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Lydia Daniel1, Michael P Gotsbacher1, Tomas Richardson-Sanchez1
1School of Medical Sciences (Pharmacology), The University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia.
Abstract:
Hydroxamic acid compounds 1-10 containing a N-hydroxycinnamamide scaffold and a 4-(benzylamino)methyl cap group that was either unsubstituted (1) or substituted with one (2-4) or two (5-10) methoxy groups in variable positions were prepared as inhibitors of Zn(II)-containing histone deacetylases (HDACs). The 3,4- (9) and 3,5- (10) bis-methoxy-substituted compounds were the least potent against HeLa nuclear extract, HDAC1 and HDAC2. Molecular modelling showed methoxy groups in the 3-, 4- and 5-position, but not the 2-position, had unfavourable steric interactions with the G32-H33-P34 triad on a loop at the surface of the HDAC2 active site cavity. An HDAC1 homology model showed potential ionic (E243..K288) and cation-pi (K247..F292) interactions between helix 10 and helix 11 that were absent in HDAC2 ((G243..K288) and (K247..V292)). This surface-located interhelical constraint could inform the design of bitopic HDAC1 and HDAC2 selective ligands using an allosteric approach, and/or protein-protein interaction (PPI) inhibitors.
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