Discovery of N-Substituted 3-Amino-4-(3-boronopropyl)pyrrolidine-3-carboxylic Acids as Highly Potent Third-Generation Inhibitors of Human Arginase I and II

J Med Chem. 2019 Sep 12;62(17):8164-8177. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b00931. Epub 2019 Aug 23.

Abstract

Recent efforts to identify new highly potent arginase inhibitors have resulted in the discovery of a novel family of (3R,4S)-3-amino-4-(3-boronopropyl)pyrrolidine-3-carboxylic acid analogues with up to a 1000-fold increase in potency relative to the current standards, 2-amino-6-boronohexanoic acid (ABH) and N-hydroxy-nor-l-arginine (nor-NOHA). The lead candidate, with an N-2-amino-3-phenylpropyl substituent (NED-3238), example 43, inhibits arginase I and II with IC50 values of 1.3 and 8.1 nM, respectively. Herein, we report the design, synthesis, and structure-activity relationships for this novel series of inhibitors, along with X-ray crystallographic data for selected examples bound to human arginase II.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Arginase / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Arginase / metabolism
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Discovery*
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / chemical synthesis
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / chemistry
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology*
  • Humans
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Structure
  • Pyrrolidines / chemical synthesis
  • Pyrrolidines / chemistry
  • Pyrrolidines / pharmacology*
  • Structure-Activity Relationship

Substances

  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Pyrrolidines
  • ARG1 protein, human
  • ARG2 protein, human
  • Arginase