Mori, M;
Gilardoni, E;
Regazzoni, L;
Pedretti, A;
Colombo, D;
Parkinson, G;
Asai, A;
... Gelain, A; + view all
(2020)
Towards the Inhibition of Protein–Protein Interactions (PPIs) in STAT3: Insights into a New Class of Benzothiadiazole Derivatives.
Molecules
, 25
(15)
, Article 3509. 10.3390/molecules25153509.
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Abstract
Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is a validated anticancer target due to the relationship between its constitutive activation and malignant tumors. Through a virtual screening approach on the STAT3-SH2 domain, 5,6-dimethyl-1H,3H-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole-2,2-dioxide (1) was identified as a potential STAT3 inhibitor. Some benzothiadiazole derivatives were synthesized by employing a versatile methodology, and they were tested by an AlphaScreen-based assay. Among them, benzosulfamide 1 showed a significant activity with an IC50 = 15.8 ± 0.6 µM as a direct STAT3 inhibitor. Notably, we discovered that compound 1 was also able to interact with cysteine residues located around the SH2 domain. By applying mass spectrometry, liquid chromatography, NMR, and UV spectroscopy, an in-depth investigation was carried out, shedding light on its intriguing and unexpected mechanism of interaction.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Towards the Inhibition of Protein–Protein Interactions (PPIs) in STAT3: Insights into a New Class of Benzothiadiazole Derivatives |
| Location: | Switzerland |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3390/molecules25153509 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25153509 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | STAT3-SH2 domain, benzosulfamides, cysteine binder, diversity-oriented synthesis, structure-based virtual screening |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > UCL School of Pharmacy UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > UCL School of Pharmacy > Pharma and Bio Chemistry |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10107488 |
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