An Isoform-Selective PTP1B Inhibitor Derived from Nitrogen-Atom Augmentation of Radicicol

  • Taoda Shi
  • , E. M. Kithsiri Wijeratne
  • , Cristian Solano
  • , Andrew J. Ambrose
  • , Alison B. Ross
  • , Charles Norwood
  • , Charles K. Orido
  • , Tigran Grigoryan
  • , Joseph Tillotson
  • , Minjin Kang
  • , Gang Luo
  • , Bradley M. Keegan
  • , Wenhao Hu
  • , Brian S.J. Blagg
  • , Donna D. Zhang
  • , A. A. Leslie Gunatilaka
  • , Eli Chapman

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Abstract

A library of natural products and their derivatives was screened for inhibition of protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) 1B, which is a validated drug target for the treatment of obesity and type II diabetes. Of those active in the preliminary assay, the most promising was compound 2 containing a novel pyrrolopyrazoloisoquinolone scaffold derived by treating radicicol (1) with hydrazine. This nitrogen-atom augmented radicicol derivative was found to be PTP1B selective relative to other highly homologous nonreceptor PTPs. Biochemical evaluation, molecular docking, and mutagenesis revealed 2 to be an allosteric inhibitor of PTP1B with a submicromolar Ki. Cellular analyses using C2C12 myoblasts indicated that 2 restored insulin signaling and increased glucose uptake.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)3225-3231
Number of pages7
JournalBiochemistry
Volume58
Issue number30
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 30 2019

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry

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