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  3. Derivatives of D(-) glutamine-based MMP-2 inhibitors as an effective remedy for the management of chronic myeloid leukemia-Part-I: Synthesis, biological screening and in silico binding interaction analysis

Derivatives of D(-) glutamine-based MMP-2 inhibitors as an effective remedy for the management of chronic myeloid leukemia-Part-I: Synthesis, biological screening and in silico binding interaction analysis

  • Eur J Med Chem. 2024 Aug 5:274:116563. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2024.116563.
Sanjib Das 1,  Subha Mondal 1,  Tarun Patel 2,  Ambati Himaja 2,  Nilanjan Adhikari 3,  Suvankar Banerjee 1,  Sandip Kumar Baidya 1,  Asit Kumar De 4,  Shovanlal Gayen 5,  Balaram Ghosh 6,  Tarun Jha 7
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Affiliations

  • 1 Natural Science Laboratory, Division of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 700032, India.
  • 2 Epigenetic Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmacy, Birla Institute of Technology and Science-Pilani, Hyderabad, India.
  • 3 Natural Science Laboratory, Division of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 700032, India. Electronic address: nilanjan_juphar@rediffmail.com.
  • 4 Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.
  • 5 Laboratory of Drug Design and Discovery, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 700032, India.
  • 6 Epigenetic Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmacy, Birla Institute of Technology and Science-Pilani, Hyderabad, India. Electronic address: balaram@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in.
  • 7 Natural Science Laboratory, Division of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 700032, India. Electronic address: tjupharm@yahoo.com.
PMID: 38843586 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2024.116563
Abstract

Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a global issue and the available drugs such as tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) comprise various toxic effects as well as resistance and cross-resistance. Therefore, novel molecules targeting specific Enzymes may unravel a new direction in antileukemic drug discovery. In this context, targeting gelatinases (MMP-2 and MMP-9) can be an alternative option for the development of novel molecules effective against CML. In this article, some D(-)glutamine derivatives were synthesized and evaluated through cell-based antileukemic assays and tested against gelatinases. The lead compounds, i.e., benzyl analogs exerted the most promising antileukemic potential showing nontoxicity in normal cell line including efficacious gelatinase inhibition. Both these lead molecules yielded effective Apoptosis and displayed marked reductions in MMP-2 expression in the K562 cell line. Not only that, but both of them also revealed effective antiangiogenic efficacy. Importantly, the most potent MMP-2 Inhibitor, i.e., benzyl derivative of p-tosyl D(-)glutamine disclosed stable binding interaction at the MMP-2 active site correlating with the highly effective MMP-2 inhibitory activity. Therefore, such D(-)glutamine derivatives might be explored further as promising MMP-2 inhibitors with efficacious antileukemic profiles for the treatment of CML in the future.

Keywords

Angiogenesis; Apoptosis; Binding mode of interaction; Chronic myeloid leukemia; D-glutamine derivatives; Gelatinase; MMP-2.

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