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Virtual Screening-Based Discovery and Mechanistic Characterization of the Acylthiourea MRT-10 Family as Smoothened Antagonists

Virtual Screening-Based Discovery and Mechanistic Characterization of the Acylthiourea MRT-10 Family as Smoothened Antagonists

Fabrizio Manetti, Helene Faure, Hermine Roudaut, Tatiana Gorojankina, Elisabeth Traiffort, Angele Schoenfelder, Andre Mann, Antonio Solinas, Maurizio Taddei, Martial Ruat

Mol Pharmacol. 2010 Oct;78(4):658-65.

PMID: 20664000

Abstract:

The seven-transmembrane receptor Smoothened (Smo) is the major component involved in signal transduction of the Hedgehog (Hh) morphogens. Smo inhibitors represent a promising alternative for the treatment of several types of cancers linked to abnormal Hh signaling. Here, on the basis of experimental data, we generated and validated a pharmacophoric model for Smo inhibitors constituted by three hydrogen bond acceptor groups and three hydrophobic regions. We used this model for the virtual screening of a library of commercially available compounds. Visual and structural criteria allowed the selection of 20 top scoring ligands, and an acylthiourea, N-(3-benzamidophenylcarbamothioyl)-3,4,5-trimethoxybenzamide (MRT-10), was identified and characterized as a Smo antagonist. The corresponding acylurea, N-(3-benzamidophenylcarbamoyl)-3,4,5-trimethoxybenzamide (MRT-14), was synthesized and shown to display, in various Hh assays, an inhibitory potency comparable to or greater than that of reference Smo antagonists cyclopamine and N-((3S,5S)-1-(benzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-ylmethyl)-5-(piperazine-1-carbonyl)pyrrolidin-3-yl)-N-(3-methoxybenzyl)-3,3-dimethylbutanamide (Cur61414). Focused virtual screening of the same library further identified five additional related antagonists. MRT-10 and MRT-14 constitute the first members of novel families of Smo antagonists. The described virtual screening approach is aimed at identifying novel modulators of Smo and of other G-protein coupled receptors.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP330829306	MRT-10		330829-30-6	Price

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