYQ-42.JYQ-42 selectively targets SIRT6 among other histone deacetylases and effectively inhibits SIRT6 deacetylation,with an IC50 of 2.33μmol/L.JYQ-42 significantly suppresses SIRT6-mediated cancer cell migration and pro-inflammatory cytokine production.JYQ-42,to our knowledge,is the most potent and selective allosteric SIRT6 inhibitor.This study provides a novel strategy for allosteric drug design and will help in the challenging development of therapeutic agents that can selectively bind SIRT6.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81925034,81903458,22077082,82003605,81901423)the Innovation Program of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission(2019-01-07-00-01-E00036,China)+3 种基金Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Fundation(19431901600,China)the Shanghai Health and Family Planning System Excellent Subject Leader and Excellent Young Medical Talents Training Program(2018BR12,China)Special Financial Grant of Postdoctoral Research Foundation of China(2019M660090)。
文摘SIRT6 belongs to the conserved NAD^(+)-dependent deacetylase superfamily and mediates multiple biological and pathological processes.Targeting SIRT6 by allosteric modulators represents a novel direction for therapeutics,which can overcome the selectivity problem caused by the structural similarity of orthosteric sites among deacetylases.Here,developing a reversed allosteric strategy Allo Reverse,we identified a cryptic allosteric site,Pocket Z,which was only induced by the bi-directional allosteric signal triggered upon orthosteric binding of NAD^(+).Based on Pocket Z,we discovered an SIRT6 allosteric inhibitor named JYQ-42.JYQ-42 selectively targets SIRT6 among other histone deacetylases and effectively inhibits SIRT6 deacetylation,with an IC50 of 2.33μmol/L.JYQ-42 significantly suppresses SIRT6-mediated cancer cell migration and pro-inflammatory cytokine production.JYQ-42,to our knowledge,is the most potent and selective allosteric SIRT6 inhibitor.This study provides a novel strategy for allosteric drug design and will help in the challenging development of therapeutic agents that can selectively bind SIRT6.
