title: Identification of potent water soluble purine-scaffold inhibitors of the heat shock protein 90.
abstract: Hsp90 is a chaperone protein that allows cancer cells to tolerate the many components of dysregulated pathways. Its inactivation may result in targeting multiple molecular alterations and, thus, in reverting the transformed phenotype. The PU-class, a purine-scaffold Hsp90 inhibitor series, has been reported to be potent and selective against Hsp90 both in vitro and in vivo models of cancer. Here, a series of this class was synthesized and evaluated as inhibitors of the chaperone. The structure-activity relationship and selectivity for tumor Hsp90 of compounds within the series is presented. The study identifies water soluble derivatives (>5 mM in PBS pH 7.4) of nanomolar potency (IC(50) approximately 50 nM) in cellular and animal models of cancer. Binding affinities of these compounds for Hsp90 correlate well with their biological activities. When administered in vivo to mice bearing MDA-MB-468 human breast cancer xenografted tumors, these agents result in pharmacologically relevant concentrations and, accordingly, in modulation of Hsp90-client proteins in tumors.
authors.affiliation: Program in Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA.
authors.forename: Huazhong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Danuta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zatorska
authors.forename: Joungnam
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aguirre
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Llauger
authors.forename: Yuhong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: She
authors.forename: Nian
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Immormino
authors.forename: Daniel T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Gewirth
authors.forename: Gabriela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chiosis
mesh_terms: D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D018841:HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D006801:Humans; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011687:Purines / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012995:Solubility; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D018841:HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins; D011687:Purines; D014867:Water