Optimizing TRPM4 inhibitors in the MHFP6 chemical space.

Delalande C; Awale M; Rubin M; Probst D; Ozhathil LC; Gertsch J; Abriel H; Reymond JL

doi:10.1016/j.ejmech.2019.01.048

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Optimizing TRPM4 inhibitors in the MHFP6 chemical space.

Delalande C Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, National Center for Competence in Research NCCR TransCure, University of Berne, Freiestrasse 3, 3012, Bern, Switzerland.
Awale M Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, National Center for Competence in Research NCCR TransCure, University of Berne, Freiestrasse 3, 3012, Bern, Switzerland.
Rubin M Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, National Center of Competence in Research NCCR TransCure, University of Bern, Bühlstrasse 28, 3012, Bern, Switzerland.
Probst D Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, National Center for Competence in Research NCCR TransCure, University of Berne, Freiestrasse 3, 3012, Bern, Switzerland.
Ozhathil LC Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, National Center of Competence in Research NCCR TransCure, University of Bern, Bühlstrasse 28, 3012, Bern, Switzerland.
Gertsch J Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, National Center of Competence in Research NCCR TransCure, University of Bern, Bühlstrasse 28, 3012, Bern, Switzerland.
Abriel H Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, National Center of Competence in Research NCCR TransCure, University of Bern, Bühlstrasse 28, 3012, Bern, Switzerland.
Reymond JL Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, National Center for Competence in Research NCCR TransCure, University of Berne, Freiestrasse 3, 3012, Bern, Switzerland. Electronic address: jean-louis.reymond@dcb.unibe.ch.

2019-02-02

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European journal of medicinal chemistry. - 2019

Structure-activity relationships

Structure-Activity Relationship

English We recently reported 4-chloro-2-(2-chlorophenoxy)acetamido)benzoic acid (CBA) as the first potent inhibitor of TRPM4, a cation channel implicated in cardiac diseases and prostate cancer. Herein we report a structure-activity relationship (SAR) study of CBA resulting in two new potent analogs. To design and interpret our SAR we used interactive color-coded 3D-maps representing similarities between compounds calculated with MHFP6 (MinHash fingerprint up to six bonds), a new molecular fingerprint outperforming other fingerprints in benchmarking virtual screening studies. We further illustrate the general applicability of our method by visualizing the structural diversity of active compounds from benchmarking sets in relation to decoy molecules and to drugs. MHFP6 chemical space 3D-maps might be generally helpful in designing, interpreting and communicating the results of SAR studies. The modified WebMolCS is accessible at http://gdb.unibe.ch and the code is available at https://github.com/reymond-group/webMolCS for off-line use.

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