Aminoisoxazoles as Potent Inhibitors of Tryptophan 2,3-Dioxygenase 2 (TDO2).
ACS medicinal chemistry letters(2018)
Abstract
Tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase 2 (TDO2) catalyzes the conversion of tryptophan to the immunosuppressive metabolite kynurenine. TDO2 overexpression has been observed in a number of cancers; therefore, TDO inhibition may be a useful therapeutic intervention for cancers. We identified an aminoisoxazole series as potent TDO2 inhibitors from a high-throughput screen (HTS). An extensive medicinal chemistry effort revealed that both the amino group and the isoxazole moiety are important for TDO2 inhibitory activity. Computational modeling yielded a binding hypothesis and provided insight into the observed structure-activity relationships. The optimized compound is a potent TDO2 inhibitor with modest selectivity over indolamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1) and with improved human whole blood stability.
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Key words
Cancer immunotherapy,IDO,TDO,heme,enzyme
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