TY - JOUR
T1 - Use of the 4-Hydroxy-Triazole Moiety as a Bioisosteric Tool for the Development of Ionotropic Glutamate Receptor Ligands
AU - Sainas, Stefano
AU - Temperini, Piero
AU - Farnsworth, Jill C
AU - Yi, Feng
AU - Møllerud, Stine
AU - Jensen, Anders A.
AU - Nielsen, Birgitte
AU - Kastrup, Jette Sandholm Jensen
AU - Hansen, Kasper B
AU - Boschi, Donatella
AU - Pickering, Darryl S
AU - Clausen, Rasmus Prætorius
AU - Lolli, Marco
PY - 2019/5/9
Y1 - 2019/5/9
N2 - We report a series of glutamate and aspartate analogues designed using the hydroxy-1,2,3-triazole moiety as a bioisostere for the distal carboxylic acid. Compound 6b showed unprecedented selectivity among (S)-2-amino-3-(3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolyl)propionic acid (AMPA) receptor subtypes, confirmed also by an unusual binding mode observed for the crystal structures in complex with the AMPA receptor GluA2 agonist-binding domain. Here, a methionine (Met729) was highly disordered compared to previous agonist-bound structures. This observation provides a possible explanation for the pharmacological profile. In the structure with 7a, an unusual organization of water molecules around the bioisostere arises compared to previous structures of ligands with other bioisosteres. Aspartate analogue 8 with the hydroxy-1,2,3-triazole moiety directly attached to glycine was unexpectedly able to activate both the glutamate and glycine agonist-binding sites of the N-methyl-d-aspartic acid receptor. These observations demonstrate novel features that arise when employing a hydroxytriazole moiety as a bioisostere for the distal carboxylic acid in glutamate receptor agonists.
AB - We report a series of glutamate and aspartate analogues designed using the hydroxy-1,2,3-triazole moiety as a bioisostere for the distal carboxylic acid. Compound 6b showed unprecedented selectivity among (S)-2-amino-3-(3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolyl)propionic acid (AMPA) receptor subtypes, confirmed also by an unusual binding mode observed for the crystal structures in complex with the AMPA receptor GluA2 agonist-binding domain. Here, a methionine (Met729) was highly disordered compared to previous agonist-bound structures. This observation provides a possible explanation for the pharmacological profile. In the structure with 7a, an unusual organization of water molecules around the bioisostere arises compared to previous structures of ligands with other bioisosteres. Aspartate analogue 8 with the hydroxy-1,2,3-triazole moiety directly attached to glycine was unexpectedly able to activate both the glutamate and glycine agonist-binding sites of the N-methyl-d-aspartic acid receptor. These observations demonstrate novel features that arise when employing a hydroxytriazole moiety as a bioisostere for the distal carboxylic acid in glutamate receptor agonists.
U2 - 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b01986
DO - 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b01986
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 30943028
SN - 0022-2623
VL - 62
SP - 4467
EP - 4482
JO - Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
JF - Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
ER -