Structure-guided development of selective TbcatB inhibitors

Jeremy P. Mallari; Anang A. Shelat; Aaron Kosinski; Conor R. Caffrey; Michele Connelly; Fangyi Zhu; James H. McKerrow; R. Kiplin Guy

doi:10.1021/jm900908p

Structure-guided development of selective TbcatB inhibitors

Jeremy P. Mallari, Anang A. Shelat, Aaron Kosinski, Conor R. Caffrey, Michele Connelly, Fangyi Zhu, James H. McKerrow, R. Kiplin Guy

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Abstract

The trypanosomal cathepsin TbcatB is essential for parasite survival and is an attractive therapeutic target. Herein we report the structure-guided development of TbcatB inhibitors with specificity relative to rhodesain and human cathepsins B and L. Inhibitors were tested for enzymatic activity, trypanocidal activity, and general cytotoxicity. These data chemically validate TbcatB as a drug target and demonstrate that it is possible to potently and selectively inhibit TbcatB relative to trypanosomal and human homologues.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	6489-6493
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
Volume	52
Issue number	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/jm900908p
State	Published - Oct 22 2009

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