title: Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors. Aromatic/heterocyclic sulfonamides incorporating phenacetyl, pyridylacetyl and thienylacetyl tails act as potent inhibitors of human mitochondrial isoforms VA and VB.
abstract: A series of aromatic/heterocyclic sulfonamides incorporating phenyl(alkyl), halogenosubstituted-phenyl- or 1,3,4-thiadiazole-sulfonamide moieties and thienylacetamido; phenacetamido and pyridinylacetamido tails were prepared and assayed as inhibitors of four physiologically relevant carbonic anhydrase (CA, EC 4.2.1.1) isoforms, the cytosolic human (h) hCA I and hCA II, and the mitochondrial hCA VA and hCA VB. The new compounds showed moderate inhibition of the two cytosolic isoforms (K(I)s of 50-390nM) and excellent inhibitory activity against the two mitochondrial enzymes, with many low nanomolar inhibitors detected (K(I)s in the range of 5.9-10.2nM). All substitution patterns explored here lead to effective hCA VA/VB inhibitors. Some hCA VA/VB selective inhibitors were also detected, with selectivity ratios for inhibiting the mitochondrial over the cytosolic isozymes of around 55.5-56.9. As hCA VA/VB are involved in several biosynthetic processes catalyzed by pyruvate carboxylase, acetyl CoA carboxylase, and carbamoyl phosphate synthetases I and II, providing the bicarbonate substrate to these carboxylating enzymes involved in fatty acid biosynthesis, their selective inhibition may lead to the development of antiobesity agents possessing a new mechanism of action.
authors.affiliation: Istanbul University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, 34116 Beyazit, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ozlen
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Güzel
authors.forename: Alessio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Innocenti
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scozzafava
authors.forename: Aydin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salman
authors.forename: Claudiu T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Supuran
mesh_terms: D024401:Carbonic Anhydrase I / Q000378:metabolism; D024402:Carbonic Anhydrase II / Q000378:metabolism; D002257:Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002256:Carbonic Anhydrases / Q000378:metabolism*; D003600:Cytosol / Q000201:enzymology; D006801:Humans; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000201:enzymology; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D002257:Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors; D013449:Sulfonamides; D024401:Carbonic Anhydrase I; D024402:Carbonic Anhydrase II; D002256:Carbonic Anhydrases